Green Thoughts

Green Thoughts
Studio album by The Smithereens
Released	March 16, 1988
Genre	Rock
Length	35:16
Label	Enigma Records/Capitol Records
Producer	Don Dixon
The Smithereens chronology
Especially for You (1986) Green Thoughts (1988) 11 (1989)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Robert Christgau	C+
Rolling Stone

Green Thoughts is the second album by The Smithereens. "Only a Memory" only reached #92 on the Billboard Hot 100, but topped the Album Rock Tracks chart in 1988.

Track listing

All songs written by Pat DiNizio.

1. "Only a Memory" – 3:42
2. "House We Used to Live In" – 4:00
3. "Something New" – 1:55
4. "The World We Know" – 3:47
5. "Especially for You" – 3:09
6. "Drown in My Own Tears" – 3:09
7. "Deep Black" – 2:55
8. "Elaine" – 2:31
9. "Spellbound" – 4:09
10. "If the Sun Doesn't Shine" – 3:31
11. "Green Thoughts" – 2:28

Personnel

• Jim Babjak – guitar, vocals
• Dennis Diken – drums, vocals
• Pat DiNizio – vocals, guitar
• Mike Mesaros – bass

Additional personnel

• Steve Berlin – saxophone on 5
• Don Dixon – guitar, piano, vocals
• Marti Jones – vocal on 1
• Kenny Margolis – piano on 2, 5, 9, harpsichord on 10, accordion on 3
• Del Shannon – vocals on 4

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1988	The Billboard 200	60

Singles

Year	Song	Chart	Position
1988	"Drown in My Own Tears"	Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	34
1988	"House We Used to Live In"	Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	14
1988	"Only a Memory"	Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	1
1988	"Only a Memory"	The Billboard Hot 100	92