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The Smashing Pumpkins return from a seven year hiatus with their latest album. Best Buy, Target, and iTunes will each have CDs with different tracks from those available at other retailers.
| LABEL: | Martha's Music/Reprise |
| RELEASE DATE: | 10 July 2007 |
| DISCS: | 1 disc |
| GENRE(S): | Alternative, Rock |
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The average user rating for this album is 7.7 (out of 10) based on 279 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Abe gave it an8:
A Really Good Comeback!
Jonathan M. gave it an8:
As good as this album is (by the way, the mixing is shocking), it might be good album, but remember this is the Smashing Pumpkins, not a dingle dangle dongle lets see how this goes album. The expectations of this album were naturally high.........I guess thats for some. The problem is, yes there is not James or Darcy. Well that is the problem. Of course Billy Corgan writes all the songs and records all the parts!! But he's not that guy from Nine Inch Nails (Trent Reznor) he still needs a band! James Iha contributed alot to the band and its noticable, no matter what the whinging pretentious Billy Corgan might say (and thats coming from a "fan" who understands him) Anyway.......better luck next time, its alright for a listen but after that.
Amâmdio J. gave it a9:
This is a great album, I love smashing pumpkins and this has really great songs. Its god to see that Billy doesn't lost is talent. I recommend it.
Kaitarn D. gave it a3:
Chicago's totally changed when Billy and his companions recorded the triad Gish-Siamese-Mellon Collie. I'm one of the class A fan. But i cannot give this album more than a chance. No more charming lyrics, no surprising change of a chord, nothing but a rock LP without ideas. Solo album was at least admirable for courage. This is crap.
Antonio L. gave it a10:
This album was amazing. It rocked as hard as anything they had ever done and was a great comeback. I love it!
Roy O gave it an8:
It's good, not mellon collie or siamese dream good but still.
Jake gave it a0:
For 7 long years I hoped and waited for a Pumpkins reunion, not a Billy and Jimmy reunion who picked up two hitchhikers. I find it hard to believe that a man who was the driving force behind some of the best records of the 90's (or all time for that matter) has come up with the trainwreck that is Zeitgeist. I waited for what seemed like forever to get this record, only to be beyond disappointed. Every aspect of this record is overdone and watered down. But most disappointing is the songwriting. Billy seemed to have an endless supply of hooks which to pull from record after record. I can pretty much pick one killer lyric from any pre-Zeitgeist Pumpkins song yet hear is an entire album without one. It kills me to write this, it really does because I love The Pumpkins as much as anyone. In my mind they still broke up in 2001 and were never heard from again. For the girl who said they were 'awesome' live, you must have seen a different Smashing Pumpkins. I saw them and they were awful. I wanted a Pumpkin reunion as much as anybody but Billy really should have left the Pumpkins dead and buried.
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