Thursday, September 11, 2008

Favorite Album 1995: Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness


Can't say much because I'm tired, but this is just a great album in general. I'll let the sales speak for it: it's 9.8x platinum. That's 9.8x 1,000,000 records (note: since it was a double disc, that makes about 4.9 million packages actually sold). Other than financially, this loose concept record really gave everything else from the year a run for their money (in actuality, not very much else was released, but that's irrelevant). The record signaled a change in production for the band (for the better)-- each member found writing so much easier and more fluid, and it's evident in the quality of this record. Clocking in at 121:50, this powerhouse alt-rock record still stands as one of the pillars of 90's rock music.

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