Album · The Smithereens
11 by The Smithereens
11 is an album by The Smithereens, released in 1989. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 71 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “A Girl Like You”, on 51 lists with a best position of #30.
11, the Smithereens' third studio album, came out on Capitol on October 24, 1989, and it's four guys from Carteret, New Jersey, doing what they did best: bright, chiming rock and roll with dark clouds overhead. Ed Stasium produced it, with Pat DiNizio singing and playing guitar, Jim Babjak on guitar, Mike Mesaros on bass and Dennis Diken on drums. Babjak said the title came from the film Ocean's 11, with a nudge from Spinal Tap's amplifier that goes one louder than ten.
"A Girl Like You" is the hit, a brooding, crunching pop song with a hook you could hang a coat on, and it made the Billboard Top 40. "Yesterday Girl", "Blue Period" and "Blues Before and After" keep the jangle and the gloom in balance. The album went gold in June 1990.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from 11 on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Girl Like You | 51 | #30 | – | 1989–2026 | |
| 2 | Blues Before And After | 10 | #347 | – | 1991–2005 | |
| 3 | Yesterday Girl | 9 | #52 | – | 1990–2005 | |
| 4 | Blue Period | 1 | #69 | – | 1990 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.