Is Mellon Collie a good album?
Mellon Collie deserves its success. It’s one of the most varied, far-reaching rock records of the last 30 years, moving from gentle lullabies to heavy metal epics via electronic pop and razor-edged alt rock.
How many songs are on Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness?
28
Released 20 years ago (Oct. 24, 1995), the double LP is damn near infinite, what with its 28-track, 1:21:39 runtime, but the funny thing is, it’s not that melancholy.
Who did the artwork for Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness?
John Craig
She’s the work of John Craig, an illustrator and collage artist who spent more than 40 years in commercial illustration and most of those years were spent freelancing in magazine illustration for the likes of Time, Newsweek and Esquire.
How many songs does Mellon Collie have?
28 songs
Rolling Stone gave the album three out of five stars. Reviewer Jim DeRogatis praised the album as “one of the rare epic rock releases whose bulk is justified in the grooves”. DeRogatis noted that “the 28 songs on Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness aren’t linked by a libretto.
When was Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness released?
October 24, 1995
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When was the Mellon Collie tour?
09/01/1996: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Tour @ Kemper Arena | Concert Archives.
Is the Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie re-imagined?
As with all of the Smashing Pumpkins reissues, Mellon Collie is giving: the Deluxe boxed set justifies its sticker shock by containing “re-imagined cover art, velvet-lined disc holder and decoupage kit for creating your own scenes from the Mellon Collie Universe,” which is everything you’d imagine and thensome.
How many songs are on Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness?
Smashing Pumpkins went all in on their third release, the super-sized, 28-track Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and remarkably this worked both critically and commercially. With five hit singles, this two-disc CD / triple LP features a wide variety of styles and musical sub-genres as well as balanced input from all group members.
What was the Smashing Pumpkins follow up to Siamese Dream?
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.
Why did Smashing Pumpkins make a double album?
It’s true, a double album reeks of 70s-style excess that tries to edify its creators. It was meant as Smashing Pumpkins’ monument to itself. But in the case of Mellon Collie, it was the only format that could contain the songwriting streak Corgan was going through at the time. Anything shorter would’ve done his fans a disservice.