Siamese Dream Tracklist
On July 27, 1993, the Smashing Pumpkins dropped a quadruple Platinum bomb on the industry. The band suddenly took over the airwaves, selling over six million copies. The album is widely regarded by many critics as one of the greatest albums of all time. Rolling Stone currently includes it in their list of the greatest albums ever recorded.
Entertainment Weekly’s review noted the parallels of Siamese Dream and Nirvana’s Nevermind:
Like Nevermind, Siamese Dream represents the great lost link between alternative, pop, and metal…the music drifts from a dreamy, acoustic-guitar folkiness to a full-bore electric bludgeoning, and the shift is so effortless and artful you barely notice it. The album is crammed with that sort of subtle attention to detail — wistful love songs with spooky, unearthly string sections, touches of dreamy psychedelia that don’t sound at all dated, and songs like ”Cherub Rock” that have the collar-grabbing power of (last Nirvana reference, we promise) ”Smells Like Teen Spirit.” In aiming for more than just another alternative guitar record, Smashing Pumpkins may have stumbled upon a whole new stance: slackers with a vision.
Along with Nevermind, this album solidified alternative rock as a true art form and brought the rebellious nature back to Rock and Roll.
