Siamese Dream [Parental Advisory]

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Label:	Virgin Records (USA)
Quantity Available:	23

• This edition of SIAMESE DREAM contains the original 20-page booklet.
  
• Smashing Pumpkins: Billy Corgan (vocals, guitar, Mellotron); D'Arcy (vocals, bass); James Iha (guitar); Jimmy Chamberlin (drums).
  
• Additional personnel: David Ragsdale (violin); Eric Remschneider (cello); Mike Mills (piano).
  
• Engineers: Mark Richardson, Jeff Tomei, Butch Vig.
  
• Recorded at Triclops Sound Studios, Atlanta, Georgia.
  
• When SIAMESE DREAM was initially released in the summer of 1993 it was hailed as alternative rock's first great post-NEVERMIND hope. And while it has gone on to become an overwhelming commercial success, it has also helped further re-draw the artistic borders of "alternative" music.
  
• By combining neo-psychedelic AOR guitars (band-members proudly claim Boston as an influence) with Pumpkin auteur Billy Corgan's "outsider" lyrical stance, SIAMESE DREAM creates a rebel image; but one with a wandering eye towards mainstream acceptance as well. Consequently, Smashing Pumpkins are equally successful relating to young lollapaloozers and to classic rock radio.
  
• The album's immediate attraction is plain to see. Corgan and co-producer Butch Vig have sculpted a sonic wall of guitars--in some cases, using up to 32 separate guitar tracks on a single song--that is electrifying in its sheer scope and power. Along with Jimmy Chamberlain's powerhouse drumming, guitarists Corgan and James Iha's thick sound endows SIAMESE DREAM with a fresh feel that holds up even on repeated listens--and how many other "top ten" albums can you say that about?
  

Rolling Stone (9/16/93, p.67) - 3.5 Stars - Very Good - "...rarely a bum note in this tidy wash of styles....SIAMESE DREAM is a strong, multidimensional extension of GISH that confirms that Smashing Pumpkins are neither sellouts nor one-offs..."

Spin (9/99, p.131) - Ranked #23 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s."

Spin (8/93, p.82) - Highly Recommended - "...SIAMESE DREAM takes up and expands nicely where 1991's impressive GISH left off; it's got all the feisty, fuzzy passion of that record and even more inventiveness. Smashing Pumpkins have an enormous bag of tricks..."

Entertainment Weekly (8/6/93, p.54) - "...If anyone will be burdened with the dreaded mantle of `next Nirvana,' it'll be this Chicago band....the great lost link between alternative, pop and metal....may have stumbled upon a whole new stance: slackers with a vision..." Rating: B

Q (12/99, p.76) - Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s."

Q (1/94, p.87) - Included on Q's list of `The 50 Best Albums Of 1993.'

Q (8/93, p.96) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...SIAMESE DREAM is something of a white-knuckle, rollercoaster ride, leavened by moments of sometimes quite staggering beauty....Smashing Pumpkins are so exciting, it's patently obvious that they're a (if not the) Next Big Thing..."

Melody Maker (1/1/94, p.77) - Ranked #32 in Melody Maker's list of the `Albums Of The Year' for 1993 - "...there's no denying the Pumpkins injected a peculiarly fluid, febrile grace into their brand of neo-psychedelic rock..."

Musician (9/93, p.74) - "...the 13 tracks ring out as a triumph of dynamics and atmosphere, and serve as gold settings for the fragile charm of [Billy] Corgan's emotive vocals..."

Village Voice (3/1/94) - Ranked #11 in the Village Voice's 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.

Kerrang (Magazine) (p.51) - "[With] guitar solos from heaven, wall upon wall of lushly textured sound, and grand, epic vision."

NME (Magazine) (12/25/93, p.66) - Ranked #6 in NME's list of `The Top 50 LPs of 1993' - "...The rediscovery of the guitar as motorbike and also one of the year's most emotionally punishing efforts..."

Producer:	Butch Vig; Billy Corgan
Format:	CD (1 Disc); Stereo
Country:	USA
Quantity Available:	23
UPC:	077778826729
Studio/Live:	Studio
Release Date:	27 July 1993