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DISCID=8f06910c
DTITLE=The Smithereens / Meet The Smithereens!
DYEAR=2007
DGENRE=Rock
TTITLE0=I Want To Hold Your Hand
TTITLE1=I Saw Her Standing There
TTITLE2=This Boy
TTITLE3=It Won't Be Long
TTITLE4=All I've Got To Do
TTITLE5=All My Loving
TTITLE6=Don't Bother Me
TTITLE7=Little Child
TTITLE8=Till There Was You
TTITLE9=Hold Me Tight
TTITLE10=I Wanna Be Your Man
TTITLE11=Not A Second Time
EXTD=Originally Released January 16, 2007\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Hey ki
EXTD=ds, have you heard about the Beatles? They're this terrific group
EXTD= from England, and the Smithereens are here to tip you off about 
EXTD=their exciting new sound! What's that? You already know all about
EXTD= the Beatles? Well, that's the Achilles' heel of this disc, the f
EXTD=irst set of new recordings from the Smithereens since 1999. Meet 
EXTD=the Smithereens! is a tribute to Meet the Beatles!, the album Cap
EXTD=itol Records put together to help introduce the Fab Four to Ameri
EXTD=can audiences in 1964. Meet the Smithereens! features the same 12
EXTD= tunes in the same order as that iconic Beatles LP, and while the
EXTD= arrangements aren't letter-perfect re-creations of the original 
EXTD=recordings, the Smithereens offer up very faithful interpretation
EXTD=s of a dozen songs most serious rock fans know by heart. There's 
EXTD=no arguing that these are great tunes, and the Smithereens are ce
EXTD=rtainly up to the task of playing them, but the trouble is, the b
EXTD=oys from New Jersey don't bring much of their own approach or per
EXTD=sonality to the material beyond the presence of Pat DiNizio's voi
EXTD=ce, which adds a moody undertow to the giddy excitement of "I Saw
EXTD= Her Standing There" and "All My Loving" (though it fits the hear
EXTD=tache of "This Boy" like a glove). Something like this might work
EXTD= on-stage, where the energy and immediacy of a live performance a
EXTD=lways add an extra dimension to the music, but on disc, it's hard
EXTD= to do much besides compare these recordings to the originals, an
EXTD=d let's face it, no one is going to play the songs from Meet the 
EXTD=Beatles! better than the lads from Liverpool themselves. Viewed s
EXTD=trictly as a collection of great pop songs played well by a veter
EXTD=an group, Meet the Smithereens! is fun listening, but at the same
EXTD= time it's a singularly pointless album, serving less to guide mu
EXTD=sic fans to worthy artists they haven't been exposed to (the goal
EXTD= of the best and most valuable tribute albums) than to wade throu
EXTD=gh the nostalgia of both musician and audience. You're much bette
EXTD=r off pulling your old copy of Meet the Beatles! (or Especially f
EXTD=or You) out of the crate instead.  -- Mark Deming\n\nAmazon.com E
EXTD=ditorial Review\nSometimes recording even a single Beatles cover 
EXTD=can be a perilous undertaking. So for the Smithereens to have the
EXTD= impudence to rerecord Meet the Beatles in its entirety (even tho
EXTD=ugh some purists don't recognize it as canonical) is like taking 
EXTD=the studio to edge of the cliff. But wait! While reaching the Fab
EXTD= Four stratosphere is impossible, this New Jersey pop combo, whos
EXTD=e last record was released in 1999, comes about as close as any b
EXTD=and could in celebrating the 43rd anniversary of this groundbreak
EXTD=ing record. Sure, the lead-vocal fury that Lennon and McCartney c
EXTD=reated in 1964 can't be restored, and the three-part harmonies ar
EXTD=e less than hair-raising. But from the opening three chords of "I
EXTD= Want to Hold Your Hand," the Smithereens are respectful to the a
EXTD=lbum's legacy, and let virtually no element slip past them. There
EXTD='s that "1-2-3-4!" countdown to "I Saw Her Standing There," the s
EXTD=ame virile harmonica in "Little Child," and a doo-wop tang to the
EXTD= ever-underappreciated "This Boy." And when "Not a Second Time" f
EXTD=ades out the last of the album's 28 minutes, it leaves you wonder
EXTD=ing if the boys are bold enough to take a crack at Abbey Road in 
EXTD=September 2009. --Scott Holter \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\n
EXTD=Why Complain?, March 25, 2007\nReviewer: bub "old school zombie f
EXTD=an" (the cemetery)\nif you don't like it...why did you buy it? yo
EXTD=u do realize you can sample music before hand right? so I must as
EXTD=sume that the negative reviews are from people who are dim-witted
EXTD= or have a vested interest in slagging this band. This is a TRIBU
EXTD=TE!! not an attempt to re-interpret or improve upon the Beatles o
EXTD=riginal greatness. And as for the reviewer who complained about t
EXTD=he length...what do you want? maybe the fellas could tack on a 20
EXTD= minute blues jam or something? I personally enjoyed it and I don
EXTD='t mind at all that it is a straight cover. Again SAMPLE THE TUNE
EXTD=S FIRST!!! then if you don't like it don't buy it.\n\n\nAMAZON.CO
EXTD=M CUSTOMER REVIEW\nJersey Boys do the Mersey Boys Proud..., March
EXTD= 25, 2007\nReviewer: Sam F (Basking Ridge, NJ)\nWhat a bold endea
EXTD=vor by the pride of Carteret and Scotch Plains, New Jersey. Not o
EXTD=nly do they nail it in terms of preserving the original arrangeme
EXTD=nts, but they do it their own way - and it comes across loud and 
EXTD=clear. \n\nListen to Jimmy's guitar drive "I Saw Her Standing The
EXTD=re" and "Hold Me Tight", with the break in that tune sounding jus
EXTD=t like one of Pat's Smithereens signatures. "Til There Was You" i
EXTD=s an extraordinary combination of acoustic and tremolo electric g
EXTD=uitar, with another of Pat's fantastic vocals. Not satisfied? Che
EXTD=ck out Pat's harmony on "This Boy" with yet another great acousti
EXTD=c and electric guitar accompaniment. \n\nSmithereens fans and Bea
EXTD=tles purists alike need to include this album in their collection
EXTD=. It was a project undertaken with the utmost love and respect fo
EXTD=r perhaps the most prolific band in the history of rock and roll.
EXTD= And who knew Kenny's Castaways could one day be described as "Ca
EXTD=vernesque"?\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nRock 'n' Roll Fantas
EXTD=y, March 25, 2007\nReviewer: Joel Bellman "Britbeat Fan" (Los Ang
EXTD=eles, CA)\n\nSince Pat and the band have spent their lives in awe
EXTD= and admiration of the top-tier British Invasion bands - and ther
EXTD=e never was and never will be anyone more top tier than the once 
EXTD=and future Fab Four - it's both fitting and inevitable that they 
EXTD=would evolve from worshipful disciples into...well, even more wor
EXTD=shipful disciples. At some point, homage can tip over into imitat
EXTD=ion; while they're not quite there yet, they come closer than the
EXTD=y've ever been. From title to track lineup, the spirit of the Fab
EXTD=s in their initial Merseybeat incarnation (as we American kids we
EXTD=re first introduced to them) hovers closely over this project, wh
EXTD=ose genesis lies in an initially reluctant 'Reens reunion for a B
EXTD=eatle convention. The result evokes rather than replicates the er
EXTD=a, unavoidably lacking either the freshness or the sheer energy a
EXTD=nd excitement of the original - which clearly nothing could have 
EXTD=topped, not even the rest of the Beatles' own superb catalogue. B
EXTD=ut as an earnest and affectionate tribute to their formative infl
EXTD=uence, it's not half bad. And if it sends you back for another (o
EXTD=r even an introductory) exploration of their own impressive inven
EXTD=tory of original songs, this latest Smithereens release will have
EXTD= done its job.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThose of us avid 
EXTD=record buyers of a certain age...., March 24, 2007\nReviewer: gre
EXTD=yhoundude (Corvallis, OR)\nwill remember a label back in the earl
EXTD=y 1970's called Pickwick. This label specialized in releasing (at
EXTD= a huge discount) knock-off LPs of inferior music not by the orig
EXTD=inal artists, but rather performed by studio musicians of unknown
EXTD= origin mimicking the original artist. \n\nRemember? \n\nThese LP
EXTD=s were never totally deceptive. A careful look at the LP cover sh
EXTD=owed that it was a band called something like The Tribes faking a
EXTD=n appearance (complete with phony crowd noise) at someplace like 
EXTD=Woodstock, playing note for note copies of, say, CSNY tunes. You'
EXTD=d listen, unconvinced by the performance and end up running back 
EXTD=to the originals as fast as possible....a expensive lesson learne
EXTD=d by my 13-year-old self. \n\nThat's kind of what this Smithereen
EXTD=s release reminds me of. Honest to God, it sounds like an anonymo
EXTD=us group of musicians (albeit good musicians) firing off a collec
EXTD=tion of Beatles tunes destined for a budget label in 1972. \n\nI 
EXTD=love the Smithereens as much as anyone, but this release, to my m
EXTD=ind, is unnecessary. It simply sent me running back to my Beatles
EXTD= albums.\n\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nAnd now...The Smither
EXTD=eens, March 19, 2007\nReviewer: R. DelParto (Virginia Beach, VA U
EXTD=SA)\n\nWith the opening guitar riffs and handclaps and the lines,
EXTD= "Oh, yeah I..." the Smithereens take listeners down memory lane 
EXTD=and pay homage to their mop top musical heroes, The Beatles, with
EXTD= their tribute album, "Meet the Smithereens." Although the songs 
EXTD=are not exact reproductions of the original tracks, they come clo
EXTD=se with close-knit three-part harmonies and backbeat. The great t
EXTD=hing about the band's version is that their recordings of the son
EXTD=gs from the Beatles' "Meet the Beatles" sound like a combination 
EXTD=of the Beatles' live concert and studio versions. For instance, "
EXTD=This Boy" and "Till There Was You" sound like the BBC live and Ed
EXTD= Sullivan Show versions, but the highlight of the album is "Hold 
EXTD=Me Tight," which has that trademark Smithereens sound, raunchy th
EXTD=ree-chord progression, bass line, and drums. \n\nWorth noting is 
EXTD=the album's liner notes. Included are commentaries from Smitheree
EXTD=n drummer, Dennis Diken, Beatles historian, Bruce Spizer, Beatles
EXTD= promoter, Sid Bernstein, and a host of others who share their me
EXTD=mories and first encounters with Beatlemania. There is also a hil
EXTD=arious section called "How you can become a Smithereen!" which mo
EXTD=cks the pandemonium of Beatlemania. \n\nThe Smithereens do an exc
EXTD=eptional job at recreating the energetic sound that launched the 
EXTD=arrival of the Beatles to America's shores. And after listening t
EXTD=o "Meet the Smithereens," pull out the Beatles original recording
EXTD=, and play both over and over again. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER RE
EXTD=VIEW\nExcellent Collection of Excellent Songs, February 17, 2007\n
EXTD=Reviewer: JazzyJoeyD "JazzyJoeyD" (Central New Jersey)\nThe Smith
EXTD=ereens have been a band that has never keep quiet about their inf
EXTD=luences, covering some of the songs and bands that influenced the
EXTD=m throughout their career. In the past, they've recorded or perfo
EXTD=rmed live excellent covers of The Who's "Substitute" and "The See
EXTD=ker" as well as The Beatles "The One After 909" for a Beatles tri
EXTD=bute CD. Given their excellent treatment of these and other songs
EXTD=, it was no stretch for them to do a complete album of early Beat
EXTD=les covers because they know and love the material and play it we
EXTD=ll. \n\nThis CD, Meet The Smithereerns, will make a welcome addit
EXTD=ion to any Smitereens fan's CD collections as well as any Beatles
EXTD= fan's collection. The band is tight and the musicianship excelle
EXTD=nt. I give it my highest recommendation because this is a great b
EXTD=and playing fun music, and these days, isn't it great to bring th
EXTD=e fun back into rock 'n' roll?\n\n\nHalf.com Album Notes\nHave yo
EXTD=u met the Beatles? They had some hits back in the 1960s. On this 
EXTD=2007 release, mondo Beatle fans the Smithereens--who themselves h
EXTD=ad some chart action in the '80s--have reverently recreated the m
EXTD=op-tops' breakthrough 1964 album, breathing new life into the 12 
EXTD=classic gems that changed pop music forever.\nAlthough the arrang
EXTD=ements never stray far from the originals, Pat Danizio and compan
EXTD=y infuse each track with their characteristic full-bodied sound, 
EXTD=making "I Want to Hold Your Hand," "I Saw Her Standing There," an
EXTD=d even ballads liked "This Boy" sound a little richer and a littl
EXTD=e more rocking. As a bonus, Lenny Kaye, promoter Sid Bernstein, a
EXTD=nd several other Beatle scholars provide educational and entertai
EXTD=ning liner notes.\n\n\nROLLING STONE REVIEW\nThe improbably long-
EXTD=lived Smithereens have never been shy about their British Invasio
EXTD=n influences -- now they make them more obvious with an inessenti
EXTD=al but fun tribute to the Beatles' American debut album. The Smit
EXTD=hereens cover all twelve Meet the Beatles!'s tracks, hewing close
EXTD=ly to the original arrangements, down to the hand claps in "I Wan
EXTD=t to Hold Your Hand." They add some deadpan vocals and a bit of e
EXTD=xtra guitar crunch, particularly goosing the ballad "Till There W
EXTD=as You" -- and against all odds they succeed in making forty-thre
EXTD=e-year-old music sound new again.  -- GAVIN EDWARDS --  (Posted: 
EXTD=Feb 8, 2007)\n
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