Reviews (page 13 of 14)
Goede muziek, zingt iets te nasaal voor mijn smaak.
Mijn ding niet, behalve een paar trage liedjes vond ik het maar meh
Not for me
Good alternative group from the 90’s. Good sound, and music.
What a slog of an album. 2 hours of Billy Corgan is about 110 minutes more than I can stand.
When to listen: October moody. My college boyfriend had a few songs from this album in a mix he made me and I liked those songs, which made me think I’d like this album. But it was truly meh to moi.
TL;DLA :D 5/10
Wow, a come down and a half from reviewing some of their other work. It starts really badly with poor quality production and whiny, jeery vocals - like the Gallaghers stumbled into a rock band. They return to this kind of sound a number of times in the album. It has brighter spots and some songs were reasonable, I guess that shouldn’t be a surprise when it’s 2 HOURS long and 28 tracks to choose from. The slower songs are ok and a few more typical rock tracks that are fine. But that’s clutching at straws. Clearly to the true fans it’s brilliant and there must be some poor blighters who have listened to the 5 hours 51 epically long extended super runtime edition. I was just left thinking why they bothered. If they picked out the 6 or 7 best songs and left it at that, this still wouldn’t be that good of an album, but it would have taken up less of my life.
"By Starlight" is possibly the most dreadful song I have ever heard. Something about dead eyes and a painful droning on. Like a drunk at a karaoke. There was no real expression of despair it was that same person that cant see their own drunken demise. The final song was so flat and dire it nearly washed away anything of note down the giant musical drain for me. Rolling back I loved Siamese Dream, so this was utter confusion. Just in case I was hallucinating I re-played that album as a way to center myself. Not sure what I learnt but it's like the vocals took a major dip. "Zero" for example sounded like a child americana making "meeeaahhhhhh" sounds and chatting with a terrible accent (not all Americans have a bad accent) but about midway through I heard the old rawness I previously liked. It wasn't all a miss, there were plenty of OK songs, but it was so long and bedraggled that I think my connection with the music started to wane. I only just accepted the vocals on SD and this was just too much for me. Why couldn't they condense this into a decent album I have no idea. Ironically, I was confused why I liked SD as previously didn't engage with Smashing Pumpkins and here I am now confused why I now don't like this. And what the hell is "Cupid De Locke" all about.
58. tonight tonight
too damn long
pas trop mon style et la cover m'a trick
Ну пока похоже что-то на Моцарта хазз, особенно обложка. Начало интересное но скучноватое. Интро тунайт, шикарное прям дух захватило. Дальше очень нравится соединение многих музыкальных инструментов. Не смотря на мою неприязнь к скрипучему вокалу, тут он мне даже нравится, пока что 3,5. 2 Часа, ВЫ СЕРЬЕЗНО?! 6 песня вообще не понравилась, очень хотелось выключить, но следующая to forgive прям запала. Следующая опять слишком активная, на люблю резкие перепады, было б плавно, тогда 10/10. В общем на момент 9 песни я делаю перерыв. Понравилась только to forgive, дальше слушать и не хочется. В общем да. Я даже не стала слушать дальше, не было ни желания ни времени, быть может потом дослушаю
Didn't really dig that
Not as bad as I remember it but still not a huge fan of smashing pumpkins.
Would have given this 3 stars but fuck this album for being over 2 hours long, no one needs that much Smashing Pumpkins.
Well for what’s it’s worth this album was long, too long to be exact, and a lot of the songs were just straight up awful. Sometimes his voice actually sounded pretty good (mainly on the softer songs) but majority of the time he sounds like a mosquito buzzing in my ear. Overall I definitely did not need to listen to this album.
les amo osea pero este album aunque sea famoso no me ha gustado mucho
This is a good album to revisit. I haven't heard it in a while.
**A mix of good and bad. Some good greasy listening tracks and some with just loud noise.
Has some bops, but also had no business being that long
Był całkiem ciekawy, nie do końca moge powiedzieć, że mi siadł. Było parę kawałków, które mi się spodobały - takie jak bullet with butterfly wings, jednak nadal brakowało mi tam czegoś. glos wokalisty mi sie nie podobal
#244/1001. To be honest, I'm only half way through, so giving a rating now feels like cheating. On another hand, I have 1 hour of experience already, which is about 30 minutes more than a good album should last. The album just turned 30, which makes me about 22 when this came out, still in potential target group. And yes, I think Siamese Twins was on the turntable every now and then and some friends had this one on their shelves - parts besides the hits are familiar. This also includes the too heavy metal sounding guitar, and the horrible voice of Corgan (did he want to sound like he had a flu or something?), but also the beautiful acoustic pieces. Some musical experimentation audible here and there, nothing specially inventive. The buzz guitars sound the same every track. For me the best songs are the ones where the distortion or guitars are turned off. Perhaps instead of the 28 songs one could get a rather nice Mercury Rev fanboy acoustic album somewhere around 30 minutes. Rather that than a 6CD 30th anniversary, thanks.
The high points are obvious and undeniable, but it's sprawling, two hours long, and has some real emotional insights like "love is suicide." Didn't finish.
I loved this album when it first came out and I was much younger. Listening to it now was much different. There were some really great tracks and then multiple songs in a row that just felt like filler. There was no need to make this a double album since a lot of the songs could have been left in Billy's head instead of making it to the studio.
4/10
really enjoyed the first half of this album quite a bit but my interest died off into the latter maybe it deserves another listen so that it might grow on me
Heel veel luid kabaal. Muziek is op zich niet zo slecht, de zanger is afgrijselijk. hun openingsnummer (Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness) is het beste & ook gwn oprecht goed, het is dan ook volledig instrumentaal. Ik heb het juist niet kunnen afluisteren want het was te overweldigend tijdens het studeren.
When they weren’t screaming, I didn’t hate it. But they scream a lot.
I started skipping after a while, this album may have gotten away with a single cd, but two whole hours? Get over yourselves you self-important wankers. Half these songs were filler. Only reason I'm not giving it 1 star is 1979.
Not bad confussing not my style
Some real art, but just too long to appreciate as a single album for me. I struggle with getting a feel for double albums sometimes. There are some absolutely solid pieces of rock songwriting here - all the singles are really great. Love some of the riff and hook writing. There's too much of it for me though and personally I find it feels like song after song after song - I couldn't find an overall arc that helped me stick with it.
I do not like grunge and its loud and harsh
#44 I appreciate the heavy guitar but that's it
Chato
Pre listening thought: this album is 2 hours long so it better be really fucking good to justify the length Post listening thought: it was not good enough to justify the length I never listened to smashing pumpkins in their heyday, they just kind of passed me by. On the whole I like what the instruments are doing. I do not like billy corgan's voice. It is definitely an acquired taste that I have not acquired. I feel like I would have given this an extra star if they had a different vocalist (it's so completely distracting how much he sounds like a muppet) and maybe another star if it had been 40 minutes long. So much of what I like about this period in music is here, so it's weird this is getting a 2. But right now it's a 2. Not so unlistenable that it's a 1 but I probably won't be listening again.
Uh
Litt for langt album for meg
Mediocre music does not deserve a double album
At one hand, it's not as bad as I expected it to be. Some moments were pretty fun (especially Jellybelly). But annoying moments are really annoying. 3 and I am excluding one point because I do it with all albums that shouldn't be double
Not as bad as other albums I’ve had to listen to for this album. Some songs were almost good but were brought down by other songs in the album. Also, 2 hours is too long for an album imo.
this gets points deducted for just being wayyy too freaking long. screw that. some decent ballads and guitar riffs but lots of nothingness and an awful singer's voice? really? Would I listen again? No Deserves to be on this list? No 2.2
Struggled more than I thought I would.
Fine
Bit of a slog at over 2 hours. Can't believe there are longer versions of this album. Fav tracks: 1979 Saved a song: N RYM: Y (#338)
Bon début mais l’album est trop long.
There are some interesting pieces here. But not enough to warrant a double album, much less one I needed to listen to (as a complete album). Lots of drama — although I give them credit for showing range on a few tracks. Some tracks are unlistenable. A 2.
N.1
Not my cup of tea . Some songs were good though . Also I don’t think the two hour length is justified… love the art cover btw
I think I coulda died without this one.
Not my cup of tea
Okayish - would have been my thing when I was a teenager but a bit whiny now.
Not really a fan of their music. I’ve heard their singles before of course but I’ve never heard the entire album and honestly, it’s just not for me.
Self-indulgent and bloated, nothing here justifies the two hour running time. It would be too long at half the length. There are moments of promise here, and songs like the album opener “Tonight, Tonight” hint at something more dramatic and theatrical than the post-grunge slog that makes up the brunt of this album. I’m not a fan of this band, obviously, but there are songs on Siamese Dream that still stand out after all the years; not so here. There are few memorable riffs, the quiet-loud thing doesn’t work because the guitar tones when it gets loud are so distorted that they don’t have any dynamics; the only thing that really stands out to me is how cringey Billy Corgan’s lyrics are. And that’s putting aside his whiny tone. It’s less angsty and more a parody of angst. Fucking awful honestly. If there’s an identifiable concept or theme running through this album to tie it together, I must have missed it. You’d think that because Billy Corgan is such an egotistical gasbag that he’d at least be able to back it up with something musically worthwhile, but you’re not going to find it here.
3 classic tunes among a lot of bloat.
I simply don’t think this album was for me, I can musically see the appeal and it’s a very well done album but it’s just not my personal cup of tea in terms of vocals, genre, and the 2 hour runtime. If I really sat down and gave it another listen I think I could rate it higher but i honestly don’t have the push to even listen to the second half. I do really love the song from them I’ve grown up listening to like ‘Tonight, Tonight’, ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’, and ‘1979’ Strong 2/5, leaning towards 3
bloated
A promising name. Unfortunately, the album falls short of my expectations.
Grunge really isn’t my thing but I was curious about this since 1979 is a great track. Then I found coming from the back of the previous 1.5 hour album that this was even longer. No album should be 2 hours. Specially when you listen to one per day, it’s just too much to take in and do justice. Tops you can listen to each track once. Honestly, this was quite boring. 1979 is good as ever, the rest was meh. The vocals that work so well on 1979 just feel whiny on other tracks (Body). Probably a weak 3 star but due to the length a 2 star. I couldn’t wait for it to end.
If you randomly select any 10 of these songs, we're looking at 3 stars. Handpick the best 10, we're looking at 4/5. But I absolutely cannot get through this entire thing again, I promised myself I wouldn't after my listen 2 years ago. Unabridged, this is 2 stars at best
I think this record has the same issue with it now as when I originally heard it back in the day, it’s just too long. There’s some real highlights but it gets bogged down
I hate the Smashing Pumpkins and Billie Corgen's irritating ass voice.
I was never a massive fan of Smashing Pumpkins. Listened to Siamese Dream when it came out and went back and checked out their first few record because of that. They def have some jams. But I remember feeling fatigued by them when Mellon Collie came and out and never bothered to listen it. The singles were played constantly and didn’t really appeal to me and Billy Corgan kinda annoyed me so I figured why bother. I think it’s too late for me to hear this album for the first time. There’s way worse music out there but it’s another case of my built-in impressions coming in colouring my reaction.
TL,DR. But congrats on 40 years. Once, I called Billy Corgan on Thanksgiving.
never really liked this one.
this Put me in Bad Humour
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Can't really get behind the singer, and this overstays its welcome by roughly a whole album.
Never been a great fan of The Smashing Pumpkins, in particular due to Billy Corgan's voice, that does it for some songs, but certainly not for two hours long. I quite liked some songs on Siamese Dream, but when this album came out, and I obtained a copy, I could not bear to listen to it all at once. 30 years later, it's all the same and actually, I found it even more tedious. What a pretentious BS. Yes, there are some classics on this album, ('"Tonight, Tonight", "Bullet With Butterfly Wings", and "1979") but what of the other 25 songs? In the end I can't tell the difference between one song or the other, with a few exceptions ("Galapogos" or "Stumbleine") but my ears hurt because of Billy Corgan's whining, teenage angst and self importance, meh. 2/5
On the upside, this has ambition and mood. It also made me significantly less insecure about singing because I can't do Billy Corgan's voice. On the downside, the mixing feels off (voice way down mby because it sucks). Doesn’t hit like genres it draws on, punk, mid-west, grunge- no thanks. Feels derivative
This settles Smashing Pumpkins as a singles only band for me.
Chiaaaaant
Ok 2/5
I dodnt get through all of disk 1. Not a big SP fan. Dont hate them, just dont listen to them. And so with this, not a terrible album but not a great one for me. There are aspects i like - thw drummer is great, and aspect i think meh - the sound they have seems quite formulaic in some way. I probably ahould finiah this at some point though. Two stars for a good album, not a terrible album but not a great album.
Did remind me of Nirvana but much less screaming. I also think 2 hours is too much.
The Smashing Pumpkins sound like Nirvana if Nirvana made interesting, good music. Bonus points for unique song names. 2 hours was way to long, I really struggled to make it through. 2.4 outta 5
Overblown and pretentious as hell. Yeah, a couple of quite stunning moments, amid a couple of hours of dross.
The gang is rockin’ hard, can’t say I actually liked it but I do appreciate the effort.
Мне больше нравится Ava adore. Здесь либо слишком меланхолично, либо трешово, хотя есть оркестр, и звук очень хорош, но не мое
It's not a bad album but I just can't cause the mix quality is painful, it sounds muddy and dull with lack of depth. feels like my ears are blocked. listened to remastered 2012 but it didn't help. it was probably done deliberately but i can't agree with this decision
I can hear that it is a great album but I think I don’t like grunge music that much. I only enjoyed the 1979 song, thats a banger. The rest I could not really get in to. 4/10
Way too angsty. The lyrics are pure aimed at teenage boys. Which is a bit gay.
Some good stuff but a lot that was unenjoyable to listen to
Corgan’s voice has always been a huge hindrance for me as I’ve attempted to enjoy this band. Despite this, 1979 has always been one of my favorite 90’s songs so I at least wanted to listen that far. It was rough. I give this one 2 out of 5 stars, and that’s solely because of 1979.
Joskus julkaisun aikaan "Jyrkistä" tms tuli Bullet with butterfly wings-kipale ja silloin se kolahti ala-asteikäiseen Zaiffaan. Onneksi ei kuitenkaan tullut ostettua levyä, sillä suurin osa biiseistähän on aivan standardi-rokkia. Tuli levy kuunneltua läpi useassa osassa joten selkeää tarinan kulkua ei jäänyt mieleen, mutta vähän sekava rakenne, vuoroin todella pliisua maalailua ja välillä vähän jotain yritystä ja särönappikin löytynyt kitarasta. Loppua kohden Billy "Dorkan" Corganin äänikin alkoi ärsyttää liikaa. 8-10 biisin levynä olisi ollut ehkä ihan kelpo paketti. Tuplalevynä Irakin sodan kuulustelutyökalu. Ehkä jos kuuntelisi ajatuksella koko läjän niin pisteet voisi kääntyä kolmeen.. tai yhteen. Tuu points
Pari hyvää biisiä 28:sta niin ei sillä kuuhun vielä mennä.
Such an overrated band. The voice is like nails on a chalkboard. Not a fan, despite them having a few OK songs. Those will raise it to a 2.
Not as bad as I expected but still not great
Bit of a bloated mess (2 hours?!). Signifies the beginning of the end for the Pumpkins, as Billy’s creative endeavours only miss the mark further from here. A few highs starkly outshone by absolute mediocrity.
5/10 - typical mid 90s american indie rock, ok but 15 tracks too long, issue with bands realising CDs can be rammed with music
Way. Too. Long. Would've been worth it if Corgan could actually sing.
Ugh, so long. SO LONG. like 2 good songs.
This might have been a 3 but for the length. Definitely some good bits of pumpkin goodness but this was smashed by stretches of unpleasant noise during 8 minute songs.
I find his voice annoying I'm sorry lol
You know, I hated the Pumpkins as a teen, but I didn't mind revisiting this. I mean, I still petered out after hour 1, but I was more mildly bored than horribly annoyed.
*to the tune of No More Parties In LA* "No more 90s alt rock, please god no more 90s alt rock"
2.5 Terrible vocals. Otherwise ok sounding
one had moments but generally too long for me to get into
Yet another case of mediocre music ruined by an annoying male singer, Only song worth listening to is 1979, in an otherwise unbearably long album.
I wanted to enjoy this so much more than I actually did! I owned this double CD as a teenager, and was hoping it was stand the test of time...but nope. Truly a bloated, 'we-need-an-editor' album. Just look at the listens for each track on streaming platforms. The singles on this one have over 25, 50, and 70 (!) times as many listens as the most of the deep cuts. Yikes. Long live Siamese Dream...
Too long
This is like a grunge buffet that just keeps going. Seriously, it’s way too long!
Et velprodusert og langt album. Sikkert en viktig introduksjon til SM. Men, dette er ikke noe for meg. Jeg likte noen av låtene på slutten av andreplata. Litt for hardt, syntes mye var ganske likt.
Eh. Wouldn’t listen again
Would have made an okay single album, not as good as what came before.
I tried but it's just not for me
This album is beautifully produced. The drums, guitars, keys, strings...all incredibly done. It would be a 5/5 if it was an instrumental. Unfortunately it's not. One of the worst singers I've ever heard sings over the gorgeous music and ruins almost every song. There is a track called "Muzzle" which got me excited as I thought maybe the lead singers band mates realize they would sound better if they put a muzzle on the lead singer...but no...he is singing on that song too. To make matters worse, this album is 2 hours long!!!
Somewhat familiar band. I might have heard some of their songs back then but wasn't impressed. I am not a fan of the vocal. An OK album.
There are no doubt some great tracks on this album … but it is way too long and by the time I got to the end I’d forgotten them 🤷♀️
Long album. Best Songs Tonight, Tonight Bullet With Butterfly Wings Take Me Down 1979
Billy Corgan can’t sing… plus I hear he’s a free market libertarian
I hate the smashing pumpkins
Unpopular opinion, but the heavier songs are much, much, much better than the mellow songs on this record. They allow the drummer to really display his talent, and the crunchy guitars kind of drown out Billy's whine (most of the time). In contrast, everything (lyrics, music, enjoyment) is drowned out by Billy's whine on the mellow/emotional songs, all of which are supremely skippable. In fact, it seems at this point in the band's career, Billy Corgan has decided that the focal point of every song should be his quite frankly subpar vocals. Overall, while the record is ambitious and has a lot of great moments, the enormous run-time and the vocal slop don't just prevent this record from achieving greatness - they make it a genuine disappointment. 2.0/5.0: Disappointing
Just fine
More like Mellon Collie and the Infinite Screeching Started off alright. The guys voice soon pissed me off so bad - was like nails on a chalkboard. I knew 2 of these songs beforehand, can't say I particulary liked them There was no need at all for this album to be 2 hours long. Absolutely no need 2 ⭐️
some good songs but two hours was too long, definitely could have been cut down. billy’s voice can be really hard to listen to
It turns out that one Smashing Pumpkins song in a row is a good time, three in a row is a less good time, and twenty-eight in a row is a war crime.
What an aptly titled album because melancholy is how this album made me feel. The album switches between Alternative/Art-Rock, Grunge, and Heavy-Metal - I just wish they could make up their mind. Ultimately, I found the album boring.
High school drama club over here.
I don't really get the hype
Good until the guy started singing
Never understood the hype. And now that I’ve listened to the whole album I can honestly say that it is not my kind of music
No. Too much noise
I am not a Smashing Pumpkins lover or a hater. For the most part, I found the quality of the album to be really good but I'm sorry - nothing justifies that run time. It is nowhere near engaging enough to be the length of a movie. If you have more songs you want to put out, then make a deluxe like everyone else? Bullet With Butterfly Wings is crazy good though.
i had something to say about the album but that was 1h40 of music ago. i really hate his voice. 1979 is a good song though
Not for me
Honestly pretty juvenile. I feel like the lyrics are super woe is me and Billy corrigan’s voice annoys me. Not a fan and I don’t really get the hype. Not unlistenable, just not good.
Just cos you can write them doesn't mean they need to be on the album. There's some ok mid 90s 'alt rock' tunes swimming alongside the mediocre ones. It's just all a bit too much Billy Corgan in one sitting for my ears. once I laughed at those lyrics for Zero it was quite hard to take the rest of it seriously.
I am very conflicted about this artist. Instrumentals can be very catchy, but the vocals are so grating to my ears. One song was worth repeating, the rest I can't. 2
Alternative rockia joka iskee kyllä johonkin, mutta ajanmyötä nasaali määkyminen ottaa kyllä pajatsoon
The fact that Billy Corgan is now a wrestling promoter tells you everything you need to know about his “artistic” philosophy: Make entertainment of the lowest common denominator to appeal to as many dumb people as possible. Given that this album is made up of fairly inoffensive grunge rockers and ballads, I could see having given it three stars if it had been a single album. But nah son, two hours? Two stars. At least the album cover is pretty.
Eipä tässä kuin ehkä kaksi rallia itselle ollut.
This album appears to be suffered from a bad case of billycorganitus.
Gish, Siamese Dream, and Pisces Iscariot are all far superior albums. Listening again reminded of why I sold this one long ago even though I love Smashing Pumpkins. 1979 and Tonight, Tonight are the only tracks worth saving off this album.
Yet another double album that does not earn its runtime. A lot of the songs are overly long as well, further dragging on what is a rather boring collection of songs. The saving grace is that a small handful of songs are actually worth listening to, else this would've been an easy 1 star rating.
Alotta sounds on this one. I've never been a huge pumpkin guy, this has not changed that. I've once heard this album called one of the greatest double albums of all time. That guy was an idiot.
makes me wonder if I can name “rock” or “alternative” when asked about my favourite music because they are declared to be both and they are both but I didn’t like it and it’s too rocky for me but I thought I liked rock but this sometimes just appears to be noise to me and now I have to be strict again but I don’t wanna be strict I wanna find true love here but it’s hard and also I have to admit that I didn’t even make it through I just listened to half because it’s so long and now Giorgia’s gonna be mad at me for being strict again and I so wanted to like it because i liked the artwork and now i wonder if I actually like rock or just nice artworks please forgive me dear pumpkins but not for me 2,5/5 🎃
Some decent guitar but the frontman really really cant sing
Had some absolute bangers and some absolute ear violators, but I appreciated the genre blending nonetheless.
It is not quite a two star but il never listen to it gain. Pretty tight, some good melodies and song writing here and there, but the songs got me zoning out and focusing on all other stuff than the music
Infinitely too long. Needed so many edits.
This is the sound of Billy Corgan being handed the keys to the studio, the universe, and probably a mirror he never stopped gazing into. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is not so much an album as it is a sprawling monument to self-indulgence. Across two discs and 28 tracks, Corgan tries to be everything at once—angry teen prophet, fragile poet, guitar god, misunderstood genius—and ends up being mostly exhausting. There are a few good songs scattered in the mess (1979, Tonight, Tonight), but you have to wade through a lot of overblown, melodramatic sludge to find them. Corgan’s voice, never the band’s strongest asset, is everywhere—whining, whispering, shouting, often in the same song—and it wears thin fast. There’s no editor in sight, and no one seemed willing to tell him that maybe not every idea needed to be a track. The album jumps from orchestral ballads to punishing riff-fests like a teenager flipping through outfits before a prom they didn’t want to go to in the first place. It’s ambitious, sure, but ambition without focus turns into bloat. For all the grandeur, the emotion feels more performative than profound. It wants desperately to be important, to be the statement of a generation, but the result is something closer to an endless diary entry—loud, overwrought, and full of feelings, but ultimately lacking clarity. A shorter, sharper album might’ve been great. This, instead, is Billy Corgan’s endless guitar solo of a personality on double vinyl.
I don't know if I have the ability to get into this kind of music right now. I need something more chill and tender.
Judged The Smashing Pumpkins unfairly before this. By no means will I be searching this out to listen again, but whereas before I thought I actively disliked pretty much every TSP song, this has a couple of bangers.
This was way too long. I never heard much of The Smashing Pumpkins, and after this album, I don't regret it—nothing there for me.
Not my kind of stuff
Not my cup of tea
OK, a few things to cover off on this one To start with, I really dislike the lead singer's voice. It's so whiny and off-putting. The instruments are quite good though Next, this album does have a fairly consistent mood/tone, but it jumps all over the place genre-wise. One song is a piano backed pop song, the next is heavy metal, then we hit grunge, and on and on. It's impressive that they can write songs that are good and so different sounding, but it makes the experience worse for me as a listener I think if this 2 hour (!) album had been split into 3 albums, each grouped by genre, I would have enjoyed it a lot more. As it is, it's far too long and self-indulgent
Overblown and predictable. The moment when the crunchy guitar will enter was always too obviously signposted. Some nice moments but ponderously paced, much prefer Siamese dream.
Ничего хорошего
Yep, nothing that great on this album. It gets 2 stars for at least being a somewhat decent album. Wouldn't listen to it again though.
Fitting title for my first day back at work after parental leave. A few properly great songs (1979, Tonight Tonight). A lot that is not for me though. Just too pompous, earnest and overlong, all while lacking wit or humour. An Ode To No One? Hmmm.
mid
The favourite album of that one guy you always bump into parties but don't really want to be friends with.
I didn’t really like it. I couldn’t understand any of what the singer was saying and I can’t really relate to any of the songs.
I like the songs where he sings, but the screechy metal stuff is just not for me. Respect the craft of it but find it unpleasant.
Mediocre album and the infinite runtime. I've never had a major issue with Smashing Pumpkins, and as a teenager, I actually liked the hits quite a bit. But then I grew up. 1979 is a legit good song. Unfortunately it's surrounded by 2 hours of fluffy whining that doesn't really make a statement.
Corg and crew deliver exactly what they promise: 121 minutes of aptly-named joylessness.
I thought I'd be giving this a solid three, but an album with 28 songs should have more than 4 bangers. Most of it is pleasant but not memorable. I saw this tour and they only played 16 songs for the show including the encores. That should have been the max number for the album as well.
Starts pretty nicely with that intro and strings, but soon we enter well known territory. Bands like these are make or break with the singer and I can't stand his voice.
I've concurred that life is too short to listen to a 2-hour album that sounds like this. I get that the theme is sadness (that's the pun of the title, right?) but it was just too much, and too long. Did I only listen to the first half? Yes. Is that cheating where this list is concerned? Possibly.
Jonkinlainen saavutus mutta levynä melkein mahdottomuus. Bullet With Butterfly Wings: kova. Kokonaisuus: loputon. 2,5
I listened to one side and that was enough,.I am sure they have many people who love the smashing pumpkins, but it was too long and inconsistent for me, a lot like use your illusion 1&2 it could have made a great single album
Not for me!
The Smashing Pumpkins, устав от обвинений критиков в монотонности, решили показать публике, что такое настоящий музыкальный калейдоскоп. И показали. Но, как это часто бывает, в стремлении угодить всем, можно потерять суть. Медленные, меланхоличные баллады на альбоме — вот то, что цепляет тут за живое. Они, как поздняя осень, тянут за собой тоску, но такую, которая согревает, а не которая заставляет разбежавшись прыгнуть. Каждая нота как капля холодного дождя на стекле. Голос Коргана здесь звучит как шёпот в пустом доме, где каждый звук отдаётся эхом внутренней боли. Эти песни берут тебя за руку и ведут туда, где все чувства обнажены. Но стоит только ребятам сменить тон на агрессивный, как всё сразу рушится. Гитары, которые они специально в этом альбоме настраивали на полтона ниже, в результате дают не тяжесть, а грязь. Бас гудит, накрывая собой всё, как индустриальный смог. Вокал тонет в этом хаосе, будто пытается пробиться сквозь бетонную стену. Вместо силы и напора — неразборчивая масса шума.
Is this some kind of antique MCR? Not for me 🫨
I've long been ambivalent about The Smashing Pumpkins. The hits have nostalgia value, and the line "despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage" is still a great line. But I'm just not very emo when it comes down to it. Probably does deserve a spot on this list.
This album is almost operatic in a certain way. I like the vibe and the story tellling where it exists, but Billy Corgan’s voice literally ruins the entire thing for me though. It’s metallic and whiny. Standout tracks are “1979” and “Zero”.
Did I just get yelled at for 2 hours? As someone who grew up in the 90's I recognize at least 4 of the 28 songs! I would probably need to give the album more time to fully appreciate it, but due to the "mellon collie and infinite sadness" of adult life, I cannot. Keep those 4 songs coming though, wicked cool!
A fair bit of variation between tracks on this album, but I think the reason that I really only thought I liked We Only Come Out At Night, for example, was because so many of the other tracks were such a slog. Also a double album is never the easiest thing to listen to, at more than 2 hours this is definitely at least twice as much Smashing Pumpkins than I needed to hear. A few very 90s-sounding tracks in here. I'm sure a lot of this was on the Daria soundtrack, if I could be bothered to look it up.
There are a few listenable songs scattered throughout the two mostly unbearable hours of this double album. Do not recommend.
i was excited to listen to this one but the further i got into it the more i just wanted it to end. ugh. maybe i just dont like the smashing pumpkins that much.
Too long. My ears hurt.
Groupe connu, en particulier par le morceau "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" (++), mais je n'avais jamais écouté un album entier. Manque de chance c'est un triple album avec plus de 2:00 de musique. Alors fatalement des morceaux moyens côtoient ceux plus réussis. Et malheureusement les plus réussis sont minoritaires ... =>2/5
I don't know if it's a work of art or a bloating piece of crap. There are a bench of interesting things from a musical point of view (but hey, if you deliver two hours of music that might be expected?), but it's way too long, way too pompous, the production is not really good and doesn't really do justice to the instruments (but it probably helps to hide Corgan's voice), and Corgan's voice is... well, Corgan's. Keep the good songs, make it a regular album, and it might be good. But this? Ugh.
I think my review is bias, because I don't like Billy Corgan. But the hits are good, and the output is crazy. If you like this kind of sound, this album is PACKED full of song. But overall this isn't for me
Glad to try it again but about the same as last time: nice to listen to, but all sounds the same and goes on forever
The album is too long, some songs I clearly liked, but it is very long, the truth is, a little difficult to listen to and concentrate on. 2.5
too long, didn't like the vocals, some OK music dotted around
Love the name and album art. I can appreciate the album, but I probably won’t be going back to it
This seems the point when the band went from kinda interesting to a bit boring. Egg headed ghost like annoyance, too much production.
Terrible, just drones on and on and on. Smashing Pumpkins never really managed to replicate their peak which was Siamese Dream.
Der Mittelteil geht, Rest zu lang zu einfallslos 4/10
Only listened to the first 5-6 songs but I just don’t like it. It’s also way too long with both discs (2 hours). Anyway it’s just not my kind of music.
If anyone else in the world with a different voice than this lead singer, was the lead singer I think I could enjoy these songs but since that's not the case only two stars first songwriting and interesting Melody
The instrumental backing is lovely The singing is unbearable
I really don’t think there is anything unique at interesting about this album. The music is generic and the songs are too long.
2/5 Some nice intrumentals in there but I didn’t like the vocals.
it’s a 2 hour smashing pumpkins album. a few songs are admittedly cool - especially when they don’t sound like themselves. unfortunately it’s still a 2 hour smashing pumpkins album and it’s tough for that to be good
Billie corgan's voice could grate cheese. 2 stars cuz I kinda like the roller coaster song
Tried this album too many times. Only a few good songs so not worth it and nowhere close to Siamese dream
It’s sooooo long and my favorite track is Tonight, Tonight so there’s a lot to get through after that
Nostalgic album that reminds me of the 90s but not super my vibe
https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/1bz7v49/billy_corgan_rides_a_rollercoaster/
billy corgan sucks for a million different reason but one of the main reasons is that his delivery surely inspired the likes of gerard way and other similarly SHIT emo music. so that alone is a crime against humanity as far as i’m aware. the music is good!!!! his voice and terrible vibes really ruin it which is really too bad. i actually liked the slower songs better because that’s more my vibe re: annoying man voice…the faster/more metal songs are too emo-adjacent! fav tracks: beautiful; lily (my one and only)
"Emptiness is loneliness, and loneliness is cleanliness / And cleanliness is godliness, and God is empty / Just like me" oh shut the fuck UP!!! honestly the more metal songs were much more listenable to me than the indie whiny ones. emilia recommended putting myself in the mindset of a teenage boy when listening to this which i think is apt as i cannot take this seriously as an adult and/or beautiful woman...
Certainly not wrong about ‘infinite’. There’s so many songs to wade through here. I got bored after about 7. Plus you have the constant, painful Billy Corgan screech and whine to contend with. Some nice symphonic elements and 1979 is on here but overall getting through this double album is completely torturous.
Left it playing in the backround while working. I get Blind Melon and The Smashing Pumpkins confused so at first I was excited about the album, then realized, no, it's not who I thought it was. Then I read the review about Cartman and now I can unhear it LOL. and the "Despite all my rage..." line reminds me more of Weird Al's Alternative Polka than Bullet with Butterfly Wings. I don't hate the album but not something I'll listen to again.
Long. Way too long. The bangers were bangers, but a lot of it just felt like filler. Could have been 2 albums one succesful, and one not.
Way too long of an album. And I can't believe there were so many songs that were already cut! Why not just make multiple albums? Does the saying "throw enough wet paper at a wall and eventually something will stick" apply here? Sure there's some really good songs in here, some of their best singles (1979, for instance). But 2 hours for an album is absurd. Now... for my review. I can imagine if I were a teenager listening to this for the first time, I would probably absolutely love this album. The mixture of angst and sadness pretty much describes a lot of what teenagers are going through and also describes a lot of songs on this album. I loved the intro piano. I wish there were more songs like that, even with singing. In fact, a lot of the slower sections in this album are very well put together. There's a lot to like about this album, but the length of it is such a turn off, I just wanted it to end. 2/5
if you stuck to the hits and a handful of the other songs on here you'd have one of the tightest no skip albums of the 90s instead of a double album full of some of the most forgettable music of the decade
This album was so so so SO long for no reason. The music wasn't nearly good enough to justify the length. It put me in a bad mood, and I ended up listening over the course of a few days. Would not recommend.
please no more double albums. there are 2 songs I enjoyed on here
this was one decent album worth of music followed by 1.5 more albums. one additional star for Tonight Tonight
A slow death by the 5th song.
This album was good just not for me
I like their sound. And with the hit-singles "Tonight, Tonight", "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" and especially "1979"‼ they had the basis for 40 mindblowing minutes. But a double album with almost two hours running time is a task much greater artists have already failed. And so have the Smashing Pumpkins for me too! One star down for not cutting it down to the (great) essence. 2,5
for a first album to have a double album says a lot to me. There are those songs on there that I know from main stream but Im not really into his voice that much. The album is long when you don't care much about the sound.
The good of this album, I really liked it. When it was good it was great for me. There was a lot of mid to bad songs but that’s just my opinion and I don’t think they were unlistenable bad, just not my type bad. Regardless, I went in not knowing any songs or have listened to any previous album of theirs & came out pretty impressed. High 2, could’ve been a 3 but 2 is fair here.
Just not for me.
This album is twice as long as it should have been. There are too many songs that add nothing but noise to it. Some good songs here but overall it is 2 stars or D+ for me.
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First of all, clocking in at over 2h, this is really too long. I'm getting an album to listen to every 24h - this album is over a twelfth of that period! On my first play, I quite like this album. Whether it gets more plays depends on what I'm doing today! As far as I can tell, as a body of work it's pretty mediocre. Might have been better with a bit more quality control.
Just not my jam.
Amazing first two songs then turned into something I did not enjoy
Can see the appeal, but not for me.
Couple bangers - got bored between
Just all round a bit too much of everything going on to enjoy it
"Zero" has great lyrics and "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" is iconic. This album def has a place in 90's grunge, with the unmistakable nasely squeaky voice of Billy. It's a long album, and I don't want to put myself through that again. It was a bit much. As far as enjoyment level, 2 star.
Blooooooooooaaaaatttttteeeeeddddd
was enjoying the first couple of tracks then was hit with some crappy 80s heavy metal boring shit. A couple of really good tracks but too much crap
Disclaimer: I rated Siamese Dream at 5/5 and I really love it. It managed what this record fails to do: deliver good music and shut up. I feel like Billy really believed he's something else and tried to make himself a monument. He failed, this sucks (with a few exceptions such as 1979). I have the comfort of having English as my second language so I can just tune out and not listen to the horrible, horrible lyrics. Otherwise, I'd have probably rated it at 1/5. I feel like the people I respect rating it at 5/5 are only doing it because of nostalgia, there's no way someone actually enjoys it front to back.
Fairly heavy guitars and vocals
2,5
I will be waging a war against all bands from the 90s with whiny lead singers.
Could have been a 3 but it's just too damn long
Why oh why is this so long? Why is it so revered? Why does every good song (of which there are a few) get immediately followed by a horrible stinker? The good songs, such as 1979 and By Starlight are really, really great. But it's 28 songs long and on a lot of them Corgan just ruins everything like a skinny, pompous Mr Blobby.
not for me. the music is fine but billy corgan's voice grates. and also the music is something way too melodramatic too
Puffffffff... Tiene cosas buenas y me ha llegado a gustar el primer CD, pero es MUY largo. Al final del segundo estaba casi exhausto.
Rock, 1995 -> 2
I do not get the appeal of this album at all. A 2 hour 2 disc snore fest and some of the worst singing I've heard. Not a fan of Smashing Pumpkins, even their big hit off this album "Bullet With The Butterfly Wings" is disappointing. I can't give it a one star cause it's not as bad as other albums I've given one star on this list but man does this suck.
🎧This album is 2 hours long. Much of it is whiny crap. Much of it is just plain boring. Here Is No Why and Bullet With Butterfly Wings are terrific songs. Shame Billy Corgan couldn’t trim the fat, there’s probably a halfway decent record in here.
Meh. Light screamo rock
Interesting riffs and musical ideas, clearly acts as a predecessor of deftones orchestrated, calm style of metal, it’s just way too long and corgans whiny vocals suck.
I'm only forty-two albums in this challenge, and I've already gotten two Smashing Pumpkins albums (supposedly it's the last of them on this list—what a relief!). I'm so tempted to give this one the lowest rating, but at the same time, I do understand why people love this kind of sound; it's 90s alt-rock at its best. ...I just really hate 90s alt-rock, I guess. Anyway, I think I made it clear in my review of Siamese Dream just how much I despise this vocalist. He's got to be one of the worst singers who's ever made it big. He's bearable when he's not shouting and/or whining, but that rarely ever happens, which is why it's really hard for me to enjoy anything by this band. The instrumentation is at times really good, even though it mostly falls into the repetetive category, but that guy ruins every single song he opens his mouth on. As for the compositions themselves—they're just okay, not that groundbreaking at all, which is why I don't understand why this band is being listed right next to the likes of Nirvana when they're really just another generic alt-rock 90s band. I will say though that they must have put a lot of effort into this album, but it's just way too bloated. I could see myself enjoying this a bit more if they cut out all the unnecessary filler. Siamese Dream was similarly exhausting, but at least it was a normal-length album, while this seemed to go on forever. There's supposed to be a concept somewhere in there, but I guess I missed it while forcing myself to finish it. 2 stars (only for the couple of songs that didn't make me want to smash the skip button)
A triple LP, GTFOH. I can't say I enjoyed this, the entire middle is total rubbish and many of the front and end songs aren't polished or good enough to revisit. How did Billy Corgan even become a singer? Are there people who actually like this voice? Everything he touches feels contrived. He's trying too hard to be dark, he's trying to write meaningful lyrics and they fall flat, he's not trying to grate off all your skin with his vocals but he does. I don't like this album because I don't even really like their hits. The title also sucks. My chore is complete.
Less melodic and less melancholic than I recalled. And more smash the world — which given the right mood might have been better
I would've liked this more if it had been released as two separate albums. As a double album the second half dragged after the first.
I didn’t like this but I’m just so glad it wasn’t as I initially thought from the deluxe version 6 hours long
I enjoyed parts of this. the is a couple of songs on here that i would deffo lissen to again ( Tonight tonight and Bullet with butterfly wings) however it was far too long as a final note the the album title is perfect for this.
I’m sure it’s not what these guys were going for but there was some funny shit on this album. Emptiness is loneliness And loneliness is cleanliness And cleanliness is godliness And God is empty just like me Mary had a little lamb Her face was white as snow And everywhere that Mary went I was sure to go Now Mary's got a problem, and Mary's not a stupid girl Mary's got some deep shit, and Mary does not forget It didn’t save the album but it at least got me smiling politely
Two hours and five minutes is too long to listen to Smashing Pumpkins. This record is bloated and beyond the singles there’s not much to write home about. Two stars but one star is for nostalgia.
2h viistettään.. paskaa... Muutama hyvä biiis lopusssa vaivan väärti... Kiitos.. hyväö musiikkia.m heh..
4/10 - The second song seemed decent enough so I was expecting an ok album. But its been pretty bad after that. The songs are so screamy and not enjoyable imo. Nearing the end of the first disc it chilled out a bit. Straight into disk 2 its equally as bad. For instance tales of a scorched earth is absolutely awful. I went back and relistened to the most popular songs and they were better but still not fantastic.
First of all, this was 2 hours because it had 2 disks. Secondly, it sounded very generic and it was a bit meh. There were some interesting guitar solos here and there, but overall not very exciting.
I appreciate the musicality, the arrangements, the guitar playing. But the lead singer’s voice is like nails and a chalkboard to me and makes me want to punch something.
This took fucking 3 days to finish. Bloated as fuck. There's no good reason this is two hours long. I'm giving it a 2 which is such a shame because there's some absolute ripper tracks in here. But those unfortunately represent .01% of the total ruintime. I misspelt runtime there - but my error absolutely adequately describes listening to this full record. It has a ruintime. It strips a very serious amount of time from your day. My time has been ruined. My algorithm is forever going to think I love Smashing Pumpkins, because I've now got a Lord of The Rings length of listening time with them. Fuck.
The instrumental songs were gorgeous. The slow songs were pretty good. The rest was nails on a chalkboard.
Not good, not bad; guess I’m not a SP fan. Track after track of same nasally, whiney, high pitched delivery. Not really original.
they've got their sound together more than on Siamese Dream, in that most of the guitar solos figure out how to make the shred thing more of a noise collage (like all the other grunge bandwagon jumpers had already figured out how to do). there's still at least one extra tacky solo, on the track called "Fuck You (An Ode to No One)" which is a perfect title for what that song is (terrible). they show off a little more range with varied instruments (sounds like a big recording budget more than musicality) and styles. you can hear more that doesn't sound like a thousand layers of the same guitar smashed into paste, but it's heavy on compression & noise gate that makes it fatiguing to listen to. "Bodies" and "Tales of a Scorched Earth" are very nu-metal titles for very nu-metal songs that sound like they wanted to be a little more groovy & cool like sludgey grunge metal. I feel a little bad accusing these Pumpkins of copying the grunge wave so often, because I don't think that's what they were going for on the whole. it's just the rest of their vision isn't interesting enough to comment on. "The Wall for Generation X" sounds exactly right for how much this sucks. I like 1979 a lot. music: hated. (⌐■_■)
Two starts but only for nostalgia for my high school years.
I feel weird giving this a 2 because the album is obviously so good. And there are more than a few songs I really like. But it’s long. Corgan said he aimed the album at people 14 to 24, and I felt that. The album was so long I almost quit this 1001 albums thing because I finally listened to the whole thing after many months of failed attempts. It’s like 2 hours of music.
this is a really mixed bag, where some tracks are really good and others are really bad. also the intro tracks are just piano on a rock/grunge album??? way too long and the vocalist really hates hitting notes.
Long as hell man. Bullet w butterfly wings will intermittently be in my head going forward, but other than that not too notable
Masterful tour de force. Kinda lost me at the growlcore B-sides. But to be honest with myself, I'm just not that excited about Smashing Pumpkins. Respect this album a lot, but for my personal listening enjoyment, it's two stars.
1979 - one of those songs I can never remember.
Not as bad as the last smashing pumpkins I listened to, but I still wanted it to end. Only listened to the first disc. A couple tracks were alright.
Not my favorite. Sounded like loud indie rock. I’d give it 2.5 stars.
Must be a generation thing. I can see why people love this album just does nothing for me.
Definitely not my deal. Aside from Nirvana who I appreciated for their contribution to the evolution many sub genres of rock, the 90s grunge did not sit well with me…likely generational as I need more than just angst.
Voice is whiny and grated on my nerves. Not a classic in my view
yeah sorry not a fan of this one. it's not bad but lord it should be illegal to have an album this long with not that much going on. everything on it is really middle of the road with the exception of a handful of songs that are sort of interesting. but nothing really grabbed me at all. i just found myself bored for two hours. honestly it felt a little like a waste of two hours for me :( sorry :(
Grundgier than I expected. Seemed to lack direction.
Right off the bat I didn't like the lead singer's voice and that's kind of a problem. I agree with one reviewer's apt description that he sounded like Cartman from South Park trying to sing. Then I got annoyed when I discovered that this album was over 2 hours long! If I enjoyed the music that would have been a good thing but I just couldn't get into this.
Tycker bara det är ett fåtal låtar som håller. På tok för jävla lång är den dessutom.
1979 is all I can listen to and enjoy unfortunately.
I like 1979….
I was never a huge fan of The Smashing Pumpkins. It's not a negative thing. It's just that while other people were listening to them, I was listening to somebody else. I didn't get any feels from their stuff. I didn't connect. I can listen to them, but...they're OK.
While this evokes feelings of nostalgia, I can’t really stand Billy Corgan’s singing and honestly a lot of the songs sound the same. Reminds me of my annoying older sister pretending she was an edgy teenager in the 90s. Also, it’s unnecessarily long. Tonight, Tonight rips though.
משעמם
It's been a good album, lasted too long for my liking but some of the songs were good, others not much, maybe I will listen to sum of it in the future but no all the album.
There are a handful of quite good songs on this album, but mixed in with some other stuff that I'm not terribly fond of. This would definitely be an album that, if I were to buy it, would prefer to buy only the songs that I'm actually interested in and skip the rest.
I remember this album was a big deal back when music was a big deal to me. I didn't buy it because it was expensive and I didn't think I'd like many of the songs other than 1979 and Bullet with Butterfly Wings. Tonight, Tonight was on MTV in heavy rotation and it's fine but I knew most of the album was post-grunge, reverb, wall of sound that is grating to listen to. Then you add in Corgan's singing which at times I really enjoy and other times I really don't enjoy. I certainly don't want to hear the song where he is straight up screaming. I think I'll only come back for 2 songs, but those two songs are good enough to save this from getting 1 star only
Whiny McWhinerson
Meh
some solid moments, but ultimately not for me
Eyeshadow
Ahhhh damn me, It did not registered the review I wrote so now I have lost it all. To make the tale short: Thought it was another band, but no, first time listening. And it simply is. I got bored by the middle of the second disk. Some people might like it but it is not for me. 2/5
Sorry! Not for me, I'm afraid! I found it overlong, overblown and I really couldn't get on with Corgan's voice. The 'grungey' bits sounded like they were just trying too hard!
Just not my thing tbh. Lead singer's voice is meh
Not for me
I have always LOVED Siamese Dream. So I bought Mellon Collie the week it was released; but I've never liked it. There is WAY too much mediocrity here to truly appreciate the two or three amazing moments. And those amazing moments were played SO much on the radio in 1995, that listening to the album was just about exploring the mediocrity. It also comes across as a bit artsy (c'mon...Mellon Collie?) - too much of it sounds affected, gimmicky and/or half-baked. Corgan's clearly trying to expand his sound; which is laudable. But the less grungy the backing tracks get, the more they're ruined by their exposure of his voice - revealing his jarring and incongruously-timed transitions between whisper, vocalfry, failed attempts at real singing, and mediocre James Hetfield impressions. Ultimately, I'm frustrated by all of it. If he'd focused on making the best one-third of the songs here great (instead of making the Wall for Gen X - give me a break) he could have made a great album. Bullet With the Butterfly Wings is so great, though, that it earns the album two stars all on its own.
To long, ok to listen some songs in a playlist but couldn't finish the record
Just not my usual vibe. Enjoyed Zero and Love.
Lyrics and majestic power chords are fine but I'm just not a fan because of Corigans grating vocals. Also found the mastering to be very lifeless and "made for car radio"
Meh
This was good to start off with but just would not end any he last 1/4 just sucked. I wanted to rate this highly but just can’t.
2 hours? Triple LP? Come on.
I hate Billy’s voice so much.
Somewhere in a parallel reality is a 5/5 album that sounds exactly like Mellon Collie but sung by someone not Billy Corgan.
Not my type of thing. I liked some of the songs but most of it blended together.
so the first song was so so so lovely and i was excited to listen to this, thinking i would love it so much. but sadly, i just didn’t, i hated most of it. there were like two songs i liked, the first i love, and then that one about being 33 or something which just sounds like journey to the past from anastasia so i will have to look into it. the beginning of the second song is so epic, i love that too, i actually like that song a lot. unfortunately i have to be fair and can’t rate it high for one or two songs… sorry.
Inoffensive.
Eerste twee nummers verrassend muzikaal en prettig, daarna neemt de harde gitaar, drum en het geschreeuw over. Hier en daar wel nummers waar nog muziek in zit.
I always thought they were overrated in the 90s, and this certainly didn't change my mind.
This was alright! Again the vocals didnt do it for me! I dont know. There were some interesting songs but for a lack of ability to express myself - the vibes were off. I hate to give something a 2 but aside from a few songs where there was max indie rock nostalgia I wasn't really feeling it. And to be honest, I couldn't finish it. I still have the tail end of the second side left. Will I finish it? We'll find out!
While I never owned any Smashing Pumpkins albums, this band was a major part of the ambient sound backdrop of my college years. It’s familiar, but I don’t think I’ve ever sat down with this album before. For one thing, it’s too long. But also the grunge scene wasn’t really my thing then and it still isn’t. I can appreciate the album but once is more than enough and I really had to stop myself from giving up on it as it dragged on. Galapogos was a bright spot, 1979 lived up to my memory of it, Stumbleine was a surprise winner, and I’ve always loved the cover art. But a lot of the other songs aren’t memorable and a couple, like Tales of a Scorched Earth and X.Y.U., are ear-splittingly bad. After listening to the first several songs I had settled on a 3, but now that I’m blissfully at the end of the whole album I’m dropping it to a 2 for unnecessary length and whininess. I see that Amazon is offering to play me an EXTENDED version of this album that is almost SIX HOURS LONG and no thank you.
Meh, didn’t finish
A couple bangers on this album but this is simply too much music. Maybe if you're a Smashing Pumpkins stan you would rage for this album but like at least 20 of these songs could be removed and it would be a good album. And I really don't mean to be judgmental because I really do like some of these songs but 2 hours is a long time to listen to Billy Corgan's voice. It's the first and hopefully only DNF for me.
Meh, too long