Half of the pumpkin is rotten. (Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins)

Member Name: Tsportmat

Product:	Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins
Date:	24/09/09 (21 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Really good songs.

Disadvantages: Some pretty dull songs too.

I'd never really been a huge Pumpkins fan, always thought they were okay but never really listened to them properly. Along comes Guitar Hero 3 with Cherub Rock on it (track 1 on Siamese Dream). As much as I didn't like to admit it, it was a great song...

Anyway I thought I may as well get the album, and I actually very much like this album, they have a very unique style which is very good. A problem with them in general is they can be a little bit samey but they aren't too bad and very listenable in general with some great riffs.

The stand out tracks are Cherub Rock, Quiet, Today, Hummer (The first 4 tracks). These are really great, quite heavy, good singing and enough variation. Unfortunatley the following 3 tracks (Rocket, Disarm, Soma) are in my opinion a bit poor.

Smashing Pumpkins like to add some slower tracks in, which is fine sometimes, but these just seem a little on the boring side. The last of these tracks 'Soma' does pick up towards the end and has a great solo. Geek U.S.A the next track is a pretty good song too. Has heavy and light parts, in a nice mix. More good riffs here and an excellent solo too.

Mayonnaise is again a little dreary, as is the following Spaceboy and the last two tracks Sweet Sweet and Luna, the only one worth listening to really is Silverf*ck, which is probably one of the heaviest on the album.

Now I say that all of these songs aren't worth listening to, but they aren't too bad when joined as an album. I don;t think the order which the tracks are in is great, as it's one of those which starts really well and really dies a death towards the end. I think which some shuffling and a few more heavy tracks this could be a really really great album.

Maybe get this album, take off 5 or 6 tracks and add them to a Pumpkins mix tape of all of their best stuff which would be really good, as they go from one extreme to the other.

Or maybe it's just me, as a lot of people really like all of their songs. I guess I'm more of a heavy person.

Summary: Definately worth a listen just for a few of the songs alone.