Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

6.5/10 Really liked a lot of this, Corgan’s voice in particular was amazing, hypnotic, lovely. More variety in genres than expected Some really great tunes But a few major caveats No studio album should be over 2 hours long, a bit of editing could have improved this greatly Case in point: it stayed on concept, but the lullaby final quarter was weird and unsuccessful for me Wasn’t in love with the harder/metal stuff Best: 1979

A lot more varied in its sound than I imagined it be. A decent representation of a lot of different styles from the 90s. Great album to showcase this era.

Boy starting off with a challenge. Never been a big Pumpkins fan, only song I really knew was 1979. To kick off with a double album from a band I don't care for much was real difficult to stay focused on, but I persevered. Liked it more than I expected to. Where Boys Fear to Tread was good, I also enjoyed the thrashy Tales Of a Scorched Earth, and Thru the Eyes of Ruby. Still not sure if I like Billy's voice at all but his lyrics are good

Classic. A little long!

My first time listening to the Smashing Pumpkins. I like some of it especially the heavier stuff which is more accommodating to the lousy vocals. I’m surprised I made it through the whole two hours which I guess says something good about it. Cool cover.

Irre wie unterschiedlich mal extremer Hardrock und dann wie ganz soft

Some really good, like “tonight tonight” but not exactly my genre.

this is my first time listening to the Smashing Pumpkins – there are some nice songs and the music is definitely pleasant enough to have on in the background but I'm not drawn in enough to deliberately listen to their music after this. the album title might be my favourite thing about it

At first I thought I didn’t like it at all but it has some really great songs. But the voice is not really my kind of voice.

This album is a Rollercoaster but not in a good way. Some bangers but the slower songs kill the vibe. Though I'm intrigued to check out more.

good more rock than I would think

Musically nice enough. Vocally, generally annoyingly vocal. Lyrically, hard to make out. Kind of fun in their over-the-top-ness. "Stumbleine" is a nice track, though.

The world is indeed a vampire. Before I begin, I want to quickly reflect on this video game that my roommates and I played prior to the start of the 2nd semester of my freshman year. One of my roommates had a Sega and this game had to do with Jack the Ripper and vampires. We played it for 4 days straight to solve it. Our RA lived next door and played the whole time with us. And he was really in to SP. Played them all the time. So that was my first introduction to the band, in the context of vampires. Leading to their creation of this album 2 years later. Great times... Also, I've listened to this one many times, so I don't know what kind of review I'll give here. Its a looong album. I always loved how disc 1 opened. My roommate had a gigantic stereo, with a 100 disc changer. It was insane. And this album/song would get pumped. Nice growing sound getting into the album. And Tonight, Tonight was one of my favorites. Lots of pumpkins songs played. I just listened. Some I like, and some are just ok. In general across Gish, Siamese Dream, and MCIS, I always liked the lighter songs (other than BWBW). My fav on this one was always 1979, which for disc listening wasn't ideal, since I liked disc 2 overall much less than disc 1. I went ahead and called time of death on the song after 1979 because I didn't want Billy yelling at me any more. I feel this is exactly the same behavior I had back in 1995. And this was the last of the great SP albums I think. They had a pretty good run.

I enjoyed this album but it’s far too long

There's songs that I don't mind, or even like, but this is way too long. 3/5

It was ok!

Stupid long with generally solid songs with some really good ones like tonight, tonight and 1979, there were some stinkers but otherwise solid.

MC&TIS The well known songs (Tonight, Bullet, 1979 etc) and then To Forgive, Cupid de Locke, Galapagos, Porcelina of the Dark Oceans, Thru the Eyes of Ruby, By Starlight, Farewell and Goodnight stood out Jellybelly, Zero (terrible lyrics), An Ode to No One, Tale of a Scorched Earth - not a fan of those at all Take me Down sounds a lot like a song from a musical, particularly the rising chorus, which kind of chimes with Dan’s Queen observation, they do have those slightly showtune/musical theatre aspects some of the melodies. We only come out a night has a similar Queen vibe too. That’s not a criticism btw. Generally, like on SD, not a fan of the harder songs, the slower tempo ones are more interesting melodically and atmospherically, and I think his voices suits those songs better. Lots of great musical hooks and instrumentation, I didn’t really realise what a great gift for melody he has. I admire the ambition and genuinely earnest pretension of it, but it is A LOT of music and whether it’s me or the music that falters, his voice does start to grate on mover the course of 2 hrs. I think I’d be likely to go back to SD more frequently than this but a very enjoyable listen none the less. ⭐️⭐️⭐️/⭐️ Prob closer to 4 but the length is why I’m prevaricating

Some of the songs are great...but some of them I can't really relate to? The radio airplay songs seemed to have been standouts

Enjoyed. Some of the longer pieces I wasn’t crazy about but always enjoyed his singing style and the sound of the strings, which I like about all these grungy bands.

Meh

Ziemlich metalllastig. Nicht so mein Ding.

Familiar with quite a bit of this

Curious album. It's got positives - but negatives too. Definitely genre bending, or rather genre extending. The grunge vibe and whining lyrics are putting me off.... but there's something to this album & band that I'll listen to again to see if I see more. For now, it's a 3

Wow this took long to finish. Some great tracks, I feel like I need to relisten to this album to fully grasp the intricacies of each song, especially with how good the production on nearly every song is, but I might not be able to revisit this album for a long time considering how long it is. 2.5/5

The music was good but the vocals are so annoying

Listened to this while driving from Escondido to Palm Springs. This is another one of those albums where my partner knew every single word to both albums. I of course recognized the singles. I was never a fan of Billy Corgan's voice...and it still is a grating sound to me. The double album is a dangerous thing. It is so easy to get self indulgent and bloated. I think there is a 5 star single album buried in here...but there is just so much other stuff padding that experience. I wanted to rate it higher...but this gets a 3.

Nostalgic, good album. Can be a bit overly noisy in moments and corgans vocals are hard to listen to sometimes.

Solid nostalgia. Very long, towards the end I had enough.

Loved the overall tone of the offering.

I really wanted to like this album more than I did. There's some great songs on here--maybe some of The Smashing Pumpkins best--but two hours of his voice gets to be a bit rough. I'd rather cherry pick the songs on here than listen to the whole thing. 3.5/5

A- super long B- killer album

Some great songs but insanely too long of length. Some filler. Would have been an ez 4 if they picked the best songs and made it not a double album. Ez 3.5

Quite a long album but some decent tracks here and there

This was decent. Definitely plenty of bangers on this album. But a good amount meh songs. Good album overall. But his voice is kinda annoying. Like some of the lyrics were good but I couldn’t enjoy hearing them lol. 3.5

Pompus but with some knockout moments

aaaaaaaaaaa i like some of the songs on here but overall it feels a little……… like i’m just saying did it have to be 2 hours long

A nice album, I liked the style of music. I recalled liked the song 1979.

If ‘MCATIS’ this was trimmed down to an hour, or even the length of one CD, 75 mins or so, it would have dibs on being the greatest rock album of the 90s. As it is, a lot of it is still good and there aren’t too many low points, but clocking in at 2 hours, it’s a lot to consume in one go, and that 2nd hour isn’t quite as strong as the first. And so, for that It loses points. Sometimes less is more.

Siamese Dream is one of my favorite albums and when this album was released I remember being done with the Smashing Pumpkins. I thought this was such a bloated project, I didn't care for the overly commercial production, it just felt soulless. I do love this part "All songs written by Billy Corgan" - I love how uniquely original the music sounds, and while his lyrics aren't deep, they are his. Not my favorite from the band, still really good.

Pulling up this this album kind of blew my mind a little bit. I've seen the album art loads of times. I've heard the singles for years, but I never realized they were part of a 2-hour long behemoth album. What a crazy thing to create. As a whole, the album felt kind of like an entire night's sleep, with each song being a different dream. Some songs a quiet and peaceful, while others were chaotic and angry, just to dissolve into another whiny dream in another song. Waking up at the end of the album, it all felt a little shallow and meaningless, but the experience was kind of cool.

Good songs but this is SO L O N G !

Kept my attention for 2hrs, good variability, enjoyed the calmness of the final track after the album

On All Saints Day, whilst meandering through suburbia, I saw a kid going door-to-door disfiguring Halloween decorations. What are you doing, I asked. Smashing pumpkins, the kid replied. Care to join? I stood at the entrance of the cul-de-sac and watched. The kid continued with methodological precision and aesthetic flair. Some squashes had their innards strewn out, others their tops knocked off, yet others merely bruised, or knocked to one side. A gaggle of fellow observers had joined me by the time the kid had completed the tour around the cul-de-sac. The kid headed out grinning, and proceeded down the next cul-de-sac. Shocked onlookers whispered aghast, surely not another cul-de-sac? Such ambition!

I’ve never made it all the way through this double album, despite professing a love for the band on and off through my junior high years. I tried again recently and same. I get turned off quickly by the heavier songs and guttural screeching into the mic. There’s no denying Corgan’s beautiful guitar playing, so I’m not not a fan, but it’s just never fully clicked. Let’s give it another go. First off, the hits still hit. They’re great. When their songs have dynamic range, I’m in. When it’s all raspy vocals and loud distortion the whole way through, I need a break. When it’s all slow and mopey (not that there’s anything wrong with that), I need a break. Thankfully, the track listing mixes it up every song or two. Had I previously stuck it out through those songs I wasn’t feeling, I’d have gotten much farther. I’m certainly happy that I’m forcing myself to listen regardless. If for no other reason than to know which songs to skip in the future, and to know that there are more gems in here than just the radio hits. But yeah it’s still way too long for me to give it more than 3/5 I can’t finish this review without mentioning that that is not how you spell Galapagos, but it’s still one of the aforementioned hidden gems.

Interesting, very various.

Not bad

It was pretty long. Too long imho.

Fav song: fuck you

I was expecting to hate this but I was pleasantly surprised and only disliked it. They're imitators of grunge but they add a spoonful of sugar to make it easier for the general public's ears. The album has its well known hits and is painfully long.

Whew! I didn't listen to all 5 hours & 52 minutes in in Spotify. Fortunately the original release was much shorter - only a triple LP. Some good hard rock and interesting variations. The hits are okay.

There's a couple absolute classic on here. But it's definitely too long, not enough variety or substance for a 2 hour album. Best songs are 1979 and Bullet with butterfly wings (this song wil randomly jump in my head ever since I first heard it)

Hard. Niet per se verwacht.

Thru eyes of Ruby, banger Tonight, tonight, nice Overall prima

Not what I usually listen to but I appreciate The art

Great band but not their best

Good nostalgia album but very long

This is a pretty decent album but it's way overlong. I used to be a big Smashing Pumpkins fan and listened to this one quite a bit back in middle school and high school. I've since come to realize what an exhausting blowhard Billy Corgan is (or has become?). This is a pretty good indicator as to why this album is a bloated, alright double-album rather than a really great single disc album. He doesn't think any of his shit stinks. I'd go for a higher score if there weren't so many tracks that I just find non-essential and skip over on every listen. This definitely has some of their best songs on it ('1979', 'Muzzle', etc.) but is just really hurt by the long runtime and filler tracks that could have come out as a B-side record first. That's what happens when you decide you're going to make a double-album before you even start writing/recording (from wiki: "From the outset, the band intended the new record to be a double album"). Standout Tracks (Disc 1): Tonight Tonight, Jellybelly, Zero, Here Is No Why, Bullet with Butterfly Wings, Muzzle Standout Tracks (Disc 2): Where Boys Fear to Tread, 1979, Stumbleine, X.Y.U., By Starlight

Way too long, but with good songs

Was just okay. Don’t love the voice

3 - This was a pretty long one. There's some tracks that stand out to me, but I honestly don't remember a good number of them. I can't imagine going back and relistening to this due to the length, though I definitely appreciate the songs I do like.

Sommige nummers een 2, sommige nummers een 4(+). Hele album maar een 3 gegeven.

okay it’s catchy but it’s just not that good alright?

Very long winded, some really good songs in there. Ultimately a bit of a slog but I recognize it's place

Not Bad. Little long. Songs started to sound the same.

With the large number of tracks there plenty of filler here. Some gold too.

-Some of these lyrics are corny af. -Hard to ignore the standout songs on this album. - this album is 2 hrs long. Wtf -There are some great tracks here but they get kinda lost in the minutia of how many songs there are. I want to give this album a 4 but I'm not going to because I just don't want to listen to half the songs. Very high 3.

ok

50% great. A bit to grungy.

3.5

appreciate the orchestration then it becomes rock overall doesnt really stick to my brain

Very 90's sounding album. Very much enjoyed it

Just ok

Tiene track muy buenos, pero también otros muy malos. No puedo dar calificación mas alta.

Saying this as someone who loves Siamese Dream and could pick a few songs off of this album as some of his favorites of all time: Jesus Fucking Christ Billy, I can’t listen to walls of guitars and your screeching voice for two goddamned hours with multiple 7+ minute tracks in the runtime. You’re lucky none of the actual songs here are bad, because I should probably be hitting you with a 2/5. But goddamnit, “1979” is really so goddamn beautiful.

It’s pretty good but way too long

Great 90s rock album, although maybe not enough meat on the bone for a double-disc. Tracks I like: Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness Tonight Zero Here is No Why Bullet With Butterfly Wings An Ode to No One Muzzle Bodies Thirty-Three 1979

Decent.

Long album with a mixture of genres I enjoyed their poppy stuff more than their rocky stuff

Goes all over the place, but not in a bad way. Gives me the feeling that the band poured their everything into this double album, showing off their versatility. Typical 90's edge, a real product of its time. Couldn't get away with lyrics like this without being satirical. Panic! At the Disco and other emo groups clearly took inspiration from this band, which I was not aware of before listening to this album.

I mostly liked it but two hours is too long

Some great songs, but just too dang long with a lot of meh

Several songs are very impressive musically but Billy Corgan’s voice grates my against my soul

Langt album Ass, ble litt lei av så heavy musikk men slutten på plate to var chill

I love Bullet with Butterfly Wings. 1979 Take me down To forgive

„Despite of my age, I’m still just a cat in a rage“ … oder so ähnlich. Billy Corgan, der alte Gitarren-Wohlklang-Lick-Sucher, wenn er bloß singen könnte… Es fiel mir anfänglich schwer, mich auf die Platte einzulassen, letztendlich haben mich die bekannten Knüller bei der Stange gehalten. Ich kann nicht mit Sicherheit sagen, ob ich das Album seinerzeit in seiner Gänze durchgehört habe, es ist nämlich einfach mal viel zu lang. Dass die Platte nach dem 23. Song immer noch nicht zu Ende ist, ist eine reine Zumutung. Trotzdem noch drei Sterne vong Nostalgie her.

This is My Chemical Romance for dudes that are like 40. I don't really like Bill Corgan's singing voice at all which is probably why I like "1979" so much, because of how much his croaks get drowned out by all the surrounding instruments. Cool album with cool album art. Favorite tracks: "Here Is No Why", "1979", "We Only Come Out At Night", "Beautiful", and "Farewell And Goodnight".

This is a long album... a very long album. Some incredible music on here by my word it drags

wou

wow u know what make this fantastic era-defining album better? dotting a bunch of garbage inbetween all the amazing tracks and padding out the runtime to 2 hours for no reason

I believe there is a good 1 hour 15 minute or less album here, but it is being held back as an album by the bulk that drags this out to 2 hours. Best tracks were Bullet with Butterfly Wings and 1979.

ya du banger mais album bcp trop long

It was pretty good

There are some genius musical ideas on this album. "1979" and "Tonight, Tonight" are really beautiful tracks. But overall, as a record, it's pretty mixed and too long for me to fully revisit.

it has good songs, but i share the same sentiment as ben that the album is too long (don’t even get me started on the 6 hour deluxe album)?

3/5. A solid rock opera but hard to get past some of the songs. The whining singing is definitely a vibe but two hours of it is hard to get through. The music was absolutely gorgeous which is why it definitely isn't bad and a wild ride throughout. I think upon more listens it might go up, when I can differentiate between the songs but two listens gives me a good rundown.

Está bueno el disco. Es una onda Green Day, tiene lindos temas y otros muy malos. Es eterno, tiene mil canciones, lo que aburre.

This album is really good, songs like Tonight, Tonight really caught my attention and many of the heavy songs has tasteful tones reminiscent of Ty Segall. There are many songs I would probably listen to again and again, but I think devoting time to listening to the whole album would be tough and not worth it. Probably should have cut this into two albums with one having the heavier tracks and the other having the indie style songs. Although maybe including all of the track is the reason this album belongs on this list so it's just personal preference of how I like to listen to music

Shoulda been two albums

Reason Season Lifetime That old adage about friends translates to albums just as well. Music we listened to half a lifetime ago can simultaneously feel like an old friend, but whose influence and thrall have since worn thin. In spite of Billy Corgan’s propensity for being a nut job, I did listen to some of the songs with a wistful nostalgic sigh. 1979 and Tonight, Tonight and Bullet with Butterfly Wings all took me back and I glossed over the fact that he just can’t sing. This album was also so long it outstayed its welcome by a long shot. The best thing was on YouTube someone had made a video of some very cute rescue dogs along to Muzzle. So if you were wondering where the fruity dog with endless tristesse was, your melon collie was there. :)

hoo boy this is a lot. A lot of sadness. Infinite, you might say, so plus one for truth in advertising, i guess. but damn, 2 hours is a lot of Billy Corgan. There are good songs on here: 1979, the one about Cupid, that James Iha tune, the last one, a few others, but overall, it was just too much. too much to cover in one day, certainly. maybe if i had more time with this i'd dig it more. also, i didn't love the production. they're clearly rocking the shit out of some of these songs but it doesn't sound nearly as massive as Siamese Dream. So, this is a 3 but I could see it maybe creeping up to a 4 with more time.

So long. I couldn't do this in one or even two sittings b/c of my day so it feels like I can't make an accurate rating. The hits are worth having a listen and songs I didn't know were also enjoyable.

I know this one polarized people it doesn't me. Love the scope, love the guitar sound. Some ace tracks. However. His voice, that Cartman whine is difficult. Its also 2 HOURS. It would make a really good single album.

I liked the drumming, quite a distinctive style. I liked some of the songs: Tonight Tonight, Jellybelly, Zero, Bullet With Butterfly Wings, Love, Galapogos, Take Me Down, Bodies, XYU, By Starlight.

Tvöfaldar plötur eru undantekningalaust rúnk. Söngvarinn er fáviti en lögin eru góð. Fær ekki fjarka af því ég hata tvöfaldar plötur. 3,5

I guess it's fine, but it's quite long. I don't think this type of music really deserves a 2 hour long album, to be honest. 45 minutes would have been good.

Just reminds me of my older cousin in the 90s

honestly for 6 hours...

The highs are stratospheric but waaaaaaay too long

Well I thought I knew what to expect with this album, having heard "Tonight Tonight" and "1979", but this was totally different. I would have really liked an album that was only the more chill songs on here. The other songs weren't bad, but Billy Corgan's voice didn't do any of them any favors

Great instrumentals. I love 90's rock and this is one of the best examples of it. Great guitar tones and rifs, literally addicting. I have not paid much attention to the lyrics because Billy's vocals make me wanna plunge a knife deep into my ears and I didn't want to dedicate any more attention to them. Enough style variation to not make the 2h feel like an eternity. It was a good experience even though I don't think I will revisit this album anytime soon.

I really enjoyed the first piece of music on this - the piano instrumental. After that, it's OK, but the sheer length of this one makes it really difficult to listen to as a whole piece. Something tighter might have been better here - and I've never objected to long albums on principle. It's just hard when you don't know the band's music perhaps. So, 3 it is then

Ömsom svin, ömsom svatten.

Got no right to be 2 hrs long. That crushing length alone knocks a star off the rating.

its a bit long. i can hear the influence of future alt rock. billie corgan is kinda pretentious isn’t he?

It was a decent album but I do not like the voice of the lead singer. His "singing" sounds quite whiny and annoying. However, there are some good tracks and the music is pretty good. The main problem I had was listening to his voice for far too long because this album goes on for forever. I had to take a break half way through the 28 tracks to try and finish it. The second half definitely has some heavier songs and I enjoyed the change of pace. Highlights: Jellybelly Zero Bullet With Butterfly Wings X.Y.U.

Gave it a 3. Had it been narrowed down in length and gone for the real quality the album has, instead of nearly 2 hours it'd likely be a 4

I'm pretty sure I got overwhelmed. They got so many styles in this album. Moment by moment I was getting surprised. Soft rock,metal, folk, back to metal. Though I have to respect the variety.

Not bad but nothing stood out over the songs I already knew (Tonight Tonight, Bullet with Butterfly Wings, 1979). Granted, songs that stand out usually do so on the second or later listens and I only listened once because this was two whole hours

damn, I had no idea that was a 2 hour double album. I used to hate the smashing pumpkins or at least I loved to make fun of Billy and his whiney voice. But as I've gotten older they've grown on me. IDK if it's just a nostalgia thing or my tastes have changed. But I do enjoy them. This album was WAY overly long and started to feel like a real chore but there are some great songs on here and it was a good listen

very long album. Ok.

28 tracks; some big radio hits; some heavy hard rock, but a surprising number of quiet, thoughtful songs.

Musically, I like it a lot. But I just really can’t stand Billy Corgan’s voice… it’s like nails on a chalkboard to me.

hate his voice i'm sorry to everybody out there, sounds like what a parmesan grater looks like. none of the songs are memorable to me. not my thing.

Has some pretty good songs, don’t like the vibe and lyrics too much

Troszkę przy długie, tkaie 90s prog-emo-rock Highlights: - Tonight, tonight - Zero

Listening to this record again straight through for the first time in years reaffirms 3 beliefs: 1. I love The Smashing Pumpkins (and particularly this record) 2. The Smashing Pumpkins had a brief window (both in time and geographically) in between two other defining forces in 90's rock- Nirvana and Oasis 3. I understand why this was both a crowning achievement and the beginning of the end of their well known work. This record is brilliant. But it's also too damn long. Upon listening to it the underlying tones of nostalgia, dissatisfaction, and identify crisis really struck a chord while at a current cross roads of getting older and going through some bad break ups. Take Me Down, Galapogos, and To Forgive stood out- I love that softer range of The Smashing Pumpkins. The heavier songs like Bullet With Butterfly Wings and An Ode to No One simply shred- and a banger is always welcomed in rock. But to me, that highlights why listening to this album straight through and actively listening rather than turning it into background sounds is such a challenge- the length paired with the juxtapositions. It doesn't flow as well as I so desperately wish it could. Which in the end shows why the best songs from this album are the ones we already all know and love, and why they ARE the defining tunes of The Smashing Pumpkins. Tonight, Tonight and 1979 in the less than 9 minutes in totality of both songs do what the rest of the album doesn't- blends the soaring highs, the headbanging, the soft tones, the nostalgia, the miss your best friends from middle school and the band you no longer play with and the freedom and recklessness and awkward growing pains of youth into two ballads that both tonally and lyrically capture everything this album is, but without having to sit around for the full 2 hours to get there. 1979 has been on my "On Repeat" Spotify Playlist for 6 straight years, and I doubt it will go away anytime soon. I think that says it all.

Believe it or not I listened to this bitch twice in a day 😂 was originally gonna give it a 2, but upon my second listen I realized there really isn’t anything wrong with most of these songs sonically, but most of he songs just don’t interest me and leave me bored.I don’t mind some of the noisier songs like jellybelly, but some like love are a complete miss. Might be a hot take, but I also don’t care for the softer songs such as tonight tonight, I just don’t prefer the pumpkins in this style. Instead the songs I enjoyed the most were the ones that had a good balance of soft and noise such as 1979 and muzzle. This album has only like 4 songs in my rotation, and I never intend to revisit the whole thing after this. My rating would be a 2.5, but I’ll be nice and round it to a 3. Also Siamese Dream >>>>

This album was built on fuzz pedals and lyrics that were written by a 15 year old edgelord. I liked some songs on this album esepcially their softer hits such as 1979 and Tonight,Tonight, but mostly every other song sounded the same. By the time disc 1 was over, I was a exhausted listening to that weasel Billy Corgan scream over and over into the mic as if he was a thirteen year old throwing an angsty tantrum. I much rather prefer when Smashing Pumpkins mellows the listeners down and gives them really nice experiances like 1979 and tonight, tonight. I really like the feel of those two songs and no matter how many times I listen to them, they will always hit the same everytime. The starting two tracks really killed it with setting up a really cool vibe I just wish the next 4-5 tracks weren't fuzzathons. Overall decent album

I let out an sigh as soon as I saw this album, my condition did not improve much

I now feel a tiny bit closer to all the pre-Goth kids from middle school.

3. The music's alright, but its just way too fucking long. (Especially that 6 hour version that's the only one availible on spotify.)

the vast majority of double albums should be single albums.

Good in parts, but overlong

Was going to go 4 on the strength of the singles, but fuck me is there a lot of bloat. Guitars sound amazing and Chamberlain is an incredible drummer.

Some absolute bangers but a lot of "filler", I did listen to the delux version which might have been the wrong call.

Isn't this shit like 6 hours? (That's the deluxe version). ITS 2 HOURS ANYWAY!!! Had a novel wank listening to this album, was fun, came right as they reached the revelation that they were a rat in a cage. They're playing near me in the next month and it's really unfortunate that I couldn't get tickets, because these guys are mental (a good thing).

I fuck with this.

Very high highs and very low lows Also just too long

This album is very interesting. If you want diverse song type content this is it. It’s 90s rock but with some soft and some hard songs. Personally I think 2 hours is way too long for a album. I liked some songs but couldn’t stand others. I think I would have liked it a lot more if it wasn’t a bit of heavy metal. 90s rock has never sounded great on my ears. I read that they wanted to make their own version of the wall. It definitely does not match the wall but I can see how they tried with all the diversity. I heard this is considered one of the best albums of the 90s and I think that’s proof that the 90s music fell short to other decades. The lyrics in this album are teenage angst not something I cared for. And the album lacks a strong story that the wall had.

Didn't really know what to expect having heard only the hits. I think they should have selected a handful of the best songs rather than overload the album. I found their quieter songs to be the better ones, while the "heavy" ones didn't work for me from this band .

I don't know... certainly not bad by any means, but it does not really work for me.

It was good and some of the songs I remember from the 90’s but I felt like something was missing.

Mukavaa rallattelua

The current track listing on Spotify is 92 songs. Almost infinite! Billy can dial in some of my favourite guitar sounds. I love the big muff overdrive so much. This album just doesn't use that enough though.

I’m cataloguing this under “great music tarnished by annoying vocals” I will return to this one someday to give it another chance. I thought the music was great, good performance by the band, plenty of well written stuff, but the vocals bugged me often

Tonight, Tonight was a great song, the album is huge tho so I didn’t listen to all of it

Some bangers, but also a bit too long and bloated. Cello tinged crescendos are rather majestic though. 🎃🎃🎃

Song I already knew: 1969 Favorite song: 1979 By starlight We only come out at night 3/5

Ég fíla þetta í smáskömmtum. Heil, tvöföld plata er helst til mikið í einu rennsli fyrir mig.

favorites: Bullets with Butterfly Wings, 1979

Interesting

It's a really long album. When the music is good, I usually don't mind a long album...but this was really long. Did I mention how long it was? One good song, 1979. The rest are relatively forgettable after a few listens... It isn't bad...just too long. :) 3/5

A lot of people think this is their best album. I just direct them to Siamese Dream. There’s a lot of songs on here. Some hits, some not. The ones that aren’t hits can be really meandering. Either way, this is some good 90s alt rock.

3.6 kinda fell off after 1979

Too much filler.

this album has enough good songs to be a 4/5 it's too damn long and unorganized and the love songs suck. at times i was genuinely emotionally moved (to forgive, 1979 is still THE song), other times it went hard af (zero, bullet with butterfly wings).

Instrumentally fantastic. Billy Corgan is an incredibly polarizing vocalist, one which I can only handle in small doses. I can listen to a song or two of Smashing Pumpkins and be done, so it’s hard to rate this album any higher than a 3.

Siamese Dream couldn't be on this list? It had to be the 2 hour album? Anyway ... Haven't listened to this album in at least 25 years, so this was kind it a trip. Holds up surprisingly well, though it definitely could've been trimmed down a little bit (why does "Beautiful" need to be on here?). Would be 3.5 stars if I was allowed to give half stars.

Жёсткая долбёжка, носовой вокал, не очень люблю такое. Но в своем жанре альбом качественный. По факту скорее 2.5, чем 3, 0.5, скажем за красивую обложку.

Schizophrenia

An eclectic mix of 90s rock sounds. Sometimes it's generic 90s rock, sometimes it sounds grungy, sometimes it sounds like proto-pop punk, sometimes it goes into nu-metal. It's always pretty interesting. I like that Billy Corrigan doesn't have what you'd call a traditionally "good" singing voice. But that doesn't stop him! He hits all the right notes, and he sings with confidence, and that more than makes up for having such an odd timber. But for the love of god why is it over two hours??!? This should truly be a 3.5 or even slightly higher, but compared to my last few days of excellent albums, I really cannot round up to the 4. Plus I refuse to give such a long album a pass!

3.6 + Ugh, I've had a love/hate relationship with this record since it came out. SP was my first love, and I fell hard for their "Siamese Dream" sound, that blend of neo-psychedelia, chamber/dream rock that was swirling with loving flourescence. Billy Corgan was a long-haired flower child with a breathy, angelic voice tinged with just enough acrid edge. With "Mellon Collie", Corgan became a bald-headed vampire and the music took a much darker and uglier turn. Almost thirty years later, my opinion is still tinged by a sense of disappointment. I still think much of this record isn't very good. Some songs should have never left Corgan's notebook ("We Only Come Out At Night"). Others would've better served alongside a vast catalog of B-sides ("Galapagos"). And of the hundreds of times I've listened to this record, I've probably listened to "Tales of a Scorched Earth" all of three times (still sucks). Despite all of this, I admire Corgan and the Pumpkins for pulling off what felt like a coup at the time, a true flex on all their haters. The amount of music and the breadth of genres here is truly staggering. To pull this all off, they underwent some months of brutally intense, assembly-line recording sessions. Looking back, I wonder if Corgan miscalculated. Being on top of the world, I can understand an ambition to maintain one's eminence. But given the band's impending implosion shortly following the recording and promoting of this record, it's clear that that unchecked ambition destroyed what could've been a gentler dally with fame. What could've been if they had focused on the 13 good songs on here, and worked them over obsessively as they had on "Siamese Dream"?

Could be phenomenal with a bit of quality control and a single album

This album is very long. The Pope is Catholic. It's good music, but my ADHD brain absolutely refuses to pay attention to a single piece of media (music or otherwise) for 2 hours straight. You could cut this album down so much, because it's so insanely bloated that even The White Album is quaking in its boots. The entire second disc is just the first disc again with different lyrics. Good thing the first disc is so great, otherwise this would have been completely unbearable. Quick! Name any lyric from the song "Stumbleine"! Okay what about "The Two Of Us"? ... Jokes on you, that's a Suede song and not on this album! "Tonight, Tonight", "Bullet With Butterfly Wings", "Jellybelly" and "Zero" are the obvious highlights and they're all in the first 20 minutes. Then Billy Corgan rambles about dropping his sandwich into a sewer drain for an hour or something while doing his iconic "yelling but also trying to not wake up your parents" voice and the next big hit is "1979" and you can officially turn the album off, because no new ideas occur after that point. Has anybody ever said that this album is really long before? I feel like an innovator here, truly full of new ideas and funny quips. My body is ready for "69 Love Songs". Lay it on me.

An excess of filler and hubristic ambition overweight proceedings here, as the title alone tips off. The quiet-loud dynamic reaches its breaking point here. There is overreaching on both ends of the spectrum – too much rage/fury too quickly contrasted with too much cloying/lullaby-ness leads to unevenness in extremis. When they are well balanced ("Tonight Tonight," "By Starlight") the sweeter/slower/more melodious cuts are vastly superior to the metallic posturings and faux Nine Inch Nonsense. A skilled melodist, Billy C is an overrated lyricist; "despite all my rage/I'm still just a rat in a cage" is high-school literary magazine territory, hooky and rage-y as it is. And the record is overlong, too. Yes, there's a lot to like, but also a lot to overlook -- so much on both sides of that ledger equates to much too much overall.

Having only one day with this album was tough. It’s soo long. There are definitely a few good songs on here but I think lots of it could have been cut or this could have been two or three different albums. The vocals sounded really low in the mix which I found interesting. Almost like he was trying to hide. I feel bad only giving it a 3 without feeling like I gave it a full chance but I also don’t really feel any desire to hear any of it again asides from 1979.

some good songs but way too long

Some of my favorite songs ever are on this album. But there are like 15 other songs that kind of suck. How do I balance that? Ugg

There are some great songs on here, but it’s too bloated. Edit it down and you might get a solid five star

You mean all four songs I really love from the Smashing Pumpkins are all on one magical album? Neat! Oh, wait, you mean this is basically like listening to three whole albums in a row that have about one hit each? Hmmm. There's a lot of nineties rage to get through. "Tales of a Scorched Earth" nearly made me give up, but I was happy to get to the autoharp on "We Only Come Out at Night". I do appreciate and like the varied styles in this, especially regarding said hits, which each sound very different from each other. Billy Corgan has an awesome, distinctive voice, but by the end I'd quite had enough.

A versão deluxe ficou muito cansativa porque é GIGANTESCA... 6h de álbum é tortura. De qualquer forma, o disco 2 é pior que o 1.

I Verdena. Ora so a chi si sono ispirati i Verdena. L'ultimo brano del secondo cd mi ricorda tanto Mina e anche Luna. Questo è un album che ha alti e bassi. Non avevo mai sentito quella parte lenta degli Smashing e devo dire che da loro mi aspettavo la parte più "cattiva" che poi è quella che mi piace. Nulla da dire sugli assoli di piano che sono molto piacevoli, è il resto lento che non mi aggrada troppo.

- Don't think I've listened to a full Smashing Pumpkins album before - Enjoyed it, but it's WAY too long - Would probably rate it higher and be more likely to listen again if it was half the length - Fav songs: Porcelina of the Vast Oceans, Thirty-Three; Tonight, Tonight

I found this much better than I expected. 1979 is one of the great songs of all time but I am a bit meh about the rest of their singles. This thought had a surprising tone - some really good songs.

not a fan of the lead singer voice still the calmer songs and instrumental songs (which there are a few) are decent though 3.5

Olihan pitkä. Aika puuduttavaa kuunneltavaa välillä, ei kuitenkaan ihan pahimmasta päästä. Vaikea löytää edes muutamaa suosikkia, joten löysin kaksi: Tonight, Tonight ja Thirty-Three.

Feels like a 2 hour long song, its not bad it just gets mind-numbing less than half way through

Never was a big Smashing Pumpkins guy, but the bloat on this album lessons the impact overall compared to the leaner Siamese Dream. Instead, this is the album where Billy Corgan's massive ego went on full display. Jimmy Chamberlin shows you why he is such a highly regarded drummer, but who needs multiple 7+ minute grinding grunge dirges?

decent

If the album was only 14 songs it would be a much higher score. Second half was repetitive, but I’ve gotta give it up for 1979.

I could see why someone else might like it. It's punchy and rythmic, strong hooks, coherent mood but just not for me I don't think. Sounds pretty dreadful on my brother's car stereo too which doesn't help. Just seems sort of relentlessly one dimensional despite being competent and tuneful. I dunno. Okay.

As with many double albums, there's a great single album here once you get rid of the filler.

I don't hate the Smashing Pumpkins but I was not the biggest supporter either...there are some great tracks and if this album was smushed down into one, or smashed down into one album if you will...This would be one of the greats of all times. (I know some already think that.)

Ik heb liever Siamese dream. Dat gezegd hebbende: er staan echt parels op dit album. Zowel ruwe parels als gladde :). Maar ik vind het te lang en ik heb behoefte aan iets vrolijkers.

Husker at jeg hørte en del på denne for ca 15 år siden. Flere tøffe riff, men vokalen er ganske enerverende. Sikkert «bra», men ikke helt min greie.

The hits are good. The rest is not.

Arrancamos bien, suavecito, después de 3 a 5 hay un vórtice de energía enojada y en la 6 volvimos con una progresión más tentadora. Overall las guitarras !!!!!!!!!!! y full bajo controlando la energía. POr ahora no estoy atenta a las letras... y me aburrí, yup, no lo escuché entero pero has good potential, like, actually. 7/10

3/5 Reminds me of Violent Soho with more substance.

So far loike the instrumental track more than anything else. Nothing much standing out. Tracks I like - Ode to Noone, Galapogos

Da e jo lyttbart, men alt for langt. Seriøst, ka e poenget med dobbel-CD

took me two full days to listen to, i kept getting bored and moving on. like the white album, i dont think an album this long can ever be _great_, because there’s bound to be some stinkers on there. this had some good songs and some bad, but if it was half the length with only the good songs it would be so much better

By cutting out a little over half of these songs the Smashing Pumpkins might have had a great album, there are just so many misses here. Just build it around "Thirty-Three," "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans" and "By Starlight" and it's their second (or third) great album of new material in a row. As it is a lot of it is a slog to get through. I'm pretty sure I've only ever listened to this front to back one other time and I probably won't ever again, I'd rather listen to "Siamese Dream" or "Gish" or even "Pisces Iscariot."

Way, wayyy too long for its own good. Billy must have thought he was a genius after Siamese Dream because he went all in and did a two-hour album about... I don't know about what. Now, I think this album has a lot of great songs. The singles are incredible and shows Billy's talent (see what I did there) for writing engaging songs. Their mix of alternative rock, dream pop and heavy metal is rather bold, especially considering it was rather uncool to be this pompous and metallic at that time. When the magic sticks, this album becomes one of the best of its era. But it's two hour long. Of course there's gonna be fillers. And while there are no really bad moments to be found, there's plenty of unremarkable songs though. Which makes me wonder why Billy thought it was a great idea to put out an album this long. For that reason, I prefer Siamese Dream (and even Adore), but there's no denying this is one of the most iconic alternative rock album of the 90's.

Waaaaay too long. There's certainly some hits, but a lot of miss too. I understand why and how this is a critically acclaimed album, but I never want to go through it again

I'll do a short critic, cause I dont have time left now that've listen to this 2hours album. Couple hits, nice vibe - but way too long and unequal.

It's hard to rate this album well. It's a major record of the 90s, the intention behind it, to make a concept album so long at that time... It's spectacular and quite off-track. However, I don't know if in the end, it is totally successful. There are a lot of unmemorable songs. I feel that it could have been an excellent album of about forty minutes, since there are also plenty of good tracks like Tonight Tonight, To Forgive, Cupid De Locke, Where Boys Fear To Tread, 1979, By Starlight... The concept is very good, but extended over two CDs, it's too much, sorry.

Vous savez sûrement que la plupart des critiques importants de ce générateur dont je fais partie sont actuellement en vacances. Et c'est précisément le moment qu'a choisi Robert pour nous envoyer des albums de plus de deux heures. J'ai donc mené une manifestation contre nos conditions de travail déplorables dont ledit Robert ne semble pas se soucier. Nous avons finalement obtenu la promesse de ne recevoir que des albums dont la durée n'excède pas soixante minutes une fois l'interminable S&M de Metallica critiqué. Robert a maintenant intérêt à joindre la parole aux actes.

Je n'en peux plus de cette voix de citrouille.

I honestly want to give this more stars but the singers voice is wretched and the melody behind it is boring. Some decent songs but I couldn’t wait for this album to end.

Great album! (Silly title)

Never got into them, always found them a bit pretentious and try hard. Some songs are okay - I suppose, wouldn't turn them off if they came on the radio but eh. Overrated.

I love Gish and Siamese Dream but this album.. I've always been disappointed by it. A few songs are ok but overall it's not very good.

скучнохуйня

Ok

Früher 4. Jetzt eher 3. Und weil Billie Corgan ein Depp ist, kann ich mit 3 ganz gut leben.

Its a good album but overly long as it seems to repeat itself the longer it goes. The high lights are very high... Tonight tonight is a great song. Ultimately I had difficulty digesting it all in one sitting 3 🌟

Always good to revisit this once in a while. It’s not their best work and it’s definitely bloated, but their ambition is realized in this collection that’s daunting for anyone who isn’t a Pumpkins fan. It’s a rewarding listen despite its overbearing presence, the singles hold up and are well-placed. I’d say it could use some editing, but two hours of this shit really sums up where this band was, egotistically, in the 90s. 3.5

It's 6 hours long, I'm not gonna lie it all started blurring at one point. There's everything here. Harder rock and more indie sound. Probably some goodies to save, but I started giving up around the 3rd disc. One to revisit I think. Few songs per day haha

Maybe his voice would grow on me - but I doubt it. Bill (2/5) Little heavy sometimes. Like their sound. Shannah (3/5) Brilliantly balanced album with some of the best riffs going. Almost perfect.(4.5/5)

this album is too long but it does have a lot of bangers

This album is so deeply 90s. I find it hard to dislike, but there are no songs on it that weren't on the radio that I really like. The idea that this was whittled down from 60 songs seems crazy. There are several more I would've cut, but maybe if I gave it a super close listen, I'd change my mind. Regardless, there are six pretty great songs here and they're spread out enough that the filler-ish songs don't hurt you. 'Bodies' is probably the best of the lesser-known songs? But it is also maybe the most performatively sad of them all. I mean - love is suicide. Sheesh. Sidenote - around the time this came out I had a friend I made music with and we had the idea of doing an original Christmas album by a band called Bring Cosby and the name of the album would be Bells and Holly and the Infinite Santas. That was the best part of the idea and that was as far as it went. Maybe some day.

It was ok but did not set my world on fire.

ok

Over-ambitious scope. 2 hours and nearly 30 songs is huge. I'd prefer half the songs and more than half the running time please! Good variety of rock and pretty songs. The singles cover the variety. Would have been as good as Siamese Dream if paired down to 12 song.

Exciting album from the 90's with several hits. A bit fluttering in style and too long for my taste.

Decent. Too long to finish. The slower the better.

helt okej men det blir lite som att bli myndig några år för sent

The more alt-rock style songs vibe with me, the more hard-rock / metal songs I could do without.

I assumed I'd give up on this thing's egregious length but muscled through the whole thing. Another album cemented in my mind by the dominating video presence of Tonight Tonight. I like a lot of what the band did musically but I really don't care for Corgan's singing and his lyrics are a particularly disagreeable blend of self-pitying, self-indulgent, and self-important.

* really enjoyed it, would listen again

Was something different

Siis eka olin että hitto miten kova!!! Mut kyl on pakko sanoo että ei nää tupla-albumit vaan oo hyviä. Siis tää kuulostaa vaan siltä että böndi ei osaa karsii. 1/3 levystä ihan tinanttista masennus ja kaahausrokkii.

Siamese Dream on ollut joskus ihan suosikki-"grungea", mutta tää levy oli jäänyt odottamaan kuuntelulistalle. No onhan tääkin paikoin tosi hyvä, mutta vähän ehkä lähtenyt kunnianhimo lapasesta, kuten usein näin pitkien levyjen kanssa. Matskusta saisi loistavan 50 minuuttisen, mutta nyt on aika paljon perushyvää seassa, joten olkoon vain 3/5. Erityismaininta "1979":n nostalgiafiilikselle, hyvin osuttu maaliin ja toimii edelleen.

En ollut kuunnellu kyseistä bändiä aiemmin, mutta levyn alkupuoli mukavan monipuolinen Tonightin tunnelmoinnista siirrytään sulavasti Jellybeanin rouhisteluun. Loppupää tästä tuplasta taas vähemmän mielenkiintoinen, aika monta tylsempää biisiä (esim. Take me down). 3/5.

Every double album automatically loses a star straight away. It's a shame as they were obviously very productive at the time and there's loads of great riffs and some very good songs. Just too long and a lot more whiny than Siamese Dream the shorter better album before this.

not as bad as i was expecting considering i don't like billys noncey voice but 2 hours. fucking hell have a word.

To me melancholy and infinite sadness are the times when I'm not getting completely and utterly drenched in the jizz of the entire Chelsea first team and backroom staff. It's been a tough 3 weeks now without being covered head to toe in the jizz of the entire Chelsea first team and backroom staff and I'm gasping for it. I can barely picture Glenn Hoddle cumming on my back. I need it right now!

😔

Mellon Collie and the Infinitely Long Album, am I right? Behave yourself Corgan, you're from the punk generation, you're not in Yes. I do really like most of this album but it just goes on far too long. Far, far too long. No one ever needs to make a double concept album, ever. It's a shame because the singles here are some of the best songs of the 90s. If they'd shaved about four and a half hours off the running time this could have been one of my all time favs.

Very of its time: pained grunge vocals with grand strings, melodramatic songs. I love they way they have all-out gone for it. Very good songwriting and production, this album absolutely deserves its place in rock history.

Struggled with this one. The music is pretty great, honestly. The lyrics and all that are fine, pretty standard "angry/depressed adolescent" fare. Some I really enjoyed. Others were just fine. Honestly, I really don't love Billy's vocal styling, and if anything was "just fine" it was likely because it featured vocals over music or just had a "meh" musicality.

eh, this album was decent but just not really my thing. the vocals are definitely unique, it doesn't completely put me off because it kind of works but it is kinda weird. I don't have any attachment to it so it wasn't that special to me, but it was decent!

Hit and miss, with some really great songs and a few that are over-indulgent. Very much of its time, shows great range in the band, but when it comes down to it I'd rather listen to Siamese Dream.

Wow, I thought a two-hour runtime was self-indulgent, until I discovered there’s a SIX hour edition. Girl, bye. Standouts here are: • Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (title track) • 1979 • Beautiful • Lily (My One and Only) • Farewell and Goodnight

I dig a few songs but as an album it seems to drag.

Plenty of good songs but way way too long. Songs in the middle blur together. 6/10

In HS, like many others, I liked The Smashing Pumpkins. In retrospect it's just above-average for me. I waver between a 3.5 and a 3. I think Siamese Dream might be better but not sure, maybe it'll come up in the list.

Did not need to be a double album. Highlight tracks: 2, 6, 8, 5(D2)

Some nice grunge, but 2 hours is a lot even if it is good. will revisit it again at some point.

Another album that I am familiar with but never really sat down to listen to. Decent but can't see myself listening to it often.

It's OK - some good riffs and tunes but I'll never listen to it or them again.

This album has a lot of nostalgia for me, which is interesting since I never owned it. Buying a double disc like this was like $33 in 1995! But despite never actually having the album, I know it well. It brought back a lot of surprisingly positive vibes from my 6th and 7th grade years. The thing is that I couldn’t make it through the album listening now. Just too long. The Spotify “Deluxe” version seemed to have 50 tracks. “Thirty Three” was the standout in what I listened to.

I remember not owning this as a kid and that I felt like I was the only person I knew that didn't have it. I remember thinking it was just okay outside of the hits and I still feel that way 25 years later. I really liked some of the songs and I kind of hated some of the songs. Overall I just don't love the way that Billy Corrigan sounds.

2.8 - a big blast of nostalgia here. Some great tunes like 33, Tonight Tonight and even a few others that didn’t make singles. Just a little too epic at times for my tastes. Enjoyed it more for the flashback than the music. It’s been years since I listened to this and likely will be a number more before I do again.

Good but way too long

I enjoyed most of this, but would have been fine with it being about half the length.

Didn't age as well as I thought it would have. Other than the song I remembered (Vampire), none of the others were familiar to me. Sounded...bad...on the car stereo. Maybe a listen in a better environment would be different; but the 90s quality stereo in the Rav4 should be just right for this given the era....

Listened and enjoyed

Despite liking the Pumpkins, despite my roommate playing this album a lot when it first came out, I never really liked it that much. Another listen didn't change my mind. I don't have the attention span for it. What a great single album it would have made, instead it's a double filled with many boring and uninteresting songs. The hits are great, I love Bullet with Butterfly Wings and 1979, but it's not worth a 2 hour listen. I'd rather listen to Siamese Dream.

Struggling with feelings is never fun. Does listening to a whole double album which reflects those feelings help or hinder? I respect Corgan's self expression and the ambition of this project but I kind of wish he would lighten up. Send some hope (maybe on a deeper dive I would find it but I couldn't devote that much time to a 2hr+ album!). On this album, the hits are terrific - the orchestration on Tonight, Tonight is simply stunning and keeps the track pulsing with energy and verve - and some album tracks stand out - Cupid de Locke, for instance - as charming highlights. Overall, though, this isn't a project which thrills me - sometimes the sentiment, sometimes the length, sometimes the cynicism in me seeing a band wrap up teenage angst for mass consumption (possibly unfair) - one to respect, rather than love.

I'm a SP fan, but even when this was released, I found it somewhat disappointing relative to Gish and Siamese Dream. Years on, I feel even less enthusiastic about it, as the lyrics come off as written for a much much younger and angsty person than I am. The sound and production are impressive though.

No matter how hard they try to rock I think the best they can do for me is a 2.8. Never have I reached for this album and I never will

Good tunes, but really, really long. I might love this album after a few more listens, but those listens probably won't come for a while.

Actually a lot of variety in this album. Some noisy mid-90s hard rock, but a ton of different moods and sounds.

Otro de esos discos que no sé por qué nunca escuché completo... tal vez porque era pobre y no podía comprarlo (?) Me sorprendieron varias cosas, empezando porque en mi mente Smashing Pumpkins era un grupo rock-indie casi tirándole a rock-pop, pero ahora veo que tienen cosas metalosas, aunque en mi mente está en un lugar similar a Babasónicos haciendo cosas metalosas. Otra cosa que me sorprendió fue que me gustaran más canciones aparte de 1979, como "Porcelina..." o "Take me down". Le daría a este disco una calificación mucho mejor si tuviera sólo como la mitad de las canciones.

Estuve muy tentado a ponerle 4 estrellas pero al final sí me supera lo pasado de intenso que es Billy Corgan. Incluso con todos los estilos y gama de sentimientos por los que intenta pasar el disco se va a lo muy muy largo y me fue imposible escucharlo de una sentada. Dejando eso de lado, tiene muchas canciones que son una chulada, pero en particular 'Tonight Tonight' tiene para ser con lo que gana todos los puntos. También me parece curioso que, con todo y lo odiosa que es la voz de Corgan, en algún punto se vuelve parte del todo y hasta dejé de notarla.

Overall not bad but too long and too much of a mix of styles without excelling at any of them and no song really sticking out

2.7 Zaten goede dingen tussen maar te lang om men aandacht erbij te houden

Many great songs and many so-so songs. This album could have used an editor.

No Rain is very strong.

Smashing.

It’s fine, just too fucking long.

I know this album! 1979 is a bop

Was never really a fan.

It had a lot of great songs, but it just is far too long for what it offers. The vocals, though good, can be a bit much for me after about an hour of listening. Definitely more good than bad though.

I admire bands that take on ambitious projects, and this is certainly ambitious. 2 hours of music with a good variety of styles. I'm not a fan of Billy Corgan's voice, and some of the harder stuff I can't stand, but overall this is pretty good. 3 stars.

Excesivo, megalómano, egoísta, en ocasiones genial, en otras repetitivo y de hueva. Es lo que es.

Rock

some pleasant gems here but this double album overstays its welcome. Strong preference for the 1st disc here. some fun genre-bending fakeouts

Have always found this to be at the proggy end of rock for my tastes but I gave it a chance and found it interesting (and Rockier than i imagined) if a little bloated. not sure I'll rush back but a decent piece of work and can see why others may adore it. 3/5

Instead of releasing an amazing album and a completely shitty album, The Smashing Pumpkins decided to release both of them together. There are some truly great tracks on this album like Muzzle, Porcelina, Thirty-Three and yes, 1979. But there are also some meh tracks like Cupid and Galapagos that would've been just fine to be B-sides. Then, there's the terrible, awful no good tracks like Butterfly Wings and Zero, Come Out @ Night, etc. Siamese Dream and Gish were so good, amazing even. But, this album seems to have targeted the LCD in music trends at the time and went for broke and it worked. They sold 11 million copies. But they also lost a fan with the release of Mellon Collie. Then, nearly 30 years later that feeling was solidified when I saw them tour with Janes Addiction (who were amazing) in '23. Corgan was pretty lame in his snuggie cape thing he was wearing. I really didn't think he was a freak until he tried to be one.

Its a good album but overly long as it seems to repeat itself the longer it goes. The high lights are very high... Tonight tonight is a great song. Ultimately I had difficulty digesting it all in one sitting

It wasn't awful. However, after the first disk I got a bit tired of it. I'm not the biggest fan of this sound, and they put their best two songs in the front. However, I really liked the piano in the songs it was in. Favorite track: Tonight, Tonight

Really liked some of the songs and enjoyed the majority of them. However some songs I could live without hearing. I think it would’ve been better as a single album rather then double and so there wouldn’t be as much, or any filler songs. (3.5)

3 1/2

Overall interesting more instrumental than I expected.

A bit more underwhelming than I remember it being originally when it came out, but still solidly good!

Okay album.

The instrumental at the start is amazing! I loved it! But then it gets worse. There's a few good songs, but most of them were unlistenable for me. I'm only giving it a 3 because of that first song.

The Smashing Pumpkins best album, including a few of their most popular songs! It's crazy to think that this album is certified diamond. This album is huge with 28 songs and they all fit the vibe of youthful problems. This album helped pass the time during my workday, but it could also be played during a night of partying.

Too long. But pretty decent. Would I listen to it again? Not sure. His voice is quite annoying. I can't remember why I was so against this album. But reminded me of Jordan (?) in Virginia.

Yeah this is a good album

Liked their music

Infinite

Want to like this album, and there's some great tracks, but also a lot of filler

Wasn’t into them at the time, don’t feel like I missed out. Some nice tracks tho.

Why is the album cover so familiar ? I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. ***

Good but it drags on a tad.

Hit and miss. The good was very good though.

This is more like my kind of sound. I still don't feel it completely. I can only remember Bullet With Butterfly Winds, which I really like. I should listen to them again: I think I can find interesting stuff from these guys.

More of a chore than I remembered

War mir zu lang und klang irgendwie weniger zwingend als damals.

Buen disco de rock, con voz muy característica. En ocasiones más guitarrero, juega con la variedad de estilos, aunque sin dejar de lado su parte más intensa y grunge. Unas cuantas canciones merecen bastante la pena. Aun así, no termino de engancharme a él.

Good, solid 3.5

A lot of good usage of distortion effects throughout and certainly a very distinctive voice that lends itself well to the music. Not quite what I was expecting going in but all around ok.

1995, 2 Stunden, Alternative rock, grunge, alternative metal, art rock, geeht, mag diesen Metal Sound nicht und ist zu lang, paar weichere Songs gefallen mir, manche härtere auch ok

Eh. same review I had in highschool. It's a bit long and whiney. I'm more of a Siamese Dream fan :) I rediscovered Muzzle on this listen, which is my standout track <3

Bon album en generale, des fois tres bon, plus progressif rock, ou bien meme pop/rock. On passe par contre par toute les gammes d’emotions. Autant certaines tounes sont excellentes et bien construites, autant des fois c’est juste bof..... 1 disque ferait l’affaire car le 2h00 total d’ecoute est inegale 3.75

Good album, good band... The vocals never sounded good enough for me... But it's growing on me. I'll give Smashing pumpkins another try ☺️