Siamese Dream

oohhhh yeeeeaaaahhhh

i tried to listen to this album in full and review it properly but i ended up just listening to Mayonaise 13 times in a row so i don’t have much to add to the discussion

Pretty cool

I thought it was pretty good, got a little bit meh at the end but overall pretty good

Boring?

- smashing pumpkins on leezendary kyl, cherub rock upee biisi - hyviä saundeja on tällä levyllä, toimittelee - miks en oo aiemmin kuunnellu tätä levyä, nääkin biisit mitä on jääny kuulematta on hyywiä - albumitaide on kyl kans tosi kiva tästä tulee aina hyvä mieli

BIen, la voz de Corgan se mixea bien con la música. NO es un 3, es un 3,5. Arriesgado

Could use a remaster. So muddy

reminds me of hot topic in the Mall of America and music videos and James Iha. Peak 90s nostalgia here

Like all Pumpkins albums it's both a well put together album and also bombastic and over stuffed

8.9/10 minus some of the vocals, a great rock album. I low-key wanted the album to end early bc it got a repetitive feeling. feels like a relic of 90s rock with all the guitar layers and drums highlights- cherub rock, quiet, Luna, soma, disarm, today, hummer

Me, listening and smiling politely

Some time last year Mellon Collie came up on the generator. I was dreading listening to it, partially because of its length but mainly due to my then dislike of Smashing Pumpkins. I'd always found Billy Corgan's voice irritating. After a few songs of that album I began to really get into it, and ended really enjoying it. My experience today was different, as I now had higher expectations. I knew I could tolerate those vocals, and I knew I liked their style of music. And I knew that this was half the length of MC. I am very happy to say that I enjoyed listening to Siamese Dream even more than Mellon Collie. The standouts for me were Today and Disarm, which were better on the album than they ever were as singles IMO, but also Soma and Luna. There were no songs I didn't like and I really got into the musicianship of the band too. This is a 4.5 album and I'll have to decide which way it goes.

I don't have anything insightful to add about this album. I was 24 when I blew my chance with an amazing woman but I she still dropped this gem onto me and I'm forever grateful.

My favorite Pumpkins album.

Saved? ✅ Would listen again? ✅ Would recommend to anyone? 🤔 Would buy on Vinyl? ✅

Очень искренний и многосторонний альбом. Намного больше понравилась вторая часть альбома по звуку. Концепты песен различаются, некоторые особенно цепляют. Лично мне не очень нравится такой вид подачи вокала в песнях, инструментал в большинстве своём порадовал. Хочется ознакомиться с творчеством группы получше

Emotional and verbose lyrics combined with good hard rock. I can't fully understand the technical parts of it, but I had a great time with this album.

A truly iconic album. Noise rock dialed up and honed to an agressive perfection. Granted, Corgan's voice is somewhat of a love it or hate it kinda deal, but to me that snarl is exactly what that baselayer of fuzzy and frantic sound needs. Perhaps we can all start a club for those who bought fuzz pedals from hearing this album?

Слушать скучно, но есть хиты Вокал надоедает, нет разнообразия Инструментал хороший Может переслушаю, но не полностью

tongiht and disarm go hard but not my fave

There’s probably a great deal of nostalgia involved but this is great, one of my all time faves. I get how his voice is irritating for some people but this whole package just works for me. Their best album by far. It sounded like nothing else at the time. Something about it lifts my spirits even although it’s somber at times, there’s something euphoric about it. The drumming stands out in particular. No brainer

Better than melon collie. Never really listened to these guys growing up yet somehow it made me feel like middle and high school summers.

#27/1001🇺🇸 I have a theory that the best albums were made in the year that you were born and the year that you turned 16. In my case this is 1977 and 1993 and Siamese Dream is one amongst those albums. It still sounds amazing today and i was fortunate enough to see them play about half the songs from this album live in Halifax last year. Whilst it was produced by Butch Vig and plays upon the same loud-quiet-loud dynamic as Nevermind, this is a more ambitious record and i feel that it has aged better. Don't get me wrong Nevermind will always get 5 stars from me too but this is the album that i'm more likely to pick out and listen to. Best tracks: Mayonaise, Today, Disarm, Cherub Rock.

Great album

This lot have been on my must investigate later list for years but never yet got around to it. I remember thinking about this when I got their other contribution to this list (Mellon Collie etc) last year. Like that album some great guitar riff led rockers interspersed with some lovely softer melodic slow tunes. Having now listened I will be on the look out for this album to buy cheap if possible. Left knowing that a music collection should have at least one Smashing Pumpkin album and this one covers all bases. 3/5 2/2/26

Very good stuff. Very nostalgic. All the feels. Love.

it was fineee

Huge, fuzzy guitars and some great songwriting, but I still can’t connect with it. The music is solid, yet Billy Corgan’s nasal, whiny delivery just grates on me and pulls me out of the album. Feels like something I should like, but don’t.

Their best album imo, banger.

Alongside OK Computer as the best alt rock album of the 90s. Magnificent

Was alright but not a super big fan since I generally don't like this era of grungy rock. 2/5

Its rock! It seems to be the inventor of that rock sound (according to some stuff) either way, its a lot. Some stuff is great (Disarm) other stuff is just a bit much ey?

A decent mix! Some ups, some downs. Mayonaise is fun vibe. Not the biggest fan though.

This is a 4.5+ for me.

I love smashing pumpkins.

Self-indulgent.

Not quite my thing, but still a very good album.

The kind of rock I enjoy, not too heavy, nice sound overall

absolutely adored this. one of those albums where it all just flows. couldn't turn it off for the rest of day after the first listen. i wasn't really checking the song titles as i listened so i couldn't tell you my favourites, but i do know there are none i don't like or wanted to skip, which does not happen for me often!

Incredible, as most things Smashing Pumpkins. Longer than abattoir blues, but still, so much more listenable. An absolutely delightful listen..no idea what they're singing about though.

Sometimes chaotic, sometimes annoying, sometimes melodic. Always surprising.

Class

Another solid Pumpkins album, probably helped by being picked so close to Mellon Collie. This just edges that as an album

Favourite Songs: Cherub Rock Quiet Geek U.S.A Mayonaise

Not my exact vibe of music but I really enjoyed! Nice to finally listen to smashing pumpkins

I can see the promise, but I think I just don’t care for the Smashing Pumpkins.

Siamese dream is easily one of the best albums of the 90s—it’s a sound so potent and incredible that people are still trying to emulate it today. The Smashing Pumpkins just totally knocked it out of the park on this one. From the bright, fuzzy riffs, to the impossibly tight and funky drumming, to the dark and creative lyricism, this album is just a masterpiece from front to back. The start of this album has to be the most impressive 9 track run I’ve ever heard.

I actually like this pretty well. Very vibey, very cool. slay

Probably a 3 and a half but the good songs are great

A fuzzy classic! ★★★★½

I'm ashamed that I haven't really listened to a lot of them but I they're definitely good.

One of the best grunge albums of all time, fucking loves every minute of this

I always thought of smashing pumpkins as mor for the grunge years. that view still stands. not a bad indictment. some times it’s fantastic. but in the mail it’s all a bit middling.

Trance like guitar! Take aways: Cherub Rock, Disarm, Silverfuck

Craig: good Courtney: excellent album. Good ebb and flow.

Prima

Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream in particular, satisfy such a particular niche when it comes to Alt-Rock. Every now and then you just need something that draws lines through every adjacent genre, satisfying pop sensibilities, rock punch, dreamy atmospheres, and artful introspection. Siamese Dream is that record for me, bundling up all the things I love about alternative music into a single studio-length album. Does the album do everything perfectly? No, it has so major flaws, mostly that the worst tracks linger waaay longer than they should (ahem... Silverfuck). Billy Corgan is also not the most versatile vocalist; when a track can utilize him properly you get the masterpiece that is Mayonaise, but in other cases you get a weird whiny man who desperately needs to blow his nose. Criticism aside, the rest of this album is on another level, and I think a lot of that boils down to just how amazing the choruses are. Sure, the other sections of songs certainly contribute to the overall effect each song has, but the choruses on these tracks are absolutely mind-blowing. It's nearly impossible to not have Today stuck in your head for hours after hearing it. On top of being masterfully-written, the guitar tones turn great melodies into earth-shattering transitions into pure bliss. It's a shame more musicians (including Smashing Pumpkins themselves) haven't been able to capture the same magic of these perfectly noisy yet dreamy guitar tones that define this record in particular. As a whole I do think Siamese Dream deserves its place among the Alt-Rock greats. The atmosphere the record creates is unlike any other project, period. Such a beautifully warm and luscious sound that tickles your brain and makes you feel like you're floating while simultaneously banging your head. I couldn't tell you a single thing that Billy Corgan is singing, but the album's legacy transcends words and creates a language of its own.

Zu laut.

Teenage angst Songs kinda all blended in, maybe it’s cause i was listening to it in the car

Noisy teenage angst. I didn't need this.

Banger

Definitive 90’s rock. Like Mick Jagger fronting Black Sabbath. Too many hits for one album!

What can I say? I think this band is great.

It was great listening to this entire album finally after always loving Cherub Rock and Today but the rest of the tracks don’t jump out to me. Feels like I probably would need to give it a few more listens to appreciate.

I can't be impartial on this one. It's the sound of high school for me.

It’s ok for me. Very 90’s

Haven’t listened to the SP for a long, long time. And yeah this holds up. Enjoyable day trip to a past forgot I had, don’t think I need to live there. 4 Star all the same.

Really good, never listened to the album in it's entirety before and there are some really high highs. A whole hour of Corgan's vocals can start to grate

Never listened before, because I knew I was gonna like it and it wouldn't be challenging or different. End result, I liked it.

giving this a 5 as i realized i added almost every song to my playlist

it was fine

Liked a lot

Better than I expected

Best-today 4/5 Why is it 2hr long??? Didn't have time to finish but a solid start to the album 😁

Instrumental and music was great but billy corgan's voice just grates on everyone of my nerves.

Classic 90s alt/grunge. I love Cherub Rock from Guitar Hero (lol). The rest of the album holds up and production sounds great. Interesting reading the backstory behind it, Corgan really is a piece of work. But you can't argue with the results.

Tämmöstä tasapaksua kurpitsaa. Kyllähän täs viihtyi mut en kyllä tätä voi neloseen nostella. Pari kovaa radiolekaa joukossa

Kuulostaa että alunperin pitäny tehä vihanen levy, mutta liika pajari vei vihalta terän ja tuli sit tämmönen

Ärsyttävän kuuloista tuo Corganin määintä. Eikä nuo biisitkään erikoisia ole, kaks pinnaa.

Tää on selkeesti ehjempi kokonaisuus kun se Melooni Kolina. Aikansa saundia tietty ja sen ajan staratuottaja puikoissa. Vaikka korkaani on selkeesti laulajana yhen tempun hevoinen niin biisit on pääosin tosi hyvii ja taas kerran, IKIVIHREETÄ LÖYTYY. Pituuttakin on vaan noin puolet siitä mitä dubbel älppärillä, joten siitäkin plussaa. Ei oo suosikkipändi tää, mutta osa veisuista on kyl melko jämäkkää tekemistä ja harva rokkenroulpändi pystyy parempaan. Lähellä vitkua, mut ei ihan kun ei ihan liikuttele akselistoja tarpeeks. Vahva IV.

Oikein jees levy. Rauhallisemmat biisit toimii itselleni paremmin kun menorallit, mutta ihan hyviä ne rokimmatkin tässä on . Jos vertaa siihen edelliseen pumpkinsiin, niin tää on kyllä tasapainoisempi levy. Disarm on ihan hemmetin kova biisi.

This is like an immediate 5+ from me. I know almost every move by heart anyway and didn't /need/ a relisten to rate it but I enjoyed the listen anyway. Super fun, iconic fuzzy sound, amazing melodies and esp the guitar parts. I hear the criticism that Corgan's voice sucks... that's fair. To me it's so iconic and 90's-cool that I can't be upset about it. He's not Celine Dion haha.

Good, first time listening to The Smashing Pumkins and it was a positive first time

I’m always sucked in by Cherub Rock as an opening track. And I still love their fuzzy guitar sound on lots of the songs like Rocket, Geek U.S.A. and Soma. If I never listened to Today or Disarm again, though, I’d be fine.

it was good background music, but it didn’t really stand out. i did like Greek USA and Mayonnaise

I never really clicked with the band in the 90’s. I like some songs and love a couple… ‘Today’ being one of those I love (1979 being the other). Still doesn’t click with me, but I can see why it’s loved by many.

Ok

Best band imo of the big 4 1990's grunge/alt rock movement. Great album, can get a little bit "samey" at times, but nothing too negative for me to say besides that. 4.5/5

A definite classic, but doesn’t reach the full potential that smashing pumpkins will reach in mellon collie. Almost every song on here was a hit but the real star of the album for me was Silverfuck the over 8.5 minute long 11th track from this classic album

Conflicted about this one. Every song sounds pretty much the same to me, but that sound that they all emulate is sick. 3.5 stars, rounding up because I’m feeling nice today

you might think i wasn’t gonna like this… WRONG

This rocks. Jimmy Chamberlin goes off.

I just really don't like rock music that much, some of the songs were fine especially when they had more of an acoustic sound to them. Disarm, Sweet Sweet, and Luna were by far the best examples of that.

One of my favourites. Great sound overall. Lots of memorable tracks.

Every sound is dialed to excess and somehow it still feels intimate. that contradiction is why this record belongs in the canon. it sounds enormous because it is. it has that bruised maximalism and it’s guided by sincere feeling.

William Patrick Corgan Jr.'s nasal yowl is the worst noise I've ever heard in my life. Fine, it's not that terrible. But it is viscerally off-putting to me. A bit like the voices of Geddy Lee and Thom Yorke, except somehow even worse. I can at times hear some passable commercial alt-rock. "Today" was a nice tune, until that dreadful guitar tone came along. The same tone that contaminates every song like an aural IBS. The sound reminds me of dull 2000s buttrock. The lyrics throughout the runtime are, dare I say, cringe. I found the religious imagery tedious and melodramatic. Here are some lowlights: "hipsters unite", "faith lies in the ways of sin", "life's a bummer / when you're a hummer", "watch me death defy", "cause when a lover aches / that's when a lover breaks", "THE KILLER IN ME IS THE KILLER IN YEEEEEW" oml shut up. Also, why the hell would you call your songs "Mayonaise" and "Silverfuck"? Thinking of it, why would you call your band "The Smashing Pumpkins"? This is a profoundly lame and uncool album.

Good album. Fun use of noise

Ugh I like smashing pumpkins and maybe I was just in a mood but this album sucked lmao (besides the songs I already had on my liked)

I went in with low expectations. I haven’t liked Smashing Pumpkins every time I’ve tried to listen to them. I was blown away at how much I enjoyed this album! The guitar parts specifically took me right back to my days of isolation.

Fun listen. Not my genre though

Not my favourite, which I was surprised by because I thought I'd like The Smashing Pumpkins. I've liked some of their other songs in the past. I knew Luna already and like that song, but didn't love the other ones.

Loved this. The distorted guitar paired with the soft but screamy vocals is a cool combo. Don't know why I haven't listened to more smashing pumpkins. Cherub Rock and Hummer were two of my faves - Today is also great.

One of the greatest Fuck/Marry/Kills of all time is this: Smashing Pumkins vs. Pearl Jam vs. Nirvana (F Pumpkins, M Pearl Jam, K Nirvana for me). Pumpkins have a varied song to grunge to some beautiful melodies. It's just too long and repetitive to earn four stars. Top tracks: "Today," "Cherub Rock," "Luna," Disarm"

--Cherub Rock...Billy Corgan can eat my whole ass but this song humps —Quiet…nice heaviness. I like Corgan’s yelp just fine but I don’t dig the whisper thing he does. It works on “1979”, I guess --Today…decent radio alt rock --Hummer…I like the bass. Meh on everything else --Rocket...solid rock anthem --Disarm...Billy's voice is grating but it feels authentic here. strings are very nice --Soma...like the guitar tone. easy breezy. starts "rocking" in the second half but it feels forced --Geek U.S.A....great drums here. this is nice 'n' heavy. some metal noodling at the end --Mayonaise...I like the guitar work in the intro. but the rest of the song, combined with the title, feels like it might be joke I don't fully understand. It's possible that it's totally sincere and I don't get sincerity anymore after decades of 24 hour news cycles --Spaceboy...Billy goes soft again and this time it feels extra. skip --Silverfuck...the first 3 minutes are fun. Then things slow down. Seems a titbit self-indulgent. Song is almost nine minutes long and I think they want to go for something a little more prog here, but the middle four minutes are meandering nonsense --Sweet Sweet...more soft Billy. at least it's short --Luna...see previous comment. this one is not as short

The album was ok. I liked some songs, obviously smashing pumpkins is mainstream asf so Ive heard "Today" before. I think the singing style is cool. Overall, songs were not for me, and one of them at the end was too loud. Just not enjoyable noise.

9/10 Album reassessment time! I had always felt the Smashing Pumpkins were too heavy for me, but this has a subtly and intelligence under the riffing guitars that I never gave them credit for. Awesome

Growing up, I remember disliking Billy Corgan's voice to the point that I pretty much wrote off all of The Smashing Pumpkins (except for Zero -- always loved that one). Over time that distaste has softened and, while I still don't love his voice, I think it holds a place as one of the more distinctive vocal styles of the 90s. Certainly, I no longer find it distracting enough to discount their entire discography. This album from their early catalog contains several of the mega-hits that permeated my youth. Opener Cherub Rock is fantastic in the lead off spot and is a certified jam. Today treads a line between grunge and shoegaze and has grown on me over the years. Disarm is probably my least favorite of these hits -- feels a bit pretentious to me with the bells and orchestral flourishes (eh). Outside of the hits, this album is very solid. Hummer is surprisingly jammy with some unexpectedly bright guitar through the outro. Soma is (appropriately) blissful in tone. Mayonaise has a delightfully grungy trudge to it -- sounds familiar. Silverfuck is another solid jammy sprawl. And closer Luna wraps around you like a warm sweater. For me this is in solid 4 territory.

Some obvious hits, but this one falls into the bin of "just good grunge" which isn't really anything special.

This was a weird album with the changing back and forth between the heavy grungy songs and the slower songs. I never knew what was going to come next. I liked a lot of both types of songs, but disliked some of both as well. I have never really jived with the singers voice but the instrumentals are pretty sweet on this album. This is a 4 because I couldn't possibly give this album a 3, but it is a quite low 4

Cherub Rock, Today, and Disarm are huge classics for me. All the other songs are very solid. I listened to this on a walk so wasn't able to take many notes, but this is an insanely good 90's album.

Not my favorite album by them but it’s still dope

I love alternative rock but it was Too heavy rock for me, ik the vibe wasnt just for me but i enjoyed trying to listen it for some minutes.

I did like it before

Yeah this space rock genre is great.

It's a classic

Neviem to dopocuvat Raz sa este pokusim 😶

This is not good.

Love this album. Reminds me of uni. Well written songs and a good response after Gish (which I also love). For me, this is the peak of Pumpkings.

A classic for a reason

NOT MY TYPE

Best - mayonnaise Worst - disarm

12/01/2026 1. cherub rock - like the drums at the start! very 90s alternative rock, was def expecting that though. guitars are great, especially in the chorus. very angsty... bit emo for me... 2. quiet - love the sound at the start... guitar solo is reallllllly great!! same as the other song... too teenage-angsty 3. today - wasn't mad about it at the start, but just got to the chorus and loving it! beatles lyrics! just not enjoying it.... generally not a big fan of american 90s indie rock, sometimes, the vocals and lyrics get a bit grating. *4. hummer - had a break to go to college and have come back with a full blown cold. not looking forward to the next hour of my life :( the intro to this sounds like one of the songs by lightning bolt i had to listen to a few days ago.... bass is really nice in this one. like the slower, mellower instruments. not looking forward to the vocals though.... just not my thing :/ the lyrics are nicer (at least at the start) in this one though... less whiny/emo. liking the quieter part almost five minutes in... very lovely soft guitar, i know the whole point is the grungey, aggressive guitars, but this is more my jam. love how dreaaammmmyyy it is <3 5. rocket - sounds like a rockier slowdive song. was looking forward to this album going into it as they seemed like a band i would like, but am rethinking this now.... 6. disarm - i can feel my stress rashes getting worse as i get deeper into this song.... liking the more orchestral sound, but his voice is so grating to me and i hate the emo lyrics with that bloody whiny voice. sounds so 90s and i have no nostalgia for it, so i literally do not care!! just boring to me.... not even fun to listen to. 7. soma - please stay quiet..... liking the softer sound... liking the softer vocals more as well. still leaning a bit emo. loving the bass and guitar..... like hummer, but dreamy throughout rather than just at the end. just got loud. killing myself. i like the distortion, but it's too much for me. 8. geek usa - just fuzzy guitars layered on top of each other.... barrage of noise and not in a good way - especially with the bloody vocals on top. love when the songs get dreamy and quieter though!!!! 9. mayonaise - quieter, more psychadelic guitar at the start.... the louder guitar objectively sounds really great, but is just not for me. it seems to be the entire draw of this album though, which is making this a miserable listen. 10. spaceboy - bob dylan reference?? again, loving the more dreamier songs... reallly love the keyboard? (doesn't entirely sound like a keyboard but i cannot think properly right now) in the back.. 11. silverfuck - back to noise :( might try some of these songs on a day where i can actually breathe properly and don't have a headache. really loving the distorted guitar, but cannot connect to the music in any way. about halfway through the song and a gorgeous, soft, wavey guitar has just started.... very echoey, shoegazey.... thinking of different ways to say dreamy..... 12. sweet sweet - thank god this one is shorter. my headache has significantly worsened since starting listening to this.... liked this one though.... *13. luna - liking the start of this. very sweet :) can hear it building up.... not just distorted guitars piled up on each other until it becomes noise!! love the strings in the back. even though i loved this one, cannot say i'm not overjoyed that this is over now... probably not the best album to listen to when all congested with a banging headache. why is this album so long. can't say i would ever listen to any of these songs again.... i really liked the quieter songs, but a lot of this album is constant loud hard/grunge rock, which isn't always my thing. whiny 90s american singers are also a hate of mine (cannot listen to rem, they might be giants or most pavement songs as a result), so did not enjoy the vocals... the softer vocals (like in luna) didn't grate me as much. some of the lyrics were a bit emo and annoying.... but some were also really great! feels like something i'd like on paper, but don't feel anything except sheer boredom when listening to most of the songs :/

For whatever reason I’ve never gotten around to listening to a full Smashing Pumpkins album before. I’ve heard a few of their songs in the past and loved them, but getting to know the band’s music better just always fell by the wayside despite it being something I’ve been meaning to do a while now. But man, have I been missing out. Should've done this sooner. 4.5/5

Day738 - in my top five albums from the nineties. i saw them at lollapalooza in ‘94 closing the show right after the beastie boys and it was awesome. this is such a complete album. put them in the rock and roll hall of fame

Through this album I found a song from my childhood that I’d forgot about a long time ago (Today). The rest of the album was a strong showing, but that feeling of finding a single hit that used to be a regular from long ago really worked for me.

Not really my thing

Loved this album as a high schooler in the 90’s! Haven’t listened to it in full in a quite a while (15 years?). Y’know what? It holds up well! The crunchy guitar parts (“alternative”, but not-quite-grungy) and quiet-loud-quiet sequences really build angsty vibes, and feature sneaky melodies too.

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It’s a unique blend, not my normal listen but I still enjoyed some tracks

Not biggest fan of shoegaze elements, but overall good

C'est pas la première fois que j'essaie ce groupe mais vraiment j'arrive pas à accrocher je crois. Je les vois bien dans un film mais pas à écouter seul comme ça pour moi

Damn I genuinely do not want to listen to this album. Ok maybe I judged too hard cause of how corny Corgan is. First song sounds cool. Damn vocals started, this guy needs to shut the fuck up. Diaper vocals. An hour long? Fuck. I probably would’ve thought this was so sick when I was 13. Quiet? Ass. Today? 90s movie ass. Hummer? Oh my god I hate his voice, songs might even be good but I can’t tell cause Corgan too busy singing with his balls in his mouth. Ohhh he’s trying to sound like Mick Jagger. It’s so bad. Ok last 2:30 instrumental of hummer is nice. Rocket? Fuck you. Free me from this album. Disarm? Good god this is bad. Soma? VOCALS STAY RUINING SONGS. might even be a good song. But I’ll never really know. Geek USA? Don’t care, fuck Corgans voice. Started to skip the end of songs cause I know the last minute isn’t gonna redeem 5 minutes of dogshit singing. Mayonaise? Thanks for making me think of mayo with a bad song. Grunge “wall of sound” is so boring. Wow cool distortion. Spaceboy? Come the fuck on with these vocals. Skip. Silverfuck? Guys they’re playing loud and fast it’s epic! 2:40 is pretty cool. You guys can feel how epic it is cause they are playing fast and loud and then change the speed and even get quiet and then loud again. Silverfuck might have the most moments I liked. Sweet sweet? Thank god this is short. Don’t care what he’s even saying! Luna? Please don’t sing for me. I don’t want you to. I want you to shut the fuck up.

I was familiar with 'Today' (thank you, Beavis and Butt-Head), but otherwise, this was a new experience for me. It's a shame I didn't pick this one up in my youth - I think it would have hit pretty hard. Even safely tucked away here in my 40s, it was still able to speak to my long-buried teenage angst. I even got the tingles during 'Disarm'. If a song can do that on its first listen (and second and third), it's something special. So yeah, even though some parts of this album are a bit harder than the music I naturally gravitate towards these days, I really can't see giving this anything less than a 5. This is a great album.

Ugh, this guys voice. The hits justify a bump in rating, but there was nothing else here to give a passing score.

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The whiniest voice of grunge... but somehow these songs work

Here we are. First Smashing Pumpkins album. I think I've listened to one of the songs from Mellon Collie through autoplay before. I could be wrong, but I remember this band having a soft, understated sound with delicate instrumentation. Something typically within my sphere of interest as a sensitive young man. That being said, I also thought their general sound erred too heavily on the dull and flat side of soft, delicate music. I've never thought to seek out more of their music as a result. The name of this album doesn't ring a bell, but I'm pretty sure I've seen this album cover around before. I could be misremembering, however. A lot of 90s rock albums have photos of children on their album covers for whatever reason. Guess I've nothing more to do than get into this one. Huh. A bit of an intersection between grunge and alt-rock with this one. Guess that explains why I thought these guys were dull-sounding. I'm not a grunger and I never will be. I'll never understand the appeal of a genre which is avowedly apathetic in an entertainment medium that is reliant on getting you to feel emotions. I liked when this album leaned into it's alt-rock roots - particularly in the guitar department. Some of the reverberating effects also make for a good atmosphere, though that's where my praises for this album end. The signature grunge style is just awful. It's the auditory equivalent of muddy ice water to me - unappealing and useless in every regard. The vocals aren't winners, either. They range between being uninteresting to downright aggravating. I really didn't like the many moments of vocal strain on these tracks. All of this isn't even touching on the runtime on this puppy. An hour is just way too fucking long for music of this calibur - it all blends together into an unappealing mush. Book time. Highly ambitious. Performed almost entirely by the frontman. Blends the sound of many different influences. Wikipedia says that this album has a complicated recording history, charted very well and has received enduring critical acclaim. Yeah, I guess this earns it's spot. Through you go, lil buddy. I cosign this inclusion

Another 90’s classic. I never sat down and gave The Smashing Pumpkins a chance, but I’m familiar with so many of their tracks since they had such an impact on the culture.

The top songs off the album are pretty great, like "Today." "Disarm" has this driving strumming that gives it a sense of desperation and longing. The vocalist's semi-moaning style doesn't do it for me but the instrumentals are pretty epic.

an album that exemplifies a lot of what made 90s alt-rock so captivating. volume and distortion pushed to the brink, but always with an ear for a solid tune underneath it all. "Cherub Rock" and "Today" and "Hummer" and "Soma" and "Geek U.S.A." and so many other tracks on Siamese Dream follow that simple combination to such a brilliant extreme. the record's famously strained sessions resulted in a thing of real beauty! "Disarm" and "Luna" feature some incredible string arrangements that really heighten the drama of both songs. there's also the extremely slow-burning "Silverfuck", and do I really need to say much about "Mayonaise"? a dynamic, touching, lush slice of dreamy, crunchy rock n roll heaven. light 9/10.

I listened to this while reading the wikipedia page for tiananmen square, and I think they synced up.

Favorite track: Rocket

One of the best alternative rock albums of the 90s. Has moments of oppressive heaviness, alongside moments of ethereal light. The guitar tones are varied and hold attention throughout. I had always been a Melancholy fan. This listen through and actually giving the non hits a fair shake may have me rethink Siamese Dream as the superior Pumpkins album.

An absolute classic and the best thing they ever did

Actually, it's much more hard rock thank I remembered.

Big Muff - the album! Huge riffs, huge songs, landmark vibes and a satisfying mix of earnest emotion and crunching grooves. Favourite tracks: Cherub Rock, Disarm, Mayonnaise, Spaceboy

Hippsters like to say the Pumkins' best album is Gish. WRONG! It's Siamese Dream. Even so, I've always felt this is a somewhat inconsistent album. Some of the stuff feels like filler, but the good parts (and perhaps Cherub Rock, Quiet, and Rocket alone) make it worthy of a 5.

I'm not going to have any perspective reviewing this album. I saw Smashing Pumpkins 3 times on this tour, twice in Chicago at the beginning of the tour and once in Paris while I was on an exchange program. My daughter still wears my falling-apart tour t shirt. I bought all the singles individually. From Gish to Mellon Collie, I was a super fan. Then I wasn't. While I don't know that this has aged as well as Gish, it's pretty great. I will say this was the height of Jimmy Chamberlain's considerable powers.

Excellent stuff. My only gripe is that the quiet interludes go on too long.

5/5 - This music is in my blood. Everyone gets a few of these in their lives that hit them at the right age and the right moment that syncs up with their feelings and moves them to another place. This is unquestionably one of those records for me. An all-timer 5.

4.5 - already knew I loved this album with my favourites including Luna, Hammer, and Disarm.

I'm already a fan of Smashing Pumpkins so this was a very easy listen for me. Not my fave by them but a great album none the less. Billy Morgan's voice is Wonderfull and has the right amount of tenderness to create depth. This album sounds like Halloween.

realmente no es mi tipo

Better than Coldplay

Nikad nije bilo šanse da mi se ovaj album posebno svidi čisto radi Billyevog glasa koji je malo je reći iritantan ali mi se uprkos tome poprilično svidio jer je muzika jednostavno toliko dobra. Cherub Rock je jedina njihova pjesma koju sam već imala u lajkovima, srećom ostatak albuma prati taj kvalitet. Jedan od onih koji nisu za mene ali jesu nesumnjivo dobri.

Liked the instrumentation but not the vocals

Grunge, pretty good for a workout. Not something I’d reach for.

classic grunge. Era defining with some stand-out tracks. some of the album does blend into one however.

loved lovedddd this. perfect at work listening. def the type of music i gravitate towards at my desk, grunge-y, rocky, but softish almost shoegaze-y at times i forgot to pick out favourite songs but that just means i’ll need to listen again!

Definitely going on the list of albums I'll listen to while working - strong interstitial songs, chill vibes, a lot to like

Really enjoyed this!!

Peak Billy Corgan, where his ambition and dreaminess collided with grunge to make a beautiful, heavy slab of alt rock.

Cherub Rock - 5 Solid guitar to open. I’m nervous that I really won’t like this song and album as a whole. Straight up rock like this really isn’t my vibe. I like the comparisons and complications they are writing about working in the music industry. It has a very sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek essence. Quiet - 4 His voice like unsettles me a little. I don’t like how this song never seems to fall into a pocket of rhythm outside of a constant guitar in the back. Solid guitar solo here. Very stereotypical for 90s/early 2000s rock songs. I like how theres a power shift from the beginning being from a presumed parental figure but by the end of the song he’s kind of taking that power back. Today - 2 Ohhh awesome a suicide song. Yea I fear I am just not relating to these songs on any sort of level. Screamy, emo, just straight up rock is kind of not for me. Hummer - 5 This guy seems soooo pretencious to me. But weirdly enough this is prob my favorite of the 3 I’ve heard so far. I like how the end slows down. I do often kind of like a religious commentary song, which this is so I like that aspect of it too. Rocket - 4.5 “I’ll miss everything I’ll never be” is a bar. Another religious commentary? This one is okay. Very interesting direction and resolve with the guitar at the end. Disarm - 6 This one is popularrr. I have been disarmed with this acoustic guitar. Anddd now a child abuse song? Fun. This is the most diverse in terms of instrumentals with the bells and strings?? I’m glad that he’s seemingly not falling for the abuse his parents did to him though and the real “gotcha” for his parents being horrible to him, is him being happy and living despite it all. I actually was really touched about how emotional and dynamic that song was. Idk if I’ll have that on repeat by any means, but that was technically my favorite so far. Soma - 2 A relationship song written through drug-use song now. Awesome. I just am not hard enough to take shit like this seriously lol. I just imagine an emo man going crazyyyy singing along to this and I cannot. DNF’d this - did not enjoy and it was TOO LONG. Geek USA - 5.5 Guitar kind of goes crazy in the intro. And the guitar continues to go crazy through the chorus. I also like the message that you just kind of need to accept yourself and you’ll find your group and your place. Crazy vibe switch like 2 minutes in. Title name drop!! I think the guitar is undoubtably the best part of this song. Mayonaise - 4 This one is popularrr too. I wonder if I’ve heard it before and didn’t know. Man people really rideeee for this band and I really find them pretencious asf. He was comparing himself to Picasso for god sake. I can kind of appreciate the artistry here but the reviews of this song calling is genius just seem a touch exaggerated to me. I’m just really not invested here. It’s a fine song. Spaceboy - 1 (this point is awarded to Corgen’s brother, I’m sure he went through a lot with this dude for family) Broooooooooo this dude is kind of irritating me now. The SP frontman is comparing his life to his brother (who is pretty significantly disabled) because they are “both freaks of nature and freaks of society” and this song is written with his brother as the inspiration. Whateverrrr dude I don’t feel bad that you’re weird and were probably treated differently because of it. Silverfuck - 3 Now this title has me intrigued. Yeaaaa I’m bored. Veryyy heavy metal vibe. Sweet Sweet - 3? Wow very short. This was fine? Idk seems very forgettable. Luna - 4 This one is also fine. Sweeter than the other songs on the album. Wow yea so this band is not for me hahah. I’m sure this goes crazy if alternative rock is your thing though. I liked some of the guitar parts and I think this drummer needs more credit for his work tbh. I just am not invested in Billy Corgan as a person at all and his voice unsettles me, sue me. I listened to the album in it’s entirety though and am very thankful I never have to go see them live, cause that sounds like my nightmare.

Good Album. Not their popiest but we're getting there.

2.85

I like 1979 and Cupid de locke so maybe I’ll like this?? Not for me. Do not enjoy.

Overall le doy un 7/10 nada más porque no escucho tanto rock pero si me gustara siento que este sería de mis álbumes favoritos. No sabía que smashing pumpkins era rock porque solo conocía la de luna y the boy pero tienen buena música. Me dio risa que los lyrics son súper positivos y de que yo puedo yo puedo y si escucharía más álbumes de ellos.

Smashing Pumpkins make their second entry into my 1001 albums list, and I'm not liking this one as much as I enjoyed Mellon Collie... It's not bad, there's just very little that grabs my attention or interest beyond Disarm, Soma and Silverfuck. It's well produced and put together and some of the out-tros are diverting to the point of being over the top and more in keeping with a live performance. Just over 50 albums in - maybe I'm getting rock fatigue - this gets a low 3 stars.

I didn’t like it very much, I just don’t think I’m a big Smashing Pumpkins fan

6/10

This was the album of my teens… hands down! At that time, Nirvana and Faith No More had opened my door to alternative music a couple of year earlier. Thinking back it was probably this album that I took solace in after Kurt’s death. An album of insane dynamics with equal parts power, sweetness, grandiosity, melancholy and passion and Corgan, the tortured perfectionist; an incredible songwriter with an innate ability to hook you in and take you on a journey…. well, me at least. I spent a long time in the last decade or so not listening to Siamese Dream. Maybe I’d overplayed it, maybe I didn’t need it anymore. Then a few years ago I put it on for the first time in what seemed like forever and I was gripped once again. It’s an album that will never leave my heart.

THE DRUMS AND GUITAR OPENER REALLY COOL On the track- Quiet same with Disarm I really like the guitar strumming I've never heard of the Smashing Pumpkins lowkey will listen to them more I love the variety in the songs tempos within the album If I could I would rate this 4.5 there's just some parts of the album its way too slow for me

Spaceboy & Sweet Sweet are my fav so far

Vildt fedt, stor fan

Ya guardé la mejor canción de este álbum

I should've listened to Josiah and checked them out years ago... My mistake, this is great.

Best Song: Silverfuck An absolute masterpiece and one of my favorite albums in 1993/1994. Sadly, this is one of those bands where I have to separate the art from the artist since Billy Corigan ego is a lot to take. On the other hand, based on this album he deserves to have a bit of chip on his shoulder, in my opinion. This is a 90's classic! 5/5.

Kedvenc/Favourite: Spaceboy Sejtettem, hogy tetszeni fog és nem is kellett csalódnom. Alapvetően régóta szeretem a műfajt, kicsit arra is emlékeztetett ez az album, amilyen zenéket 14-15 évesen hallgattam. Néhány szám picit összefolyt, de összességében elég változatos volt. Nagyon élveztem, örülök, hogy meghallgattam. I suspected I would like it, and I wasn't disappointed. I've loved this genre for a long time, and this album reminded me a little of the music I listened to when I was 14 or 15. Some of the songs blended together a bit, but all in all it was diverse enough. I've really enjoyed it, I'm glad I gave it a listen.

great!

Favorite songs: Cherub Rock, Today, Rocket, Disarm, Mayonaise, Spaceboy

The Smashing Pumpkins are one of the few 90's Alternative bands I can still listen to 30+ years later and not feel slight embarrassment. As if the music they made in their early years was less of a trend and more of an encapsulation of a band's influences. Siamese Dream also showcases more sound and beauty then most of the contemporaneous Alternative albums. It can still take me on a musical journey.

Really good

i love smashing pumpkins

i enjoy the soft rock to this album, even tho i'm 10 mins into it i can tell im gonna enjoy - listening to space boy and sweet sweet before

Wasn’t really a fan of it to be honest. It was okay, but not my style

It's cool, loved the bass, and the general feeling of the album, although it would not be my first choice for any day. 3,4/5.

This was a good album for Today. It was Sweet Sweet.

Amazing album with so many hits. Listening to this brings back so many memories.

some good songs but not my cup of tea

Iconic

Man, I wish the smashing pumpkins worked for me just a little more. This is the their best album in my opinion and the singles are incredible. There’s just something not quite bang on about the album tracks. Thankfully shorter than Melancholy and the infinite sadness though

10/10 album, The Smashing Pumpkins are a classic

It’s like I am being smacked by guitars (not complaining)

This is another band where I've never listen through a whole album before. I obviously knew a bunch of songs by them, and in fact I saw them at OSH this year, but I hadn't given them a proper listen. I really like this one, it's got a fun punky-rock vibe. I'll have to dedicate more time to their music!

Good music but his voice just doesn’t fit.

I Have heard this album before Cherub rock - The guitar is amazing and the drums are also good although a little lackluster Quiet - Has guitar and is music. One of the albums weaker tracks Today - OMGGGG ITS TICTAC SONG OMG, But its really good. Hummer - 7 minutes is a lot for a song but the drums are really good. Rocket- It's kinda similar some of the others Disarm – its cool and i like the guitar Soma - The drums are so good omg literally all over my screen and headphones GEEK USA – ITS SOOOO GOOD OMG I KAJDGHASGHUDGHJAS Mayonaise – The lead is so good again as per usual Spaceboy – Its acoustic and nice Silverfuck – its cool and Devious and epic Sweet Sweet – sad but cool Luna – its also slow and REALLLYY good and i like Overalll a very very very good album and i like very much A decent to weak 9

Cherub rock - This has already given me high hopes for the rest of this album, beatiful guitar, could do with drums being cooler just saying pumpkin smashers. Singing is turning me off a little went from throbbing hard to regret Quiet - 2nd song with some guitar then leading into some random lyrics Today - ITS THE TIKTOK SONG OMGM AJOASCNJKKJNKJN No this song is popular for a reason sounds cool Hummer - 7 minutes was excessive but the drum kit building it up was a pleasant surprise Rocket- Each of these songs sound samey... I probably couldn't on first listen distinguish between some of these songs not that that is always a problem but then you could pull a fat rat and make unity 20 fucking times Disarm - Some knobhead singing with an acoustic guitar, the guy around the campfire no one invited to the party, this song remined me of the scenario of being serenaded by some wanker at a party who really thinks hes the shit when he really isn't is this an orchestra of a rock band make a goddamnable choice Soma - Good buildup, was initially disappointed but the drums came in for a 1 hp clutch GEEK USA - Holy what a start bloody explosive and whatnot don't fumble it, singings almost dropping the ball if Im being honest. Very same thing but if it ain't broke don't fix it. Nevermind it became rather quiet. Oh that fucking solo jesus christ cover me in butter, hammer me to the nail and spank me until my entire body is red - that means I quite like this song Mayonaise - guitar lead sounds yknow banawow bnghwho I am a fan, not crucifiction BDSM bullshit level though, solos calmer, although ear splitting whatever tone they found its splitting in a good way Spaceboy - Dickhead with his acoustic guitar, kmon have some crazy eletric guitar entering halfway through. I can accept that is is a fine song, bit slow for my liking Silverfuck - nauseating keep it coming. Kind thrashy names a bit edgy, not that I care I listen to Viagra boys Sweet Sweet - I want to feel happy not sad . . . NEXT Luna - This is how you do a slow song, heavy drum influnce, little blimming acoustic guitar Overall - I may have found a new favourite band for me, I will definitely be checking out the rest of the smashing pumpkins debating a 4 or 5 honestly for this but hey you only live once so I'm leaning on the 5. Its nauseating and fucking amazing, like being just before shitfaced, pleasantly unpleasant distortion

Highlights: cherub rock, quiet, today, hummer, disarm, soma, geek USA, mayonaise, sweet sweet, luna General notes: - Grungey, Chicago-based alt rock band formed in 1988 (SUPER popular/successful during 90s) - Lead singer (Billy Corgan) looks exactly like Gerard Way & apparently he mentored Gerard a bit - A lot of these songs sound like they belong in an early 2000s movie - Silverfuck had a weird intermission I wasn’t expecting (not the biggest fan, but maybe it needs another listen) - Sweet sweet is short & such a vibe - Luna reminds me of smth; i really enjoyed it - Album seems to get softer as it progresses through tracks Overall: Solid, no misses, most songs I saved yet! They have a clear sound but also demonstrate versatility. I’m interested in hearing more from them, and seeing which tracks end up leaving the most lasting impact.

Not nearly as good as Gish

Overall enjoyed the vibes but Billy's voice is hard for me.

Mi piace! I would like to return to this with my full attention.

The one I’ve been meaning to go back to the most from my pre-joining the group days. Great album! Sometimes 90s rock? alternative music? just sounds the best I already knew and loved Today and Disarm, but they are truly the heart of this album and I’d say easily some of the best songs of the 90s. Disarm is so beautiful and Billy Corgan’s voice (which in some contexts quite an acquired taste) captures the anguish of that song perfectly, and then those strings come in! A song I always want to listen to. Today I remember from seeing the video as a kid and loving that crazy painted ice cream van and thosr little melodies, but also its deceptive emotional heart (what was definitely not the greatest day of their lives). I thought the album as a whole a little long but there were lots of songs that I liked and would revisit (Hummer and Mayonaise off the top of my head). Assuming Melon Collie… might be on this list somewhere and looking forward to delving deeper into that

3,75 stars

Perfect album. The wall of distortion starts and never stops. Amazing mix of rock and psychedelia.

Great album. Shame Billy Corgan is who he is.

this was great, that last track was awesome, it was very spacey and just had that classic rock sound, this caters to my taste a lot

Is fine.

nice, good alternative album but didn't like all the effects

I really liked this album. It is probably a 5 star album but I am tired today. Just so many good songs, even the songs I had never heard before rocked.

This one dragged a bit more than the last Pumpkins album I got in this list and that one was longer I believe. Still I’m finding myself surprised by how great the Pumpkins are. I always liked a few songs, but never dug into an album, just the greatest hits. There’s not a bad song on here even if it is a little bloated.

It's hard to top this era of Smashing Pumpkins. I've listened to this front to back too many times. Jimmy Chamberlain is one of my favourite drummers and every time I listen to this and Mellon Collie I am instantly in a drumming mood. Highlight: Silverfuck

It's not Gish, but it's also not Sadness. The songs that hit still hit. This album may be the Zenith of 90s Alternative Music. It's not the best, but it's certainly a water shed.

Oh, man. With the exception of a few songs, I do not like Smashing Pumpkins. Whoever told Billy Corgan he had a good voice should be in jail. That said, I don’t feel as if I’ll be too biased, bc they’re a genre I like and I do try really, really hard to like their stuff because they’re a band who, on paper, I should love—I just can’t get past those vocals. I don’t even care much about someone having a good voice but man I can’t stand him. The opener, Cherub Rock, has an excellent first thirty seconds that immediately hook you in. When the vocals begin, they aren’t…horrible. If they stay this inoffensive for the rest of the album, it might be an enjoyable listen. The song does begin to get boring at times, but they always swoop in and salvage it with some fun drumming. The distorted ending gives it a little extra flair that makes the transition into Quieter feel natural. Whatever that effect is on Quieter is excellent—and so are the melody and drums. It’s a shame that Billy Corgan has begun to lean into his more reptilian vocals. Also that guitar solo is out of place—it just doesn’t fit naturally into the structure and style of the song. Then there’s Today, which is undeniably fantastic. The lyrical and melodic juxtaposition is executed extremely well, and you can certainly see a lot of how they influenced MCR with this song specifically—the lyrical styles are incredibly similar, though MCR’s is better in my opinion because they use better storytelling and imagery as well as less ego. Hummer has an excellent instrumental intro, moving in and out of distortion and giving the song plenty of time to build. However, Corgan’s vocals are particularly atrocious here. I picture his voice as an exponential graph and its inverse, the former showing what his voice should sound like to maximize the song’s impact, and the latter showing what his voice actually sounds like. It not only sounds demonic, but also like it’s constantly trying to reach an energy level it can’t quite get to. Why couldn’t he stick to playing guitar/drums/bass/this-guy-played-everything and leave the vocals to someone else? He’s obviously a talented musician and songwriter, but god, put down that mic. Ultimately, it doesn’t give me a reason to choose it over similar albums. Nevermind had better vocals and more energy. Even though I’d put Trent Reznor in a similar class as Billy Corgan in terms of how much they annoy me, NIN was much more groundbreaking than SM and has better vocals. Anything by Sonic Youth is more complex and experimental, and—again—better vocals. Same with MBV. But I digress. Disarm has a fantastic arrangement. It’s a beautiful and transcendent song marred by that one point where he goes “Oooh” with more voice cracks than a middle school boy. I greatly appreciate the Brave New World reference in Soma, as Brave New World is my favorite book. It also continues the soft sadness from the last song, making for a good transition into Geek USA—which I strongly believe is the best track on here. The riffs are fantastic. Then there’s Mayonnaise, which has an amazing riff. This one is generally regarded as one of their best songs and I have to agree. Silverf*ck is pretty awesome, the empty sounding part did last a bit too long, but it was saved with a great ending. Sweet Sweet was great—soft, short, and stripped of the MBV-style overload of the rest of the album. Then came Luna, which I was hesitant about because Sweet Sweet seemed like such a good way to close the album. But it really did work out quite well. It might’ve been one of my favorite songs on the album because it was the only song that sorta fit that god awful reptilian voice. This album really just makes me sad. The instrumentals and songwriting are so strong but then Billy McNugget Corgan had to ruin them by speaking Parsletongue. However, the instrumentals are so strong that I can kinda ignore how awful his voice is. Really, the vocals are my only critique of this album—alongside the fact that those noodling guitar bits/solos should’ve been cut because they didn’t fit whatsoever. I could give this album one star. I could give it five. I think I’ll give it four because that’s what I feel it objectively deserves in terms of how my rating system works. I’d recommend it if you’d enjoy hearing a snake hissing over a well-done mix of MBV and Nirvana. This album did make me like Smashing Pumpkins more, but it also made me more annoyed at those dang vocals. Recap: Favorite songs: Today, Disarm, Geek USA, Silverf*ck, Luna Least favorite songs: Quieter Comparisons: Loveless, Nevermind, Dirty, The Downward Spiral Rating: 4/5

I'd never listened to more than one Smashing Pumpkins song in a row. This was a great collection of their songs. I kind of missed them first time round, but I think I'll grab a copy of this on vinyl.

Great album, great singer, great songs, great melodies, great lyrics

veryyyy much enjoyed. depressing, cathartic, emotive.

Classic album that contains my favourite ever song, Disarm.

Solid album that I owned in high school and probably enjoyed more this time around. Good sounds, good energy, solid lyrics. A worthy listen for sure.

This is apparently my partners favorite group. I’m not sure it’s her favorite album j hesitate to ask. A number of songs I knew from rockband. Decent album though

Amazing album with a variety of different sounds packed into one but all with a continuous sounds. Guitar solos are amazing in addition. Favourite song is 'Disarm'.

not for me, generally just not a rock fan at all

Wegweisendes Album, aber ich hasse einfach die Stimme von Billy Corgan

I knew two songs from this album, which I wasn’t expecting at all. The production is amazing but this album was not for me… unfortunately the singers vocal tone is not my favourite but even with that the album was still enjoyable!

lovedddd

I think the band playing was great on this. First full listen of a smashing pumpkins album. Billy Corgan’s constipated voice ruined most songs for me. Hoping their other albums are different

very good, and new! perfect for my school trip

complete classic from start to finish one of my favorites ever

This album has some ok songs; it sounds pretty much all the same to me, though. Not bad, but I find myself having a harder and harder time returning to this band.

The beginning of the snob side of grunge with pinnacle results.

Made it halfway thru. Idk it sounds like something I would like but I wasn't meshing with any songs 2/10

THIS IS REAL MUSICCC 🔥🔥 I partially listened to this in passing at work and thought it was repetitive like the other rock albums but gave it another go. Constant switch-ups, catchy, unique, alternative. No other album thus far has moved me like this one has. I can see the elements from recent music influenced by this that I like. Saved (5/13): - Quiet - Hummer - Disarm - Soma - Geek U.S.A. 🔥 (HM: Silverfuck - won't save but a great listening experience)

Pretty good, I like it. Not the biggest fan of SP nor Billy Corgan’s voice but instrumentals is great.

There are a few standout timeless tracks and a few that sort of fade into memory

It’s always been difficult getting into these guys 100%. I’ve never been a fan of what I like to call the overly produced distorted guitar sound that this album is flush with. Their big hits are hits, I’ll give them that. So what do I need to do to be unbiased? This is well produced Everything is heard though the vocals aren’t the clearest. I think the Infinite Sadness album had a better sound. I guess after really giving this a full listen, it’s not that bad at all. I mean, I never thought it was bad but I didn’t really care for it. I wouldn’t voluntarily listen again but that’s more me than the album. I do wish the guitar sounded different like in later albums. Choice cut: Disarm

I'd only even known "Bald Billy Smashing Pumpkins". This earlier work (with bonus hair!) way rocked harder than expected and made me smile politely throughout.

As much as I enjoyed Melon Collie, I think I enjoyed this more.

not my style

Billy Corgan pmo me off but this one is pretty chill Favorite track: Soma

Great album

You can’t have the 90’s without Smashing Pumpkins.

Excellent album, I feel bad for only listening to a few smashing pumpkins songs now.

Love her

i liked the song today

I already have listened to this album and I love it, Billy corgan has vocals that just make me feel things! and the way the rest of the band plays....ugh such a distinct sound that I wish I could hear everything as

Nothing

Not too big of a fan tbh -- nothing really remarkable, not bad but not terribly good to my tastes. Quiet and Hummer lowk kinda annoying “Today” was ok? Fire bassline in silverfuck these lyrics kinda fire tho? it’s kinda deep and nostalgic? in the lyrics you can see that longing for a past that is gone now

Not the typical thing I'd listen to but it was pretty decent, to be honest not many of the songs stood out to me as much better than the others, I liked Spaceboy and Luna a decent amount and thought disarm was a little crap. There was some cool guitar, especially in silverfuck, but I don't really love the "cool guitar" sound, I tend to focus more on singing, which here was alright but nothing incredible for me. Having a hard time placing this between 3 and 4. 67/100 Score edited 11/01/26

Cherub Rock - what an opener. I can tell this is going to be really good. Amazing solo - I am a big fan of solos which bend like that, and when the vocalist sings over a soloing guitar - this song does it so well. Intro to hummer - that little bass slide(I think) is lovely. Favourite track - Mayonaise. very very good. What an album. Had heard of The Smashing Pumpkins before but never took the time to really listen to them. I should do so now.

Hm, klang schon irgendwie alles gleich. So langsamer Kuschelrock, das ich schlafen wollte. Das ich Nachts einen im Tee hatte, hat diesem Album nicht geholfen

Freue mich, wenns mal 90er Rock ist, der kein Britpop ist. Paar schöne Lieder dabei.

Fantastic no skip album

14/12/25 It surprised me that I didn't completely dislike this album. Spotify listeners: 13.5 million

Calms and floating

Like a fine 🍷

It’s fine

Now THIS is what this list is for! No stupid beep-boop bullshit (looking at you The Shamen) or dumb c-list classic rock castoffs (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band). This is a great album, if not the Pumpkins' best. Also, I STG if The Strokes aren't on this list but all this other bullshit is, I'm gonna hunt down the author and cuss them out in person...

Not my vibe, but still a good one.

A lot of whining, some nostalgia, but mostly whining

Oh wow haven’t listened in its entirety since the 90s I think. Damn.

I can see why Corgan's vocals would be off putting but it really works for me. I love how the guitars sound on this record, and I always love the levels of ambition the Pumpkins have. Great band, and this could be their best record.

yea this is pretty good, though the second half sags in comparison to the first half.

This is one of my development albums. I had a birthday where my friends gave me a bunch of tapes and this was one of them. It is the pinnacle of Smashing Pumpkins for me. I swear I listened to it so much I swear the tape wore out. Sure it was a used tape and who know how many time it was recorded over, but it died on me so I take the blame. It's a good album. I doesn't have the hits but damn it's good.

Good album

Surprisingly amazing

Classic 90s alternative, not far off from a 5

Another great album by the Pumpkins! It brings back memories of my youth

Everything came together here to make an amazing record.

ахуенный альбом на 9 из 10 любимая песня mayonaise

I loved this album! I want to spend more time with this one for sure. For an alt rock album it was quite chill? Each song was cohesive but so unique without sounding all the same.

Nice to recognize Cherub Rock and Today. Overall, it was just ok.

I forgot how freakin' awesome this album is. Makes that catastrophe of Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness so much more infinitely sad in comparison. Starts hard, ends in shoe gaze, drips teen angst all the way through.

As for the Smashing Pumpkins, I had a kind of déjà vu experience today: based on everything I've read, I should love this band. The first song, “Cherub Rock”, starts playing, and I immediately have my first doubts—somehow it sounds very familiar, like Nirvana and the like, but without that special vibe. The next songs offer little variety—sure, the sound is good and “Siamese Dreams” is easy to listen to. But somehow you're always waiting for the moment when it really takes off, and that moment just doesn't come. So let's listen more closely: From my own studio experience, I know the effect (perhaps typical for guitarists) that I can think of about 25 different ways to interpret and accompany a song, but only 2–3 tracks are available. Lucky are those who have a virtually unlimited budget (like the Smashing Pumpkins in 1993 ;) – we'll just record every track imaginable! Now, it's no surprise that despite some nice ideas, everything sounds very similar – of course, certain ideas just fit every song, and if you record them all and don't make any selections during mixing... Well, I think the principle is clear. At least this gloomy music finally stopped my children from dreaming of a future I can't possibly provide. Homer Simpson, smiling politely.

I liked the guitar and music, not so much his voice. But... thats every Smashing Pumpkins listen. A couple great songs on there!

I really enjoyed listening to this. What excellent songwriting, instrumentation, performance and producing: both on the harder and the ballad travks. This is one of my partner's favorite bands, however I haven't given them a very serious listen and really enjoyed this start to finish.

It's very silly alt-pop-rock in many ways, but damn, it has a powerful guitar sound and great hits. Anyway, I appreciate it more than Nirvana.

i don’t hate how the album sounds but i couldn’t bring myself to care about a single song

i like this but not enough to relisten

Unfiltered, cool, perfect.

This is one of those ’90s albums that stands the test of time and still hits hard. The drumming stands out right off the bat and throughout the entire album, pushing everything with this huge energy. On Cherub Rock it basically feels like a lead instrument. Even on the songs that slow down there’s still a driving force underneath. It’s well known that Billy Corgan was a controlling douche making this album, you can hear how much he obsessed over every layer. Not gonna lie, it paid off. It’s detailed and polished, but still raw and emotional. Just a super strong alternative record that’s held up really well over the years. 4.5 stars.

Heavy rock songs with catchy lyrics and riffs. My biggest complaint with Smashing Pumpkins is that most songs sound the same. The ones that don’t stand out tremendously on the album. They are decent songs, but I don’t need the same thing a half-dozen times. Just a mid album for me.

Look, Billy Corgan is a douche, but this is a great album. Killer sounds, great lyrics, awesome hooks, music that makes you want to rock out hard at one minute and then switch easily back to chill out and get introspective the next. Even if it is all sung by a giant douche of a man that sounds as if he hasn’t passed a solid shit in two weeks and all that pushing is starting to take a toll on his voice. But damn if he can’t write a great song … and then tell all his bandmates how terrible they are as musicians and lock himself in the control room and overdub their parts with his own playing instead during the mix down because he’s a self-important narcissist and a tremendous douche of a person. Cherub Rock and Mayonnaise are two of my favorite songs from the 90s and I’ve probably listened to them at least a hundred times a piece. They still sound fresh to me. Put those on an album with hits like Today, Disarm, and Luna and I’ll show up for that all day. It forgives the misses like Spaceboy and the almost 9-minute long Silverfuck (err… Silver WTF?). Honestly this album is so good, I almost forget that it was created by the human douche chill that is Billy Corgan. It’s too bad he and Courtney Love never got back together again - I’m fairly certain their spawn would have been the anti-Christ and we could have watched it set the world to burn while listening to Rocket 🚀 on a loop.

More than any album on the list thus far this is one you experience moreso than listen to. A true sonic journey with Billy's voice as our guide, the music punctuating his words on beautifully written songs.

not my stuff

Good album, solid 3.5/5

Really fun album

Good as it ever was - Not a ton of fat!

Classic album from a classic 90s alternative band. Very enjoyable and easily repeatable. The Smashing Pumpkins really stood out considering the time that they released this album and what other alt-rock/grunge bands were making and, honestly, their music still stands out as unique today.

Great Album 5/5 Especially Cherub Rock, Disarm and Mayonaise. Very good production.

9 - EXCELLENT

Great songs played by great musicians, what more could you ask for? A singer that doesn’t sound constipated? You’re asking way too much. 4/5

Not bad

What a fantastic album. Loved it from start to finish with a lot of great creativity and strong production. I had never listened to them before really besides a few songs popping up here and there in random playlists, but will be coming back to this one. I think my one and only gripe is that it is just a little too long of the same songs. I think if it was a little short like 45 minutes I could justify the 5, but it is probably on the border.

That brings me back..

Probably the best pure rock album of the 90s, IMO. Unrelentingly good.

Catchy songwriting full of groove and energy. The vocals and guitar switch seamlessly from smooth to aggressive, punching through the pop grooves with an unexpected rock energy. Occasional meter shifts keep the music interesting. The songwriting and production have a subtlety that is rare for alt-rock bands, pulling influences from The Beatles and Pink Floyd while giving it a distinctive 90s grungy feel. The influence of this album on a multitude of whiny 90s alt-rock bands who can't quite pull it off as well as Smashing Pumpkins is apparent. Why more songs on this album weren't bigger radio hits seems like a sign of the time more than anything, as there is not a filler song on the album, and many of these songs are better than songs that would become much bigger hits just a couple of years later.

its ok

classic. every song on here is solid. standout tracks: cherub rock, today, geek usa

Thanks to years of Brian’s music pop-quizzing, I know it’s Billy Corgan.

(98/100)