The Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream [2 LP, 180g Black Vinyl]

Description

‘Siamese Dream’ is the second studio album by the American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, released on July 27, 1993, by Virgin Records. The album was produced by Butch Vig and frontman Billy Corgan. Despite its recording sessions being fraught with difficulties and tensions, ‘Siamese Dream’ debuted at number ten on the Billboard 200, and was eventually certified 4 Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album sold over six million copies worldwide, catapulting The Smashing Pumpkins to mainstream success and cementing them as a significant group in alternative music.

Four singles were released in support of ‘Siamese Dream’: ‘Cherub Rock’, ‘Today’, ‘Disarm’, and ‘Rocket’, and a fifth single, ‘Mayonaise’, was released in 2023. The album received widespread acclaim from critics and audiences alike, with its diverse musical influences and lyrical material considered unique compared to other releases during the alternative rock and grunge movements of its time. The album has since been considered “one of the finest alternative rock albums”, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest albums of the 1990s and of all time.

* The Spotify track list may not exactly represent the tracks and audio of this LP edition.

Track List:

Side A:

1. Cherub Rock
2. Quiet
3. Today
4. Hummer

Side B:

1. Rocket
2. Disarm
3. Soma

Side C:

1. Geek U.S.A.
2. Mayonaise
3. Spaceboy

Side D:

1. Silverf**k
2. Sweet Sweet
3. Luna