2011 (album)

May 2025 2011 studio The Smithereens The Smithereens 2011.jpeg yes April 5, 2011 October 2010, Fidelitorium Recordings, Kernersville, North Carolina, December 2010 – January 2011, Scotch Plains, New Jersey Rock 46:46 eOne Music Don Dixon The Smithereens Play Tommy 2009 The Smithereens Play The Beatles Washington, D.C. February 11, 1964 Concert 2014 2011 is the eleventh studio album by American rock band The Smithereens, released on April 5, 2011, by eOne Music. It was their first release of all-new original material since 1999's God Save The Smithereens, followed by an eight-year recording break and the release of four cover-song albums between 2007 and 2009.John Borack http://www.goldminemag.com/reviews/review-for-the-smithereens-smithereens-2011 Review for The Smithereens' 'Smithereens 2011' Goldmine 26 December 2011 July 10, 2018 The sleeve cover was inspired by the cover for the band's 1989 LP 11. The album's first single was "Sorry",The return of The Smithereens http://officialsmithereens.com/31/the-return-of-the-smithereens/ Official Smithereens 2014-08-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20140708003123/http://officialsmithereens.com/31/the-return-of-the-smithereens/ 2014-07-08 dead followed by "One Look at You".One Look At You http://officialsmithereens.com/1587/one-look-at-you-video/ Official Smithereens 2014-08-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20140707233006/http://officialsmithereens.com/1587/one-look-at-you-video/ 2014-07-07 dead Background The Smithereens released four cover-song albums between 2007 and 2009: two devoted to Beatles songs, one Christmas album, and a treatment of The Who's Tommy. "Our record company E1 liked the idea of us doing cover records so they kept giving us budgets to do them", drummer Dennis Diken explained.Keith Valcourt https://www.rockerzine.com/2011/06/the-smithereens-this-one-goes-to-2011/ The Smithereens: This One Goes To 2011 Rocker Magazine 13 June 2011 July 10, 2018 But what the band really wanted to do was to record a new studio album of original material, according to lead singer Pat DiNizio. "The label, though, figured there was a built in market for tribute albums", he said, "and they’re not wrong about that, so I came up with the idea that, since the 40th anniversary of Tommy was coming up in 2009, we should say something – let’s have the Smithereens cover Tommy. The record label went nuts over it, green lighted it immediately." Not all band members, though, were all on board for yet another cover album, so when DiNizio delivered the bad news to E1 "they asked what “will it take for you to do Tommy?" And I said, "If you finance and release a brand new Smithereens original album we’ll do it," and they (to my amazement) went for it. We gave them Tommy, and we created Smithereens 2011". http://www.dowestpalm.com/2013/04/17/great-interview-with-the-smithereens-pat-dinizio-30-years-rockin-west-palm/ Our Interview with the Smithereens' Pat DiNizio — 30+ years rockin' and they're coming to West Palm DoWestPalm.com 17 April 2013 July 10, 2018 July 10, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180710235336/http://www.dowestpalm.com/2013/04/17/great-interview-with-the-smithereens-pat-dinizio-30-years-rockin-west-palm/ dead The band demoed songs and ideas at a rehearsal studio in New York City. "Pat came in armed with a briefcase filled with his four track cassette machine, and a stack of cassettes", Diken said. "We went to town. Laid down some grooves. We wrote some separately and together". The band reunited with producer Don Dixon, who had produced three of their earlier albums – it had been 16 years since they last worked together on the 1994 album, A Date with The Smithereens. "We worked like we did on the first records", Diken said, "We knew we only had a certain number of days to cut tracks, because the studio was only available to us for a finite amount of time. But we’ve always liked to work quickly. I think it brings out the best in us".Tris McCall https://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2011/04/the_smithereens_return_with_20.html The Smithereens return with '2011' NJ.com 4 April 2011 July 10, 2018 The basic tracks were recorded at engineer Mitch Easter's Fidelitorium studio in North Carolina in October 2010 and the overdubs in Pat DiNizio's living room in New Jersey between December 2010 and January 2011. Guitarist Jim Babjak: "I would come in at night and play through an amp simulator that Don Dixon had made himself. Pat's mom was sleeping in the next room, so I only heard myself through headphones".Jim Babjak https://www.guitarworld.com/features/smithereens-11-guitarist-jim-babjak-breaks-down-11-essential-smithereens Smithereens 11: Guitarist Jim Babjak Breaks Down 11 Essential Smithereens Tracks Guitarworld.com 20 June 2012 July 10, 2018 Mixing and mastering was completed in February 2011.2011 CD liner notes The Smithereens eOne Music 2011 The album title, 2011, is a nod to longtime followers of the band: referring to the 1989 album 11, and at the same time grounding the album in the present moment, according to music journalist Tris McCall, writing for NJ.com. "The "11" in "2011" is even printed with the same big, bold red numerals that decorated the front of [11]", McCall wrote. Critical reception AllMusic 4 5album r2146755 Mark Deming 2011-06-19 Rolling Stone 3 5Will Hermes https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/2011-20110523 2011 | Album Reviews Rolling Stone 2011-05-23 2013-07-23 Goldmine 4 5 American Songwriter 3.5 5Hal Horowitz http://americansongwriter.com/2011/04/the-smithereens-2011/ The Smithereens: 2011 American Songwriter 12 April 2011 July 10, 2018 Sonar 4 5The Smithereens "2011 https://sonarmusicreviews.blogspot.com/2011/06/smithereens-2011.html June 8, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110827144846/http://sonarmusicreviews.blogspot.com/2011/06/smithereens-2011.html August 27, 2011 AllMusic's Mark Deming called it "a return to form", and with Don Dixon having produced the band's "two best albums", 1986's Especially for You and 1988's Green Thoughts, Deming stated that "the sound of the album recalls the dramatic guitar-powered pop of the Smithereens' glory days". Though most of the songs, according to Deming, "don't come off as classics like "Only a Memory" or "Blood and Roses"," the band "haven't forgotten how to come up with a song that's hooky and atmospheric at the same time". John Borack of Goldmine magazine rated the album 4 stars out of 5, calling it "a refreshing, wholly satisfying blast of classic Smithereens songcraft and melodicism" that sounded like a return to The Smithereens’ best albums of the 1980s. Hal Horowitz, writing for American Songwriter, gave the album 3½ out of 5 stars, calling it "a true return to form". He felt that the songs are "timeless", some are "powerful and memorable", and others have "sing-along choruses [that] stick in your brain after the first spin". Horowitz added: "If this album appeared in the late ’80s, it would have been hailed as one of the band’s finest efforts. In 2011 it’s merely the comeback of the year".Hal Horowitz http://americansongwriter.com/2011/04/the-smithereens-2011/ The Smithereens: 2011 American Songwriter 12 April 2011 July 10, 2018 In a less enthusiastic review, Will Hermes of Rolling Stone rated the album 3 stars out of 5, saying that the band "still crunch harder than most of the power-pop acts they get filed alongside", but felt that the songs were not memorable.Will Hermes https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/2011-20110523 2011 | Album Reviews Rolling Stone 2011-05-23 2013-07-23 Track listing The Smithereens Sorry 3:36 One Look at You 3:44 A World of Our Own 4:42 Keep on Running 3:45 Rings on Her Fingers 3:00 As Long as You Are Near Me 3:14 Bring Back the One I Love 3:39 Nobody Lives Forever 2:25 Goodnight Goodbye 4:38 All the Same 3:22 Viennese Hangover 3:15 Turn It Around 3:59 What Went Wrong 3:34 Personnel The Smithereens Jim Babjak – guitar, vocals Dennis Diken – drums, vocals, percussion Pat DiNizio – vocals, guitar Severo "The Thrilla" Jornacion – bass, vocals Additional personnel Derrick Anderson – "The Fifth Smithereen" Greg Calbi – mastering engineer Don Dixon – producer, recording engineer, mixing engineer, liner notes Mitch Easter – recording engineer Len Fico – management Mary Frank – photographs John "JK" Kennedy – tour manager, live sound mixer Jeff Miller – booking agent Todd Sinclair – CD cover design Paul J. Smith – road crew Chris M. Junior – liner notes References Category:The Smithereens albums Category:2011 albums Category:Albums produced by Don Dixon (musician) Category:E1 Music albums Category:Albums recorded at Fidelitorium