Pumpkins 'Zeitgeist' to have 4 different track listings...

GivenToFlyFreak

That's right, the marketing genius that is Billy Corgan is providing exclusive bonus tracks to certain retailers... take a look:

Standard:
1 Doomsday Clock
2 7 Shades of Black
3 Bleeding the Orchid
4 That’s The Way (My Love Is)
5 Tarantula
6 Starz
7 United States
8 Neverlost
9 Bring The Light
10 (Come On) Let’s Go!
11 For God And Country
12 Pomp And Circumstances

Best Buy:
1 Doomsday Clock
2 7 Shades Of Black
3 Bleeding The Orchid
4 That’s The Way (My Love Is)
5 Tarantula
6 Starz
7 United States
8 Neverlost
9 ***Death From Above (Bonus Track)***
10 Bring The Light
11 (Come On) Let’s Go!
12 For God And Country
13 Pomp And Circumstances

Target:
1 Doomsday Clock
2 7 Shades Of Black
3 Bleeding The Orchid
4 That’s The Way (My Love Is)
5 Tarantula
6 Starz
7 United States
8 Neverlost
9 Bring The Light
10 (Come On) Let’s Go!
11 For God And Country
12 Pomp And Circumstances
13 ***Zeitgeist (Bonus Track)***

iTunes:
1 Doomsday Clock
2 7 Shades Of Black
3 Bleeding The Orchid
4 That's The Way (My Love Is)
5 Tarantula
6 Starz
7 United States
8 Neverlost
9 Bring The Light
10 For God And Country
11 ***Stellar (Bonus Track)***
13 Pomp And Circumstances

Standard:
1 Doomsday Clock
2 7 Shades of Black
3 Bleeding the Orchid
4 That’s The Way (My Love Is)
5 Tarantula
6 Starz
7 United States
8 Neverlost
9 Bring The Light
10 (Come On) Let’s Go!
11 For God And Country
12 Pomp And Circumstances

And if that wasn't enough, Amazon.com has a version with a DVD of some sort and Best Buy's also comes with a 76 page book!

*Also, just so you know the track exclusive to Best Buy, 'Death From Above', will be on the Tarantula single which hits stores on July 2nd

DaytimeDilemma

I hate that shit.

BrinkofForever

Nice way to punk your hardcore fans into buying four copies of your album. Why not just put all the extra tracks on one album?

intodeep

This is becoming the thing to do.

Queens of the stone age did this a little with their new album. I will buy one of the albums and i will acquire the others online.

That is what i did with queens and i don't have a guilty concious for doing it.

LostDawgPound

This isn't the artists fault... Record companies do this shit...

I am pissed off about this too... I wrote something on SmashingPumpkins.com about this. I think it's completly lame... Being a collector and a huge SP fan, I am sure I will buy all of them. I just wish they could just release a bonus disc or something with it, instead of spliting it up over several versions...

I'm sure there will be a torrent with all the bonus material around the time of release...

rhinomagic

How is this different than, say, Pearl Jam including extra tracks on international releases? I don't see the big fuss. Instead of the European, North American, Japanese and/or Australian releases of a record, we now have four American releases from Smashing Pumpkins with varying content.

In this day and age, who would REALLY buy four copies of an album in order to get three extra tracks? They'll download 'em way before they'll shell out $50.00 more for them. Or four friends will buy four distinct copies and share the bonuses.

Not a big deal, other than creating a little buzz in the press and music-lover's communities.

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donraven

rhinomagic wrote:

How is this different than, say, Pearl Jam including extra tracks on international releases? I don't see the big fuss. Instead of the European, North American, Japanese and/or Australian releases of a record, we now have four American releases from Smashing Pumpkins with varying content.

In this day and age, who would REALLY buy four copies of an album in order to get three extra tracks? They'll download 'em way before they'll shell out $50.00 more for them. Or four friends will buy four distinct copies and share the bonuses.

Not a big deal, other than creating a little buzz in the press and music-lover's communities.

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International record companies, particularly in Japan include bonus tracks to entice buyers in those markets to purchase the albums in their own country rather than import it cheaper from the States. They aren't really meant as a means to screw the North American fans.

bobasfeet

Where the hell is Gossamer?

manonkouch

bobasfeet wrote:

Where the hell is Gossamer?

That what I'm thinking. It also looks like that there are going to be different colors depending on where you buy it. I've seen red, purple, blue and green.

hailhail82

Like it or not, this is the latest promotion trend for major record companies. There are other records and artists doing the same.

prytocorduroy

manonkouch wrote:

That what I'm thinking. It also looks like that there are going to be different colors depending on where you buy it. I've seen red, purple, blue and green.

I think there's yellow too. I like red best though.

darthvedder88

I Fucking Love You Billy!!!

sasoj

i dont know if pitchforkmedia is so dumb to think that we will buy 4 diffrent albums or what???
i will buy 1, the other songs will be just downloads ...
and yes a big fuck you to pitchforkmedia

facepollution

I'll bet all the extra songs will turn up as b-sides for forthcoming singles anyway. It's no real hardship for me to download the extra songs anyway

prytocorduroy

facepollution wrote:

I'll bet all the extra songs will turn up as b-sides for forthcoming singles anyway. It's no real hardship for me to download the extra songs anyway

Exactly.

Alex_Coe

rhinomagic wrote:

They'll download 'em way before they'll shell out $50.00 more for them. Or four friends will buy four distinct copies and share the bonuses.

That won't work at all...

DeLukin

So you have to buy it at Target just to hear the title track???

Scum-ballery at it's finest.

stpmattb

Gossamer makes me want to jump off a cliff after hearing it live two nights in a row.

darthvedder88

DeLukin wrote:

So you have to buy it at Target just to hear the title track???

Scum-ballery at it's finest.

I wouldn't mind seeing good music sell again. When bands like Nickelback are selling 6 million albums in America there's something wrong...Not that sales mean anything but still. When was the last time a really really great band was huge?

superdeluxe

facepollution wrote:

I'll bet all the extra songs will turn up as b-sides for forthcoming singles anyway. It's no real hardship for me to download the extra songs anyway

One of them is a b-side of tarantula.

Alex_Coe

superdeluxe wrote:

One of them is a b-side of tarantula.

I envy your username.