“Especially for You” is the first full-length album from New Jersey-based rock band The Smithereens. The album is notable for the hit "Blood and Roses", which has been featured in multiple movie and TV productions. Producer Don Dixon's co-production work on R.E.M.'s Murmur and Reckoning albums added attention to the record's initial release. The album today is highly regarded by most critics, and was one of Kurt Cobain's favorite albums, as noted in his journal.
"Blood and Roses" was used:
as the theme song from the 1986 movie Dangerously Close
in "Duty and Honor", a 1987 episode of the TV series Miami Vice
in the 1997 movie Romy and Michele's High School Reunion.
The title and lyrics to the song "In A Lonely Place" were inspired by and adapted from the 1950 film "In A Lonely Place," starring Humphrey Bogart and directed by Nicholas Ray. In particular, the line "I was born the day I met you/Lived a while when you loved me/Died a little when we broke apart" is a paraphrase of a key passage in the movie. In addition, the line "Yesterday it would have mattered/Now today it doesn't mean a thing" is a paraphrase of the last line in the movie.
"Blood and Roses" was used:
as the theme song from the 1986 movie Dangerously Close
in "Duty and Honor", a 1987 episode of the TV series Miami Vice
in the 1997 movie Romy and Michele's High School Reunion.
The title and lyrics to the song "In A Lonely Place" were inspired by and adapted from the 1950 film "In A Lonely Place," starring Humphrey Bogart and directed by Nicholas Ray. In particular, the line "I was born the day I met you/Lived a while when you loved me/Died a little when we broke apart" is a paraphrase of a key passage in the movie. In addition, the line "Yesterday it would have mattered/Now today it doesn't mean a thing" is a paraphrase of the last line in the movie.
Track listing
01. "Strangers When We Meet" (Pat DiNizio) - 3:46
02. "Listen To Me Girl" (Pat DiNizio) - 3:00
03. "Groovy Tuesday" (Pat DiNizio) - 2:39
04. "Cigarette" (Pat DiNizio) - 2:31
05. "I Don't Want To Lose You" (Pat DiNizio) - 3:21
06. "Time And Time Again" (Pat DiNizio) - 3:09
07. "Behind The Wall Of Sleep" (Pat DiNizio) - 3:23
08. "In A Lonely Place" (Pat DiNizio) - 4:10
09. "Blood And Roses" (Pat DiNizio) - 3:35
10. "Crazy Mixed-Up Kid" (Pat DiNizio) - 2:06
11. "Hand Of Glory" - 2:45
12. "Alone At Midnight" (Pat DiNizio) - 3:42
13. "White Castle Blues" (Jim Babjak) - 3:59
Credits
Vocals, Guitar – Pat DiNizio
Bass, Vocals – Mike Mesaros
Drums, Vocals, Percussion – Dennis Diken
Piano, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Don Dixon
Organ [Hammond], Piano – Jerome Jerome
Guitar [Electric Tremolo Rhythm] – John Rokosny
Backing Vocals – Mark Johnson. Suzanne Vega
Accordion – Kenny Margolis
Piano – Joe Kernich
Acoustic Guitar – Frank Christian
Vibraphone – Jeffrey Berman
Engineer – JAB
Engineer [Assistant] – Carol Cafiero, Frank Pekoc, Paul Special
Engineer [Live Sound Engineer] – Sakae "Flou" Tsuchida
Guitar – Jim Babjak
Mastered By – Greg Calbi
Photography By – Jan Dusing
Producer – Don Dixon
Producer [Associate Producer] – James A. Ball
Companies etc
Phonographic Copyright (p) – The Enigma Entertainment Corporation
Copyright (c) – The Enigma Entertainment Corporation
Recorded At – Record Plant, N.Y.C.
Mixed At – Record Plant, N.Y.C.
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Notes
Recorded at: The Record Plant, New York City
Genre: Alternative Rock
Length: 48:13
Label: Enigma Records
Producer: Don Dixon
© 1986
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