TheFutureEmbrace
by Billy Corgan
User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 88 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 68 out of 88
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 88
  3. Negative: 12 out of 88

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  1. BooneH
    Jul 23, 2005
    5
    This CD was bland... I'm going to go listen to 1979 and think about time... and stuff...
  2. simong
    Jun 20, 2005
    5
    a lot like a bunch of pumpkin b sides.
  3. emesem
    Jun 22, 2005
    6
    Not as good as Zwan. It sounds like Adore II, which would be ok but the songs just arent as strong. The first 3 tracks are excellent but then the rest sort of fizzles out.
  4. oweeh
    Jun 23, 2005
    4
    I tried my best to like this cd ,but I just cant. If this is Billys new direction I think I need to hop off the wagon.
  5. JeffO
    Jun 29, 2005
    4
    On Billy's own web site he writes that he wants his music back, his band back, himself back... etc. In SO MANY WAYS SO DO I ! ! ! What's up Billy? ROCKET, TONIGHT, BULLET WITH BUTTERFLY WINGS, the long hair, the upkempt raggedy look... I want it ALL back. Your soul is lost and your path into this strange world of 80's electronica is not it. I used to like it when you would On Billy's own web site he writes that he wants his music back, his band back, himself back... etc. In SO MANY WAYS SO DO I ! ! ! What's up Billy? ROCKET, TONIGHT, BULLET WITH BUTTERFLY WINGS, the long hair, the upkempt raggedy look... I want it ALL back. Your soul is lost and your path into this strange world of 80's electronica is not it. I used to like it when you would change your voice from a raging rocker to a soft soothing tone, (or as much as you could) I LISTENED... I cant listen to this dreck. I tried and I can only hope that the REAL Billy will come back.… Expand
  6. Matt
    Aug 15, 2005
    4
    Rather than moving forward, he's re-hashing old ideas.

Awards & Rankings

60
#60 Most Discussed Album of 2005

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Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 24
  3. Negative: 3 out of 24
  1. Rolling Stone
    50
    Future mostly sounds like a bunch of so-so Smashing Pumpkins songs, stripped of everything except Corgan's adenoidal vocals, and then set to a chorus of synths and electronic drumbeats.
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  2. Q Magazine
    60
    There's nothing as heroic as Smashing Pumpkins' Tonight Tonight, but Now (And Then) is a surprisingly successful attempt at emotion. [Jul 2005, p.113]
  3. Mojo
    70
    Corgan allows a surprisingly vulnerable side to appear. [Jul 2005, p.96]
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