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Adore Super Deluxe
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If you are a fan of Smashing Pumpkins, you have got to get your hands on the Adore Super Deluxe Edition, which came out two weeks ago on Universal Music Enterprises. This 107-track release (yes, you've read that right, over 100 tracks!) over six CDs and one DVD package, is clearly aimed at fans for the upcoming holiday.
Adore was the follow-up to the Smashing Pumpkin's successful double album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, and more than 15 years later, we revisit the re-mastered album with a pair of fresh ears.
In addition to the original album, we are also treated to a mono version, a demo disc called "In a State of Passage", an outtake disc called "Chalices, Palaces, and Deep Pools", another outtake disc called "Malice, Callous, and Fools" and a sixth disc featuring live tracks recorded at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium and Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium. Also, as a bonus, is a DVD featuring the Pumpkins' entire show at Fox Theater in Atlanta, Georgia from August 4, 1998.
Listening to the album, it reminded me of a time when artists, like the Smashing Pumpkins put a lot of time in trying to create their vision for the album. The record's theme of disassociation and alienation comes off in its subdued sound... which is a clear departure from the band's previously "rock" sound.
Adore came at a point where singer Billy Corgan noted that the band fell apart, and although beloved by fans, the record did not achieve the commercial success like their previously Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Still, based on hearing the various demos and outtakes, a lot of thought, care and tweaking were put into the final Adore product. I've listened to a lot of (bad) demos and rare audio recording and these Smashing Pumpkins demo recordings sounded like they were studio-grade and not lifted off a poor cassette recorder.
Love or hate Smashing Pumpkins, you still have got to appreciate the work that Universal Music Enterprises put into this Adore Super Deluxe Edition release. I only wish that other labels put in the care and love in reissuing some back catalogs.
Adore was the follow-up to the Smashing Pumpkin's successful double album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, and more than 15 years later, we revisit the re-mastered album with a pair of fresh ears.
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Adore Super Deluxe
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Listening to the album, it reminded me of a time when artists, like the Smashing Pumpkins put a lot of time in trying to create their vision for the album. The record's theme of disassociation and alienation comes off in its subdued sound... which is a clear departure from the band's previously "rock" sound.
Adore came at a point where singer Billy Corgan noted that the band fell apart, and although beloved by fans, the record did not achieve the commercial success like their previously Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Still, based on hearing the various demos and outtakes, a lot of thought, care and tweaking were put into the final Adore product. I've listened to a lot of (bad) demos and rare audio recording and these Smashing Pumpkins demo recordings sounded like they were studio-grade and not lifted off a poor cassette recorder.
Love or hate Smashing Pumpkins, you still have got to appreciate the work that Universal Music Enterprises put into this Adore Super Deluxe Edition release. I only wish that other labels put in the care and love in reissuing some back catalogs.
