your pick. best smashing pumpkins album?

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Fri Feb 04, 2005 6:12 pm

OPA! Wrote:

Siamese Dream: One of the best albums in the 90s.

Dunwoody Dude · **Joined:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 11:20 am **Posts:** 2869

I'm with Spoon. I enjoyed every album a little less than it's predecessor.

Steve

Borg166 · **Posted:** Fri Feb 04, 2005 6:23 pm

Adore was the first Smashing Pumpkins album that I bought, so I picked that one. However, I like every album for different reasons. In fact, I'd say my favorites are Adore and Machina followed by Mellon Collie and Siamese Dream. They're all A-quality albums in my book, but in particular, I like how Billy's sound evolved over the years and the results of Flood's contributions to the band.

Postmersh · **Posted:** Fri Feb 04, 2005 6:33 pm

Ike Bloor Wrote:

Siamese Dream slays....One of the Top 5 best albums of the '90's.

Whiney · **Posted:** Fri Feb 04, 2005 6:56 pm

You mean there's more than one Smashing Pumpkins album worth owning?

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Fri Feb 04, 2005 6:58 pm

WhineyCMJ Wrote:

I throw myself under the bus so often it ain't even funny.

tehobner · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:48 pm **Posts:** 4479

Ike Bloor Wrote:

WhineyCMJ Wrote:

Two Eminem albums appear in my top 10 of all time.

OPA! · **Posted:** Fri Feb 04, 2005 7:06 pm

I'm actually quite surprised Adore has more votes than Mellon Collie. Do people dislike MC in general or just in relation to their other albums?

Postmersh · **Posted:** Fri Feb 04, 2005 7:09 pm

OPA! Wrote:

I'm actually quite surprised Adore has more votes than Mellon Collie. Do people dislike MC in general or just in relation to their other albums?

I think it's that there are "adore" people, and there are "smashing pumpkins" people....

I'm sure that people who enjoy, say, Cherub Rock the best would probably prefer MC to Adore, but you can only choose one album....

tehobner · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:48 pm **Posts:** 4479

Smashing Pumpkins are one of my favorite bands and I picked adore. TAKE THAT STUPID THEORY.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

did anyone actually listen to that last album? yech, I'm not even sure they did. f course, by then D'arcy was too busy hittin' the pipe and givin BJs to Mickey Rourke to notice anything.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Fri Feb 04, 2005 8:02 pm

the old school fav is siamese dream, but i love the grandeur of "mellon collie", even though it needs trimming of 2-to-4 songs on each disc.

Borg166 · **Posted:** Fri Feb 04, 2005 8:16 pm

Cotton Wrote:

did anyone actually listen to that last album? yech, I'm not even sure they did. f course, by then D'arcy was too busy hittin' the pipe and givin BJs to Mickey Rourke to notice anything.

Machina is one of my favorite albums. I understand why some people don't like the record, especially compared to earlier releases, but I like every single thing about it. The overblown production, the ridiculous lyrics, the crazy processed guitars, the classic SP drums, everything about it is awesome. It's like a futuristic version of Siamese Dream for assholes like me.

By the way...
Flood is one of the most underrated producers ever.

robotboy · **Posted:** Fri Feb 04, 2005 9:12 pm

if mellon collie was shortened to one album then it would be great. but there's just too much crap. i haven't heard any full albums past mellon collie. i would think that pisces iscariot would be up there too

alive · **Joined:** Mon Nov 29, 2004 1:00 am **Posts:** 352

Mellon Collie has my vote.

It's just a little better than Siamese Dream and Adore. So what if a couple songs don't need to be there? There are lots of great ones.

Also, even though it hasn't held up as well as Siamese Dream, it made a bigger connection at the time, and I think there is a place in the world for albums which hit harder but have a shorter life span.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Fri Feb 04, 2005 9:44 pm

Cotton Wrote:

did anyone actually listen to that last album? yech, I'm not even sure they did. f course, by then D'arcy was too busy hittin' the pipe and givin BJs to Mickey Rourke to notice anything.

What did D'Arcy ever contribute or even play on a Pumpkins record?

I like Machina: "This Time" is one of my favorite Pumpkins songs

np: see above

Lambchop · **Posted:** Fri Feb 04, 2005 11:20 pm

Gish, although I do still have a soft spot for Siamese Dream.

Finch Platte · **Posted:** Fri Feb 04, 2005 11:32 pm

Moxie Wrote:

PopTodd Wrote:

Always been a gish guy.

If not for J. Chamberlain's skin tickling alone. The percussion on Gish dominates the entire record (B.Vig production?). In '91, I would've sworn JC was J. Bonham incarnate. I've not listened to anything beyond SD, so my vote is pretty much null & void.

np> xtc - english settlement

What? John Bonham incarnate? What are you on about? Two totally different styles, imo. Bonham bashed his drums into submission, JC "tickled" with much more finesse and incredibly fast rolls. I'm dying to hear his solo disc...

English Settlement- we agree on that. :wink:

fp

A Northern Soul · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:23 pm **Posts:** 3742

yeah. theyre undoubtedly two great drummers, but jimmy chamberlain is basically a jazz drummer transplanted into a rock band. theyre two very different styles of drummer.

has everyone here heard machina II? its not their best album, but its still pretty damn good. you can google it fairly easily. theres a few sites that have it.

Stop Breathin' · **Posted:** Sat Feb 05, 2005 5:52 pm

Siamese Dream redefines inertia, so it gets my vote. "Mayonaisse", "Cherub Rock", "Spaceboy", and "Geek USA": AHHHHH. :rawk:

That being said, "XYU" from Mellon Collie makes me hurt myself more.

drewbeatty · **Joined:** Sat Oct 30, 2004 7:19 pm **Posts:** 238

long live marianfvdge Wrote:

Melon Collie has so much filler though. Some great great songs, but tons of filler.

this is so true

gong-li · **Posted:** Sun Feb 06, 2005 9:07 am

yea siamese dream easy

all those fucking layers of guitars under guitars

Mick · **Posted:** Sun Feb 06, 2005 9:37 am

you forgot Mary Star of the Sea...

shiv · **Posted:** Sun Feb 06, 2005 11:44 am

HaqDiesel Wrote:

<-- will probably remain the only Mellon Collie vote

i'm with ya. siamese dream kinda bores me now.

tehobner · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:48 pm **Posts:** 4479

There are only like 4-5 songs on both discs of Mellon Collie on my opinion that I would consider as filler.

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