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Smashing Pumpkins - Greatest Hits (2001)
Cover Front Album
Artist/Composer Smashing Pumpkins
Format CD
Genre General Alternative; Rock & Roll
Label Virgin
Index 526
Collection Status In Collection
Packaging Jewel Case
Track List
01 Siva
02 Rhinocerous
03 Drown
04 Cherub Rock
05 Today
06 Disarm
07 Landslide
08 Bullet With Butterfly Wings
09 1979
10 Zero
11 Tonight, Tonight
12 Eye
13 Ava Adore
14 Perfect
15 Everlasting
16 Stand Inside Your Love
17 Real Love
18 [Untitled]
Personal Details
Links Amazon US
Amazon UK
Details
Spars DDD
Rare No
Sound Stereo
UPC 724381131626
Notes
Billy Corgan: Vocals, Guitar James Iha: Guitar D'arcy Wretzky: Vocals, Bass Jimmy Chamberlin: Drums and Percussion Compilation Prodicer: Jennifer Quinn Producers Include: Billy Corgan, Butch Vig, Flood, and Alan Molulder Throughout the '90s, The Smashing Pumpkins used a mixture of prog-rock, dream-pop, psychedelia and heavy metal to drag the emerging alt-rock movement kicking and screaming into the mainstream. GREATEST HITS puts these fine finest moments on display along with a pair of previously unreleased cuts. Billy Corgan's brilliant leadership mixed angst-ridden lyrics with the kind of interplay with fellow guitarist James Iha that found the duo using different shadings of distortion the way artists use paint. Opening with the controlled chaos of "Siva," the chronological path makes pit-stops at the awesome power of "Cherub Rock," sweet optimism of "Today," lush beauty of "Tonight, Tonight" and electronica shadings of "Ava Adore." Along the way, Corgan's sentimental side found him embracing Fleetwood Mac's bittersweet "Landslide" and coming up with his own brilliant pop moments like "1979" and "Bullet With Butterfly Wings." The Limited Edition version of features a second disc entitled JUDAS O, a collection of B-sides and outtakes that serves as a companion to the 1994 B-sides collection PISCES ISCARIOT. Key cuts on this bonus CD include the rumbling ruminations of "Set The Ray To Jerry" and shimmering heaviness of the previously unreleased "Slow Dawn." Reviews: Entertainment Weekly (11/16/01, p.133) - "...Smashingly comprehensive..." Q Magazine (12/01, p.156) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...A lovingly rendered career retrospective..." NME (11/17/01, p.47) - 8 out of 10 - "...A collection of great songs..."