Audio CD review:
The Smashing Pumpkins - Smashing Pumpkins - Greatest Hits [Limited Edition]

The Smashing Pumpkins - Smashing Pumpkins - Greatest Hits [Limited Edition]

Band: The Smashing Pumpkins Title: Smashing Pumpkins - Greatest Hits [Limited Edition] Rating: Release Date: 20 November, 2001 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Siva 2: Rhinocerous 3: Drown 4: Cherub Rock 5: Today 6: Disarm 7: Landslide 8: Bullet With Butterfly Wings 9: 1979 10: Zero 11: Tonight, Tonight 12: Eye 13: Ava Adore 14: Perfect 15: The Everlasting Gaze 16: Stand Inside Your Love 17: Real Love 18: Bonus Track 1 19: Lucky 13 20: Aeroplane Flies High 21: Because You Are 22: Slow Dawn 23: Believe 24: My Mistake 25: Marquis In Spades 26: Here's To The Atom Bomb 27: Sparrow 28: Waiting 29: Saturnine 30: Rock On 31: Set The Ray To Jerry 32: Winterlong 33: Soot And Stars 34: Blissed And Gone

Editoral Review For those who miss the band's more artfully aggressive sound, though, a second included CD, subtitled Judas O, delivers what Apples lacks because it adds yet another dimension to the Pumpkins' sound. Taken alone, the Smashing Pumpkins' greatest-hits album, Rotten Apples, is really for the fans that appreciate both the band's early albums and their foray into over the top, radio-friendly alt rock. Judas O, a collection of B- sides and outtakes, is the follow-up to 1994's B-sides album, Pisces Iscariot. Although the songs on this latest set of unreleased material came from the recording sessions for Adore, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, and Machina/The Machines of God, the tracks show a depth lacking in these more commercially accessible releases. From the art metal of "Marquis in Spades" to "Sparrow"'s acoustic melodies to the velvety dream pop of "Set the Ray" and "Winterlong," Judas sheds new light on this multifaceted band. Of course, Judas also has its share of duds (such as the industrial, heavy "Saturnine" and the uncomfortably whiny cover of "Rock On"). Overall, though, combine Rotten Apples with Judas Oand you have a pretty broad survey of the Pumpkins' music with something for fans at all points along their sonic evolution. --Jennifer Maerz .. You can see a complete list of all The Smashing Pumpkins discography, or go back to the The Smashing Pumpkins tabs