- Record Label: BMG Rights Management
- Release Date: Dec 9, 2014
User Score
Generally favorable reviews- based on 77 Ratings
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Positive: 56 out of 77
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Mixed: 16 out of 77
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Negative: 5 out of 77
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Jan 9, 2015
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Dec 14, 2014
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Dec 28, 2014Well Smashing Pumpkins still have their signature style intact. An intricate mix of almost techno and almost rock, Monuments to an Elegy certainly entertains its listener but doesn't do anything particularly new with the songs and fails to subvert expectations of what you were going to hear unlike in previous albums. Drum + Fife and Anti-Hero stand out as the strongest.
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Dec 27, 2014The Pumpkins do little to surprise, neither negatively nor positively, as the album “satisfies” for lack of a better word. A highlight of the album comes in the form of the single “Being Beige” teasing chord progressions and builds similar to that of Corgan’s former band, Zwan, indulging the bubble-gum hymns and larger than life dynamics.
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Jun 8, 2018Billy can do better than this. It's cool that some of the songs rock and have decent melodies, but the production is inconsistent, and there is some clutter on here
"Dorian" is my favorite track, "Run2Me" is my least favorite track
Awards & Rankings
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Kerrang!Jan 14, 2015There's no fat. Here in abundance is evidence of Billy's enduring genius. [13 Dec 2014, p.52]
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Classic Rock MagazineJan 9, 2015It's not just the most svelte, direct and immediate Pumpkins album ever, it's the most misleadingly titled. [Feb 2015, p.94]
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Jan 7, 2015Regardless of the pretentious set-up, this is another fine record.