Before Zeitgeist...let's rank the Pumpkins albums!!

darthvedder88

Let's look at our current opinions of Corgan's work with the Smashing Pumpkins from their first album up until their breakup in 2000. I'll start off with my ranking...

1. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
2. Siamese Dream
3. The Aeroplane Flies High (Boxed Set)
4. Gish
5. Pisces Iscariot
6. Machina II/The Friends and Enemies of Modern Music
7. Machina/The Machines of God
8. Adore

My Prediction is that Zeitgeist will fall somewhere in the top 3....

sasoj

Well:

1.MellonCollie - 9
2.Siamese dream -9
3.Machina II (all 25 songs) -8
4.Adore -7
5.Gish -7
6.Pisces Iscariot -6
7.Aeroplaine flies high -6
8.Machina I -4

zeitgeist will probably hit the number three spot

The Vacant

Siamese Dream - A classic. The singles are great and held up to being way overplayed. The album cuts are great. The production is just right for their sound. The album doesn't suffer from the too much feel of the longer, later albums.

Machina II - Cash Car Star, Home, Dross, Glass' Theme, electric Speed Kills, ect. should have been on Machina instead of a lot of the fluff that was officially released. The production is better on Machina II as well. Billy was really looking to screw Virgin in the end.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - Some of the singles bore me, some are great. Lots of killer album cuts though. Porcelina, An Ode To No One, Where Boys Fear To Tread, and Thru The Eyes of Ruby make this album for me.

Gish - A solid debut. Siva and I Am One are badass.

Pisces Iscariot - Starla and La Dolly Vita are two of my favorite Pumpkins tunes. Throw in some other top notch b-sides and outtakes and you have a winning package. If they had only added Drown to this as well.

Adore - The Pumpkins without a drummer. Not too fond of drum machines and processed drums. Despite these drawbacks, the writing is very solid, and the songs really come into their own on stage.

The Aeroplane Flies High - If this were just a collection of b-sides and outtakes it would rank higher. EP's featuring all the big MCaIS singles seems indulgent. Unlike Pisces, some of these outtakes should have been left in the vault as well. The title track is pretty wicked though. Transformer has always been a favorite as well.

Machina - Crappy production, and a lot of crappy songs. Glass & Shost Children and Stand Inside Your Love are quality. I of The Mourning is listenable. The rest I could do without.

Pearl Jam and toast

Siamese Dream - 10

MCIS - 9

Pisces Iscariot - 8

Machina II - 9 (better rating then Pisces but I think I like Pisces a bit more so it's higher)

Adore - 8

Machina - 8

Gish - 7

reeferchief

No love for the Mashed Potatoes comp?

MCAIS
Siamies Dream
Adore
Mashed Potatoes
Machina
Machina 2
Gish
Aeroplane Flies High

Dont own Piescies, I'm gonna have to pick that one up.

prytocorduroy

Siamese Dream (1)
Mellon Collie (3)
Adore (5)
Gish (6)
MACHINA II (8)
MACHINA (9)


Pisces Iscariot (2)
Aeroplane Flies High (4)
Rarities and B-Sides (7)
Judas 0 (10)



This is how I view them seperated by studio and rarities/box-set blah, blah....
The numbers are how they'd be ranked on one list.

intodeep

siamese dream
mellon collie
gish
pisces iscariot
adore
machina

those are the ones i own and how i rank them

toddiet123

Gish is the best. The guitar sound Corgan gets on that record..ohhh man.

reeferchief

Since I just got a pm for it here is where you can download the Mashed Potatoes 5 disc set along with a host of other Pumpkins goodies.:)

http://rspaa.niluje.net/data/Miscellaneous/Mashed%20Potatoes/

keyser_soze

1. Siamese Dream
2. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
3. Adore
4. Pisces Iscariot
5. Gish
6. The Aeroplane Flies High
7. Machina
8. Machina 2

Klumpie

1. Siamese Dream
2. Gish
3. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
4. The Aeroplane Flies High
5. Adore
6. Machina 2
7. Pisces Iscariot
8. Machina

Pearl Jam and toast

reeferchief wrote:

Since I just got a pm for it here is where you can download the Mashed Potatoes 5 disc set along with a host of other Pumpkins goodies.:)

http://rspaa.niluje.net/data/Miscellaneous/Mashed%20Potatoes/

It really is quite fantastic if you guys don't have it. Rhinocerous's mellow live cut and several others are highlights for me.

darthvedder88

After hearing Tarantula and Doomsday Clock I know it will be one of the best!!!

Ali baba

darthvedder88 wrote:

After hearing Tarantula and Doomsday Clock I know it will be one of the best!!!

tarantula and doomsday clock are one of the best songs they have EVER done

OutOfBreath

Oh, I'll butt in as well.

My ranking would probably be something like this:

1. Mellon Collie - This double album has everything. For two solid cds, there are lmost no filler and loads of quality stuff. A candidate for all time great albums this one for me. 10

2. Siamese Dream - Also a killer album, with the singles everyone knows, but also tracks like Soma and Silverfuck. Classic stuff. 9

3. Adore - A little curveball there. I actually like that stripped down electronica sound, that was truly perfected by Thom Yorke last year imo. 8

4. Pisces - Some fun tracks here. Good for being a b-side collection. 6

5. Gish - A decent debut. Sets the tone for their sound and things to come. But few tracks stand out, and many songs are just a tad too sluggish for my tastes. (And I own most Kyuss albums as well) 5

6. Machina - Apart from one or two exceptions, utterly forgettable. 3

Peace
Dan

PaulJam

Siamese Dream is a dream. Classic album, the only truly great album they did and I don't see how anyone could even mention gish or mellon collie in the same breath.

Siamese Dream stands alone. It's possibly one of the best albums of the 90's.

LostDog1079

1. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
2. Aeroplane box set
3. Siamese Dream
4. Pisces Iscariot
5. Gish
6. Machina I
7. Machina II
8. Adore

MellowMind

havent been a pumpkins fan for too long so i cant put albums in order or anything but i dunno i think after hearing Tarantula from Zeitgeist, i dont know if it will be too good...didnt like the song at all (comparing it to other pumpkins songs)

Schoki

1. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
2. Adore
3. Siamese Dream
4. Machina/The Machines of God
5. Gish
6. Pisces Iscariot
7. Machina II/The Friends and Enemies of Modern Music
8. The Aeroplane Flies High (Boxed Set)