Smashing Pumpkins in general Reviews

This album is out mid-February, and may well be the first truly GREAT record of 2003. Not only a welcome return for Billy Corgan back to musical heaven but also a huge step forward from Corgan's old band The Smashing Pumpkins musically, lyrically and in scope. In essence, this is actually a re-working of the bible, ending with the ...  Read the complete review

Had Earphoria been released properly in the mid 1990s then it may have done a lot better than it is likely to do now. The original release was as a limited promo only to accompany the VHS "Viewphoria" which was a mish-mash collection of Smashing Pumpkins live performances and video tomfoolery from the band's Siamese Dream days, just ...  Read the complete review

Like many I was saddened to think that Machina/The Machines of God was the last album to be released by the Smashing Pumpkins. The Pumpkins managed to top off their career with brilliance that rocked the music world on every level. Virigin records wouldn't allow a sequel the Machina CD, because of how porrly (relatively) it was recieved, ...  Read the complete review

I will make this short and simple, Peel Sessions is recommended primarily to SP die-hards who have everything else firmly embedded in their collections. The EP is short, and only the last song, Smiley, is not found on a full length cd. Siva is one of the first Pumpkin releases as a single from the 1991 Gish, and Girl Named Sandoz is a ...  Read the complete review

As you all should know, this great band disbanded in 2001 after finishing their Machina/the machines of god support tour, "the sacred and profane tour". The band had a 14 year journey alltold, from the day they formed in 1987 to the day the band died (not literally of course). Lets take a look at their life span and the ups and downs ...  Read the complete review

The Smashing Pumpkins have produced some brilliant albums and songs in their 12 year spell as a very prolific band. They have recorded over 600 songs and this final collection of songs on Machina 2 are classic tunes exploring all of what the Pumpkins have created in the past 12 years. Claassic rock riffs, chilling/flowing tunes, brilliant drum ...  Read the complete review

This album is taken from b-sides and rarities before the Mellon Collie era, It does not include any material from other albums/box sets (including Aeroplane flies high box set as that is only b-sides from Mellon Collie singles). The E.P. itself I feel is the breathing heart and soul of the pumpkins, it puts everything from their first two ...  Read the complete review

Machina 2? i hear you cry? well yes and no. Machina II the friends and enemies of modern music is the LAST Smashing Pumpkins album, but is alas unavailable in the shops. There were 25 copies made on vinyl and the band gave them to fan clubs and a few friends and very lucky fans with the instructions to Bootlegge copies around the world via ...  Read the complete review