Siamese Dream

The grunge scene was a little before my time, and I could never really get into it. Having said that, this was listenable, and I can appreciate the craft.

angsty teen rock from the 90s

Glad i finally got around to listening to the whole thing. Great stuff

I enjoyed this album. Loved smashing pumpkins as a teen, but first time I listened to this full album. I liked “Soma” and “Geek USA” especially.

Great album that deserves a 5 but Billy is a douche canoe and his vocals can gnaw on you after a while. He has no range.

Very nice album, has some of the better songs from the Smashing Pumpkins

Better than expected, quite heavy. Little boring

Solid 90s grunge, a professional, less fru-fru, more down to earth Nirvana.

good energy, nice drums, interesting

This one didn't stick with me much on the first listen. I'll have to give it another listen later.

Siamese Dream is a quintessential 90s album that stands the test of time.

C'était bien

Okay, so now I've listened to both albums by The Smashing Pumpkins, and this one is better than the other. There are more songs that I vibe with and I think that I may actually revisit after. My favourite is Spaceboy.

Did not like

Es bastante bueno, no ha envejecido mal, pero algunos sonidos no me atraen los suficiente en una o dos canciones, sin embargo fuera de eso las líricas son muy buenas. :3

I'm grumpy. Why is this cover art not the original cover art? Why do I care? I don't know. But I do. This is such a sentimental favorite that I'm blind to how long it goes and how drone-y and generic it gets in places. There are three to four great songs on this album, so maybe that's enough for me. I don't know. I'm hungry.

A pretty nice fun album. Not the best, not the worst. Smashing Pumpkins are still lame though

Luna and Soma are gorgeous pieces of music. This album is brilliant. 4.5.

Classic, almost metally sound at some points. Pretty good.

4.5 if I could. Obviously the couple big hits but the rest is just as good.

JFC, I just listened to Smashing Pumpkins yesterday! This album is about 100 times better than that one. Somehow Corgan's voice works way better with these songs. They are harder hitting and are genuinely inspired. Especially, Cherub Rock which I love. But seriously, what kind of idiot thinks TWO smashing pumpkins alums need to be on a list of 1001 albums. They should have only included this one.

A mixture of metal and melancholy. One aspect I enjoyed, the other just not my cup of tea.

Reminded me how good this is. Not a duff track on it and they’re not afraid of a tune.

I’ve never been one for the grunge thing so I think I’ll need to come back to this a few more times

Some excellent songs in there

solid 4 stars. I enjoyed it and might listen to it again

This was pretty good actually Favorites: Today Mayonaise Silverfuck Sweet Sweet

Really good shit

ES BUENÍSIMO se volvió uno de mis álbumes favoritos es un placer de escuchar

I like this type of rock and I think that I just turned away from The Smashing Pumpkins in the past because I just did not know what to expect. But this album somehow makes me think that if I had been a teenager in 94, I would definitely have been feeling this while wearing flannel and doc martens and a cigarette in my mouth.

Not good

Bruut ouwe

Un album très sympa de la part de Radiohead

Today. Cherub rock. Brilliant album!

Quite good and would probably listen to more.

A mixture of metal and melancholy. One aspect I enjoyed, the other just not my cup of tea.

I wish I liked the Smashing Pumpkins but they make it so hard for me. Meandering songs, terrible production.

Ok

If only we had some kind of human 1001 album app that could have recommended this earlier.

A wonderful album.

For me this album is their absolute high point - barely a step wrong in the entire album - brilliant stuff

Few good tunes but nothing that memorable.

Not bad but never warmed to this album

For me this album is their absolute high point - barely a step wrong in the entire album - brilliant stuff

Enjoyed it. No bad songs on there but also no amazing ones, rattled along nicely.

Listening conditions - home theatre, a little bit distracted but with Smashing Pumpkin’s further reading. Albums First Rodeo? - i don’t think so. Stand out tracks Cherub Rock - Banger what a great opener. Today - Ionic Smashing Pumpkins, still holds up as an anthem today. An era and genre defining track. Silverfuck - Yeah that’s a great journey. Miss Soma - dull and long, nothing special and following Disarm (which is a very close contender for a stand out track) just really puts this track into bad light. It’s a good album and I try not to listen with hindsight but that can be hard and honestly apart from the singles there’s not much here and I can’t help but think their next album (Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness) is what will always define the band and what they were trying to pull off here. Note this album really picks up again towards the end, looking at you Luna.

fun and upbeat. idk

gitara koja uleti na pocetku- B r u t a l n a

Good album. Have listened to this many times.

actually liked this! the beginning of the album felt a lot more slow and repetitive, but as it went on i started liking it a lot more

Such a great album

- boring - like from a dream

Classic album. The Pumpkins arrive as grunge/alt-rock lords. Sludgy guitars, huge riffs, feline vocals and gigantic drums. Great stuff. Best Tracks: Cherub Rock, Geek U.S.A., Mayonaise

The sound is very similar to Nirvana's.  My initial thought was that the sound is  a more user friendly mix of  In Utero.  (Both released the same year)  To be sure, it's heavy and nobody would accuse it of being happy, but it was able to appeal to those not clinically depressed   as well as those who own shirts that aren't plaid.  One of the top LPs of the Alt Rock era. 

better than expected

A little too grungy

Prima album, ik was even vergeten dat hun gitaarrifjes soms toch echt moddervet zijn. Dat gepiel en geneuzel daar kan ik slechter tegen..

Classic 90's grunge.

Lang geleden, maar even briljant als toen ie net uitkwam.

Ja, dit is een van mijn all time favorites en nu al een classic voor mij. Kan deze plaat moeiteloos van top tot teen luisteren. Geweldige rauwe sound en catchy nummers. En probs voor Billy die alles zelf inspeelde terwijl die andere bandleden hun neus aan het poederen waren

Never listened to it in full before, but I do like it. Corgans voice is not for everyone but there a couple of really good tracks on here.

BAM!

Prachtig! Van A tot Z goed. Hier en daar een tikje pathetisch, maar ach, dat was ik in de tijd ook.

Quite melodic

Not a fan

It was fine, but I'm not a huge fan of grunge or the Smashing Pumpkins, so it was not my favorite.

Idk man, really not my thing. I like the metal influences, the rock, and what led here, but not what we got here particularly

"Lover, lover let's pretend We're born as innocents Cast into the world With apple eyes" (Geek USA) "I'll sing for you If you want me to I'll give to you And it's a chance I'll have to take And it's a chance I'll have to break" (Luna) yo a los dos minutos: bueno, tampoco es tan deprimente esto. yo a los diez minutos: deja que ponga Montero porque me voy a tirar por la ventana.

yes lad

Smashing pumpkins are cool

Mayonaise is the coolest song this band ever did And it's basically 'Sometimes' by MBV.

A lot of the songs have epic starts, but I'm less of a fan once they settle in. Vocals remind me of Nirvana. American grunge probably won't get a high score from me. "Disarm" is a nice diversion. A 5 on the 10 point scale.

Ich mag es, war es doch mein Einstieg zum Reich der Pumpkins - selbstredend sind „Today“ & „Disarm“ die einladend weit geöffnete Doppeltür dorthin gewesen. Für viele wohl das wahre Meisterwerk. Mir wirkt es jedoch manchmal zu bieder-brav, was vielleicht etwas mit der Zeit zu tun hat, die ich mit dem Album verbracht hab. Sound proper fett und super gealtert. Es fehlt noch die Schippe Raffinesse, obwohl das Konzept auf muskulösen Beinen steht. Songwriting bereits toll, selbstsicher aber ein wenig „von der Stange“-haft. Dann aber gibt es so herrliche wow-Effekte beim erneuten Hören („Hummer“); wie so oft, wenn vertraute Speisen dieses eine, bisher verborgen gebliebene Aroma offenbaren. Hier wäre die Zehnerskala hilfreich. Slightly overrated 3.5

Bevor ich's vergesse: kurz realisiert welch starkes Faible ich für Bassistinnen habe. Tina Weymouth, Debbie Googe, D'Arcy Wretzky (und die Liste könnte noch deutlich länger sein): steh ich total drauf. Jedenfalls: für mich im Vergleich besser als die Mellon Collie. Top Hits drauf (Today; Disarm), verspukte Alternative-Rock-Mini-Opern (Soma, Sweet Sweet) und auch noch der von der Gish gelernte "klassische" Ansatz, 80er-Hardrock mit Mitteln des 90er-Sounds aufzuführen (Bratzgitarren, Streicher), außerdem mit Corgans schon ziemlich speziellen Gesang und Schwelge-Arrangements. Klingt heute bisschen verstaubter als ich gedacht hätte, aber für die Jugend natürlich: 4.0 (enthält einen Zehntelpunkt extra für den starken Zug, einen Song "Mayonaise" zu nennen. Muss man sich in Amerika erstmal trauen!)

Me ha gustado mucho, he descubierto dos temazos, tristes en ocasiones, pero muy buenos cuando dan caña

Cherub Rock and Today still hold up. Some good, a lot of okay.

I'm excited for this one! I like what I know from Smashing Pumpkins and looking forward to hearing more. Cherub Rock is a great way to start an album. Loved this from start to finish.

Used to listen to this loads as a yute; round my mate Simon's, Virtua Fighter 2 on the PS1 and sound off so we could listen to The Pixies, Mark Lanegan and Smashing Pumpkins. Even with that healthy shot of nostalgia in the plus column for this album, Billy Corgan's voice is such that it's still hard going in places. Not bad, though.

The year my brother was born! I have a feeling Cherub Rock was playing right as he came into this world. This is a great guitar hero song and I haven’t listened to this album before so I’m excited to see what’s in store. Hopefully not too many pumpkins were harmed in the making of this album. There is a certain irony in this second song, I didn’t find it to be Quiet at all. I don’t think I’ve heard Today before today but it sounds an awful lot like a Simple Plan plan. Ok I have heard it before now. Maybe Simple Plan hadn’t I won’t presume. This is another instance where I am not a huge fan of Smashing Pumpkins (I certainly wouldn’t do that to a neighbor) but they have some great songs and a few of them are on this album. This does feel like a seminal 90’s album. Something someone would put on while they stare at the posters in their room of Duran Duran and The Ramones as they struggle to do their homework when they really just want to fight the system aka skip class. Rocket stands out to me as another good song from this album. I’m seeing now that we are commenting on the album covers so I really like this one as well, very alt rock.

It was nice Monday driving music. I hadn’t heard all of the songs but I liked almost all of them.

Muy Smashing Pumpkins.

Not my cup of tea but well made and i am sure someone will like it!

Absolutely great CD... I've seen them twice. Once at Lupo's in Providence and once at St Andrews theater in Detroit. At the end of the Detroit show, Billy Corgan went on at least a 20 minute guitar experimental solo. I say "at least" because most people left at some point because it was more noise than art at that point.

Classic Pumpkins. Great tracks are great. Others? Eh

the Wiki for this album is very interesting, I didn't realize that it was spawned from so much conflict, chaos, drug addition and talk of suicide. I also like Rolling Stone's description that its closer to progressive rock than punk or grunge

mega top el album spaceboy y luna alv que rolones

Meh

Great album, love Smashing pumpkins

I want an ice-cream! :3

Mye nostalgi i dette

Aldri likt vokalen til Billy Corgan. Pluss for litt artig gitar på noen låter.

Dearie me, mass regret on not listening to this whole album before now. What a cracker- perfect mix of all instruments and vocal

Alternative classic, I enjoy the shit out of this one, peak 90s rock

Overrated

Epic album from the Pumpkins. Not only one of their best pieces of work, but I feel it's one of the greatest rock records in existence. Packed full of killer writing and musicianship, emotional Siamese Dreams blows my mind on so many levels from beginning to end. I am so grateful to have gotten to see them perform many of these songs live on 3 occasions. Zowie!

Smash the Pumpkins, eh?

A beautiful masterpiece of alt-rock for the ages.

I dig it. Heavily distorted, but not at the expense of good riffs and melodies. It's a bit long, but not overlong, and I think its length reflects the hazy/grunge musical style. Of course, I'm all-too-familiar with the tracks "Cherub Rock" and "Today," thanks to Guitar Hero. They hold up, and there are a number of other great songs here, too. I'm not sure if I'd heard a Smashing Pumpkins album before today, but this one makes the appeal perfectly clear. Favorite tracks: Cherub Rock, Today, Sweet Sweet Album art: I like it. Looks like the original was just the photo of these two girls, and a reissue added the purple filter and orange background. Both look good to me, but I think I prefer the purple and orange. Filtering and reissuing an album cover like that seems to be a recognition of classic status. 4/5

Nope

Can an album simultaneously be the best and worst thing to ever happen to a band? Maybe it was inevitable that Billy Corgan would turn into a bit of a douche commode or maybe he already was, but this record is where I’ve always drawn the line as a fan. It’s so good and I liked it soooo much. Still do. (Those guitar sounds! The first three tracks!) But man, I didn’t touch a thing they did after this. Still have never listened to that double album, which I know is supposed to be good but… I was just tired of all things Pumpkins by that point. They flew too close to the sun, man. It’s too bad.

Holdt seg bedre enn fryktet

This was on point with my Friday feelings. I particualrly enjoyed disarm. Belter.

Great album - I was a lot more familiar with it than I thought. Picking a fave track is hard. "Today" was popular at karaoke while I lived in Japan, so I've probably heard it more than all the other tracks and have a lot of affection for it. "Cherub Rock" is a fantastic album opener. Might opt for the wildly OTT melodrama of "Disarm" though!

makes me want ice-creams :3

A classic!

Doesn't hit the same as when you're 13

I already knew this album. Its great. Cherub rock, Today are classics. Some new ones I never listened to: Rocket, Disarm, Soma, Geek U.S.A.

Formative album for me. Listened to it many times in my teenage years. I think the Melon Collie and the Infinite sadness album is better overall, but this one has a raw angst that can’t be denied. Billy Corgan’s high screeching voice sounds like his guitar riffs at times (Bee Gees-esque)

Reminds me of being 16(ish) - really great album

I actually really enjoyed this one. Hummer is a cool song.

It definitely holds up... some exceptional songs and a surprisingly heavy sound. I think about Today as representative for Siamese Dream, but there are so many more aggressive songs.

Been a long time since I listened to this. This was so big at the time, really set the bar of what “alternative” could be. Harder rock or softer elegant pieces. The guitar pedals effects and drums mix/level just scream early mid 90s 4.5 stars, rounded to 5

I don't really like the Smashing Pumpkins outside of a few songs, but I found this tolerable albiet boring.

This album makes me sad, there's some great, no amazing, melodies here and some really interesting ideas....but the execution is god-awful. I hate the lead singer's voice, I hate it with a passion. The man sounds like if Spongebob was doing a Kurt Cobain impersonation. It honestly hurts to listen to, it haunts my dreams, it's my waking nightmare. I don't know if I will ever find the words to properly describe my hatred of this man's singing. There's some beautiful songs here, but the fact that they're ruined so much makes this album even sadder to listen to. When I heard the opening lines of the first song my immediate freudean thought was "butt-rock" the singer sounds like he belongs in a shitty 3 doors down cover band. Overall I'm giving it 2 stars because the melodies are actually really good and the song progression and composition is interesting.

More my kind of thing than Bjork (yesterday's album). I know SP are regarded very highly, but it must be over my head. I like it just fine, but don't see the greatness. After a while, some of the songs started sounding the same to me. I feel like the drums are often too heavy. I will say, I love Disarm, especially the acoustic version (track 17)

Listened a couple weeks ago.

Love smashing pumpkins. Love 90s rock too.

Meh

This was a lot better than I expected, I’d go as far to say I enjoyed it

Loved the guitar work - it seemed multi-layered and symphonic to some degree. Laidback and interesting music .

Super goed album met redelijk wat bekende nummers erop

dope sound

Has that wall of guitar sound that comes across kinda dated to me now. Some catchy bits throughout but it all comes down to the fact that I don't like Billy Corgan's voice.

I would have rated this a lot higher in High School, but it's still not bad. I certainly wouldn't' change the radio if any Smashing Pumpkins came on, but it still feels very "of the decade".

One of the best albums of the 90s! I enjoy the smashing pumpkins.

Solid album, very 90's rock and easy to listen to. 2-discs so long but never hated any songs or wanted any to go quicker. Apparently I know a lot of Smashing Pumpkins songs?

An absolute rock classic. This is the band's rawest LP by far, but the production makes every Muff-slathered guitar lead shine through. Tight riffs and tonal shifts make for a thrilling and varied album that remains fresh to this day.

A real blast from the past. Instantly transported to the summer of 1994 as a 15 year old hanging out with my mates, not a worry in the world and no idea what the future would hold. No need, it's so far away right‽

Possibly my favourite SP album, and considering some of the songs on Mellon Collie, that's pretty decent praise. Today and Cherub Rock are classics, Rocket still sounds great, and possibly the one song of the four singles I don't tire of, and Silverfuck is incredible. 4 stars as it does lose a little bit of momentum somewhere in the middle, but even that's a harsh critical comment.

Its that smash pumpkins rock

Enjoyable, but a handful of songs sound like other songs.

Old school hard rock

This album gave me a really big headache, then I thought it was class, then I thought it was alright. There should be a list of ones to go back to.

I like Today, but not a big Smashing Pumpkins fan overall. I think maybe because his voice is annoying.

I didn't like it, it bored me.

Good stuff

Absolutely brilliant.

It has some hits but didn't do it for me overall

This album is a classic. Pretty much any latter-day GenX kid had it, or had a friend with it. Listening back, I can find seven or eight songs that have been on mixtapes of mine, and at least three that have been on recent playlists (within the past few years). Definitely a whole album worth listening to.

Really don’t enjoy Billy’s vocals, but that’s just me, I know. Still, great album.

grunge but not too angry

I can imagine if I was a moody 90s teen living in Seattle (or Chicago) this would really appeal to me. But I’m not, and it doesn’t.

Okay, I dont love the pumpkins, all kinda sounds the same to me.

3.5/5. Great, classic rock track! Haven't heard this in a long time

Great album. <3 them 8/10

Sensational. Sleepy, dreamy and psychedelic. Almost a 5

Amazing album with so much great songs. Every song is about something that goes on in his mind , about struggles with his past and how because of these struggles he is still affected until today. this and some amazing work on the guitar makes this a classic 9.3/10

Did not listen

Amazing album with some of my favorite songs on there, this album never gets old. A classic 9.3/10

Love the instrumentals. Not a huge fan of 90s rock but I liked this album. Stand out tracks: Cherub rock, Quiet, Today, Soma

7.7/10

Muitas faixas boas.

Really disappointing I thought I’d like it more.

i like it altough mellon collie is to me a more interesting album because of its different facets while this one is good but more of the same

Already listened loads. Classic

Cool guitar sound. producción tipo grunge. Ya había escuchado Today. Fluye bien. Mucho menos pulido que 1979

few great moments but way too long

Kinda goes on too long, but pretty good. Has a few fantastic songs.

Cool album with some great songs

This one held up really well. Just a great album. The composition, instrumentation, and lyrics are all on point. I know a lot of folks hate on Corgan's voice but it's never bothered me and it matches the lyrics and feel of these songs so well. Just really great.

I loved this band back in the day, and for some reason fell out with them until I went back a few years ago. I know a lot of people don't like Corgan, and there's good reason for that, but this album rocks. Best track: Today

Honestly, I loved this. It wasn't a perfect 5 stars, but the sound and Billy Corgan's vocals are still excellent and I'd definitely listen again. Solid 4.

Nostalgia isn't the only thing carrying this record through, disarm, mayonaise and other great tracks, excellent

12/28 Phenomenal album. This is the hard rock I'm looking for, smashing instrumentals across heavy lyrics, the artwork ties the knot. Standout Tracks: Cherub Rock, Hummer, Soma, Geek U.S.A., Silverfuck

"Today" is one of the greatest songs ever written and the rest of the album holds up around it

4,5/5

Noteworthy songs were today, hummer, and soma

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