Siamese Dream

Cherub Rock is one of the best album openers we've heard yet - sets the tone and builds quickly to an ecstatic fuzz which doesn't really let up throughout the album. The whole thing sounds great - Corgan's nasally, punkish whine cuts through the heaving fuzz and the swaggering guitar leads and other flourishes (bells + horns) lift their sound above the morose fray of contemporary grunge acts.You can knock the back half for being indulgent, but the front half is so live, dynamic and originial that I'd argue they'd earned a little pomp by the time the 8 minute long 'Silverfuck' starts to drag. If Billy Corgan had died young he would be spoken about even more reverently than Kurt Cobain. If Kurt Cobain had lived he and Corgan would be considered equals.

Corgan and Vig are at their best. Sonically, this has got Big Muff Pie all over every track and I cant get enough of it. Its such an intensely fuzzed out overdrive that it really would sound awful im most situations. Here is kind of works over the really airy melodies and both the sweet and whiney vocals that Corgan flips between as well as the really impressive strings/orchestral stuff. Songs I didnt know that were great: * hummer * Rocket

I did not expect to like this quite so much. Really not too many duds. Monster songs like Cherub, Today, Disarm. Then some new ones to me like Hummer, Quiet, Silverfuck. A couple of highlights for me are the guitar solo on Quiet and the outro on Hummer - really pretty. I like this version of Pumpkins - much more college radio rock than their later melodramatic stuff. This just feels a little more emotionally balanced. Kept thinking about the guitar tones across the album - so much variety but not annoying, like perfectly placed. Though now I'm reading alot of that was done through studio layering, and never quite replicated live. Reading that My Bloody Valentine is a big inspiration for this album and Billy overall - going to need to go back to that album this week.

No es mi genero favorito pero debo admitir que surnan muy bien

Truly deserving of all its accolades. Absolutely great album start to finish.

Uno de los mejores discos de los 90

Very simple disc, the disc is the most commercial

я так и не поняла. ниче не произошло

Great Pumpkins album from Billy and guys

Me ha gustado muchísimo, hay varias canciones conocidas pero otras joyitas ocultas también

Made me flash back to sitting in my pot dealer friends place in '94 when he put this on and insisted I stay and listen to the whole thing.

Meh. I don't worship at the altar of Billy Corgan. There are some decent songs on here, but Gish was their best work.

Not me but super vibes

It didn’t really connect with me overall, I liked a couple of the songs but I wasn’t sold.

3,7/5

Used to not love The Smashing Pumpkins but I think I get it now — will re-listen. Playlist add: "Hummer"

Almost 5, but Billy Corgan is such a douche

this album made me feel like a teenager again

Loved the blend of rock, especially the guitar, while still capturing a dreamy vibe. Felt like the album blended well while also having enough diversity to make it feel interesting

Würde 3,5 geben. Werde ich mir irgendwann wieder anhören, aber war beim ersten Mal nicht wirklich hooked.

I just can't enjoy the monotonous sludge of distorted guitars and Corgan's petulant whine. Is what I would say if I were normal.

Second Smashing Pumpkins album on this list, and the same reaction as the first. I just don't like this band. It's not even that all their songs are terrible - it's just that the whole presentation from the nasally, whispery vocals to the irritating guitar tone perpetually grates. There's enough decent material on here to bump it above hopeless, but I really don't want to hear anything more from this band.

Another pumpkins album! This is turning out to be a really good album! A lot of the tracks are quite samey, but I’ve found I don’t really care because I’m enjoying them. Today was such a nice track, and I really enjoyed Disarm as well. The layout of Soma was very pretty. The slow into the more forceful instrumental at the end! Awesome. Geek USA was also a very cool track. I really liked the guitar in Mayonnaise. Spaceboy was quite good and I loved how forceful Silverfuck was, especially when it dropped out for a minute and then came back. Sweet sweet was a cute little interlude, and the closer, Luna, was so serine! I loved it. It was also super cute. 4/5 ⭐️ 102/1089

Oh fuck yeah! I'm excited for this one. But obviously 5 stars! :D I don't know that I've ever given this album a listen all the way through! Crazy. Hummer was fucking dope! Soma is awesome too. I like these lesser known tracks. Well goes without saying 5 stars.

good

hadnt rly engaged w the smashing pumpkins prior but enjoyed more than i thought but not a ton

This is an awesome album. Soma and Mayonnaise are standout tracks. Billy Corgan had an awful childhood which I'm sure has shaped his abrasive personality. Regardless of past traumas, its still a personal decision to behave like an absolutely narcasistic twat. That said, he sure knows how to play a bunch of instruments and how to produce an album.

Consistent or samey? Either way, its a pretty solid album!

One of the best albums of the 90's. I was 15 when this dropped and this was the prefect soundtrack for my ansgsty little ass. I still remember listening to Rocket and watching the sun come up after after after an epic night with the boys. There were a hundred other nights like it but this album helps to crystallize that 90's vibe. It was a good time.yo be a kid.

Eh

idk w sumie yo moglabym wszytkie piosenki dodac do mojej playlisty

It's shame this isn't a double album which is 2 hours long and includes 1979

It couldn't have been a better first recommendation.

Not for me but I totally get it. Some amazing guitar playing and even through all the chaos and noise Corgan has an obvious ear for songwriting

Ya de por si los quiero a Smashing Pumpkins porque fueron una gran influencia para MCR y eso ya no me hace muy objetiva. Se nota que es una banda con muchas influencias de otras bandas medio grunge, algunos temas son chills, otros mas punchis, es escuchable. Hay mucho de Pearl Jam, de Foo Fighters, de los Pixies, MCR, RHCP, tiene voz muy parecida a al de Metallica. Tiene de todo.

A little slow in the beginning but the back half of this album fucking rips. Every time I was caught in a headbang they brought me back with the feels. I woulda ran this into the GROUND back in middle school. Highlights: Geek USA, Spaceboy, Luna

Harrdorck, Metall was ist das, es hört sich ambivalent an, Man meint immer das nächste stück wird besser...

Three stars because Billy Corgan is a total wanker

it all kinda sounds the same; some nice Guitar Hero nostalgia though

there were some songs that really surprised me with how soft the sound was and i throughly enjoyed this album, getting to like a band i already listened to more

Too noisy in general. Disarm is great.

I've listened to this album front to back a million times. Not a single track is out of place, and they're all wonderful.

Their second album. Grunge / Alt Rock. Overall I like it, the distorted guitars, the drumming, the lyrics and melodies etc. Billy Corgan's vocals do grate on me after a while. An Alt Rock classic though.

Muy rockero pero me gustó bastante

Good. Listened at work

Good songs

An old friend that has aged well. Or at least was very good to revisit. This was like being visited by a gothic astral traveler offering a warm fuzzy blanket and being lulled to sleep by abrasive beauty. Yes. I'm aware of how ridiculous that sounds but isn't that kind of the whole point of this record? And coming off the heels of all the 70s/80s guitar heroics and album rock embellishments, too.

Often lumped in with the grunge label, Smashing Pumpkins have more in common with My Bloody Valentine than Pearl Jam. The guitar tone on this so clearly influenced by the shoegaze movement. These are still rock songs though, as emphasised by the ripping guitar solos and the hard drumming style of Jimmy Chamberlain. I wouldn't blame anyone for not liking the band due to Billy Corgan's nasally voice, but I believe his voice further adds to the unique sound the group has. This record has such a sonically diverse palate, and they built upon Pixies' quiet-loud formula that much of the alternative rock scene followed. Fuzzy melodic rockers like 'Today' and 'Cherub Rock' blew the band up and pigeonholed the band alongside other rock bands of the time, even though the Pumpkins were much more interesting and innovative than many of their contemporaries. We get mellotron enhancing an already beautiful acoustic cut on 'Space Boy' and the strings-laden track about childhood trauma on 'Disarm'. 'Mayonaise' might be the most enchanting song ever named after a condiment. Both noisy, euphonious and delicate, this is the Pumpkins at their absolute best.

This album has such a range and I love it. Maybe I like alt rock more than I thought? So many good songs on here that it's hard to pick one. Favorite Songs: Disarm, Quiet, Sweet Sweet

Smashing Pumpkins is 2/2 so far with 5-star albums. Just fantastic rock albums.

Ok and at times a good album but for me some of the songs felt too long which holds it back from getting a 4/5.

One of the best albums from the 90’s. 4.5/5

Me gustó bastante, no me lo esperaba y algunas canciones me hicieron acordar a la onda de los red hot

no me gustó, guardé un par de temas (los más livianos) pero los demás son demasiado pesados, es un rock que te agota rápido y no son muy distintos los temas entre sí, me aburrió en su mayoría, la voz del cantante no me gustó

Too vanilla for me. Not grunge enough, not Deftones enough, ... But a watered-down version of the two.

I was certainly smiling politely while listening to this one. At their peak, Smashing Pumpkins were capable of a legit musical journey.

Time went by really quickly listening to it

Music still holds up, love Cherub Rock but am not the biggest fan of the vocals.

I liked a few songs, but this is mostly not for me.

somewhere in my heart, this is a perfect record. it certainly was when i was 15, and it has informed so much what i'm looking for in music. from mbv to Neurosis to Albert Ayler, i'm always looking for something with the dynamic range of Siamese Dream - its heart so firmly on its sleeve, the way it is either pummeling or floating, the totally fucking locked-in drums. but now i'm 28, and it's a bit too long, and the dumb-guy riffage on a lot of the back half isn't all that appealing. i also think it's easier to be embarrassed by this record given what Corgan's grown into - i try to not let that faze me, but it's not all that easy. the earnest sweetness still goes down easy for me, the angst not so much still, though. they put fuckin Today on this record! Mayonaise! motherfucking Cherub Rock! at it's best, there's little better. the guitar sound is as exacting as it is loud and smeary and wild, and when Corgan's anger is in check and the band is all rallying around that wall of noise, i couldn't be more thrilled. you could cut this down into a perfect record, but i think i would've bristled against losing some of the sprawl when i was a superfan, and i still would. the mess is part of the album, and it makes the peaks that much higher

Classic

Awesome

This is not a band I have listened to much at all. I checked my last.fm stats - I’ve been scrobbling tracks as faithfully as possible since 2007 and I listened to more Smashing Pumpkins tracks today than I have in the preceding 18 years. Two tracks in 2016 followed by five pumpkinless years. A single pumpkin smashed in 2021, 2 in 2023, 1 in 2024, none last year, and now a whopping 13 tracks. It’s fine. Their heyday was my time in the musical desert - I didn’t like new music older was being released, it seemed like radio was garbage, and the internet wasn’t quite well-established enough to be a good route for discovery. All of this to say it was fine.

Good album from a minor band.

This album really feels like an intersection of radio friendly pop and weird alt music. Its most known moments are very grandiose and anthemic, but a lot of the most powerful moments here are very intimate and odd. A lot of this even borders on shoegaze, and it really blends everything it’s trying so well. Truly a landmark of the 90s. Favorites: Cherub Rock, Mayonaise, Luna

it reminds me of growing up, sharing a bedroom wall with chris.

Qué albumzaso, locooo!!!!!! Espectacular

- i like whatever distortion/effect they have on the guitar at the beginning of cherub rock - all of the guitars are sick actually - acoustic on disarm is cool - the gerard way of it all - maybe i'll finally listen to mellon collie in full now - favorites: rocket, disarm, spaceboy - rating: 3.5/5

a classic but grunge is unf not my thing, may need another listen highlights: geek usa rating: 3/5

Some good guitar solos. Not bad but didn't really grab me as some rock albums do

amazing album!

yes yes beautiful love love LOVE

Fucking love the Smashing Pumpkins, love this album, love it all. Great hits like ‘Today’, ‘Cherub Rock’ and ‘Disarm’. It is harder to write a review for a heavily listened to band and album i feel because I enjoy it so much and it is on of my favourite albums. As Billy Corgan Says ‘Today is the greatest day ive ever know’. 9/10.

Every time I listen to "Belong" by the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, it makes me really want to give Siamese Dream another chance. And every time I listen to Siamese Dream, I think the guitars sound incredibly cool for a few minutes before I get tired of Billy Corgan after "Today" is over. Except for that one time I made it to "Disarm" before I got tired of him, of course. It's still way too long for me to want to listen to it all that much, but those guitars really do sound cool.

Me parece un disco espectacular… muy inicios de sonidos diferentes para esa época.. grunge puro

Another album where I prefer the songs that weren’t the ones played on the radio non-stop. 1 hour is a bit long for me but it is well done. Drumming hooked me.

Was initially not having fun but then the album sort of changed my mind so that’s a plus. Still unsure if the interesting stuff outweighs the uninteresting stuff - maybe worth another listen

Talented, yes. Enjoyable, yes. But why can I only take this band in small doses? Is it the over fuzzed guitars? The nasal whine? The repetitive formula of every song? Yes.

Core memory album. There probably isn’t a bigger, better album in my canon of defining albums. This one I discovered by myself, for myself. Stranger in a strange land, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. I’m thinking back to where I would have bought this, and I can’t place it. I see a dump bin in the front and I can’t quite place the facade or any of the particulars. I can’t even remember a record store in Saskatoon.

wowie what an album obviously. I think while obviously songwriting is excellent on here, some of the best mainstream rock songs of the early 90s are on here, I feel like the production and sounds stand out the most for me, in the sense that nothing of this genre and sound has EVER been this popular, aside from maybe loveless and some odd tiktok shoegaze hits. The big muff guitar tones are incredible and the way that they are used, usually after a long section of clean, quiet stuff always hits you in the face in an incredible satisfying way. Some of these songs are incredibly heavy, but again rewriting the rules, not in the traditional sense in any way. I feel like in a vacuum, Billy Corgan's singing voice is absolutely terrible (ie if you solo his vocal track) but it works so well with the whole instrumental so well. The Jimmy Chamberlain is also a fantastic drummer, and its probably a tough job to compliment the white noise-esque guitar parts well and he certainly does. Favourite songs: cherum rock, quiet, today, hummer, diarm, geek USA, mayonaise, silverfuck, sweet sweet, luna. (mayonaise may be the best 90s song maybe (within reason), I think I maybe prefer it to most if not all nirvana songs.) Overall around 9/10

Great album, never heard the full album before. I probably would've been obsessed if this had come out in my time. Hits, deep songs, changes of rhythm and very entertaining. Seems like it doesn't want to be categorized in a genre, just making music they feel, and it happens to be very good. You may say what you want about Billy, but this makes me separate the artist from the art and look at it as what it is, a great fucking album. We prayed for times like this. I'm keeping the 5 stars for something mind blowing, but it's a 4.5 really.

Classic 90s alternative.

good but not my style

c'etait cool

Brutal, la fuerza de la instrumentalización contrasta efectivamente con la voz del vocalista, de estilo uniforme, un deleite

Awesome 😎

A good album but always felt too pop oriented for my taste. 4 stars and still worth listening too but not all time great even for the pumpkins.

I understand why this has become slightly elevated above mellon collie and the infinite sadness. It's a little more restrained, a little more consistent, a little rougher around the edges in a good way. Just a perfect blend of shoegaze ideas and grunge tone that perfectly encapsulates a slightly elevated 90s alternative Rock sound. That being said 90s alternative rock is a pretty boring genre of music, but I can't deny this album does rock.

Was very happy to have this one come up, another album where I've had about half of the songs lurking around playlists for a long time. "Cherub Rock" "Today" and "Disarm" are the standouts, but I also really like "Quiet" "Rocket" "Geek U.S.A" and "Mayonaise"

Very good stuff! ★★★★

la verdad no es mi estilo pero tiene algunos temas nuevos

good

inlove

I loved this so much. I did not think I would be into the Smashing Pumpkins but this was the perfect album for a grey morning. It's interesting, haunting, beautiful, and complex. Not my usual cup of tea but I think I got it on the most optimal morning to listen to it.

Oh that ruled. Loved the textures

Ik denk dat ik gewoon niet genoeg van dit album ken om hier een hoge score aan te kunnen geven (nostalgie-gewijs). Niet echt mijn ding.

This is a fucking great record.

Nice album

Musicalmente una obra de arte. Según gustó personal rock un poco pesado, no lo escucharía todos los dias pero si tengo ganas de rocksito sería buena opción.

Absolutely smashed it out of the park. Beautiful and engaging throughout. One of the best on the list so far.

Not too shabby

Pretty cool man, definitely worth a listen!

Not terrible but also not my style. Grunge has never really vibed with me and this was no exception.

I just love songs with an electric guitar man and the instrumental portions in this album slapped. Will definitely revisit. Goated asf.

I’ve seen this album everywhere but only knew like one song from it, excited to hear more ! The guitar is SO GOOD. Fav song is ‘Today’.

Bill Burr sucks now

True story - this album is the only thing I ever stole in my life. I walked into a Walmart in Warrenton, Missouri, stuffed the CD down my pants and walked out. Was terrified for weeks the cops would come knocking on my door at any moment. Anyway, the album is pretty good. It's a lot slower than I remember, it's not really anywhere near other rock band songs at the time. It hits pretty hard with Cherub Rock, but never really gets to that level again. Even the slower songs are good, though, and I think they hold up really well. 3.5 stars.

5/5 very good rock album by SP

Riffs yes vocals no

better than i expected!

Somewhere in the intersection of alt rock, heavy metal, and dream pop. America's answer to Swervedriver? Nostalgia wins here.

Album #101 The Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dream It’s some sort of irony that my hundredth album was surrounded by two 5-star albums; I guess the special ones come when you least expect them. My 99th album ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?’ was the sound of the 90s in the UK; well, this album is the sound of the 90s in America. Sure, Nirvana were bigger and have become the more stereotypical 90s band, but a lot of their influences were pulled from the 80s; they just made the sound mainstream. The Smashing Pumpkins established something new with Siamese Dream, which even Nirvana took elements from, as Billy Corgan would be quick to let you know. This album would rank amongst my top ten for purely guitar work, the absolute emotion and otherworldly noises that Corgan was able to create have never been replicated in my opinion. As far as Pumpkins albums go, this is certainly their most consistent, with Melon Collie potentially having higher highs, but also some bloat; there isn’t a single track here that feels like a waste of time. The lyrics can sometimes feel like nonsense, but each word and turn of phrase still carries weight. Somehow, the line “Life’s a bummer, when you’re a hummer” doesn’t sound completely ridiculous in the context of the album. The guitar licks on ‘Mayonaise’ are up there with ‘How Soon Is Now?’ by The Smiths when it comes to iconic guitar distortions. I think a lot of people find it easy to write this album off due to the overly distorted guitars, Corgan’s voice, and well, Corgan’s personality, but if none of those things bother you too much individually, when they all come together, it forms a certified masterpiece. At the end of the day, even though it seems like Billy Corgan is just a washed-up egotistical dick, he has that ego for a reason, and I can’t blame him for recognizing the brilliance of his work. Best Songs: Disarm, Mayonnaise, Luna Worst Song: None Score Out of 10: 10

Ich mag den Gitarrensound und die Drums. Der Gesang ist für mich wie eine Gabel auf einer Tafel.

Great album.

This is a favorite album of mine. Unlike other albums from this era I've enjoyed listening to it and it's unique sound has held up over time to become a classic.

Suprised that I didn’t like this more

Such a brilliant album, which could easily rise to a 5 star rating upon re-listening. I listen to 'Today' quite often so I am surprised I had never reached for this album as a whole before, but I'm certainly glad that I was encouraged to today. Rating: 4.5.

Already have listened to this album

10/10. Cold play for straight men

This is the album that got me to like the Smashing Pumpkins. They still sounded original and fresh to me. There's some great songs on here.

I can't lie, my heart was absolutely in my boots at the prospect of returning to whinging Billy Corgan and his artless dweebs, but actually I think this was basically OK I suppose. Not good, or enjoyable, but not totally without any worth at all. It is really odd to me that it's held up as a totem of alt-rock (whatever that means). It could not be more generic if it tried - overblown guitars, faux-intellectual lyrics and just no sense of fun whatsoever. I'm talking myself into lower marks here, but it can cling onto the lowest possible three.

At first I thought it was for me. Then decided it was not for me. But not for me in a not bad way.

Where has this album been all my life. Great stuff

How is this rated so highly! Can people not hear how bad his voice is! Did not listen, will not listen - over an hour of his voice would likely make my ears fall off!

Pleasantly surprised by this. A wall of scuzzy noise guitar but underneath some lovely melodies. Will revisit in the future as I think it is a grower.

Grungy, Alt rock

definitely an interesting listen!! not something i usually go for but it exceeded my expectations

Not my go to genre, but this slapped. Very dynamic across the album, his voice is super distinct, reminds me a little of Supertramp. Every song feels like it’s the end of the album with a huge build haha Fave songs: Cherub Rock, Hummer 4/5

I like Today and Disarm and cherubs rocks

Right up my alley, should have listened to more Smashing Pumpkins growing up it seems.

90s classic... Holds up

Goated for a reason, absolutely love this album. Influenced so many grunge albums and bands in the future, and Mayonnaise will always be an amazing song.

"the cia cancelled rock"

It was a classic. I’ve heard “today” so many times And I know all the words because of my dad

4,5

Epic from start to finish

An album I have heard before but don't really remember. Thought I'd hate it, actually pretty great. From the time before Billy Corgan's voice got super-whiny, and most of the songs are very enjoyable. Could do with being a bit shorter. Probably a 3.5, so I'll give a generous 4.

I hadn’t listened to this album in full before but loved it. I love the lyrics, Soma, Spaceboy and Mayonaise were personal favourites. I feel like I will like this album even more each time I listen to it and I will pick up on things I didn’t notice the first time. This is the type of music I love and my favourite I’ve listened to so far.

Trying not to let nostalgia tint the view of the album, but it’s really solid. Billy’s voice is Billy’s voice, but I really enjoyed listening to this.

Good album Song I like: Today, Disarm, Luna

I like it

This is a slower style of Alternative that is less "punk" and not my favorite, but I see how this was pushing rock music forward at the time. Some good songs, but they blend together as there is a similar sound throughout the album.

guzel de suan basım agrıdı amk ya 4/10

not bad, dreamy atmospheric rock kinda thing. ytb algo led me to discover Fade into you by mazzy star which i thought was an even better listen in the same sort of genre

this has today which is my favorite smashing pumpkins song which is not a hard choice because I do not like the smashing pumpkins

Kinda like how they have all the instrumentals kinda hate that every song has two versions

This album is like a fuzzy blanket and a warm quilt that was made by your grandma. The guitar textures are some of the most luscious tones on any rock album you can find, with hit after hit after hit. As a lover of the Pumpkins, this record is absolutely Smashing and I return to it every day. It's impossible to listen to this objectively, as I've adored this 90's gem for so many years. Gorgeous alt rock that defines my autumns.

I wouldn't say I dislike them, but I find it hard to give them a high rating. I've always had the impression they sound like the Pixies, and it seems that intuition was right (meaning it’s hard to accept the vocal)

Corgans voice is annoying to me after listening for a little bit, but it’s very solid album with a couple of really great songs.

I was born just too late for this to be a childhood album for me, but the sound is unmistakable. It's got a controlled strength to it, steel cloaked in velvet. If Cobain's Nirvana was all raw aggression and emotion, this is powerfully smooth, melodic and dreamy. Very strong start with the iconic Cherub Rock. Just enough fuzziness to the guitars and the vocals float over top of it all. Quiet is next, proving they could throw down a heavy riff with the best of them. The solo is appropriately chaotic and the band never really lets up, Corgan's voice straining a bit in the chorus. Today is the perfect follow up, a hard-edged power ballad as good as anything from the 90s canon. It's hard to imagine a much better run to start. Hummer is a bit of an epic in three parts; a dissonant intro, the anthemic middle section, and a quieter final third. Rocket has guitars like buzzsaws, but Disarm feels like a climax, suddenly dominated by acoustic guitar and strings and some of the best vocal lines on the album. I'm left a bit breathless. Breaking like an ocean wave, Soma is calm and contemplative for 3 minutes then a bit riff snaps me out of my reverie. back to guitars that could cut diamonds on Geek U.S.A., but there's a couple of great mid-song tempo changes and some good soloing. We finally settle on a chugging, slow riff that leads into Mayonaise, a measured pace and the now customary wall of sound. Spaceboy is something different - acoustic again and dramatic, with an orchestral backing. It's the last quarter now, and Silverfuck doesn't try to be anthemic but opts for darkness and desolation. The longest track on the album and at times the angriest. Then quiet and eerie, still but deep waters, an abrupt transition to an energetic finish. Dissonance again. Sweet Sweet is a needed interstitial to cleanse the palate and set up Luna, a beautiful closer after the chaos. Absolutely masterful pacing throughout. I don't know if I would change anything.

Fine

1er album de ce périple. Je n’écoute pas tellement de rock-alternatif, j’aime beaucoup ! L’intro de Hummer est super créative, ainsi que son riff. Geek USA, le riff… Mayonaise, très sympa, une jolie mélancholie Quiet, j’ai replay l’intro.

Against all odds, I think I have become a Smashing Pumpkins fan. That was fun and creepy and weird and rocked really hard.

Hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Aber die prduktion ist mir zu doll.

Tämä ei ollut ennestään tuttu levy bändiltä. En ole bändiltä montaakaan levyä kuunnellut ja se ”hitti-levy” on ainoa, mikä löytyy omasta levyhyllystä.

Meh

I really liked it! I give it a 8/10 I liked how it’d go from mellow to rockier music. I didn’t exactly really listen to the words per say because of what time in the morning it is and the fact I was doing other things but heavily mess with it

I am biased, I really like The Smashing Pumpkins. Even though a lot of their songs are kind of similar, but that's the beauty of it to some extent. This is not my favorite album, Adore is my favorite one, but this one is definitely really nice

Lead voice is wack

Good one

I used to dislike almost all 90's alt rock. But I think through this list I'm learning the fine line between the stuff I can't stand (R.E.M.) vs. the sounds that I actually enjoy (Smashing Pumpkins).

I had no real exposure to The Smashing Pumpkins prior to this (surprisingly). I'm a huge fan of shoegaze so this was an instant hit for me. There's a lot of angst here, but not as much as other grunge bands of the time. Cool guitar effects create a dreamy atmosphere that isn't always wine and roses, perhaps warm beer and ivy.

Not bad, quite mid

I like them but it doesnt have any of the songs I enjoy of theirs

Mostly just noise

I wish artists would just remaster albums without adding a million things. Not unique to this album but hard to find a version to listen to that feels authentic to the original output of the album. Besides that, just another grunge album. Maybe I don;t like this genre of music. Boring to me

Flashback. Listened to this incessantly in my youth. Now I find I vapid and oddly polished.

This album was a constant for me in the mid-90s. There are a lot of great songs - "Hummer" and "Mayonnaise" are standouts. But there is also some filler.

One of the greatest alternative albums of its time

Classic and formative! Not as enamored as I think I used to be with some of the longer tracks, but lots of bangers.

Some good tracks. Good album overall.

I was very into the Smashing Pumpkins at one point, so I was intrigued to see what I thought a few years removed. I still enjoyed it, but probably dragged a bit this time. The start is great, with Cherub Rock, Today, and Disarm the highlights. But by the end, it’s dragging on, with songs overly long or repetitive style. A 40-45 minute version might have been closer to 5*.

I’ve listened to this album a fair few times now and at this point I’m happy to say it just doesn’t click with me the same way it seems to for most people, judging by its average rating (at the time of writing, only 10% of reviewers have given fewer than 3 stars). There is clearly some quality here, but it’s buried underneath an overbearing, abrasive and pretty unmelodic ‘wall of guitar overdubs’. More significantly, however, I just can’t get on with Billy Corgan’s voice, which by the end of the (in my opinion, too long) album is rather grating.

Hadn’t listened to this whole album before but I really enjoyed it

If we only rate on guitar and drums, this is a 5/5. If we consider Billy Corgan’s singing and lyrics, less. Thank god his personality isn’t part of the rating.

Classic 90s rock, up there with the Seattle bands for sure.

Best smashing pumpkings album. Best songs: 1. Today 2. Spaceboy 3. Mayonaise

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again but I just don’t vibe with 90s music in general. This just does nothing for me. Some of the songs are fine, have some cool moments, but overall it just annoys me somehow.

Ugh. Boring.

Day 206 For me, this doesn’t quite hit the heights of Melon Collie… but it’s not far behind, fantastic album. Highlights Cherub Rock Disarm Mayonnaise

Wow! I like this band but not listening to them as much as I wanted. Cherub rock is a heavy, dense rock with such a distorted guitar.

some things really annoyed me, but i was mostly positively surprised

"Quiet" - min 2:03 Epic

Super album avec des sons deep Mais j’ai quand même un peu de mal avec certain son un peu trop saturé à mon goût

Really good alt music.

Can't really be objective about the soundtrack of my high school years, but I do think a lot of these songs really hold up as hard-rocking, grungy, angsty tunes. There are a couple that lack structure or discipline, but it still rewards listening all the way through.

*Top Five Favorite Album* Of all the albums that formed and clarified my tastes and identity in high school, this is the one that has aged with me the most. I was drawn to the guitar tones, the pretentious high school diary lyrics, and the songcraft, but that was true of dozens of records. So why this one? I'd boil it down to this: I can wrap myself in the barrage of soaring, euphoric guitars on Siamese Dream, and the hypnotic solos and breaks. I feel the drums in my gut. When the band goes to 11, it takes me with them. They are a master of dynamics. I feel 40 feet tall when 'Quiet' is playing. The melancholy of 'Mayonaise' has been a port in the storm for 30 years. And there have been so many storms, so the years are grafted onto that song in particular, and the album as a whole. More than most records, my mood affects how I hear the album. It makes for a non-static listening experience. Pressing play is an act of adding another layer of my life on top of the music. There's nothing distant or detached about the listening experience. Each year, my relationship with the music changes and matures. I don't feel nostalgic when I listen to it, unless I'm already feeling nostalgic. Is it a great album? I think objectively it is, but more importantly, it is *my* album. It has my whole heart because it somehow contains it.

Couple of songs sounded ok but the rest was painful to listen to.

- fun instrumental - my first time listening to hard rock - favs: quiet, today, disarm, luna - 3 stars

today is nicely melodic. I dont like the sound of his voice Luna and Mayonaise have more shoegaze influence

Top song Today

This album has huge production, wonderful rifs, it's heavy in a really accessible way and has some of rocks most enduring tracks. However, it also have songs that drift and drone, especially after mayonnaise. Perhaps with 5 or 6 fewer tracks this would be one of the greats, instead it drifted into mediocrity. I've always been quite conflicted about this album and band, it seems I still am.

Fav track, “Disarm” The grunge sound really gets me going, but the vocals kind of take me out of it. Sorry, Billy. Imagine it’s 1995, you and your artsy college crew are hanging out at the local record store. They’re hunting down Pumpkins albums while I’m over in the T’s looking for Tori Amos bootlegs. We are similar, but not quite the same.

I like it... as much as I like the Smashing Pumpkins. Billy Corgan is insufferable but at least this one isn't overpackaged ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Classic, cherub rock opening is one of the all time greats

A foundational record to my musical upbringing. One of my first exposures to alternative rock and especially that of the 90s US alternative scene. A masterpiece in pretty much every regard, even if I rarely go back to it these days. "Silverfuck" is my pick for the Pumpkins' best song and it's not even close. What a monstrous record.

There's just something about these guys that leaves me cold. Better than the phenomenal lack of editing that is Mellon Collie but I dunno if comparative brevit can save this.

Likes: Massive, perfect guitar tone; drumming and rhythms are next level; angsty lyrics; no bad songs at all, no skips Dislikes: Billy’s vocals are an acquired taste Overall, easily one of my favorite records. It’s Pumpkins at full power and strength, but neither the record nor the songs themselves overstay their welcome. Focused perfection.

When Corgan isnt being super whiny, kind of rocks. And thankfully in this album he rocks more than he whines.

I dug this, even the noisy rock parts. Billy Corgan is very emo, but I don't think we were calling music emo yet. The Smashing Pumpkins were a band I never really got in to, it wasn't the kind of music I was listening to in the 90s. I always liked their radio and MTV hits, so I've been looking forward to properly diving in to their discography as an adult.

Siamese Dreams; two good songs, the rest of her listenable. Overall, it’s better than their MelonCollie album. Today and Disarm are the Siamese twins and The lead tracks on the album. I still find Corgan‘s voice a little whiny. (3.3*s) I think there will be one more from The Pumpkins…

Better than Melan Collie purely for shorter run time with less filler. Not as many banger tracks but much more digestible. Again, this one could be trimmed down, especially the longer running songs. I like "Silverfuck" but at over 8 mins...it dragged. "Disarm" is the best one with the other known hit "Today" doing the heavy lifting. "Cherub Rock" and "Luna" not bad either. The gritty guitar and whiny Corgan work better on Siamese Dream. Not as annoying. Still not a huge fan of Smashing...2.37 stars.

In the wake of Billy Corgan's douchiness and the overall falloff of The Smashing Pumpkins I overlooked how good of an album Siamese Dream is. I was too young in 1993 to partake in this album when it was contemporary so I largely missed its overall impact. However I remember how the Pumpkins and Billy Corgan somehow ruled the airwaves in the late 90's in the wake of this and Mellon Collie. The hits are still strong and deeper cuts have the basis for the angsty edgelord cringefest that Smashing Pumpkins is known for. It's truly an accomplishment that the music on this album is somehow strong enough to carry Billy Corgan's grating vocals for 60 minutes without issue. Despite the constant stream of whininess I was surprised how well this album held up. I kept expecting it would devolve into absolute drivel but it managed to hold on for an hour and keep me entertained. Mellon Collie gets a lot of attention but Siamese Dream is the the real gem of The Smashing Pumpkins collection. 3.17 stars

This is top, classic, alt rock album. Full of fuzz and melody. Some incredible tracks. Not a big fan of TSP, but this is an undeniable 90s classic.

Great album. Was already a fan of this one so it's easier to come to that conclusion, but it's still true. It's so intentional and well crafted. The mix is gorgeous, the tones are dreamy, and the songs are meaningful. I love the vibe The Smashing Pumpkins put into the aether. Every song on this project jumps out to me as special in some way. It's an incredible achievement. 4.8/5

Um grande clássico do rock alternativo. Disco excelente! Melodias e vocais sensacionais! QoA Adonis New.

Naja neh

I was there, and yes...it was cool. This record still kinda rips. Are there any bands doing this these days? Today — what a song — still plucks at my forgotten heartstrings. It's kind of ... "clean" for grunge...? The drummer was ON. Great teen angst / nihilist music.

This album just sounds good. Has it aged well? I dunno - it hasn't really aged at all. It's still a really solid expression of teenage angst backed by a wall of sound and infused with some pop sensibility. Actually, what really impresses me looking back at this album is how much it borrows from and puts it all together in a cohesive package: we've got that loud soft dynamic, industrial rhythm, electronic music, shoegaze, grunge, swaggering hair metal, it's incredible how it all comes together. Billy Corgan's kind of a dick, but I think the vocals really work here - they kind of blend into the roar of the fuzz. I'm on the fence about a 4 or a 5 here and I think I have to bump it up despite myself because they really put together a great piece of work, even if it's best heard at age 15 because you're the type of kid who got bullied a little bit. Which I suppose I was at one point, but now I'm not. And even if it runs a little long (which it does). There's something about it that feels right as both an album and an artifact, personally and culturally.

Very fun/nostalgic. "Today" is a classic and there were a lot more songs than I thought I knew on this one. Will definitely revisit often.

Надеюсь при записи альбома ни одна тыква не пострадала

Funky

cherub rock...

Classic

It’s great. It’s a great album. I like the grungy psychedelic instrumentals and his voice. I think he uses his voice well here. And I like how it seems woven into the other instruments and how everything is layered and flowy. It’s more engaging to listen to how the it runners layer heavily on each other and interact. It makes it more complex, even though it seems to be that the music isn’t actually very complex or difficult. I could be wrong. Maybe it sounds effortless because of the way they play their instruments. The melodies come through. It doesn’t demand all of your attention all the time—it’s easy to listen to all the way through because it steadily and rhythmically comes to your attention while listening. It’s easy to multitask or think or write or talk. Flowy. Easy. Weird. Noisy.

This is like the definitive alternative rock album of the 90s. A little bit grungey, a lit bit shoegazey. Perfectly encapsulates the scene. Favorite track: Disarm 4.5/5

Favoruites: 1. Disarm 2. Soma 3. Cherub Rock

Very 90s. It's pretty good but a notch below great. Corgan's voice can be grating at times.

Por la razón que sea, siempre he sentido que los Smashing Pumpkins no me ofrecían nada novedoso, o que no tenían un estilo demasiado definido, más allá de la característica voz de su cantante. Que me perdonen sus fans. Este álbum realmente tiene buenas canciones, especialmente, para mi gusto, aquellas que suenan más grunge. Lo dicho, me dejan algo frío pero no les tengo el más mínimo hate. Un bien y a por otro.

Album #27, The Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream ⭐⭐⭐⭐ One of my all-time favourite albums from my teens. Suitably so, as this is the band at their most angsty. I hadn’t listened to it front to back in a long time, only the odd track here and there, which I always enjoy. In my head, I held this in very high esteem. So it was revealing to go back to it. The good stuff: they’re a huge-sounding band. Smart alternative rock. Super dynamic. They earn the massive solos and instrumental breaks because they build in moments of quiet and beauty. You turn it up when it’s soft and get blasted when it explodes. It’s really well produced. Billy Corgan is really interesting because he gets away with complete and utter schmaltz. Take “Disarm”. He’s singing about being a little boy over all these fucking church bells and maudlin strings. On paper, I should be saying, “Fuck off, Billy. That’s bullshit.” But it somehow works. It’s genuinely moving. And I’ll be damned if “Spaceboy” isn’t still my favourite song on the album. However, that overwrought sensitivity doesn’t always land for me. “Mayonaise” is a fan favourite, but I find it cheesy. Very pre-emo, and emo isn’t really my thing. The reason it’s not a five anymore is the length. It drags. I wouldn’t call anything filler, but some tracks feel unnecessary. You don’t need “Rocket” when you have “Hummer”. You don’t need “Sweet Sweet” when you have “Luna”. It slows the momentum. You can already sense Corgan’s tendency toward excess and a future in rock operas. The arrangements can be a bit much. But they’re an intelligent band. “Soma” and even something as wild as “Silverfuck” are carefully constructed. So it’s a four now. I was surprised, and a bit disappointed, but I can’t give it five anymore. I still think it’s one of the most important albums of the 90s, and absolutely one of the 1001 you should hear. Still a massive fan. And yes, the bloat only gets worse from here with Mellon Collie and future releases. But that’s for another day!

Easy 5/5. Wall to wall bangers. Mayonaise with that cheap guitar whistle noise is so great.

One of my all times

Absolute "grunge" giants. Throughout great songs and an incredible atmosphere.

Reading the other reviews on here, this album not very surprisingly holds a lot of weight for a lot of people who have been listening to it more or less since the 90s. I’m coming at it from a slightly different perspective. I liked this album a lot at the time, and I was excited to catch them when they stopped in my town for Lollapalooza 94, but they were absolutely horrendous live. If you think I’m exaggerating, here’s an account of it by Tom Zillich in the Peace Arch News: “Chicago’s Smashing Pumpkins, on the other hand, headlined the festival, and that day in Cloverdale is universally remembered as a horrible one for singer/guitar player Billy Corgan and his crew. My pal Cory Raven remembers the Pumpkins as “the worst live performance I’ve ever seen, to this day.” “Corgan wasn’t great live at the best of times, but I think he was intentionally singing horribly that night,” Raven recalls. “It sounded like a wounded bird with a bad cold. It was shockingly bad to the point where when you saw people in the days and weeks after and Lollapalooza came up in conversation, someone would often mention how bad the Pumpkins were.” Source: https://peacearchnews.com/2020/04/03/photos-the-day-28000-lollapalooza-goers-rocked-cloverdale-in-1994/ I don’t know how many live bands I’ve seen since. Hundreds, certainly, possibly in the low thousands, and they rank among the worst. For a band of that stature and size, absolutely the worst and it’s not even close. As a teenager who deeply felt their music at the time, it felt crushing, and turned me against the band. With the distance of a little over thirty years, and very few feelings of generosity towards the band, this an okay, if not great listen. Billy Corgan’s much-lauded guitar sound is massively overrated. It’s compressed and saturated and while it sounds huge, it totally lacks dynamics. The lyrics are mostly angsty cliches, which was the style of the time, and they haven’t improved with time and perspective, but it does feel less bloated and self-indulgent than it did on Mellon Collie. Sometimes it comes together and works though, particularly on the moments where the band allows for some relative quiet, like on “Disarm”, “Soma”, and what is the highlight of this album for me, “Mayonnaise”. Though it’s largely external to the music itself, some moments of this album did make me think back to being a teenager listening to this. I’m certain that I didn’t feel as light and as free as I’m remembering it, but the problems of being a teenager feel small in retrospect.

Echt nice, in mijn oren heel stereotiep voor de klank van de jaren 90 rock - zowel luide momenten als rustige. Stem van Billy Corgan moet je van houden wel. Highlights: Today, Disarm, Mayonaise (lichte bias voor de rustigere nummers dus!)

Nice

Great album - some bangers that make it a five for me (Today, Cherub Rock, Disarm, Mayonaise)

I have nothing to add, it's perfect

Хоть мои любимые песни группы вышли на их следующем альбоме, здесь тоже хватает хитов - Cherub Rock, Today и Disarm довольно знаковые для альтернативы 90х. И мне очень нравится их фирменное звучание - сочетание тяжелых гранжевых гитар, меланхоличного настроения и оркестровых аранжировок. Не хватило каких-то новых запоминаюшихся моментов, помимо хитов и звука, но все равно добротный представитель жанра и эпохи.

Группа Hole звучит замечательно!! Люблю! Круглое (как голова Билли Коргана) отлично.

Лучшая песня: Tonight Худшая: Spaceboy Из плюсов - неожиданно тяжелая гитара. А так все очень похоже между собой. 2-3 песни понравились

хорошо, наверное мой любимый альбом sp

Классный альбом, драйвовый. Коллеги заметили, как я пританцовывала под него в наушниках на рабочем месте. Но, к сожалению, к вечеру он уже совершенно забылся. Наверное, нужно было начинать слушать его в свое время

Ожидания были выше. По итогу монотонно, но сам звук хороший.

I have to give a 5, I don't give this album enough listens but it's iconic for me

Never made it through a full Smashing Pumpkins album, but it clicked this time!

Great record, Smashing Pumpkins greatest one. A perfect balance of Grunge and Shoegaze with a lot of great melodic songs.

Lekkere afwisselingen tussen de verschillende nummers. Wel veel van hetzelfde zware gitaargeluid, wat alleen in Cherub Rock en Mayonaisse wat duidelijker een onderschijdt krijgt

-the vibe of this album is exactly what I think of when I think of The Smashing Pumpkins -I enjoyed it, but don’t have specific thoughts right now -would probably listen again

These guys sound like the 90s but also UNIQUE and GOOD??? Definitely an uphill battle against my biases. I like this more than Melon Collie on first listen. Highlights: "Cherub Rock", "Today", "Soma", "Silverfuck"

Absolutely stunned me tonight. I bought this at the time, enjoyed it, moved on. Now I appreciate it. So epic, layered, so much range. Just glorious.

Kinda hard to listening at first Maybe because my mood at first

I feel so bad giving an album from one of my favorite genres a mediocre rating, but I just never could get over Corgan's voice. Sounds like he's had foil shoved down his throat and is singing into a fan. No thanks. I'll be skipping until I find an instrumental

This is too creative to be bad, but personally, the Pumpkins borrow too much from other genres and not enough from any one of them.

for how much hype the smashing pumpkins get, i found this boring and uninspired.

Overall, the album was okay. I wore a few songs I enjoyed.

It's good not for me though

I know a lot of people really like the Smashing Pumkins. They were never my thing, I tried, and I treid again today. But alas, for me it's a no, for me it i a 2.

Handful of great 90s alt-rock songs. Rating this higher than Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness because it's shorter. 3.5/5. Raising to a 4.

Vaya batería

loud

One word: Mayonnaise

This was a much better and listenable album than Mellon collie. Songs still went on for too long but still not quite my thing

I finished it! Listened to it twice, even. Not entirely my cup of tea, but there are couple of bangers and nothing that pissed me off.

Preferred Melon Collie but had a good time with this! Smashing Pumpkins - good!

Song ratings in no particular order(DNF): Disarm- I love the natural phrasing of the guitar, it sets the rhythm from the start. Solid vocals. Was very surprised that it was rock/punk like. Love the percussion. Strings are amazing. Love the orchestral feel. I felt this piece in my soul. 5/5 Mayonnaise- a different vibe; more calming. Love the little guitar riffs. The electric guitar and percussion come in in the perfect way and shake up the vibe. Is very tasteful. Was able to keep the nice and interesting vibe throughout. Guitar solos are good. I love how it strips back the musical texture to just vocals and acoustic. I like vocals in this song better than last. Flow of song is great. 5/5 Quit- I found the start annoying. Drums saved it. Feels unique in a good way. Guitars pretty cool too. 4/5

Good classic rock album. 6.7/10

ok solido

de mis discos favoritos

Not a miss on here. Billy Corgan's greatest work. Im so glad I listened ot the 2011 remaster and not whatever the other one is. The Deluxe songs have a stranger mixing, and drag slightly longer. The original is a perfect length, no song misses. My favorite album so far, one of the few "perfect albums" on my list. Put this on a pedestal

Some of the best rock and dreamy rock you could ever listen to

I had liked Gish enough that the release of Siamese Dream was a big deal when it happened, but I didn't anticipate just *how* huge it would be. I basically played this album on a loop for months, only souring after Billy Corgan petulantly cut a show short when I saw them on the first leg of the Siamese Dream tour. The songs were and are still great, though (just as Corgan remains insufferably petulant). I loved all of them, with the lower-key "Mayonaise" being my emo-boy anthem. Nearly all of these songs belong on my Hits playlist. Essential listening.

Graduated high school in '95 - Nirvana and Pearl Jam were great, but this was the defining album of those years, and it was a somewhat rare contemporary album for me that broke through my retro-70s and 80s obsessions of that time (which have carried through). If I'd put out the greatest rock album of the 90s I'd be smug too.

That tone, that fucking tone. The man is a guitar demigod. This album is so wonderful.

The most consistent and all-consuming Pumpkins album. Who knew a Big Muff could sound so beautiful!

really liked Soma and Mayonaise

liked the heavier stuff much more unsurprisingly!

The slow songs are the best on the album

over an hour of sound

Iconic album with a true 90s spirit

You know this is a 5. The only argument this album has ever been involved in is if Melon Collie or this is better. The solo in Soma was bonkers good too.

I listened to the first half of this like four times due to interruptions. I have always found it difficult to properly get into Smashing Pumpkins and I was hoping for an epiphany here. I didn't get that. Instead I got two genuinely good songs (Cherub Rock and Luna), some songs that sound good because they come after dogshit (Mayonnaise and Sweet Sweet), aforementioned dogshit and then some okay songs. I audibly said "fuck me" multiple times, this really dragged and groaned loudly when I saw I was halfway through Silverfuck. Despite all my attempts, I am still just not a Smashing Pumpkins fan. Highlights: Cherub Rock, Luna

Sexy

If you had to pick 5 Lp's that WERE THE 90's in a nutshell, this is on that list. Banger LP for the era, for sure.

4.5⭐️/5 02.17.2026

This is awesome! Love the sound and I know people said the singers voice sounds whiny but I like what it adds to the music! Good stuff! Whiny is part of it and its not like it sounds bad, it makes the music unique. I had a good time with this one

Milquetoast rock. Meh.

Yksi albumeista. Iisisti top-50 ikinä. 6/5.

все молодцы.

This is such a huge album, it really catapulted The Smashing Pumpkins into stardom. Being called the next "Nirvana" especially in 1993, was high praise; and very well deserved. While I don't see them as being much like Nirvana musically, their success and notoriety was really on the same level throughout the mid 90's. This album made them part of the conversation of "cool bands" that you were supposed to be into at that time. Along with the likes of Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, and Stone Temple Pilots, there were The Smashing Pumpkins. I would argue though that they were musically and artistically at the top of that pile. They didn't shy away from showing emotion, writing love songs, and composing really complex and deep songs. It wasn't all angst, depression, and screaming rage. Although they had their fair share, The Smashing Pumpkins have always been deeper than that. Take Mayonnaise for example, one of the best love songs of that era. Billy Corgan knew that he had to make a truly amazing album to keep up with his contemporaries, and despite the struggles (and there were many) he wrote one of the greatest albums of the 90's and even one of the greatest albums of all time.

A really good album.

yeah there was some cool grunge and stuff but where's the sauce of people smashing pumpkins like 0/10 let's be real

Honestly, I can see the hype and why people love this album so much. It's got some great grunge and alternative rock sounds, with particularly cool guitar work. His vocals aren't bad, but they don't particularly grab me into the music the same way that other bands do. Honestly, the album might be too long with some of the later songs dragging a little.

Normally not a Pumpkins fan, but I found most of the song here fun enough to listen to

Pretty good albulm a lot of songs sound the same though

Hard rock. Very cool. Not annoying at all.

I enjoyed this album a lot. Has a few songs that I did not realize were written by Smashing Pumpkins. I would go back and listen to this a lot. A solid grunge and rock album.

It took me a long time to warm up to Smashing Pumpkins, but I’d been meaning to spend some time with this one since picking out Cherub Rock as a favorite several years ago. I think there are several more great moments on this record — I particularly enjoyed Soma and Mayonaise. Some of the louder moments like Geek USA work less well. By the time Silverfuck was halfway over, I was feeling a little checked out and kinda surprised it wasn’t the final track. The highlights are great, and despite being a little overlong I liked the album and would probably try it again sometime.

Better than I remembered.

“We have grunge at home”

This is one of those albums I can respect more than I can love. The instrumental work is genuinely solid, there’s texture, layering, and some really nice moments buried in the distortion, but the vocals just didn’t click for me, and that ended up holding the whole thing back. It feels sincere, and I can tell it meant everything to Billy Corgan, but I’d be lying if I said it fully engaged me. There’s ambition here and I get why people call it iconic, but it never quite pulled me into its world. For me, it lands more as respectable than essential. For now, in my opinion it’s a tad overrated, however this is one I’m going to give another go in the future

3.5 stars

The sound of the '90s, yet so original and unique, Siamese Dream pulls influences from all over the zeitgeist but still manages to sound so much like The Smashing Pumpkins. 'Cherub Rock' is a fantastic opener with some of the best sounding guitars you'll hear on any album. 'Today' is a force of nature. Billy Corgan's voice connects with something guttural within - powerful and angelic.

I enjoyed, not the biggest the smashing pumpkins fan but it was a good album

it's an album as a whole i understand why it's on this list i am gonna come back to it for sure well structured very long ~ didn't listen to whole piece probably wouldn't listen to it on my own. It's a nice discovery but (again) my cup of tea. This challenge is 3 days long and I'm already feeling a bit frustrated with pushing myself to make it through. 3.5 out of 5

Nice, grungey rock

All these years of knowing The Smashing Pumpkins existed and I still never really knew they were so heavily leaning into alternative rock. There's not much they do here to make the album stand out among the other alt rock albums on this list, aside from some stellar guitar work, but there's still a few good songs on here, specifically Today. Overall, I think the album is a little too long for me to really push it to the next level though, anything that reaches over an hour better have some great stuff that's keeping me there. I wonder if the same people that complain about Adele or Taylor Swift albums having several songs that all sound the same feel the same way about an album like this. Highlight: Today Lowlight: Sweet Sweet

Meh. This type of early 90s American rock does nothing for me. It just has no depth to the sound or the message. It feels flat and mediocre. The great exception is of course Nirvana whose albums batter you with their intensity and furious genius.. but once you’ve heard that, how could you love this?

dunno what happens at the end of this album but for like 40minutes its peak

This album sits fairly adjacent to the 90s alt-rock and grunge scene. Its very much an evolved version of what the Pixies did, or certainly building on the things that they started. With headphones on, I find it quite difficult to listen to. The songs are intentionally overlayered, creating a strange sense of closeness almost a claustrophobic feeling which I'm not sure I enjoy. On speakers in a room, however, the songs have a bit more space, making them easier to listen to. Brilliant album although I've always kept the Smashing Pumpkins at a bit of an arm's length, since Billy Corgan has always felt a bit like a pretentious prick, but I’ll probably chalk that up to just being an edgy, underground twenty-something. He seems to be pretty sound these days.