Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness

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Strauss, Neil (January 8, 1997). "Babyface, Celine Dion And Pumpkins Compete For Multiple Grammys". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 3, 2021 . Retrieved January 8, 2008. Powers, Ann (December 1995). "Smashing Pumpkins: Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness". Spin. Vol.11, no.9. p.117. Archived from the original on January 3, 2021 . Retrieved October 10, 2015.

The Smashing Pumpkins are set to reissue their 1995 opus, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness on 3 December as a six disc box set (5CD+DVD) and a four LP vinyl set. This LP Box set contains 4 x 180 gram vinyl records housed in 12 x 12 rigid slipcases with 2 books containing notes, new collage artwork, lyrics and more.

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Smashing Pumpkins Earn Diamond Award and Plan Mellon Collie Releases::Smashing Pumpkins News". antiMusic.com. October 24, 1995 . Retrieved April 25, 2014. After the 13-month tour in support of the Smashing Pumpkins' second album Siamese Dream (1993), Billy Corgan immediately began writing songs for the band's next record. [8] From the outset, the band intended the new record to be a double album, partly inspired by the Beatles' self-titled album. [9] Corgan said, "We almost had enough material to make Siamese Dream a double album. With this new album, I really liked the notion that we would create a wider scope in which to put other kinds of material we were writing." [10] Corgan felt that the band's musical approach was running its course, and wanted the band to approach the album as if it were its last. [11] Corgan described the album at the time to the music press as " The Wall for Generation X", [12] a comparison with Pink Floyd's 1979 album, one of the highest-selling and best-known concept albums of all time. [13]

a b "Smashing Pumpkins Albums from Worst to Best". Stereogum. Archived from the original on January 3, 2021 . Retrieved November 22, 2018. Norwegiancharts.com – The Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness". Hung Medien. Mellon Collie is weird in that it’s a combination of nihilism, sentimentality, and epic hope,” Billy Corgan reflected to Rolling Stone. We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons: Dutchcharts.nl – The Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.Smashing Pumpkins 'Monuments to an Elegy' Projected First Week Sales Disappoint". alternativenation.net . Retrieved December 18, 2014. The 300 best albums of the past 30 years(1985-2014)". Spin. May 11, 2015 . Retrieved March 14, 2021. Cromelin, Richard (October 22, 1995). "The Smashing Pumpkins 'Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness' Virgin". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016 . Retrieved October 10, 2015.

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Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). "1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s". Billboard. p.YE-20 . Retrieved October 15, 2010. French album certifications – The Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie ant The Infinite Sadness" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on September 24, 2012 . Retrieved June 3, 2021. The decision to work with the respected British producer and audio engineer Flood aka Mark Ellis and his longtime collaborator Alan Moulder was a significant one for the Pumpkins. The group had admired Flood's work with artists from U2 to Nine Inch Nails and Depeche Mode. "I loved Butch Vig very much then, and I still do," Corgan explains. "The decision to switch things up was based on the sense that there was some whole other thing that could be gotten to by us, but that a more radical approach was going to be necessary to get to it. We knew we wanted to continue our evolving consciousness, but we were not quite sure how to do it." Technician [Technical Assistance] – Guitar Dave Mannet*, Jeff Moleski, Roger Carpenter, Russ Spice, Gooch* Like the Gish and Siamese Dream reissues, Mellon Collie has reimagined cover art with titles removed. The 4LP vinyl version will come as some relief to fans who missed out the first time around, since the original 3LP release goes for extremely high prizes on the used market. The vinyl release will have the original record spread over eight sides of 180g vinyl for optimum sound.

And of course, there's "1979", the one everybody can agree on. On a record that reveled in 70s prog and pomp without being restricted to it, it sounds futuristic. And while just as youth-obsessed as everything else here, it's one of the few times where high school sounds like something that can be remembered fondly. Corgan loves to stress how it was the last song to make the record, and while its chorus does have an effortless charge embodying the "urgency of now," it's the only Mellon Collie song that functions best as nostalgia. That reading is no doubt abetted by another fantastic video, but while "1979" is an unimpeachable song, the rush to praise it as an outlier does its surroundings a tremendous disservice. While Mellon Collie is the realization of all Billy Corgan's ambitions, most of the criticisms surround the lyrics for not being as personal as those on the tortured Siamese Dream. It's this way by design.Year End Sales Charts – European Top 100 Albums 1996" (PDF). Music & Media. December 21, 1996. p.12. Hits of the World – Spain". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. July 16, 1996. p.67. Archived from the original on January 3, 2021 . Retrieved July 2, 2020.