15 years ago today an album was released that changed my life. The Smashing Pumpkins became my favorite band and ultimately pushed me to learn guitar. I listened to them non-stop. This (sadly) is a different story today being that they/Billy Corgan cannot come close to matching what they produced before. Here's a few songs from the album.
Today - This single blew everthing out of the water when it was released with its use of dynamics not really heard at the time. The non-performance video (a rarity at the time) only helped soar the songs popularity.
Disarm - Butch Vig produced the Pumpkins' first album 'Gish' in 1991. After that, he went on to produce Nirvana's earth-shattering album 'Nevermind'. He then went on to work with many other grunge artist before re-uniting with the Pumpkins on 'Siamese Dream." It's noted that when he first heard this track, he knew it'd be another hit for the band.
Soma - This is one of my favorite Pumpkins songs fo all time. Corgan says the song "is based on the idea that a love relationship is almost the same as opium: it slowly puts you to sleep, it soothes you, and gives you the illusion of sureness and security." It was not released as a single and is one of the few songs off the album with shared writing credits (Billy Corgan & James Iha). Billy Corgan is a perfectionist in the studio and this song only displays that having over 40 guitars overdubbed throughout the track. On a side note, Rolling Stone rated the guitar solo as the 24th best of all time.
I think it's time to listen to it again.
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