The Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (1995) {Remastered 2CD Deluxe Edition 2012} [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

The Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (1995) {Remastered 2CD}
5 discs | FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 352:29 minutes | 7,28 GB | Genre: Alternative Rock
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Digitally remastered and expanded deluxe edition of this 1995 album from the Alt-Rock band led by Billy Corgan. The Deluxe Box Set’s 5 CDs include 64 bonus tracks of previously unreleased material or alternate versions of Mellon Collie era songs. The bonus content and special features were curated from the band’s archives by Corgan, and have been painstakingly remastered for the first time from the original master tapes by Bob Ludwig.

Originally released October 24, 1995, MELLON COLLIE AND THE INFINITE SADNESS would debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart and was certified 9x platinum by the RIAA. It yielded major hits like “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” the band’s unlikely first Top 40 hit the exquisite “1979” and epic “Tonight, Tonight” as well as a thoroughly inspired series of videos. Produced by BILLY CORGAN, Flood and Alan Moulder, the album would also earn a Grammy Award (1996 Best Hard Rock Performance for “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”) as well as seven nominations. Beyond the more obvious hits, though, MELLON COLLIE is a song cycle of unusual depth and considerable range. It is a collection of stunningly beautiful moments when everything lined up-a moment in time that’s still here to be treasured.

The Smashing Pumpkins didn’t shy away from making the follow-up to the grand, intricate Siamese Dream. With Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, the band turns in one of the most ambitious and indulgent albums in rock history. Lasting over two hours and featuring 28 songs, the album is certainly a challenging listen. To Billy Corgan’s credit, it’s a rewarding and compelling one as well. Although the artistic scope of the album is immense, The Smashing Pumpkins flourish in such an overblown setting. Corgan’s songwriting has never been limited by conventional notions of what a rock band can do, even if it is clear that he draws inspiration from scores of ’70s heavy metal and art rock bands. Instead of copying the sounds of his favorite records, he expands on their ideas, making the gentle piano of the title track and the sighing “1979” sit comfortably against the volcanic rush of “Jellybelly” and “Zero.” In between those two extremes lies an array of musical styles, drawing from rock, pop, folk, and classical. Some of the songs don’t work as well as others, but Mellon Collie never seems to drag. Occasionally they fall flat on their face, but over the entire album, The Smashing Pumpkins prove that they are one of the more creative and consistent bands of the ’90s.

Tracklist:

CD 1 – Dawn to Dusk:
CD1 #01 – Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
CD1 #02 – Tonight, Tonight
CD1 #03 – Jellybelly
CD1 #04 – Zero
CD1 #05 – Here Is No Why
CD1 #06 – Bullet With Butterfly Wings
CD1 #07 – To Forgive
CD1 #08 – Fuck You (An Ode To No One)
CD1 #09 – Love
CD1 #10 – Cupid De Locke
CD1 #11 – Galapogos
CD1 #12 – Muzzle
CD1 #13 – Porcelina Of The Vast Oceans
CD1 #14 – Take Me Down

CD 2 – Twilight to Starlight:
CD2 #01 – Where Boys Fear To Tread
CD2 #02 – Bodies
CD2 #03 – Thirty-Three
CD2 #04 – In The Arms Of Sleep
CD2 #05 – 1979
CD2 #06 – Tales Of A Scorched Earth
CD2 #07 – Thru The Eyes Of Ruby
CD2 #08 – Stumbleine
CD2 #09 – X.Y.U.
CD2 #10 – We Only Come Out At Night
CD2 #11 – Beautiful
CD2 #12 – Lily (My One And Only)
CD2 #13 – By Starlight
CD2 #14 – Farewell And Goodnight

CD 3 – Morning Tea:
CD3 #01 – Tonight, Tonight (Strings Alone Mix)
CD3 #02 – Methusela (Sadlands Demo)
CD3 #03 – X.Y.U. (Take 11)
CD3 #04 – Zero (Synth Mix)
CD3 #05 – Feelium (Sadlands Demo)
CD3 #06 – Autumn Nocturne (Sadlands Demo)
CD3 #07 – Beautiful (Loop Version)
CD3 #08 – Ugly (Sadlands Demo)
CD3 #09 – Ascending Guitars (Sadlands Demo)
CD3 #10 – By Starlight (Flood Rough)
CD3 #11 – Medellia Of The Gray Skies (Take 1)
CD3 #12 – Lover (Arrangement 1 Demo)
CD3 #13 – Thru The Eyes Of Ruby (Take 7)
CD3 #14 – In The Arms Of Sleep (Early Live Demo)
CD3 #15 – Lily (My One And Only) (Sadlands Demo)
CD3 #16 – 1979 (Sadlands Demo)
CD3 #17 – Glamey Glamey (Sadlands Demo)
CD3 #18 – Meladori Magpie
CD3 #19 – Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (Home Piano Version)
CD3 #20 – Galapagos (Instrumental/Sadlands Demo)
CD3 #21 – To Forgive (Sadlands Demo)

CD 4 – High Tea:
CD4 #01 – Bullet With Butterfly Wings (Sadlands Demo)
CD4 #02 – Set The Ray To Jerry (Vocal Rough)
CD4 #03 – Thirty-Three (Sadlands Demo)
CD4 #04 – Cupid De Locke (BT 2012 Mix)
CD4 #05 – Porcelina Of The Vast Oceans (Live Studio Rough)
CD4 #06 – Jellybelly (Instrumental/Pit Mix 3)
CD4 #07 – The Aeroplane Flies High (Turns Left, Looks Right)
CD4 #08 – Jupiter’s Lament (Barbershop version)
CD4 #09 – Bagpipes Drone (Sadlands Demo)
CD4 #10 – Tonight, Tonight (Band Version Only, No Strings)
CD4 #11 – Knuckles (Studio Outtake)
CD4 #12 – Pennies
CD4 #13 – Here Is No Why (Pumpkinland Demo)
CD4 #14 – Blast (Fuzz Version)
CD4 #15 – Towers of Rabble (Live)
CD4 #16 – Rotten Apples
CD4 #17 – Fun Time (Sadlands Demo)
CD4 #18 – Thru The Eyes Of Ruby (Acoustic Version)
CD4 #19 – Chinoise (Sadlands Demo)
CD4 #20 – Speed

CD 5 – Special Tea:
CD5 #01 – Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (Nighttime Version 1)
CD5 #02 – Galapagos (Sadlands Demo)
CD5 #03 – Cherry (BT 2012 Mix)
CD5 #04 – Love (Flood Rough)
CD5 #05 – New Waver (Sadlands Demo)
CD5 #06 – Fuck You (An Ode To No One) (Production Master Rough)
CD5 #07 – Isolation (BT 2012 Mix)
CD5 #08 – Transformer (Early Mix)
CD5 #09 – Dizzle (Sadlands Demo)
CD5 #10 – Goodnight (Basic Vocal Rough)
CD5 #11 – Eye (Soundworks Demo)
CD5 #12 – Blank (Sadlands Demo)
CD5 #13 – Beautiful (Instrumental-Middle 8)
CD5 #14 – My Blue Heaven (BT 2012 Mix)
CD5 #15 – One And Two
CD5 #16 – Zoom (7 ips)
CD5 #17 – Pastichio Medley (Reversed Extras)
CD5 #18 – Marquis In Spades (BT 2012 Mix)
CD5 #19 – Tales Of A Scorched Earth (Guitar Overdub Mix)
CD5 #20 – Tonite Reprise (Version 1)
CD5 #21 – Wishing You Were Real (Home Demo)
CD5 #22 – Thru The Eyes Of Ruby (Pit Mix 3)
CD5 #23 – Phang (Sadlands Demo)

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