The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness (30th Anniversary Deluxe) (4CD) (2025)

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is the third studio album by the American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins, released on October 23, 1995, in the United Kingdom and on October 24 in the United States by Virgin Records. 

It was produced by the singer and guitarist Billy Corgan, alongside the producers Flood and Alan Moulder. The 28-track album was released as a two-disc CD and a triple LP. 

It features a wide array of musical styles, including art rock, grunge, alternative pop, and heavy metal.

Celebrate the legacy of one of the most defining albums of the 1990s with The Smashing Pumpkins’ 30th Anniversary Deluxe Reissue of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - now beautifully remastered and expanded across four CDs. 

This stunning collector’s edition brings together the complete, remastered double album plus over 80 minutes of previously unreleased live recordings from the band’s legendary 1996 Infinite Sadness Tour. 

Experience Billy Corgan, James Iha, D’arcy Wretzky, and Jimmy Chamberlin at the height of their creative powers - raw, emotional, and electric on stage. 

Each disc is housed in a premium package featuring brand-new liner notes written by Billy Corgan, offering an intimate look back at the creation and evolution of this monumental record. From timeless anthems like “1979,” “Tonight, Tonight,” “Zero,” and “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” to deep cuts and rediscovered live gems, this 4CD set is a must-own for any true Smashing Pumpkins fan.

4CD Deluxe Edition featuring the full remastered album and rare live recordings from 1996

80 minutes of previously unheard performances from the band’s original lineup

New liner notes by Billy Corgan, chronicling the story behind the music

Beautifully designed collectible packaging, perfect for longtime fans and new listeners alike

Rediscover the epic scale, ambition, and emotional power that made Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness a Diamond-certified masterpiece and a defining album of its era. Whether you’re revisiting a classic or discovering it for the first time, this reissue captures The Smashing Pumpkins at their most inspired — a sonic journey that still feels as infinite as ever.

To mark the 30th anniversary of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Billy Corgan partnered with the Lyric Opera of Chicago for a staged, operatic reimagining, titled A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness. 

The production runs for seven performances from November 21 to November 30, 2025, at the Lyric Opera House in Chicago. 

New arrangements and orchestrations were commissioned for the adaptation, with Corgan collaborating with conductor James Lowe. 

The cast includes four operatic soloists — soprano Sydney Mancasola, mezzo-soprano Zoie Reams, tenor Dominick Valdés Chenes, and baritone Edward Parks — alongside Corgan, who performs on select songs.

Disc 1                                              

1.  Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (Remastered 2012) - 2:52

2.  Tonight, Tonight (Remastered 2012) - 4:15

3.  Jellybelly (Remastered 2012) - 3:02

4.  Zero (Remastered 2012) - 2:40

5.  Here Is No Why (Remastered 2012) - 3:45

6.  Bullet With Butterfly Wings (Remastered 2012) - 4:19

7.  To Forgive (Remastered 2012) - 4:17

8.  An Ode To No One (Remastered 2012) - 4:52

9.  Love (Remastered 2012) - 4:23

10.  Cupid De Locke (Remastered 2012) - 2:50

11.  Galapogos (Remastered 2012) - 4:46

12.  Muzzle (Remastered 2012) - 3:44

13.  Porcelina Of The Vast Oceans (Remastered 2012) - 9:22

                                                                     Runtime: 55:07

Disc 2                                              

1.  Take Me Down (Remastered 2012) - 2:52

2.  Where Boys Fear To Tread (Remastered 2012) - 4:23

3.  Bodies (Remastered 2012) - 4:12

4.  Thirty-Three (Remastered 2012) - 4:10

5.  In The Arms Of Sleep (Remastered 2012) - 4:13

6.  1979 (Remastered 2012) - 4:26

7.  Tales Of A Scorched Earth (Remastered 2012) - 3:46

8.  Thru The Eyes Of Ruby (Remastered 2012) - 7:38

9.  Stumbleine (Remastered 2012) - 2:54

10.  X.Y.U. (Remastered 2012) - 7:07

11.  We Only Come Out At Night (Remastered 2012) - 4:05

12.  Beautiful (Remastered 2012) - 4:18

13.  Lily (My One And Only) (Remastered 2012) - 3:32

14.  By Starlight (Remastered 2012) - 4:48

15.  Farewell And Goodnight (Remastered 2012) - 4:22

                                                                   Runtime:  1:06:46

Disc 3                                              

1.  Geek U.S.A. (Live In San Diego, 1/30/96) - 4:55

2.  X.Y.U. (Live In San Diego, 1/30/96) - 7:33

3.  Cupid De Locke (Live In San Diego, 1/30/96) - 3:18

4.  Here Is No Why (Live In Los Angeles, 2/4/96) - 3:36

5.  Bullet With Butterfly Wings (Live In Los Angeles, 2/4/96) - 4:08

6.  Galapogos (Live In Los Angeles, 2/4/96) - 4:36

7.  Bodies (Live In Saginaw, 6/25/96) - 5:20

8.  Where Boys Fear To Tread (Live In Detroit, 6/29/96) - 4:45

             

                                                                   Runtime:    38:11

Disc 4                                              

1.  Zero (Live In Detroit, 6/29/96) - 2:33

2.  Muzzle (Live In Detroit, 6/29/96) - 3:51

3.  Porcelina Of The Vast Oceans/ Beautiful/ Rocket (Live In Cleveland, 7/3/96) - 12:25

4.  Siva (Live In Detroit, 6/30/96) - 5:28

5.  An Ode To No One (Live In Cleveland, 7/3/96) - 4:43

6.  Thru The Eyes Of Ruby/ By Starlight (Live In Philadelphia, 7/5/96) - 12:55

             

                                                                   Runtime:    41:55

Personnel

• Jimmy Chamberlin – drums, vocals on "Farewell and Goodnight"
• Billy Corgan – vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, piano, keyboards, autoharp, production, mixing; string arrangement on "Tonight, Tonight"; art direction and design
• James Iha – rhythm and lead guitar; vocals, mixing, and additional production on "Take Me Down" and "Farewell and Goodnight"
• D'arcy Wretzky – bass guitar, vocals on "Beautiful" and "Farewell and Goodnight"

Additional musicians

• Chicago Symphony Orchestra – orchestra in "Tonight, Tonight"
• Greg Leisz – pedal and lap steel guitar on "Take Me Down"

Technical

• Roger Carpenter – technical assistance
• John Craig – illustration
• Flood – production, mixer
• Andrea Giacobbe – photograph
• Barry Goldberg – additional vocal recording, mixing assistance
• Adam Green – technical assistance
• Dave Kresl – string recording assistance
• Tim "Gooch" Lougee – technical assistance
• Guitar Dave Mannet – technical assistance
• Jeff Moleski – technical assistance
• Alan Moulder – production, mixer
• Frank Olinsky – art direction and design
• Claudine Pontier – recording assistance
• Audrey Riley – string arrangement on "Tonight, Tonight"
• Chris Shepard – recording
• Russ Spice – technical assistance
• Howie Weinberg – mastering
• Bob Ludwig – mastering (2012 remaster)

Notes

Release: 2025

Genre:  Alternative Rock, Grunge

Total Length:  3:21:59

Label:  Virgin

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Smashing Pumpkins - Monuments To An Elegy (2014)

Monuments to an Elegy is the ninth studio album by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, released on December 5, 2014. Band leader Billy Corgan has noted that similar to the band's previous release, Oceania the album is a part of the ongoing project, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope. The album received generally positive reviews from music critics, but sold poorly compared to the band's previous albums, peaking at number 33 in the U.S. and number 59 in the U.K., thus making it their lowest charting album in the both regions since their debut, Gish (1991).
As he set to work on Monuments to an Elegy, the second "album within an album" within the larger Teargarden by Kaleidyscope project, Billy Corgan slowly whittled down Smashing Pumpkins to himself and guitarist Jeff Schroeder. This narrowing of the group the duo is supported by the hired hand of Mötley Crüe's drummer Tommy Lee  ultimately doesn't matter much because ever since the Pumpkins' 2007 comeback, the secret of Corgan's complete control of the group was out in the open. More than either Zeitgeist or Oceania, both of which traded in the surging six-strings of Siamese Dream, Monuments to an Elegy feels like a Corgan solo project and not just because this percolates with analog synthesizers straight out of The Future Embrace. Monuments stitches together all of Corgan's obsessions  thick sheets of guitars, 4AD space rock, delicate acoustica, Commodore 64 synthesizers, a fondness for both noise and beauty but there is an ease to the album that not only feels self-reflective but also rather mature.
Usually, when Corgan covers this much ground it was with the express intent to dazzle, but here his attitude is almost casual as he slides from the volcanic "One and All" to the exquisitely sculpted new wave of "Dorian," stopping for a respite of disco on "Anaise!" The breadth impresses and it resonates stronger because he's funneled all these sounds and textures into a tight nine-song album that lasts barely over a half-hour. For an artist who has fervently believed more is indeed more, this restraint is thoroughly appealing and helps showcase his craft in surprising  and, yes, sometimes dazzling ways.

Track listing

01. "Tiberius"  - 3:02
02. "Being Beige"  - 3:39
03. "Anaise!"  - 3:33
04. "One and All (We Are)"  - 3:44
05. "Run2me"  - 4:08
06. "Drum + Fife"  - 3:54
07. "Monuments"  - 3:30
08. "Dorian"  - 3:45
09. "Anti-Hero"  - 3:20

all songs are written by Billy Corgan.

The Smashing Pumpkins
Billy Corgan - vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards and synthesizers
Jeff Schroeder - guitar

Additional personnel
David Bottrill - mixing
Tommy Lee - drums
Howie Weinberg - mastering
Producer - Billy Corgan, Howard Willing, Jeff Schroeder

Notes
Released date: December 5, 2014
Recorded: March-July 2014
Genre:  Alternative Rock, Gaze
Length:  32:35
© 2014

Label - Martha's Music/BMG

The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (1995)

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is the third album by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, released October 24, 1995 on Virgin Records. Produced by frontman Billy Corgan with Flood and Alan Moulder, the 28-track album was released as a two-disc CD and triple LP. The album features a wide array of styles, as well as greater musical input from bassist D'arcy Wretzky and second guitarist James Iha.
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.

Track listing

Disc one:  Dawn to Dusk 
01.  "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"  - 2:52
02.  "Tonight, Tonight"  - 4:14
03.  "Jellybelly"  - 3:01
04.  "Zero"  - 2:41
05.  "Here Is No Why"  - 3:45
06.  "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"  - 4:18
07.  "To Forgive"  - 4:17
08.  "Fuck You (An Ode to No One)"  - 4:51
09.  "Love"  - 4:21
10.  "Cupid de Locke"  - 2:50
11.  "Galapogos"  - 4:47
12.  "Muzzle"  - 3:44
13.  "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans"  - 9:21
14.  "Take Me Down" (Iha)  - 2:52

Disc two:  Twilight to Starlight  
01.  "Where Boys Fear to Tread"  - 4:22
02.  "Bodies"  - 4:12
03.  "Thirty-Three"  - 4:10
04.  "In the Arms of Sleep"  - 4:12
05.  "1979"  - 4:25
06.  "Tales of a Scorched Earth"  - 3:46
07.  "Thru the Eyes of Ruby"  - 7:38
08.  "Stumbleine"  - 2:54
09.  "X.Y.U."  - 7:07
10.  "We Only Come Out at Night"  - 4:05
11.  "Beautiful"  - 4:18
12.  "Lily (My One and Only)"  - 3:31
13.  "By Starlight"  - 4:48
14.  "Farewell and Goodnight" (Iha)  - 4:22

All songs written by:  Billy Corgan

The Smashing Pumpkins
Jimmy Chamberlin – drums, vocals on "Farewell and Goodnight"
Billy Corgan – lead vocals, lead guitar, piano, mellotron, production, mixing, string arrangement on "Tonight, Tonight", art direction and design
James Iha – rhythm guitar; backing vocals, mixing, and additional production on "Take Me Down" and "Farewell and Goodnight"
D'arcy Wretzky – bass guitar, vocals on "Beautiful" and "Farewell and Goodnight"

Additional musicians
Chicago Symphony Orchestra – orchestra in "Tonight, Tonight"
Greg Leisz – pedal and lap steel guitar on "Take Me Down"

Technical staff
Roger Carpenter – technical assistance
John Craig – illustration
Flood – production, mixer
Andrea Giacobbe – photograph
Barry Goldberg – additional vocal recording, mixing assistance
Adam Green – technical assistance
Dave Kresl – string recording assistance
Tim "Gooch" Lougee – technical assistance
Guitar Dave Mannet – technical assistance
Jeff Moleski – technical assistance
Alan Moulder – production, mixer
Frank Olinsky – art direction and design
Claudine Pontier – recording assistance
Audrey Riley – string arrangement on "Tonight, Tonight"
Chris Shepard – recording
Russ Spice – technical assistance
Howie Weinberg – mastering
Produced - Alan Moulder, Billy Corgan, Flood

Notes
Release date:  October 24, 1995
Recorded at:  Pumpkinland, Sadlands, Bugg Studios, Chicago Recording Company; The Village Recorder
Genre:  Alternative Rock
Length:  121:39
© 1995

Label - Virgin Records

The Smashing Pumpkins - Machina/The Machines Of God (2000)

"Machina/The Machines Of God" is the fifth album by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. A concept album, it marked the return of drummer Jimmy Chamberlin and was intended to be the band's final official LP release prior to their first breakup in 2000. A sequel album—Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music—was later released independently via the Internet. As with its immediate predecessor Adore, Machina represented a drastic image and sound change for the band that failed to reconnect The Smashing Pumpkins with chart-topping success. However, after the relatively brief Adore tour, the new lineup featuring Chamberlin and former Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur mounted longer international tours that returned the live incarnation of the band to guitar-driven hard rock territory. Any record called MACHINA/The Machines of God couldn't be a pure rock album. The title suggests this is a concept album, which are at least a little progressive. As it happens, MACHINA is a lot progressive. Though it's damn near impossible to figure out the story line, the album plays like a concept album, with each track floating into the next, winding up with an album artier than Adore. That's not a liability, since the Smashing Pumpkins were always arty, yet Billy Corgan was very clever in camouflaging his artiness. "The Everlasting Gaze" rocks more overtly than anything on Adore, and the storybook-styled artwork deliberately evokes memories of Mellon Collie. Enthusiasts will find moments to admire throughout MACHINA, but ultimately, they might be disappointed with a record that crosses Mellon Collie with Adore without relying on the strengths of either. MACHINA appears to be ornately straightforward, yet as it progresses, it becomes increasingly insular. By the time it gets to "Heavy Metal Machine," designed as the record's crushing centerpiece, its weaknesses become apparent. "Heavy Metal Machine" should be a brutal, bruising experience, yet it's toothless, processed within an inch of its life. It becomes clear that the chief strength of the album is production. Not once does MACHINA ever feel like the work of a band; it feels as if it was painstakingly assembled by Corgan and Flood. The Smashing Pumpkins have always been Corgan's band, but they've never sounded like a solo vehicle the way that they do here.

Track List:

01. The Everlasting Gaze (corgan) – 4:00
02. Raindrops + Sunshowers (corgan) – 4:39
03. Stand Inside Your Love (corgan) – 4:14
04. I of the Mourning (corgan) – 4:37
05. The Sacred and Profane (corgan) – 4:22
06. Try, Try, Try (corgan) – 5:09
07. Heavy Metal Machine (corgan) – 5:52
08. This Time (corgan) – 4:43
09. The Imploding Voice (corgan) – 4:24
10. Glass and the Ghost Children (corgan) – 9:56
11. Wound (corgan) - 3:58
12. The Crying Tree of Mercury (corgan) – 3:43
13. With Every Light (corgan) – 3:56
14. Blue Skies Bring Tears (corgan) – 5:45
15. Age of Innocence (corgan) – 3:55
16. Speed Kills (corgan) (Bonus Track) - 4:38

Released: February 29, 2000 (2000-02-29)
Recorded: November 1998–October 1999 at Sadlands, Pumpkinland, Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, Illinois
Genre: Alternative rock
Length: 1:17:37
Label: Virgin Records
Produced-by: Billy Corgan and Flood
Mixing: Alan Moulder

Personnel:
Jimmy Chamberlin – drums
Billy Corgan – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, piano, production, art direction, mixing
James Iha – guitar
D'Arcy Wretzky – bass guitar
Mike Garson – piano on "Glass and the Ghost Children"