Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0093624997788 Label: Martha's Music / Reprise Manufacturer: Martha's Music / Reprise Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Martha's Music / Reprise Release Date: July 10, 2007 Sales Rank: 4777 Studio: Martha's Music / Reprise
Album Description: The Smashing Pumpkins are back! After seven years, the acclaimed Pumpkins have returned with Zeitgeist. Featuring the single 'Tarantula,' this new sound is not to be missed.
Amazon.com: Inside the buzzing hive of Smashing Pumpkins' guitars is clearly where bandleader Billy Corgan feels most comfortable. So, after a seven-year hiatus for the short-lived group Zwan and his surprisingly sunny 2005 solo album, Corgan has revived the Pumpkins in all the six-string-spattered shades of emotional gray that made them one of the greatest bands of the alt-rock era. Longtime drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, along with famed boardsmiths Roy Thomas Baker and Terry Date as well as Corgan himself coproduced. Chamberlin also supports mountainous layers of guitar with his fiercest playing. This is a version of the band dedicated to early bare-knuckled form, with a few exceptions: Corgan's grown into a more powerful wordsmith and his lengthy guitar solo explorations of yore are replaced with a trim, barbed textural approach that's ultimately more vicious. That is, until the centerpiece 'United States' stretches into an epic punk-metal-informed sibling of Jimi Hendrix's 'Machine Gun,' with Corgan's strings singing like explosions and twisting metal as he warbles about revolution. Much of this album conjures literal and sonic visions of apocalypse, but there's grace, too, in the blithe grind of the hopeful 'That's the Way (My Love Is)' and the melodic 'Neverlost.' Overall, Corgan's captivating effort to mine both the spirit of these turbulent times and the soul of his defining band is a smashing success. --Ted Drozdowski
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Rating: - God I hate these whiner 'Pumpkins Fans'
The only calamity here is the dumba$$ so-called fans of the Smashing Pumpkins who can't seem to 'grow up' like the band has. I'm sorry 'Today' was so special to you that time has to stand still for ya. But 'Today' was 15 years ago and things have moved on. The fan kiddy tantrums are tedious. Grow up.
And I love the dude who admits the first five tracks are 'killer', then proceeds to give Zeitgeist 2 stars (as if it some Jessica Simpson record) and trashes it because, among other gripes, D'arcy and Iha are absent. D'arcy was a mediocre bassist with lousy rhythm and Iha didn't play ANY of the guitar parts on their records. He was in actuality just a touring guitarist.
It was always Corgan and his muse Chamberlain. That was the Pumpkins.
I remember well the fallout the band had with these 'fans' because Billy put out Adore in '98. It was a great sounding record, period. But because ... Read More
Rating: - good
An excellent assortment of great tracks. The album is maybe a little short for my taste, but there are definitely some timeless songs on there.
Rating: - A huge disappointment.
Having waited for this album for so long, I find it completely necessary to give it a thorough review, no more, no less. I'm not going to meander for set amount of long winded paragraphs or give it just two cents and leave it be. I remember looking at the website that was billycorgan.com for so long, when it was just a shriveled remnant of what was left of the artistic endeavors of our said celebrity himself. And then I remember reading the add in the newspaper straight from Billy Corgan, about reforming the band. This excited me on many levels. Possibly my favorite band reuniting, with the hopes of a new album and tour? Wonderful. I joked to myself, that I would be sitting by my computer monitor for years, as the seasons reeled outside my window. What is most unfortunate is that this actually happened. I figured it would be worth it in the end, to finally hear this album. What severely disappointed me was the absence of ... Read More
Rating: - Not mellon collie but still good
I would rank this their 3rd best behind Mellon Collie and Siamese Dream. Is it a close 3rd? Probably not. However, those albums are classics so to expect Zeitgeist to match up is just pointless.
What I like about this is its back to basics approach. This is a refreshing change from Adore (boring) and Machina (some good songs but overall bloated). It was nice to Corgan & Co. just go out and rock.
Some negative points: The last 2 songs were throw aways. Also, a few of the songs (ex. 7 shades of grey) sound like 1st drafts.
Overall, a rocking album that sounds like the Pumpkins are back on track.
PS To those who say this is not the real pumpkins, I would offer this: If you base the real band solely on having all of the original members, then most, if not all bands would not be the real bands. Example, Metallica and Tool. Besides, Corgan wrote most if not all of the music and Chamberlain wrote ... Read More
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