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Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (CD)

Album Details: Siamese Dream

Release Date:03/18/1996
Label:Virgin Records Us
UPC:077778826729

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    Unique, Clever, Beautiful, Peaceful, ROC

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jul 7, 2004 | 1 out of 1 found this Siamese Dream review helpful

    Pros: so versitile something for everyone

    Cons: should have more tracks and last for ever.

    Simply great album one of my favorates of any band not just SP.

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    My Favorite

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Aug 18, 2004

    Pros: The single greatest set of 13 songs ever written and produced in human history.

    Cons: Really there isn't any. It's perfect.

    This is the best Smashing Pumpkins record ever. It's an album that you listen to from start to finish. I especially like "Geek U.S.A." and "Hummer". Hard to believe this is already 11 years old!

Pro Reviews: Siamese Dream

  • All Music Guide

    While Gish had placed Smashing Pumpkins on the "most promising artist" list for many, troubles were threatening to break the band apart. Singer/guitarist/leader Billy Corgan was battling a severe case of writer's block and was in a deep state of depression brought on by a relationship in turmoil; drummer Jimmy Chamberlin was addicted to hard drugs; and bassist D'Arcy and guitarist James Iha severed their romantic relationship. The sessions for their sophomore effort, Siamese Dream, were wrought with friction -- Corgan eventually played almost all the instruments himself (except for percussion). Some say strife and tension produces the best music, and it certainly helped make Siamese Dream one of the finest alt-rock albums of all time. Instead of following Nirvana's punk rock route, Siamese Dream went in the opposite direction -- guitar solos galore, layered walls of sound courtesy of the album's producers (Butch Vig and Corgan), extended compositions that bordered on prog rock, plus of...ten reflective and heartfelt lyrics. The four tracks that were selected as singles became alternative radio standards -- the anthems "Cherub Rock," "Today," and "Rocket," plus the symphonic ballad "Disarm" -- but as a whole, Siamese Dream proved to be an incredibly consistent album. Such underrated compositions as the red-hot rockers "Quiet" and "Geek U.S.A." were standouts, as were the epics "Hummer," "Soma," and "Silverfuck," plus the soothing sounds of "Mayonaise," "Spaceboy," and "Luna." After the difficult recording sessions, Corgan stated publicly that if Siamese Dream didn't achieve breakthrough success, he would end the band. He didn't have to worry for long -- the album debuted in the ~Billboard Top Ten and sold more than four million copies in three years. Siamese Dream stands alongside Nevermind and Superunknown as one of the decade's finest (and most influential) rock albums. - Greg Prato, All Music Guide Read more Less

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The Smashing Pumpkins

Of all the major alternative rock bands of the early '90s, the Smashing Pumpkins were the group least influenced by traditional underground rock. Lead guitarist/songwriter Billy Corgan fashioned an amalgam of progressive rock, heavy metal, goth rock, psychedelia, and dream pop, creating a layered, powerful sound driven by swirling, distorted guitars. Corgan was wise eno... Read more