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59 out of 100

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7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 294 Ratings

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  • Summary: 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.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 29
  3. Negative: 4 out of 29
  1. Uncut
    80
    Zeitgeist comes on with a vicious energy, a jugular-grabbing intensity.
  2. Dot Music
    60
    Zeitgeist may not boast any platinum-plated singles of the kind that typified their peak, but it's mercifully far less flatulent than latter-day Pumpkins.
  3. Stylus Magazine
    33
    It's all just too "over-" - overcooked, overheated, whatever you want to call it.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 162 out of 209
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 209
  3. Negative: 27 out of 209
  1. AntonioL.
    10
    This album was amazing. It rocked as hard as anything they had ever done and was a great comeback. I love it!
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  2. spacecadet
    5
    good enough album... doesnt reach the levels of smashing pumpkins... not even the same ball park... it sounds like a better zwan album... where is all the shoegazing? the loads of guitars? the sweet innocent lyrics? the whispering lulluby voice? or for that matter - the screeching voice (rat tat tat.... kaaaabooom!) this is not the smashing pumpkins... it's a good band.. but not as good as the smashing pumpkins. after all that is said... i like it.. it's nice.. but ill take any other smashing album any time… Expand
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  3. CalR
    3
    It's just never comes together. The music sounds great, thunderous and roaring which is everything The Smashing Pumpkins comeback album should have been, but overproduction, juvenile lyrics and poor vocals cannot tie this together in the way it should. The second half of the album is easily the worst music the band has ever put out, with only 'Bleeding The Orchid' and '7 Shades of Black' retaining any of the latter Pumpkins talent. The rest sounds like another band trying to cover 'Gish' outtakes.… Expand
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