The Smashing Pumpkins Monuments to an Elegy
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Uranium
December 21st 2014


7549 Comments


i liked zeitgeist way more than oceania.

jayt851
December 23rd 2014


413 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

This is a great album

Killerhit
December 23rd 2014


6016 Comments


sux

Aids
December 23rd 2014


24509 Comments


"It's light and hollow and lacks substance"

better 3.5 it then

BMDrummer
February 3rd 2015


15096 Comments


lol who changed the band pic?

oWhoadYo
April 8th 2015


2416 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

still digging this album. Its worn off a bit but still pretty good. Oceania is a bit better though. This is sitting accurately around 3.3

ArsMoriendi
September 22nd 2015


40958 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Can Billy just give it at rest already?

oWhoadYo
September 23rd 2015


2416 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I think he's doing a pretty good job. This album ain't amazing but it is good. I recommend seeing them live. Caught them on their plainsong tour. Unbelievable

Swoon420
October 30th 2015


341 Comments


Second favorite band so Ima give this a listen. Worried im just setting myself up again :/

Swoon420
October 30th 2015


341 Comments


oh my goodness.... first listen didn't turn out well..
Ima give it another shot tomorrow.
sigh

Swoon420
October 30th 2015


341 Comments


yeah it was cool but as a whole I wasn't really feeling the album.
Im going to give it another listen here in a few.

Hopelust
November 5th 2015


3613 Comments


This album was a pretty big grower for me. The first few listens, I didn't care much at all for it. I LOVE 'Being Beige' now, among a few others, notably One and All, Monuments, and Anti-Hero.

Log S.
December 3rd 2015


3394 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

6 out of 9 tracks quite good on this



run2me's one of the worst things they've ever done, which by this point is saying something

Hopelust
December 3rd 2015


3613 Comments


Yeah the beginning of it is pretty repetitive...

oWhoadYo
December 3rd 2015


2416 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Can't believe the hate for Oceania. That album is fantastic. Just listen to those guitar tones, like damn. The best of Corgan's career in that aspect. Plus, the overall sound of the album is very original. I cant pinpoint what it sounds like at all

Log S.
December 3rd 2015


3394 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

have you not heard Siamese Dream or something

Titan
December 3rd 2015


24926 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Oceania best thing he did since mellon collie

oWhoadYo
December 3rd 2015


2416 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I've heard Siamese Dream, but that tone can be recreated. If you've ever used a hi wattage tube head (100w) with a ton of headroom, and yes i know corgan used a jcm 800 modded with kt88s for extra headroom, you'd know what i mean. But any 2 channel 100w tube amp should do the job. Just get that amp as loud as she'll go on the clean channel before breakup (kt88s added for extra room) then push a big muff through with some sort of overdrive pedal in front. Add a phase 90 for leads, congratulations you've got siamese dream tone. And I believe Billy used and uses celestion g12-65s or 75s for speakers. could be either one



Don't use it live though, you'll regret it. But how do you get a sound remotely similar to oceania? Beats me, man. not to say that because SD's tone can be recreated its bad, its just oceanias confuses me in the best way. Its so harmonic and full sounding. But has amp gain stage qualities.

YoYoMancuso
Staff Reviewer
December 3rd 2015


18855 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

Oceania is an awesome record with the exception of One Diamond One Heart

Titan
December 3rd 2015


24926 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

love that song



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