Recommended To glenn and whateverman

[York Minster]

I was listening to Adore by Smashing Pumpkins today and thought this album might be up your guys alley, especially glenn. Forgive me if you already know it, or it isn't your cup of tea.

Here is the allmusic review:

Left without a drummer after Jimmy Chamberlin's dismissal, the Smashing Pumpkins took the opportunity to revamp their sound slightly -- which is what Billy Corgan claimed they were going to do on their fourth album anyway. Adore, however, isn't a drastic departure. Using dream pop ballads and the synthetic pulse of "1979" as starting point, the Pumpkins have created a hushed, elegiac album that sounds curiously out of time -- it's certainly an outgrowth of their previous work, but the differences aren't entirely modern. Whenever synthesizers are added to the mix, the results make the band sound like a contemporary of the Cure or Depeche Mode, not Aphex Twin. That's not necessarily a problem, since Adore creates its own world with layered keyboards, acoustic guitars, and a rotating selection of drummers and machines. There's none of the distorted bluster that cluttered Mellon Collie and none of the grand sonic technicolor of Siamese Dream. Adore recasts the calmer moments of those albums in a sepia tone, in an attempt to be modest and intimate. Only Billy Corgan would consider a 74-minute, 16-track album a modest effort, but compared to its widescreen predecessors, it does feel a bit scaled down. Still, Corgan's ambitions reign supreme. This is no mere acoustic album, nor is it electronica -- it is quiet contemporary art rock, playing like a concept album without any real concept. Its very length and portentousness tend to obscure some lovely songs, since all the muted production tends to blend all the songs together. But even with its flaws, Adore is an admirable record that illustrates the depth of the Pumpkins' sound, even if it ultimately isn't a brave step forward.

[York Minster]

[Patrick Bateman]

Smashing Pumpkins have some fantastic tracks. They're actually poppy in the same way that Nirvana were (even whilst Kurt claimed to hate pop fans loving all their "pretty songs").





And of course their biggest hit, complete with *amazing* video:



I love Perfect; I think it's about the break-up of Billy's marriage. Adore was the last album by them I bought too.

Siamese Dream is a bit of a masterpiece.

[York Minster]

Smashing Pumpkins have some fantastic tracks. They're actually poppy in the same way that Nirvana were (even whilst Kurt claimed to hate pop fans loving all their "pretty songs").

I love Perfect; I think it's about the break-up of Billy's marriage. Adore was the last album by them I bought too.

Siamese Dream is a bit of a masterpiece.

We agree for once

1979 was their biggest US hit. Tonight Tonight's video got MTV play, but much less so on the radio.

[Patrick Bateman]

[York Minster]

Oh, now you're going after my heart BP, my Bevis and Butthead DVDs are some of the only DVDs I find essential to my life.

Oh, and they often had great B sides, a la PSB. In fact, I ususually put in the CD singles over the albums. And they didn't ruin things with duff mixes.

[Kris]

Ah, Beavis & Butthead, those were the days. MTV Europe, Eurodance and VJs with big tits and fat accents. What went wrong? Oh, and I'd forgotten what a great song Today is.

[glennjridge]

I have mellon collie and adore. tonite tonite was usually on most mix CD's I made for awhile.
this brings back memorys its been a long time since I put anything of theirs on. those beavis and butthead videos crack me up I think thats why I enjoyed mystery science theater 3000 so much!

[markus]

I saw them live back in 1998 after Adore was released, some friends were fans so I went along. It was the most boring concert I've ever been to though. They bored the audience by only playing new material and rare tracks, everyone were disappointed, luckily enough there was a bar...
SP were on of the few 90's rock bands I sort of liked, still hear the world is a vampire in my head every now and then.