Well deserving masterpiece of the 90's (Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins)

Member Name: oildrum

Product:	Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins
Date:	03/06/09 (5 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Well crafted and executed

Disadvantages: perhaps a couple of similar songs

A defining album of the 90's, Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness is still as relevant today as it was then. The resounds in the same way it did and the songs still mean the same without being dated.
After the the sleepy piano intro, CD1 starts with one of the bands most popular songs 'Tonight, Tonight', a perfectly composed track with a full orchestra and stunning lyrics.
After this the record starts to get a little more brutal. The 'siamease dream'-esque Jellybelly leads into the grinding 'zero' which is shortly followed by the aggressive headbanger 'Bullet with Butterfly Wings' and chugging 'F- you, an Ode to No One' before bringing us back down with 'Love' ant the whistfull 'Cupid de Locke' and 'Porcelina...'.

CD2 has the fast and thumping 'Bodies' pared with the slow and simple 'Thirty three', and the ultra heavy 'Tales of a Scorched Earth' with the sentimental anthem '1979' before it leads to a close with the calm and beautiful songs such as 'By Starlight' and 'Farewell and Goodnight'.

This is an album that leaves you feeling happy, sad, sexy, optimistic and sad without ever feeling being confused. A must buy.

Summary: An album that makes great use of talented musicians with vast imaginations