Released September 10, 1991 | Length 47:58 Release date 10 September 1991 | |
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Recorded A&M StudiosBrooklyn Recording Studios Similar 11, A Date with The Smithereens, God Save The Smithereens, Green Thoughts, Meet The Smithereens! | ||
Blow Up is the title of the fourth full-length studio album by The Smithereens. The album charted at #120 in the U.S. in late 1991. The second single, "Too Much Passion", became the group's second top-40 single, peaking at #37. Top of the Pops was released as the first single of the album.
Contents
Blow Up’s cover design is by movie poster/title sequence artist Saul Bass (“Vertigo,” “West Side Story,” “North by Northwest,” “Psycho”).
Track listing
All songs written by Pat DiNizio except where indicated.
- "Top of the Pops" [4:32]
- "Too Much Passion" [4:35]
- "Tell Me When Did Things Go So Wrong" [2:22]
- "Evening Dress" [3:12]
- "Get a Hold of My Heart" (Pat DiNizio, Diane Warren) [4:22]
- "Indigo Blues" [4:58]
- "Now and Then" (Jim Babjak) [3:50]
- "Girl in Room 12" [3:22]
- "Anywhere You Are" [3:44]
- "Over and Over Again" [3:17]
- "It's Alright" [3:45]
- "If You Want the Sun to Shine" (Pat DiNizio, Julian Lennon) [5:58]
Personnel
Album produced by Ed Stasium. Strings and horns arranged by David Campbell
Songs
1Top of the Pops4:33
2Too Much Passion4:36
3Tell Me When Did Things Go So Wrong2:22
References
Blow Up (The Smithereens album) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA