Siamese Dream

Pretty solid. Good vibes, fun sounds. 3 stars.

I wish the singer didn't sound like that, I'd like the music fine if it wasn't for that guy. It's fine in some songs, like in "Today", "Soma" and "Geek U.S.A" and absolutely ruins some songs like "Disarm". Also "Silverfuck" feels like three songs smushed together? I really enjoyed the guitar work in this though!

I think on a second listen i would appreciate more (i think im this way with most music) but was p good, not exactly my genre

3.4

76 Não é meu tipo de sonoridade, algumas letras me chamaram a atenção. Destaques: - Quiet - Rocket - Disarm - Geek USA - Mayonnaise

Better than expected. An interesting combination of grunge and softer, more orchestral rock.

It was fun - I liked the lead vocalist and there was a lot of energy. Also felt super Millenial/Gen X. Very classic hard rock sound. It was fine, it just wasn't super stand-out IMO

Day 37 #musicsky #albumsky ok 3/5

The Pumpkins record with all the hits. Never was a big fan of this band, but the music is certainly unique and transformative during this era. The music is emotional, moving and even inspiring in some ways. The vocals can be a bit of a nuisance, but tolerable.

An alright album, I liked Luna the most.

This is an alright album, nothing really too exciting but t wasn't too bad having in the background. It has quite a lot of listens on Spotify but I would say that it's alright overall.

too dramatic, togli le seghe aggiungo volentieri una stella

Some good songs in there but not my favourite band.

Love the instrumentals but I'm finding it hard to enjoy it fully cause the singer is aaaaaaaaaa

Really liked it as a first listen. I really dig the guitar throughout the album and I also love the slow songs too. Luna is really a great autumn song tbh. I am surely going to relisten to the album.

I used to LOVE the Smashing Pumpkins so much when I was younger, but even then, this album as a whole never fully clicked for me. Don’t get me wrong, several songs have been in my rotation for 30 years (Mayonnaise omg! Disarm was literally life changing!), but this is not a top album for me.

not my flavour, few songs stood out though, i quite liked soma.

I have warm memories of the "Smashing Pumpkins"- sound. Unfortunately it is a bit repetitive and so the whole album becomes boring. Nonetheless "Disarm" is a banger and "Today" is o.k. too. Weak three stars for this album. 2,5

3/5 smashed my pumpkins

Almost okaish Indie Rock. Unfortunately drifting of in monotonous sludge of distorted guitars and Corgan's petulant whine.

Good rocker of an album, without being tiring.

I have never really liked the Smashing Pumpkins so I'm not going into this with high expectations. Cherub Rock is ok. Unfortunately, that's one of the songs I thought I liked going into this. I think it's Billy Corgan's voice that I hate so much. The music isn't awful, standard 90s alternative, but his voice is annoying. A lot of songs from this album got radio play. That definitely doesn't mean they are good, but this was a popular album. Disarm is the hit and I hate it. Another long album. If you ask AI to make a "90s alternative album", this is what it would spit out. Mayonaise is the best song on the album. No, the best song is Space Boy. The second half of this album is better, the album tracks are much better than the singles.

I can see the appeal of this genre of 90s rock, but it just falls a bit flat for me.

This was by far the best 90s rock I have listened to. But know this: the bar is very low. This was a solid 3.

3.5

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Not really a grunge guy by trade but i enjoyed the music here. Very consistent vibe/tone wise but I think it works to the album's strengths.

Incredibly meandering offering that ranges from some of the best written tracks of the decade, to bloated, overly complicated middling songs that seem to never end. The guitar tones are superb and rich, though there's only so many 6 minute songs this can be used in before the trick is truly worn out. Best Tracks: - Cherub Rock - Hummer - Soma Worst Tracks: - Silverfuck - Geek USA Rating: 6.5/10

We will never know what came first, The Smashing Pumpkins or Nirvana, and I can't even tell which I like more. It was good, I liked the sound. Maybe a bit too long

Never listened to a Smashing Pumpkins album front to back or much of them besides the hits. This was a vibe. Great music to work to.

Luv grunge tunes nuff said

The soft, clear electric guitar sound is great, especially when it's playing riffs. The guitar hook in Today is instantly recognisable and glues itself to your temporal lobe (the part of the brain that deals with auditory stuff). The distorted guitars are more questionable, in no small part due to their omnipresence in 90s rock. It's the same reason why Radiohead's Pablo Honey gets its well-deserved hate (when compared to their later records), along with countless other rock bands from that era. The compositions are generally good though, with solid song structures that showcase the guitar riffs and vocal lines nicely. The bass and drums are fairly good throughout the album too. I dig the track layering that was clearly a sonic/production focus for the Smashing Pumpkins. All that being said, I'm not a fan of the singing. It's the classic combo of "strained and untrained" that's ever-present in alt-rock and its popular predecessors of punk and post-punk. Someone described it in their review as a "petulant whine", and I can't say I really disagree. One thing I've found from this project so far is that vocals are one of my (very few) dealbreakers when judging the quality of music. And unfortunately, it's more often the vocals that make/break an album than any other factor. The singing drops this from potential 5-star territory to a middling 3. Other reviewers cite the lyrics as working particularly well with Corgan's vocal quality – but as a listener who never pays heed to lyrics unless they're either masterfully poetic or egregiously bad, I didn't notice this synchrony. 3/5 Key tracks: Today, Disarm, Luna

I always think I should like The Smashing Pumpkins more than I do. I did mostly enjoy this album, but most of the songs sounded very similar to me and I definitely prefer Mellon Collie

3 stars

A este grupo por desgracia le puse la cruz cuando salió su doble álbum de dos horas y es difícil que se la quite. Dicho esto, este me ha parecido un álbum más comestible y ha habido partes simpáticas, tanto como para ponerle mejor nota. Canción destacada: Today

For years I would see Smashing Pumpkins scrawled in tip ex across the rucksacks of people who were a bit cooler and edgier than I was. Who or what were these pumpkins? It turns out that they have good songs and good sounds. I think I would have really liked them when I was younger. But do I like them now? Yes, when they are most aligned with what I want. Disarm for example. Soma? Yes. Geek USA? Somewhat. But there is a lot that feels a little juvenile. I can't quite put my finger on it. Perhaps its just the grungy angst.

First listen. Ok I guess.

One of those stars is for this joke: "Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins." "Homer Simpson, smiling politely."

Fun!!

First time listening to this album. I'm not a big pumpkins guy but I did enjoy it.

Nice

I just don't like Billy Corgan's voice. I think I'd love this of someone else sang it.

It took 3 years, but I've finally bought in

Started listening and was a bit underwhelmed then something happened about half way through and I started to pay attention. I think I liked it but will give it another spin to verify.

Not the sound that I expected based on the group name, the only song I cared for is “Disarm”

Never a big Smashing Pumpkins guy, but better than I thought it would be.

Not as strong as other things they’ve done. But many.

Pretty good

Not bad, but not as good as I was hoping. It's all a bit samey. I'm not keen on the guitar tone. I like Billy Corgan's vocals. It's all fine, just never gonna be one of my favourites.

all i know of smashing pumpkins going into this was that song in Guitar Hero titled something I don't remember Oh, I didn't know Today was their song! I know this one! I'm liking it. It's very 90s.

I can tell it's quality but also just not really my thing. Disarm is a great song.

Another one that suffers from no half stars. It’s not my thing so much anymore. It’s good for sure but I doubt I’ll come back to it much.

Smashing Pumpkins is pretty meh in my book but this album was better than average for them.

Very cool very rough. much more my type of rock. Soma Cherub Rock

Really good and riffy grunge album, great songs

It's a 3.5 really. I like the less rocky songs with the whispery singing. It's been a cultural blind spot, probably have to revisit someday, but not really for me.

Not too crazy about any of the songs.

Really good album. Enjoyed listening to it.

could grow on me idk

These guys have kinda faded from my memory, and on revisiting them, that's just fine. They made quality pop for their time, but not much interesting is really going on. Billy's brand of earnest shrieking to whispering and back is very tiresome. Still, there's good music and production, and it's impressive how many big hits they had from this album.

Ok

Grunge. It's OK but no hooks or melodies to hold my attention. The overall guitar-heavy sound is good.

Don't really like Smashing Pumpkins but this album is fine.

It's a pretty decent alt rock/grunge album. Some of the riffs were nice and catchy and I loved the guitar tone. On the other hand, I really didn't like the vocals. I tried hard to get into them but even after a couple of relistens I just can't get past them. I'm not a fan of the acoustic guitar bits and their slower stuff in this isn't as good as the rest of the songs Overall it's solid, but I wouldn't choose these guys over the likes of Alice In Chains, for example Quiet and Soma are my standouts

Grunge, dark & dreamy

1. cherub - 1.5 2. quiet - 1.5 3. today - 2.5 4. hummer - 2 5. rocket - 1.5 6. dizarm - 2.5 7. zoma - 2.5 8. geek - 1.5 9. mayonaze - 2 10. zpace - 2 11. zilver - 2 12. zuueet - 1.5 13. luna - 1.5

It was alright

I should like the Smashing Pumpkins. They are from my era and right in the genre I love. They have well written, well produced songs. They evoke the feeling of a jaded cynic that is so integral to my generation, while at the same time projecting a certain pathos. But Billy Corgan is such an egotistical jerk that o have difficulty separating the art from the artist, so I never really got into them. Which is a loss for me. This album deserves a 4/5, maybe even a 5. But not from me.

Als je een nummer hoort is het echt nice maar als je het al een album beluisterd dan voelt alles eigenlijk echt een beetje hetzelfde

Guitar heavy, a bit noisy. Wasn't sold on first listen, got better on the second, but I haven't yet got hooked. Maybe a third listen would be required. 3-4 territory, with potential to go higher.

Straightforward alternative rock music that still sounds contemporary despite its age

There is a lot of vibe and distinct style but I got a little bored by the middle and by the end of it

There were at least two songs on here that made me go "wait, this is Smashing Pumpkins??"

Found myself tuning out of this album from time to time but some gems would immediately catch my attention, like “Disarm” and “Silverfuck.” Decent 3.5/5

I really liked the opened Cherub Rock, but beyond that the album kind of merged together for me. I can tell how influential this album is - but it's not completely my thing. I did enjoy it more than I expected to though.

Several outstanding songs

This was a decent album. My opinion of smashin pumpkins is mostly unchanged; that is to say I like the guitars and general sound but I get tired of the vocals very quickly

Some good songs, others not so memorable

Better than the indulgent and stupefying "Melancholy," with some interesting shoegazey moments.

fairly good listen 3/5

It’s ok. Prefer Mellon Collie and don’t get why people think this is better

I don’t like his voice and some of the lyrics are corny but I didn’t hate this.

technically very good, just not my vibe.

I never got into smashing pumpkins and listening to the album I have just gotten confirmation for it. It's not bad but to me the songs all kinda sound the same.

Not bad, some good moments but quite forgettable

enjoyed it, but majors on the bits of melon collie i enjoyed least, and minors on the bits i liked most

Não ter meia estrela nesse site é muito ruim pq ele não é um album 3, mas sim 3,5...... ainda prefiro o Mellon Collie, mas esse álbum também é bem legal

I really enjoyed the tracks that were more melodic, not so much with the grungier ones.

I want to write a more thorough review but I'm in a rush and want to listen to the next set of tunes!

I am not a huge fan of Billy Corgan's vocals

Starts off great with Cherub Rock followed by a few songs that try to capture the same energy and the goddawful Today. Then we get to Disarm which is another wonderful song then some more mediocrity. Overall the music is overall good, lyrics and vocals are meh

As per usual with Smashing Pumpkins it just doesn't fully hit the spot for me - there's some pretty good music in there and the energy overall is fantastic, but somehow his voice just takes me straight out of the zone.

Found this less annoying than I expected after years of finding Smashing Pumpkins annoying. Not my favourite, but no longer feel like I’d skip them.

1993 let's goooo Some big hits on here: Cherub Rock, Today, Disarm. But plenty more I don't know, I probably haven't heard this album all the way through since my brother was playing it in the 90s. Solid album though drags a bit at the end. Big boost for Today and Disarm which were pivotal tracks for me growing up. 3/5

I should really like Smashing Pumpkins. But they’re never a band I’d reach for. This is good, but the same stands.

C’est l’Halloween, on smash des citrouilles

Always been a gap between their high points - Tonight/1979 the latter of which is one of the great songs of all time IMHO - and their albums which I always thought could be a bit variable/stodgy. This is a good listen in retrospect but still not quite consistent enough.

Overwrought and really not to my taste. I could appreciate maybe ⅓ of it.

Today is a great song and holds memories of being 16 and that epic summer. The rest is ok, kinda standard grungeyness lots of strings and the raspyness of billy who plays the evil milky bar kid.

nice rock album that's a bit heavier than i remember but i stil lreally liked it

Bisschen viel verzerrte Gitarren

I remember when this was released and what a big Beal it was. Good music but I can’t do Billy Corrigans voice for more than 3 songs. Cherub Rock Today Soma but I feel like I know most of the songs and the sound.

Great instrumentals, not as keen on the singing though. Lots of good tracks mixed with a few not so good ones, but it was a decent listen overall. Highlights: Today Spaceboy

My fav tracks: Quiet, Disarm, Rocket. It was a very promising first half, but the second half is just mehhh.

I think I had seriously underrated this group. Very listenable music.

It spoke to that era of my life - the songs were pretty samey for me?

very Nirvana-y, a lotta noise but has Today on here, so some decent stand outs

Despite the killer guitar and drum work, this album is too long and my patience for Corgan’s nasally wailing is too short.

Inferior Smashing Pumpkins album.

It's a good break-through album for them. They definitely have their own sound: especially because of Billy's voice. But there were only 1-2 songs that didn't sound like they came from the same template of tempo and chord progression. This is a good album....3 tracks at a time.

Again a bit long and unfocused

Disc 2 felt like a bad acid trip

Not bad but it didn't really hold my attention

One recognizable song. Very consistent sound throughout. Nowhere as good as mellon.

Överraskande hårt! Öppnar kanske lite för hårt, med för grungeiga låtar. Men efter 'Hummer' blir det lite fler "mjuka" låtar. Även om elgitarren alltid reser sig som en vägg i ljudbilden. Bäst blir det i perfekt svulstiga 'Disarm'. Även om den är relativt "mjuk", är allvaret i den hårt. Vissa spår går lite för hårt in för ett "angsty" tonårssound från 90-talet, som i 'Today'. Men det är inte Smashing Pumpkins fel, bara att många angsty teens nog lyssnat på dem. Vilket i och för sig stärker caset att hela albumet är känslomässigt laddat. Det känslomässiga är något jag älskar. Det är musik på riktigt, Billy Corgan känner verkligen varenda ord han sjunger. Starkast blir det i den ovan nämnda 'Disarm'. Finns flera låtar värda att nämna. 'Mayonaise', 'Spaceboy', och 'Soma' är fina, bland andra. Bästa låt: Disarm.

seems like about some sort of relationship with media and music the second song seems like this person was having suicidal thoughts. i didn;t like it that much because it was really depressing, but i don't hate it either as it could be relatable to some people.

Damn that's a lotta music I don't like the vocalist's tone Very cool guitar sounds

Not bad at all, I really enjoyed it

Will listen again

Not for me, a few songs that I didn’t mind but overall the album was ‘meh’

A bit ambivalent about this one. Smashing Pumpkins is definitely a band you have heard about before, and it think this record should deserve a higher rating if this is your jam, but it just didn't resonate with me for some reason. There are some decent songs like 'Today', and perhaps a few others that probably deserve more credit, but it just wasn't for me in the end. Weak 3.

I really enjoyed the general vibe of the album. It is grungy, fuzzy and it still felt fresh today. My favourite track was probably "Cherub rock". During its runtime it did get quite samey and I had trouble differentiating the songs from each other. Mid 3.

Didn't leave much of an impression. I was a bit distracted. TSP are heavier than I expect. Not sure why?

This was fine, Quite generic but not bad.

I've heard the album before. There are a couple of great songs on the album. Otherwise, it's pretty good but not memorable / remarkable enough to be considered "great".

There were a couple of absolute five-star songs, but besides those, I’m not sure I’d return to this album. But, absolutely top-of-the-class early 90s alt rock.

Classic modern rock album with punchy drums and heavy electric guitar riffs. If you like the style you will like the album. I just found Silverfuck extremly horrible for a song.

If I liked Smashing pumpkins more, I think this would be great, but I tire of Billy's voice sometimes and so it's just a run of the mill 3 for me. There are some timeless songs on here though

They got better. IMO.

Des riffs I N C R O Y A B L E Le chanteur est le point faible du groupe et je suis visiblement pas le seul à le penser Musique préférée : Beaucoup Musique que j'apprécie le moins : Disarm / Luna

There's a good song on here, but mostly it's the low, growling drone that's the Pumpkin usual. Just listenable....

I like this album, but it makes me feel really nostalgic and sad, so it can only be a 3/5 Reviewed 27/08/2024

Enjoyable but what I liked most I already knew

Hyviä biisejä, mut hittielementit jäi uupumaan.

Lush and heavy (some of the guitar work is ‘heavier’ in its way than the guitar on the recent Iron Maiden album, again showing the shifting landscape of style and also likely pointing out some of Corgans influences). I came to The Pumpkins with the next album, so this one has no emotional resonance for me. It’s good musically but not really my thing. But it did lead me back to Fugazi and some other “if you like this, then you’ll like this” bands that Henry then walked in on and we had a 90s awakening for him, so once again every melancholy cloud has a silver Offspring/Fugazi/ Everclear lining.

Billy Corgan and Sharon Osbourne. This will never cease to amuse me. (Has nothing to do with this. Liked it then in a low-key way, still like it now.) Ice-cream vans and paint captured my imagination in an odd way. Very surreal for Top of the Pops, I must say.

No idea what he's singing about half the time, but it SOUNDS deep.

STANDOUTS: Today Disarm OVERALL: 3/5; I wanted to like this more than I did. But those standouts were good/very 90s sad teenager.

This album is much more interesting than i expected. Billy Corrigan's voice has always bothered me, but he isn't leaning as heavily into the super-focused whine on this one. There are hints of it throughout, but it's not persistent. As long as I listen to the instruments, I find plenty to keep me interested. 3.5/5 stars for the band, -1 star for his voice, so 2.5 stars that i'll round up to 3.

I’m lukewarm on this band and this album. I feel like it scratches an itch that I don’t have. They’re fine, but even the hits don’t really excite me.

Idk how I feel about this band and grunge in general. I didn’t want to listen to this a million times like I did with arcade fire. Vocals are suspect at times. High 3.

Some good songs on here ("Today", "Disarm", "Cherub Rock") but nothing good enough for more than a three, imo.

Love luna

Interesting for a couple of tracks, but it was too one-dimensional, and that sludge guitar permeated everything.

I like several of these songs, but the album as a whole is too long, and I just don't see revisiting it.

Really enjoyed this, and surprised it hit my radar earlier. Groovy and quite poppy, with cool big guitar sounds. Vocals are sometimes a bit whiny, but not so bad.

Decent

Enjoyable listen 3/5

the band was really good but the singing was mediocre. the band was also a lot louder than the singer most of the time so the singing faded to the back

Some good songs Disarm brilliant.

While I'm not the biggest fan of The Smashing Pumpkins by and large, their era and subgenre of music is among my favorite in history, so I can appreciate their contributions to punk and alt-rock. In general, I find Billy Corgan's voice to be on the more whiny and grating side. However, this album ended up being to my liking much more than anticipated. They definitely kept the 90s alt-rock sound throughout, but had some different elements thrown in that were very interesting to me. In particular the bell parts on "Disarm", and fun, punky rhythms on "Geek U.S.A." and "Silverfuck" were more true to the time period and caught my ear. Overall, The Smashing Pumpkins aren't leaping into my top 10 bands anytime soon, but this was still an overall enjoyable listen for me. Notable Tracks: Cherub Rock Today Disarm - like the use of the bells Geek U.S.A. - punkier than elsewhere on the record Silverfuck - cool rhythm parts 6/10

Didn't like hummer. Did like geeks and sweet sweet and Luna. Weird ending to space boy. Not sure how I feel about it

I’d rank this higher if they weren’t such cunts

I, of course, knew several songs off of this album from the heavy radio play. I also must admit that the song disarm is one of my big songs that I love to hear. I had never listened to a complete Smashing Pumpkins album until this. I have to say I really enjoyed the diversity of this album. There was rock, light metal, and some straight up pop . I’ve always appreciated Billy Corrigan‘s voice also. Overall, I really did appreciate and enjoy this album.

Nice

Still not a huge fan of The Smashing Pumpkins. I think it’s mostly Corgen’s voice, but overall it’s fine. Not something ima ever go back to but it was fine

This is alot more droney than before I like this and I like that it is shorter than Mellon collie but it has less hits it’s way more lowkey and it kinda feels dream rock and psychedelic for a bit. Luna is a great ending but realistically it just kinda blends together. Somber and lowkey but doesn’t pack that same punch as the original but better because it’s shorter. Glad they fixed the singing in the next record

Liked it at first but it wore on me.

this is probably a 4 star album but billy corgan is enough of a shit for it to be dragged down to a 3

Yeah this sounds like Smashing Pumpkins

The other week, I tried to listen to this album after a looonnnnngggggg time since I listened to it--maybe like twenty-eight years--and I was instantly reminded why it had been such an interval: It's hear they abandoned the crushed velvet psychedelic patchouli and cloves mope of Gish (and a bunch of fantastic singles and b-sides) and decided to be Styx instead. "Cherub Rock" is kind of annoying in a cloying way. "Disarm" is more mawk than moody. These being the hits, they kind of ate the album in my consciousness. However, there is plenty here that still reminds you this is a band and not the Billy Corgan show. Destructro Rock, super-ramalama, dream pop, and shimmery instrumentation still abound, and still make for a thrilling experience. I can't say this is back to front good, but if you dodge the obviousness, there is much to love.

Love SP, but they have better albums.

Siamese Dream bien podría haber sido etiquetado como un disco de Billy Corgan. Los problemas internos de la banda hicieron que él tocara casi todos los instrumentos, exceptuando la percusión. Fuera o no producto de la tensión y los conflictos, lo cierto es que el resultado fue un magnífico disco de rock alternativo que dejaba atrás el grunge y el punk, y coqueteaba sin excesos con lo progresivo. Me gustan bastante sencillos extraídos del álbum como "Today", "Rocket" y la emocionante balada sinfónica "Disarm". Pero también la rockera "Geek U.S.A.", o el tono épico de "Silverfuck". También hay lugar en mis preferencias para la calma de "Mayonaise" o "Spaceboy".

I've never known an album start so well for the first five tracks and then get a little worse each time until the end. The high energy at the start just drifts into slow meandering walllowy music, which I find boring. There's one exception around track 9/10, which is actually a decent song, but then it drags out a completely unnecessary middle section and kills the song. This and Mellon collie show that the pumpkins were a band who needed someone to tell them no sometimes

I'm neither a teen or angsty, so it doesn't appeal to me that much but I see why people enjoy it. 3*

Another one that bounced off me at the time, probably due to silly band name syndrome (I was reading Smashing in the UK sense of the word). I was expecting a scrappy grunge album but actually got a well produced post rock thing instead, even featuring (gasp!) string arrangements on some tracks. I mostly enjoyed it, but I think I probably would have loved it if it was shorter and scrappier.

Meh. I don’t understand what the big deal is about the Smashing Pumpkins. They’re not bad, I just don’t know why the big hub-bub.

tomorrow's much too long...

Tää oli teinimpänä tosi siisti, mutta vähän käy raskaaksi ja paikoin siirappiseksi nykyään. On tossa silti vielä ihan toimivia biisejä. 3/5

very coherent album, to the point of being a little same-y. they get some cool sounds, particularly that panicked guitar tone. it's really in my style but I end up wishing it had a little more bite. I like a lot of the writing too but its ultimately a little hard to stay invested throughout the album. its like 2.5 straight-down-the-middle star

I already knew a few songs from this album. It's a pretty good listen. I enjoyed it, even the songs I didn't already know. I want to go back and give it another listen.

The opening riff from Cherub Rock- chefs kiss

cherub rock mega wall of soind und no geil findi. quiet het e rieeeese solo hobbla, cool. today macht de relativ ruhige gsang mit hässiger gitarre move, cool. de fuzz bass isch super. und d strophe sind super cute. hummer sehr cooli chords mega tension. disarm isch sehr whiny gsi aber no guet als ballade. oke soma isch glaub die richtig ballade. sehr melancholisch ihm isch all by himself. aber s funktioniert findi. mayonnaise isch huuere schön im intro, mit de hert gitarre immerno cool. spaceboy isch au huere schön, wenn au nüt ultra soeziells oder so.

nimmtmi sehr wunder, han nonie öppis vo ihne würkli glost cherub rock mega ami iwie hahahah d snare isch ultraaa crisp today mega grunge I BI SOO MÜED disarm no cute I guess oke nei hans eig würkli na gern somaa bangeeer, weird und trz catchy MAYONNAISE MIT SENF cools intro aber s riff findi denn echli lacking hey ich glaub er liebt die person, binmer aber nöd sicher ja eig fun album aber au für mich nüt megamegaa spannends

Not my type of music bu i see the apeal

The songs were great but they were a little bit the same

Another album that’s better than its mediocre hits! At its best it’s grooving and beautiful — at its worst it’s Billy Corgan complaining on top of guitar noise.

It's not a bad album by any means, it just didn't hook me. I wouldn't feel the need to skip past any of the songs but I also wouldn't pick one of them to play on purpose. I personally found the quiet moments stronger, the end of Hummer stands out, and overall that's probably my favorite song from the album. I do agree with some of the other reviews that said they found the guitar to be strong and the vocals kind of held it back, I definitely appreciated the melodies more than any of the singing.

Some classics on this album, didn't think I liked them but their stuff was pretty interesting

So many notable singles on this list, but I don't really love them like I used too. I do still like Disarm a lot and it's probavly my favorite on the album. I also liked Soma into Geek U.S.A. The rest of the album, however, was pretty bland to me. And while Crogan's voice is certainly unique, I dont know if I really wanted an hour of it.

2nd Smashing Pumpkins since I started this gig. Song structure and guitar sound is good although the leads are weak and sloppy for the most part , the drummer is excellent. This would be a lot better if the singer didn’t blow.

Ok but pretty average stuff ngl

Heavy metal with different moods

Okay

A good album for sure, a great album? Not for me. It was acceptable and nothing more than that.

i liked the band, nostalgia helps them gain 3 points, 2 under normal conditions...

Slow rock, easy to listen to, a couple of popular songs on it

Bit of a strange case in the sense that while I enjoyed this overall, I don't think I like their songwriting. Not for a whole album at least. It just gets too samey yknow. 3 and a quarter stars.

Wouldn't revisit this for sure. It was a bit too long for that, and not really diverse. Wouldn't say I disliked it either, but it's just meh. Middle of the pack album, which is not bad, but I'm not here for these meh experiences.

I quite liked the shoutyness, but wasn't really taken by any of the songs, and on Friday I wasn't in that much of a shouty mood anyway. I think this wouldve got a higher rating if it was a different day

It was better then I thought but the are still not my favourite band.

Not a fan of rock or it's alternatives.Too noisy for my liking. Like a few. The least noisy ones. Ones that seem like they were recorded simply to balance out their noisiest bangers, almost as an afterthought.

really dig the first half...

Ok.

Favs: disarm, soma, spaceboy

Well, I wondered when Smashing Pumpkins would appear, although it's a bit disappointing to get them right after another 1990s phenom (Offspring), as they share some of the same general wall-of-sound 90s thing. (To be fair to Offspring, though, their lyrics are *much* easier to distinguish than Smashing Pumpkins. And to be fair to Smashing Pumpkins, they're so much less annoying/offensive than Offspring.) I own this album (apparently one of 6 million others), and at one point enjoyed listening to them more than I do now. Listening to this album again makes me think more of a time and place (1990s, DC) than it does of whether this is a "greatest" album or not. And I think even when I bought the CD I felt like they kind of had one song in them that they found several variations of to put together a full-length album. (I suspect if I ever took the time to decipher the lyrics, or ever watch their videos, I might be slightly disabused of this monochromatic image. And hits "Cherub Rock" and "Today" *are* somewhat different, I'll admit. "Rocket" not so much, and "Disarm" maybe the most distinctive, but I never really liked that hit.) Fine, but nothing special (despite the Wikipedia entry describing the album as "widely regarded as one of the greatest albums of the 1990s and of all time"), and a nice blast from the past. That said, I wish I knew then about what went into making this album (thanks, Wikipedia people), as it would have made the context of the album a lot more interesting. Talk about stressful and harrowing! And shades of the film "Whiplash" with the suicidal lead singer making the junkie drummer perform "Cherub Rock" until his hands bled....

Nice recording with good musicians but I just never got that into it

Not much of a Pumpkins fan but there are some decent songs on here.

I'm a '90s kid - I never owned a Smashing Pumpkins cd or listened to one of their albums straight through but I know most of these songs from alternative radio/my brothers' cd collections. Cherub Rock, Today, Rocket, Disarm, and Mayonaise were the singles. Disarm especially stands out as the song with the church bells and string arrangement- very grand! This is a consistent set of 90s alt rock jams

Billy's voice is very distinctive. I've had a hit/miss history with the band but I like the orchestral slant here. Quite extravagent in places and quite thrashy in others places which demonstrates variation. Still on the fence though.

Good head nodding rock

I have heard this band a bunch obviously, but have never listened to them outside of the stuff playing in the world, radio hits and what have you. They are certainly a very easy band to goof on which I enjoy doing. This was about what I was expecting, a bit dramatic, but cool guitar tones, and the songs are catchy for sure. Decent album.

Un lindo disco, pero demasiado largo para mi gusto. Se nota las influencias de otras bandas, pero también como crearon un estilo y una estética propia más allá de eso.

It's fine, like a couple songs and have heard most of them but never in one go. Worked well with my run.

I didn't realize that I knew more than one song on this album. I like Cherub Rock, Today, and Disarm but never got into the band enough to buy or download a full album. I also don't know that I ever knew the names of these songs :) The album makes me feel nostalgic for a time in the '90s when I was too young to really know what kind of music I actually liked. I remember friends who were into rock liking them but I don't think I fully appreciated what they had to offer.

Hadn't listened to this in ages. They were always adjacent to the grunge scene, and they were on the Singles soundtrack -- so I knew them from there. Then came "Mellon Collie" and I wrote them off. Revisiting was...much as I remember. Several bangers (Cherub Rock, Disarm, Rocket, Mayonaise), but then a whole lot of fuzz. I mean, no one needs 8 1/2 minutes of "Silverfuck" unless you're feeling nostalgic for Metal Machine Music or something. Anyway, some good, some bad.

I loved this album as a teenager, and many of the songs still hold up, but there is also a good deal of filler on this. Not as cohesive of any album as I remember.

I certainly know OF the Smashing Pumpkins, though I couldn't name any songs off the top of my head. Digging into this, the sound is certainly familiar, and I'm pretty sure I've heard a few of these songs. But after an hour, it starts to blur together. Yeah it's grunge, and you can certainly hear similarities to Nirvana. It OK, and has a few points that are higher than the rest. but nothing that hangs with me 30 years down the line. Solid 3, but nowhere near making 4. 3/5

Manchmal verleiht man ein Album oder ein Buch und sieht es nie wieder. Das ist mir mit diesem Album passiert. Jetzt habe ich also Gelegenheit gehabt, es nochmal zu hören. Ungefähr 25 Jahre später. Einige Songs gefallen mir immer noch. Für mich der Auftakt zum noch abwechslungsreicheren Mellon Collie Album. Das habe ich nicht verliehen.

Hat für mich keinen krassen Wiedererkennungswert. Songs 1-5 klingen finde ich sehr gleich. 2,5/5

Ich habe zu diesem Zeitpunkt noch nichts gehört, muss vorweg sagen, dass deren Live-Auftritt beim Hurricane 2013 mit das unerträglichste an Live-Performance war, was ich bisher erlebt habe (bitte stimme mir zu, Moritz). Das soll ich ja nicht beurteilen, ich gehe aber seitdem sehr vorsichtig mit der Band um. Oft hilft es, mit wenig Erwartungen an etwas ranzugehen. Den Intro-Song fand ich schonmal ganz cool. Die weiteren Songs auch. Habe dann aber vergessen es bis zum Ende aufmerksam weiterzuhören. Der Sound hat mir aber insgesamt gut gefallen.

- Habe mich nie näher mit den Smashing Pumpkins befasst. Kannte nur ein paar Songs und fand die "ganz gut". - Dieser Eindruck hat sich nach dem Hören wirklich gar nicht verändert. Gut, dynamisch, aber berührt mich nicht. Ansonsten ist mein Kopf dazu irgendwie leer, sry. 3/5

Ganz solides Album, das ich mir bestimmt mal wieder reinziehen werde. So richtig hängen geblieben ist bis auf "Disarm" allerdings kein Song, was den Wiedererkennungswert für mich etwas schmälert.

Very Varying

His voice grates on my ears after awhile. Appreciate the history and what it did at the time, but damn its like a railroad spike on a chalkboard

Standout: Mayonnaise

It is iconic 90's alt rock with the depth of Corgan's lyrics and skill at guitar shining at their brightest. The signature sound doesn't vary much and the tracks do begin to run together. Good emo vibe for an extended pity-party.

Disarm and Today are good. As I’m not into grungy and grungy riff rock the rest of the tracks are not so good 2.6

It's a cool album, but as with so many albums that are considered "normal rock" I miss something. I could also not stand that singer of the length of an album.

This was good. High 3*

Very nostalgic of that nineties emo, angsty teenage vibes. But not for me. But not bad!!

I'm disappointed to say this, thinking I was a fan of the Smashing Pumpkins after Mellon Collie, but I found this to just be alright. There isn't as much variety in this album, and it leads to a lot of songs that feel like the stereotypical image of "alternative rock" were it to be formed as one, singular album. There are great things here, stuff I already know, such as the hits which are stellar, but I felt much of the rest of the album often had a decent hook, but felt aimless by the end, or just feels like a lesser take on one of the singles from the album, and it makes it so I can't help but feel this project is bloated. On the bright side, again, those hits are fantastic, and the instrumentation is great, it just feels like its missing something that made Mellon Collie special. Perhaps I shouldn't be comparing them, but its hard not to, because this pales in comparison.

Cherub Rock - 7.5/10 Quiet - 8/10 Today - 9/10 Hummer - 8/10 Rocket - 7.5/10 Disarm - 9/10 Soma - 9/10 Geek U.S.A - 7.5/10 Mayonnaise - 10/10 Spaceboy - 7.5/10 Silverfuck - 7.5/10 Sweet Sweet- 7.5/10 Luna - 9/10 TOTAL - 87/140

I like Smashing Pumpkins, but for me, there's something lacking.

2.8

Billy Corgan's vocal style gets a little old after a while for me. Lots of really great guitar tones all over the record. Impressive how many big hits are on this record. Geek USA and Mayonaise were highlights I had not heard before. They definitely have their own sound. Solid listen overall.

Actually worse than I remember - I really like a lot of the songs I've always loved from this album, but I'm not sure it ties together the way I once thought it did when the sound was so unique.

Wenhui says it sounds like white noise

Deftones but less heavy

Bastante meh 💀

Pure herrie maar soms wel lekker

Guitar Hero 3! A lot of recognizable sounds and good songs.

Billy Corgan’s voice is like a double IPA. Abrasive at first and definitely an acquired taste, but once you’re about it, by god you’re about it. The album starts off loud and rock heavy but slows down by the end. And it keeps that classic Smashing Pumpkins grunge sound the whole time. ‘Cherub Rock’ and ‘Today’ take me right back to those Guitar Hero and Rock Band days in the late 2000s. ‘Disarm’ is another classic that will have me saying “the killer in me is the killer in you” all weekend. I want to give this a 4, but I don’t know that I can justify anything more than a 3.

A very unique sound. You always know when you're listening to Smashing Pumpkins. I feel like I should like them more, but every song sounds kinda the same. I don't know if that's a plus or a minus. There are three songs that I have heard before (Cherub Rock, Today, and Disarm) but I didn't realize they were all different songs. I thought Smashing Pumpkins was a one hit wonder. One of the longer albums we've heard so far. Over an hour long.

wasn’t my favorite but still a pretty solid album that has more good than bad

gostei!! porém ouvi durante a viagem e tava meio dormindo e daí não prestei tanta atenção preciso reouvir mas era um álbum que tava com vontade de ouvir faz tempo

Very 90s garage rock grunge. Not a massive fan, i prefer pearl jam and nirvana, kinda monotonous

This album has great moments for me that are very fun to listen to, but also some shrieks from the overblown distortion and breathy, whispering vocals. I heard one of my favorite NY Crazy Horse songs the other day...Powder Finger. This album seems like some of the Crazy Horse stuff high on meth. I love grandpa grunge's melodies...but some of these songs are missing that feel and just seem like "noise". Wooly Bully...distorted lyrics drew people in. Here you have an album full of that and it gets tiring. However...I've always loved Today and will stop anytime I am channel surfing to listen to it. Also Disarm was a standout unlike the rest on this album...and kind of a breakthrough hit for them. Going with a solid 3 here...if Billy would just sing vs try to do whatever he does I would go 4.

Not a great fan of hard rock but I can imagine that for times to times it is nice to listen to Well, it's highly reverbed electric guitar, punchy drums, nice bass but I am not convinced Cherub rock : 6/10 Quiet : 6.5/10 Today : 5/10 feels like listening to cherub rock again Hummer : 5/10 Rocket : 5.5/10 disarm : 7.5/10 more progressive, less 'hard' => I like that Soma : 8/10 same as previous analysis Geek USA : 7.5/10 really like this mix of calm vocals and abrupt guitars Mayonaise : 8.5/10 nice guitar melody Spaceboy : 6/10 nothing special about that Silverfuck : An 8 minutes song is always special 8/10 sweet sweet : 5/10 luna : 6/10 Overall I liked it more than expected, especially after Disarm, but still won't listen to it casually. 3*

I don’t like this one as much as their first or their next but it’s solid. Some of the songs are better than I remember. Enjoyable as an album. Perfectly representative of Smashing Pumpkins.

I've never been a big fan of their sound even when it was new, and this is just waaaay too much of it.

I’ve heard this one! Listen to this sooo much in the 93-94, when I was in the Army. Remembered my favorite song would change daily Cherub Rock - still an amazing song, their best, nothing comes close. Maybe Drown, maybe. Quiet - a bit filler, good to listen to Today - better than I remember, aged well. Hummer - Rocket - Disarm - this song still sucks. Yet, it’s very entertaining for the horrific chorus. Soma - Geek USA - this aged better than I thought. Enjoyable. Mayonnaise - this was everyone’s favorite. Not quiet the great song I remember. A bit overwrought. Spaceboy - overly earnest. A bit goofy. Silverfuck - great riff. Oh man this is still great. Never figured it out for a revenge song. Wonder who Billy was angry with. Sweet sweet - definitely filler at the time. Something the grunge could get away with that metal couldn’t - the earnest ballad. Luna - my wife put this on a CD when we first met. I just put my head on her head and listen to this. This is a much better song then I first gave it credit for. I don’t remember being an album about a relationship (maybe a failed one? Is Billy Corgan even a sexual being?) but it’s obvious as an adult. Some items are very teenager-ish, trying to break away from something. I guess BC really was a business man.

Came into this one with some pre-conceived notions (probably based on hearing the same two singles every day of my childhood on the alternative rock station), and ya know what? Pleasant surprise. Not sure I’d like every thing they did, but this one is good. Radio station shoulda played some of these ones instead.

Not bad, a few decent songs, but probably don't need to listen to again. I can tell why this is on there, good grunge, 90s vibe.

I listened to half of the album. It was good but too hard rock for me.

Cherub Rock nostalgica por conta do Guitar Hero III. Lado A rock xoxo com algumas produções interessantes, lado B tem Soma que chamou minha atenção no começo, mas acabou desaguando em mais um rock xoxo. Mayonaise tem uns momentos legais. Minha favorita do álbum. No geral, apesar do valor de produção alto, é um álbum de rockzinho xoxo. Ou seja, um rock xoxo com alto valor de produção. Me peguei ansioso pelo fim, que parecia nunca chegar. Muito americano, eu acho.

An objectively great album, but like most 90's mainstream rock my ears just get tired of the sound quickly

Already know this one.

3.2/5 - The really good songs you probably already know. The only ok ones you will probably forget by tomorrow.

Smashing

Sounds to me like 13 songs in different boring interpretations.

Enjoyable listen. Quintessential grunge album. Would have appreciated more variation between songs however

This one feels culturally significant, but it’s just not for me

I mean, it was ok. There were a couple of good songs, but not an album I’d likely listen to on repeat. I enjoyed the energy and the feel, but I didn’t fully fall into the music. That being said it definitely wasn’t a bad album.

Not my vibe.

Alt rock not really my thing, but I was good with a few small doses of it.

Classic Chicago early 90s music!

good album. some songs take me back to middle school. don't love every song...

Never quite got them at the time. This is patchy and oh-so-affected in a whiney Morrissey way. Cherub Raock and Today do still stand out and hold very well.

Oh the 90s.

3 Stars (8/15)

This is pretty decent. I enjoyed the album but I leave 4+ stars to ones I want to listen to again. This one is close to 4 stars but there isn't anything enticing me to relisten. 3.5 stars

Very Angsty,

I love this album, the instrumentals are amazing and the composition of the hardness and softness of the music feels very intentional to me. Spaceboy is giving David Bowie. Cherub Rock - lovely guitar riff and 10/10 opening notes. Cannot discern the lyrics but the guitar after the 'let me out' slaps so hard. Very punk rock. Quiet - very angry song. so passive aggressive I'd say but very cool instrumentals. And that part when it builds up at around 2:02 is fucking amazing. Today - lovely opening. Was not expecting the drums to come in. This song goes in so many unexpected melodic directions. Love how the drums. suddenly go soft and then suddenly come in again. The singer says "Today is the greatest day" but does he mean it in a happy way or a sad way? Hummer - not a big fan of the opening static. But when the guitars and bass come in its fucking cool. The instrumentals seem so similar on all the songs at first listen. Beautiful towards 3:30. I love it when the song goes soft before "Ask yourself a question." Such a power move to end on the lyrics "Do you feel love is real?" Soma - absolutely beautiful. best on this album i think. Geek U.S.A. - kind of disappointing after Soma. All over the place. Silverfuck - First heard this song while wrapping a crepe bandage around my ankle and I felt like a god. Sweet Sweet - Something has changed inside me. I think. Luna - why is this so good. all of the soft songs on this album are fucking amazing. i don't know why people hate his voice. it's very on point with the era i think.

shoutout to billy corgan’s fit in the bands spotify profile pic, i want that gown oh man ! a classic album from my 14 yr old angsty dayz - it ain’t bad, i think in the right context it’s a beautiful album but it just doesn’t slap for me in that way these days ! Today is soooooooo classic grunge angst song omg i do love that - also shoutout to their song about connor, “spaceboy”! 3.5/5

better than i expected considering how much i dispise billy corrigan.

Much more heavy metal than I expected but still good, probably 3 1/2 stars

Carai, começo legalzinho já. Me senti na adolescência. Essa do rockband é muito aconchegante, joguei não faz muito tempo. No geral foi um bom álbum de ouvir, gostos similares ao meu padrão. Adicionei 3 músicas na playlist, então vai um 3 aqui, só não vai 4 por que durou muito e cansou um pouco.

1. Cherub Rock: Eu não reconheci o nome, mas parece que já ouvi bastante em algum lugar, acho que é famosinha deles, me deu um pouco de nostalgia, nem sei do que, mas deu. Curti bastante ela até. Riff e vocal bem daóra. (Pesquisei, é do guitar hero E do rockband) 2. Quiet: Segue bem a vibe da primeira, só não tem o fator nostalgia, um pouco mais agitada/pesada, mas não senti que trouxe nada de novo. 3. Today: Ah outra que não reconheci por nome, mas quando começou a tocar já veio na hora. Outra famosona né. Daóra também. A dinâmica entre as partes mais pesadas e mais calminhas é daóra, ambas as pegadas são daóra e conversam bem entre si. Melodiazinha clássica da guitarra no refrão também, bonita, curti. 4. Hummer: Novamente parece seguir a vibe da anterior, mantendo a pegada, porém sem trazer nada de novo. 6. Disarm: Apesar de ser a com mais números do álbum, nunca ouvi não. Achei ok, nada demais que me faça adicionar na minha playlist. 9. Mayonaise: Apesar de não ser muito diferente das outras, por algum motivo, dessa eu gostei mais. O álbum é bacaninha, começa benzão. Por um momento até achei que pudesse ser um 4*, mas a medida que o álbum vai tocando, as músicas vão chamando menos a atenção, vão se tornando talvez menos características. Ele cansa um pouquinho, apesar das músicas serem boas, no finalzinho tu já tá loco pra que acabe. Acho que é um 3 estrelas bem sólido, sem muitas dúvidas.

# 104 : Good album, I like this, Not quiet the quality of a 4 star, so maybe a 3.5 star album? Favourite Track : Disarm Listened : 07/11/2023

Some really cool moments and songs, I liked it

Älskar Today sedan den kom. Hyggligt i övrigt.

Standard smashing pumpkins, didn't really stand out to me

Heard it before?: Yes Enjoy it?: it’s ok, definitely ahead of its time Favourite song: Track 1 - Cherub Rock

My problem with The Smashing Pumpkins is I aways get bored listening to them track after track. If I listened to two songs at a time, then something else, then came back, I’d probably like them a lot better. Their songs are great individually, but together it just gets a bit much for me. A but tried and tested. I was about 15 when I first heard this (from memory, Music Zone had it reduced to about 3quid, bargain), but a lot of the tracks I don’t remember. Guess thats a good thing. Felt fresh, if, like I said, it gets old quick. Probably prefer Mellon Collie BUT the songs that are better on here are better than on MC. Highlights: Rocket, Today, one of the other ones with a heavy fast fuzzy riff

Very decent album - along with The National, Smashing Pumpkins have been revealed to me by this list. It isn't as adventurous or soaring as Melon Collie, however. I would argue that most of the second half of the album, Soma onwards, is very dull. My favourite track is Disarm. 3 stars. Next!

Like the previous album we had "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" I still don't like the voice of the singer. However the sound of the band is great. The heavy guitars and bass just hit right. Highlights: Cherub Rock Today Geek USA

Great album that has never stuck with me. Should be my thing, but it just isn't. Enjoy every song, but don't love any of them. Might click one day. *Heard before

Today Mid. Rock para escuchar pero no demasiado tiempo.

Good, but went on too long. At the end I was really done with it, could've dine with a little cutting.

эээээээ ладно, хз, надо переслушать но первое впечатление meh

На записи я сказал уже, что это один из немногих альбомов, про который не получается сделать какой-то внятный вывод. Да, есть пара успешных синглов. Да, есть прикольные музыкальные ходы, перегруз и вся вот эта окологранжевая история. Нет, тексты смотрятся слабовато. Нет, весь альбом не супер крут музыкально. И у критиков как-то чёткого мнения нет. Кто-то считает это позерством, кто-то - чуть ли не лучшим альбомом 90х. Я не понял.

There are some good ones but overall didn't vibe

Pretty standard alternative rock fare, really. It’s good enough to listen to, but nothing really separates it from the hundreds of other similar alt-rock albums released throughout history. A low to mid 3.

Ok didn’t love it. Some great songs though.

Not bad, not sure outside of a few songs I would list to whole album again.

Generic grunge droning. Lame lyrics. Mostly forgettable outside the hits.

It’s okay, not my favourite of theirs.

Not my cup of tea. Nice background music while I was driving, but the vocals were kind of boring and barely audible. Nothing I added to my playlist, but I would not skip it if it came on.

Rather generic sound. Not unpleasant, but didn’t find anything musically or perhaps melodically interesting. Didn’t finish album.

Very good record overall. Personally I think Billy Corgan's voice is great and I love the guitars in this. It has my favourite Smashing Pumpkins tracks, however I feel the record as a whole drags in places and I'd personally cut a few tracks from it.

Couple of things I liked.

A classic. Good for stormy weather.

Not what I'd usually listen to however not a bad listen overall

jkiff les vibes, à écouter leurs autres albumbs jpense

Superb musicianship. Can mostly just zone out to it. A couple of songs felt a little repetitive. Disarm is the standout for me.

Classic 90s album. A very good band to see it live.

Wou dat je halve sterren kon geven!!! Dit is echt een 2,5 ster album

I like the grunge instrumentation of Smashing Pumpkins, but have always found Corgan's vocals the weakest part of the band. Would be emotional tracks like Disarm lack a punch for me from his whiny tone. Maybe I'm missing out on good songwriting, but I inevitably feel I'd rather be listening to any other of their alt-rock or grunge contemporaries, from Alice in Chains to Cranberries.

Pretty okay, not a huge fan of bro's voice, he used to be a little boyyyyyy, sing quiet then get loud, his achy breaky sustained singing gets old