Mary Star of the Sea
- Zwan
- Band Name: Zwan
- Record Label: Warner Brothers / Reprise
- Release Date: Jan 28, 2003
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AaronLFeb 10, 20038This is Corgan at his most relaxed, concise, and melodic since Siamese Dream. The melodies and lyrics stick to you - which, in this case, is a good thing. What a pleasant relief after all the grandioso music he and the Pumpkins were bogging themselves down with. An excellent start for his new band.
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ChrisROct 6, 20074Mmm, Pumpkins lite. Though I'd rather eat it with all the pulp and seeds of the original group(s).
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JDFeb 8, 20033corgan on prozac. nuff said.
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BrianBFeb 8, 200310Absolute classic album. Every song is beautifully crafted with some of the best guitar sounds i have ever heard.
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NickC.Sep 20, 20037Fairly underwhelming music from Zwan's one and only album. There are several great melodies and it's all very catchy, compared to Siamese Dream or Melon Collie, doesn't compare. (Better than Machina though...)
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stephensJun 7, 20099Amazing. Took off 1 for some (crap)songs.Brilliant album sad that they disbanded so soon.
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[Anonymous]Feb 14, 20035I hate to say this as a major Pumpkins fan, but Zwan sucks, and the production on this CD is terrible...you can't even hear Pajo or Sweeney.
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AllenGFeb 23, 20039While some songs are not immediately stand outs many of them come to grab you at the 4-5th listen. Still songs like Lyric, Settle Down, Endless Summer, Yeah! and of course Honestly show the bands true colors. Hook heavy tunes interwoven with guitar and melodic interludes abound, Zwan could be the band you are looking for...
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BillyOFeb 8, 200310An excellent album! One of the best I have heard in years. Popmatters and Pitchfork are stupid, do not listen to them.
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VitorZ.Feb 9, 20039
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nickwMar 31, 200310this album is one of the best i've got it's so mellow and calm billy corgans' a legand
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JorisSep 18, 20069Happy Pumpkins would be the best description for this good and solid album within its style. Takes catchiness to a higher level, however can't meet up to any of his Pumpkins' albums.. Standout songs are Endless Summer, Declarations of Faith (with those very Pumpkinesque feedback guitars), Ride A Black Swan and Yeah!
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HeCtiCBJan 16, 200710Splendid album, the variety from HeartSong to Honestly display a Pumpkinesque ability to shower us with unbridled melodies layered with lyrics that have that feel-good quality we need.
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NickSJul 5, 20078This is a very underappreciated album, especially amongst Smashing Pumpkins fans. In my opinion this album is superior to Zeitgeist and both Machina's. It's Billy Corgan's only truly happy-sounding album. It makes me sad that this band is gone since they had so much unreleased material that is actually even better than what's on the album. Still, Mary Star is solid.
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NickTMar 13, 20089I prefer this to anything to Pumpkins did. A shame they came and went so quickly.
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TomHOct 26, 20030This album is almost comical. The fact that such a mediocre compilation of throwaway pop music has been so well received is baffling. Only one good song in the whole mess, which drags on for entirely too long.
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ScottKFeb 19, 200310Billy Corgan was awesome with The Smashing Pumpkins, and now with Zwan he is still pumpin out awesome songs!
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KatieHFeb 22, 200310
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TØ_øLOfTheDØÓM!!!!!111Mar 22, 20039Best CD this year. though most cds this year have been rap.... or sucked.... But this cd rocks. Best songs- Jesus I Lyric Honestly
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AliCJul 14, 20058At last, Billy Corgan returns from the creative desert that was the Smashing Pumpkins after Siamese Dream. This really is a great record, with barely a duff song, that gets right under your skin. But whilst it's consistently good, hitting the spot time and again, it's hardly revolutionary. Siamese Dream threatened to change the world, this just wants to entertain it.
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AdrianAOct 26, 20079This album never gets old!!! buy it if you can...trust me!
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JoeMay 24, 20095Hmm.. not as good as I would have thought. Many of the songs are boring and sound lazy, but some tracks are really great.
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80The results sound as if Corgan plundered a few moves from Dave Grohl, since the songs keep one boot in heavy metal but mostly get straight to the point while piling on the hooks and harmonies. [Mar 2003, p.95]
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90Zwan is Billy Corgan's triumph, an unrepentant glam-rock/prog-pop bacchanalia, an album of stadium happy singles and up-with-people wonder anthems.
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[Corgan's] joyful spirit surges throughout Mary Star of the Sea, even during its many intricate instrumental sections, and it's hard not to get swept up in the momentum, especially since it's married to his best set of songs since Siamese Dream.