The Smashing Pumpkins ATUM: Act II
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gschwen
February 15th 2023


989 Comments


Cursetheknife, Whirr, Narrow Head, Watertank, Fleshwater, Heavenward, Teenage Wrist, Soul Blind, Hum, Time, Cloakroom, Impure Wilhelmina, Hybrid Forms, Bleed, Hippie Trim, Previous Love, Money, Leaving Time, ASkySoBlack, Chain Gang of 1974, some of Greg Puciato's solo material, a lot of Sunday Drive artists

StrizzMatik
February 16th 2023


4156 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

^^ boss shit, imma check some out

claygurnz
February 16th 2023


7554 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Much appreciated. Love me some Hum, will check the rest.

Bigwill2k
April 6th 2023


83 Comments


Even Empires is bad, the riff is generic and it was crying out to end on a monster riff or to let Chamberlain loose but it just didn't deliver. Instead we got a crap middle 8 and they took the easy route of going back to the chorus after a promising build up at the end. Their creativity is dead.

DoofDoof
May 10th 2023


15008 Comments


powering through all three 'parts' of this - have to say part II is twice as good as part I.

not saying much, but if part I was a 1.0 this is maybe a 2.0...will pt III be a 3.0 rating? stay tuned

DoofDoof
May 10th 2023


15008 Comments


hmmm, well 'Harmageddon' is prob the most satisfying tune on the whole thing...guess it goes

I = 1.0
II = 2.0
III = 2.5

Storm In A Teacup
May 10th 2023


45703 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Not gonna listen but im guessing ATUM stands for a tumultuous uninteresting mess.

DoofDoof
May 10th 2023


15008 Comments


up and at 'um

claygurnz
May 11th 2023


7554 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

I pretty much agree with your rating doof, there's maybe 6/7 songs of the 33 that I will come back to, mainly the rockers.



Can't believe that most people on the SP reddit say this whole project is great.

DoofDoof
May 11th 2023


15008 Comments


Pitchfork giving this an equivalent 3.0 rating is interesting…plus stating the third act is weakest

Yeah Clay, I’m going to try and make up a 10-12 track version of the trilogy and just listen to that for a while

neekafat
Staff Reviewer
May 11th 2023


26081 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Reddit has never been known for good takes

claygurnz
June 1st 2023


7554 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Project as a whole has grown on me, I'd say I like about half the songs now.

MyMentality
July 14th 2023


1457 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Strangely, I like some of the ideas on this one. Just a shame it feels so bare-bones and Billy's vocals are so weak on this project. Definitely more listenable than Act 1, the opening song is surprisingly good.

MyMentality
July 17th 2023


1457 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

This is the best of the 3 for sure. Still sucks though.



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