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539:, who had produced their debut album, was again enlisted to produce. The album, including B-sides, was recorded and mixed in sixteen days. The first two days of the sessions were dedicated to recording the basic tracks for the entire album and concentrating on keeper takes for the bass and drums. The guitars and vocals were rerecorded later with the proper amps and microphones. The band preferred to take an intuitive and spontaneous approach to recording, according to DiNizio, "get virtually everything onto the album by the first or second take. If it's not happening then, it usually doesn't happen." Going for a tougher sound than on their previous album, the Smithereens managed to recreate the guitar power of their live shows on 771:'s Jason Ankeny gave the album 4Β½ stars out of 5, calling it an "impressive batch of superbly constructed pop gems", singling out "Only a Memory", "House We Used to Live In" and "Drown in My Own Tears" as "immediately ingratiating". Ankeny also highlighted the album's "curveballs": "the countryish "Something New," the lovely ballad "Especially for You," and the dark, atmospheric "Deep Black," all of which deliver intriguing variations on the Smithereens' basic 409: 371: 333: 404: 399: 394: 389: 366: 361: 356: 351: 328: 323: 318: 313: 295: 290: 285: 280: 275: 651:"Something New" β€” DiNizio: "That lyric came moments after a breakup with a girlfriend. And I was in the shower, and it just sort of hit. And the song sort of wrote itself. ... That's why I'm particularly happy with those set of lyrics. Although they are as simple as they are, they're very heartfelt. They have a lot of personal meaning to me." 527:
business of putting together bits of melodies, bits of lyrics and song titles into album form. Four weeks later I emerged from the apartment slightly crazed, but I did have an album under my belt." The band then convened in their rehearsal studio and spent two weeks working on song arrangements. The band chose to record in
492:, singing riff ideas into a microphone. I know he was very concerned about and consumed by the prospect of coming up with the material for our second album and avoiding a sophomore slump. Pat had the makings of the songs in dribs and drabs and as he put it at the time, β€˜I just needed to get organized’." 526:
was written intuitively, from the gut. I found myself in a situation where I had to come up with virtually all the songs in a very short period of time. I had to lock myself in my apartment in New York City, take the phone off the hook, distance myself from every relationship I had, and set about the
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gave it 4 stars out of 5, writing that the band had been "broadening their palette" since their first album, delivering "a veritable jukebox of radiofriendly styles." He added: "It's all great fun, performed with delicacy and an innate understanding of what makes an eminently hummable tune."
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about songwriting, DiNizio said: "I've never really been into wordplay or being clever lyrically for the sake of being clever. It just doesn't make any sense to me. I need the lyrics to have some sort of meaning that I can relate to on some sort of emotional level."
562:, however, are not necessarily reflective of an unhappy state of mind in terms of my personal relationships while I was writing the album. ... If I were as troubled as a lot of the lyric imagery conveys, I'd be in a terrible mess personally." Talking to 29: 748:, gave the album 4 stars out of 5, noting that despite Pat DiNizio's "gloomy" lyrical outlook, the three other musicians are in a "much feistier mood". Apart from a couple of songs with "pseudo- 752:
touches", the Smithereens turn other songs into "utterly contemporary wall-of-guitar onslaughts". He added that "even if Pat DiNizio isn't the type of guy you'd invite to your party,
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groups: "I like concise songs, classic structures, with a hard edge. The songs I write are the kind I like to hear, but by accident they've turned out to be commercial."
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after their divorce. DiNizio: "The lyrics are partially about that. They could also be about the break-up of a marriage or a relationship, not necessarily my parents'."
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In August 1987, the band made plans to record the album in November, followed by a January 1988 release. They initially hoped to title it
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in terms of a relationship." The song title was taken from a book of the same name. "The title sort of wrote the lyrics", DiNizio said.
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magazine gave it 4 stars out of 5, calling it "a solid, consistent effort" and one of the Smithereens' "most enduring records."
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but there was no song with that title on the album, "so I decided to confuse everyone by using that title for the second album."
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House We Used to Live In β€” Part autobiographical, part fiction. Inspired by DiNizio's parents losing their house to the
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The Smithereens had toured from May 1986 to September 1987 in support of their debut album, 1986's
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The Smithereens Play The Beatles Washington, D.C. February 11, 1964 Concert
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Among the songs recorded during the album sessions were cover versions of "
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was there with his pocket tape recorder when he came up with the intro
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in the '60s", DiNizio said. The Smithereens' first album was called
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gave the album a C+ rating, commenting: "I know Pat DiNizio is
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had been working on new song ideas for what was to become the
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Lyrically, the album contains what Dave Simons, writing for
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tour in January 1987. Luckily for Pat DiNizio, the band's
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is the kind of album you'll want to bring along." Critic
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Index


Studio album
the Smithereens
Capitol
Genre
Power pop
alternative rock
Label
Enigma
Capitol
Producer
Don Dixon
The Smithereens
Especially for You
11
Singles
Only a Memory
House We Used to Live In
Drown in My Own Tears
AllMusic
Goldmine
Record Collector
Rolling Stone
The Village Voice
studio album
the Smithereens
Enigma
Capitol Records
Billboard Hot 100
Album Rock Tracks

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