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After  Pearl Jam and  Nirvana, now it’s the Smashing Pumpkins turn.  On November 29 in North America and on December 5 internationally, EMI Music  honored the legacy of THE SMASHING PUMPKINS by reissuing the iconic alternative band’s first two albums–GISH (1991) and SIAMESE DREAM (1993).

So that Billy Corgan, the chief songwriter and frontman for the Chicagoan ,  ’90s, alternative-rock star, has  digged  through the archives and assembling era outtakes and extra tracks while Bob Ludwig remastered the original tapes of these landmark albums .

Maybe  Nirvana’s Nevermind has overshadowed an  beautiful album like Gish  from a band that sounded unlike anything else at this time, and Siamese Dream has its own distinct impact., .Billy Corgan sounds better here than any other Pumpkins album–on later albums he sounded whiny; here he sounds obscure yet not overly shrill.

Although Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness was more ambitious and diverse, these are  arguably the best albums in the Smashing Pumpkins catalog. In 1993, the Smashing Pumpkins were probably one of the most original bands of the alternative scene.

If you never planed to own an Smashing Pumpkins album, these must  have.

 

The Smashing Pumpkins

GISH (DELUXE EDITION)

EMI, 2011

Disc 1:

1. I Am One

2. Siva

3. Rhinoceros

4. Bury Me

5. Crush

6. Suffer

7. Snail

8. Tristessa

9. Window Paine

10. Daydream

Disc 2:

1. Starla (2011 mix)

2. Siva (Peel session)

3. Honeyspider (Reel Time demos / 2011 mix)

4. Hippy Trippy (Crush Music Box demo)

5. Snail (live radio performance)

6. Plume (2011 mix)

7. Bury Me (Reel Time demos / 2011 mix)

8. Daydream (Old House demo)

9. Tristessa (Sub Pop single / 2011 mix)

10. Girl Named Sandoz (Peel session)

11. Jesus Is The Sun (Apartment demo)

12. Blue (Gish sessions demo)

13. Smiley (Gish sessions demo)

14. I Am One (Reel Time demos / 2011 mix)

15. Seam (Suffer / Apartment demo)

16. La Dolly Vita (2011 mix)

17. Pulseczar (Gish sessions demo)

18. Drown (alternate guitar solo)

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The Smashing Pumpkins

SIAMESE DREAM (DELUXE EDITION)

EMI, 2011

Disc 1:

1. Cherub Rock

2. Quiet

3. Today

4. Hummer

5. Rocket

6. Disarm

7. Soma

8. Geek U.S.A

9. Mayonaise

10. Spaceboy

11. Silverfuck

12. Sweet Sweet

13. Luna

Disc 2:

1. Pissant (siamese sessions rough mix)

2. Siamese Dream (broadway rehearsals demo)

3. STP (rehearsal demo)

4. Frail and Bedazzled (soundworks demo)

5. Luna (apartment demo)

6. Quiet (bbc session/bc mix)

7. Moleasskiss (soundworks demo)

8. Hello Kitty Kat (soundworks demo)

9. Today (broadway rehearsal demo)

10. Never Let Me Down Again (bbc session)

11. Apathy’s Last Kiss (siamese sessions rough mix)

12. Ache (silverfuck rehearsal demo)

13. U.S.A. (soundworks demo)

14. U.S.S.R. (soundworks demo)

15. Spaceboy (acoustic mix)

16. Rocket (rehearsal demo)

17. Disarm (acoustic mix)

18. Soma (instrumental mix)

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GISH 2CD + DVD DELUXE EDITION

Groundbreaking, Iconic Debut Album
Remastered & Reissued for the First Time

INCLUDES:
• Original Album Remastered With Reimagined Cover Art
• 15 Previously Unreleased or Alternative Versions of Gish Era Songs
• Previously Unreleased, Full Length DVD From The Metro 1990
• 6 Postcards Featuring Never-Before-Seen Band Photos
• 24-page Booklet Featuring Complete Lyrics, Liner Notes by David Wild, and Track-by-Track Annotations by Billy Corgan

 

GISH VINYL

Groundbreaking, Iconic Debut Album
Remastered & Reissued for the First Time
Includes “I Am One,” “Rhinoceros,” and “Siva”
180-gram, double gatefold vinyl

 

GISH CD

Groundbreaking, Iconic Debut Album
Remastered & Reissued for the First Time
Includes “I Am One,” “Rhinoceros,” and “Siva”

 

GISH DIGITAL

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Standard Edition

 

Deluxe 2CD Edition