ATUM

by The Smashing Pumpkins

ATUM cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 5 May 2023
  • Label: Martha's Music
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 2:18:25
  • Community rating: 2.16/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Andrew Dunn, Monisa Angell, Somerlie DePasquale, Jimmy Chamberlin, Steve Patrick, Kristin Wilkinson, Jeff Schroeder, James Iha, Rachel Miller, David Angell, Emily Bowland, Billy Corgan, Erik Gratton, David Davidson, Austin Hoke, Alicia Enstrom, Kim Fleming

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Billed directly as a conceptual sequel to both 'Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness' and 'Machina', this sprawling, 33-track rock opera leans heavily into grandly synthesized pop rock. The incredibly ambitious, futuristic narrative embraces uplifting AOR choruses and a distinctly playful, science-fiction atmosphere. The album largely trades the band's foundational alternative rock angst for heavily polished, ethereal synthpop textures.

Genres

Descriptors: fantasy, conceptual

Tracklist

  1. ATUM (3:32)
  2. Butterfly Suite (3:28)
  3. The Good in Goodbye (4:40)
  4. Embracer (3:39)
  5. With Ado I Do (2:52)
  6. Hooligan (3:05)
  7. Steps in Time (3:49)
  8. Where Rain Must Fall (4:15)
  9. Beyond the Vale (3:42)
  10. Hooray! (3:43)
  11. The Gold Mask (3:36)
  12. Avalanche (5:42)
  13. Empires (3:10)
  14. Neophyte (4:16)
  15. Moss (2:59)
  16. Night Waves (2:53)
  17. Space Age (3:12)
  18. Every Morning (6:10)
  19. To the Grays (3:12)
  20. Beguiled (3:58)
  21. The Culling (4:30)
  22. Springtimes (4:01)
  23. Sojourner (7:41)
  24. That Which Animates the Spirit (3:55)
  25. The Canary Trainer (3:57)
  26. Pacer (5:24)
  27. In Lieu of Failure (3:26)
  28. Cenotaph (3:04)
  29. Harmageddon (4:20)
  30. Fireflies (3:26)
  31. Intergalactic (8:58)
  32. Spellbinding (4:06)
  33. Of Wings (5:28)

Credits

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