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| Smashing Pumpkins: An Honest Ranking
As a Smashing Pumpkins discog junkie, let's get right to it. | | 12 |  | The Smashing Pumpkins
Machina/The Machines of God
The weakest Pumpkins album is still a good album in its own right, bolstered by the blistering "The Everlasting Gaze" and the beautiful "Stand Inside Your Love," but at the same time is weakened considerably by the meandering "Heavy Metal Machine" and the just plain ugly "Imploding Voice." In between are a serious of solid but mostly forgettable pop or gothic inspired tunes. | | 11 |  | The Smashing Pumpkins
Zeitgeist
*See album review* | | 10 |  | The Smashing Pumpkins
Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music
Instilling the sound of the first Machina with dense mixing but a far more varied sonic palate, the second is a far more interesting and fun experience, especially in the lovely "Go" by James Iha and the dark and layered "In My Body." | | 9 |  | The Smashing Pumpkins
Judas O
Combining b-sides from the Mellon Collie-to-Machina era, Judas Ø combines the general feel of what each album had to offer in a surprisingly cohesive collection of mostly mellow (with a few straight-up rocking) tracks. The main downside is that some of the best songs were already released on Aeroplane, but this features the incredible but devastating "Blissed and Gone" and many other worthwhile additions to the Pumpkins discography. | | 8 |  | The Smashing Pumpkins
Monuments to an Elegy
The slightest and most immediate Pumpkins offering since Gish, Monuments is a refreshing throwback to the Pumpkins of old while also embracing the new. "Tiberius" ranks among some of the greatest songs they've ever released, and others like "Being Beige" and "Anti-Hero" are great highlights. | | 7 |  | The Smashing Pumpkins
Pisces Iscariot
The original companion album to Judas Ø, Pisces features b-sides from Siamese Dream and Gish. Much like Judas, the album is really well sequenced and features some genuine classics such as the dreamy "Obscured", hulking "Starla", and of course the classic cover of "Landslide." | | 6 |  | The Smashing Pumpkins
Oceania
Coming off the oft-criticized (often far too harshly) Zeitgeist, Corgan dials it back and creates a lush work of vibrant synths and full atmospherics that combine greatly with his trademark guitar sound, ultimately making what seems more like a continuation of 1998's Adore more than anything else. Also, "The Celestials" is the best thing New Pumpkins have ever done, and could easily rank among their top tracks. | | 5 |  | The Smashing Pumpkins
Adore
After falling from the top of the world due to the death of a touring member and the firing of his "musical soul mate" drummer Jimmy Chamberlin following Mellon Collie, Adore features Corgan at his bitterest and most dangerous lyrically (see "Ava Adore" for a prime example), these ideals clash directly -- and wonderfully -- with his newfound electronica-meets-acoustic stylings, creating an entirely new world with this album's unique sound. | | 4 |  | The Smashing Pumpkins
The Aeroplane Flies High
As someone who considers Mellon Collie as one of his favorite albums period, it goes without saying that this extremely lengthy collection of b-sides from the album is a blessing beyond words. As amazing as the highlights are, such as basically the entire "1979" EP, the vast amount of styles and ideas creates an obvious unevenness to the collection, but there's plenty here for everyone no matter which Pumpkins you prefer. | | 3 |  | The Smashing Pumpkins
Gish
This isn't the dreary, artsy, perfectly orchestrated Pumpkins that we've come to know and love, but what Gish does have is an incredible energy and ear for melody that would come to be monumentally important for their future. There is no song off of this that isn't great, and the riffs are out of this world. A lesser band could've made an entire album off the riffs in "Rhinoceros" alone. | | 2 |  | The Smashing Pumpkins
Siamese Dream
The album that kicked everything off is undoubtedly a masterpiece on so many levels that it's hard to critique. On the other hand, it's far from a perfect album. The first half is uneven and the second half can't help but seem a little repetitive structure wise, but when the lows could've been the best songs off of some of their other albums and the highs are so ridiculously high ("Disarm" is one of the best songs ever made, like ever), I'm not really going to complain. | | 1 |  | The Smashing Pumpkins
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
As uneven and (allegedly) poorly sequenced as Mellon Collie might be, I'll be damned if it isn't one of the most important contributions to rock music in the history of the genre. Unfathomably varied musically, excellently written, exquisitely performed, and very likely the only album that all of the band members were actually content while making it, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is the kind of album that its flaws only make it that much better, and it still grows on me with every listen. | |
neekafat
03.10.17 | I can't stop listening to these assholes I swear to god
But yeah I think "honest" is a better and less pretentious word than "controversial" for this one | Rawmeeth38
03.10.17 | Well the top 3 are right | TheCharmingMan
03.10.17 | Damn there was a time where i EXCLUSIVELY rocked SP. official Charming list | talktothehead
03.10.17 | "As uneven and (allegedly) poorly sequenced as Mellon Collie might be"
it's not tho | Flugmorph
03.10.17 | "one of the most contributions to rock music in the history of the genre." | neekafat
03.10.17 | Fuck I'll fix that | ArsMoriendi
03.10.17 | 2 > 1 > 3 > 5 > 7 > 4
The rest don't matter, except for some of Judas O | neekafat
03.10.17 | No love for 6 or 10? | GmemberKills
03.10.17 | mellon collie is one of my favorite albums
really need to check out 4, even though i have feeling it probably has some of the same b-sides from the deluxe version of the album | ArsMoriendi
03.10.17 | "No love for 6 or 10?"
Check my ratings for the answer | GmemberKills
03.10.17 | i really wanna jam machina, but i keep waiting for the new version that i guess is never coming out | BeyondCosby
03.10.17 | "Disarm" is pretty fantastic. | thecheatisnotdead
03.10.17 | 6 took me by surprise how much I liked it. Might even crack my top 5. Agreed whole-heartedly on "The Celestials," as well. | zakalwe
03.10.17 | 7 = 2 | Flugmorph
03.10.17 | 1 is 1 | neekafat
03.10.17 | @Ars how tf is Machina I a 2.5 but II is a 2.0?? | neekafat
03.10.17 | "really need to check out 4, even though i have feeling it probably has some of the same b-sides from the deluxe version of the album"
It has the full version of the B-Sides, pretty sure the ones on the deluxe are demos | neekafat
03.10.17 | @Gmemberkills I hear that, he keeps waiting to get the rights to release them both together as originally intended.
@cheat, yeah it's great for sure! | ryu
03.10.17 | 1. Siamese Dream (Soma, Hummer, Mayonaise - 3 of the Pumpkins best)
2. Adore (Daphne Descends, To Sheila, For Martha)
3. MCIS (Thru the eyes of Ruby, Tonight Tonight, Tales of a scorched earth)
4. Pisces Iscariot (Obscured, Whir, Starla)
5. Gish
6. Machina (first 6 tracks are ace, def NOT their worst)
7. Oceania
8. Monuments
9. Zeitgeist | GmemberKills
03.10.17 | I swear machina has had the worst luck... It's initial release was a mess and nothing like billy wanted, and now that he can finally put it out as he intended there is issues with the rights
ugh | DoofusWainwright
03.10.17 | 2, 1, 5, 7, 3, 4, 9, 12, 6, 8, 11 , never listened to 10 | neekafat
03.11.17 | @Doofus you should definitely check, especially "Go" and "In My Body"
@ryu Obvs we have our disagreements, but "Daphne Descends" is an underrated gem | neekafat
03.11.17 | @Gmember, honestly tho. Still hopefully looking forward to the eventual rerelease | Zorg
03.11.17 | None of it is as good as Mary Star of the Sea. | neekafat
03.11.17 | Is it actually solid? For some reason I haven't brought myself to check it yet | Zorg
03.11.17 | Actually, it's not bad, but I was joking. The album isn't a trainwreck like the band was. Though I wonder who Paz was blowing in public lol | neekafat
03.11.17 | Questions, questions haha. I gotta check that and Billy's solo thing too, just to prove my completionist self. | Dedes
03.13.17 | "Happiness is loneliness and loneliness is cleanliness and cleanliness is godliness and God is empty just like me". Best line in a song period. | talktothehead
03.13.17 | Yea except that's not the line. It's "Emptiness is loneliness, and loneliness is cleanliness, and cleanliness, and GOD is empty - just like...MEEEEEEEEEEE" | Satellite
03.13.17 | shit band for plebes | Dedes
03.13.17 | My bad was a dumb mistake lol. Also satellite you fucking weenie | neekafat
03.14.17 | Get out of my thread | Sunnyvale
03.14.17 | Sweet list. I've only heard the top three, I need to explore more of their releases. | neekafat
03.14.17 | Yeah for sure! 5 and 6 are essential Pumpkins |
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