ie8 fix
TheFutureEmbrace - Billy Corgan
TheFutureEmbrace Image
  • Summary: The Smashing Pumpkins/Zwan leader's solo debut includes a cover of the Bee Gees' "To Love Somebody." Jimmy Chamberlin and Robert Smith guest.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 24
  2. Negative: 3 out of 24
  1. Some of the most engaging music of his career. [Aug 2005, p.172]
  2. Corgan is slowly swamped by the style he's adopted.
  3. The tragedy here is not that this is a mid-nineties retread, though, as much as Corgan's songwriting is Machina level unmemorable.

See all 24 Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 44 out of 59
  2. Negative: 10 out of 59
  1. squall
    10
    oo. this album is one of the best albums ive ever listned to. but this wasnt my first opinion. to be honest, ive always been a huge pumpkins fan, since gish. i heard he had a solo album but i never got around to getting up and looking for it. well one day my sister called me up and said that she just bought 2 tickets to see billy in hollywood. we went, on the way she played me the future embrace cd. i was like. hmm. billy sounds awesome, but im not sure if this is all that great. we got there, and when billy walked out on stage it was incredible. you can tell he knew what he was doing. this is the same man whjo created to awesome band, the smashing pumpkins. when he started playing and i saw that all that "synth" and "electronica" was actually comming out of his guitr and not 10 sets of keyboards, i was flabbergasted. this is the real deal! this is amazing, this is BRAND NEW! this has never been done before, this is absolutly incredible music. those disrespecting the machina album have no idea what he was doing in that album. machina and future embrace are my favorite cds o this day. people said machina was all "synth" blah blah blah, this is new, individual style music with a new rock and roll sound. with a meaning! does anyone relize what machina was about? does anyone realize there was a concept to the entire album? well there was and its incredible. im not going to ruin it for you but ill give u a clue. glass is billy. we are the ghost children. the machines of god were a band. june is a woman. billy is not stupid, he knows what hes doing. something that was never done before, something thats not fake and done over and over again. this is the future embrace. it wil grow on you like a really awesome tumour- that wont kill you. Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. BooneH
    5
    This CD was bland... I'm going to go listen to 1979 and think about time... and stuff...
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. Allan
    3
    Minus A100, DIA and to Love Somebody, pointless dribble. Wow, what a mess, Bill.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

See all 59 User Reviews

Recommended Products

    • Release Date: Jan 28, 2003
    Mary Star of the Sea Image
  1. MACHINA/the machines of God - Smashing Pumpkins

    • Release Date: Feb 29, 2000
    MACHINA/the machines of God Image
  2. Zeitgeist - Smashing Pumpkins

    • Release Date: Jul 10, 2007
    Zeitgeist Image
  1. Siamese Dream [Deluxe Edition] - Smashing Pumpkins
    Metascore: 96
  2. The SMiLE Sessions - The Beach Boys
    Metascore: 96
  3. Metascore: 95
  4. Metascore: 93
  5. Some Girls [Deluxe Edition] - The Rolling Stones
    Metascore: 93
  6. Metascore: 92
  7. Unto the Locust - Machine Head
    Metascore: 91
  8. Metascore: 90
  9. Rio [Live] - Keith Jarrett
    Metascore: 90
  10. Bitch Magnet - Bitch Magnet
    Metascore: 90
  11. Metascore: 90
  12. Metascore: 89
  13. Metascore: 89
  14. Bad as Me - Tom Waits
    Metascore: 88
  15. The Singles - Goldfrapp
    Metascore: 88
  16. Undun - The Roots
    Metascore: 88
  17. The Wonder Years - 9th Wonder
    Metascore: 87