MACHINA / The Machines of God

by The Smashing Pumpkins

MACHINA / The Machines of God cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 29 February 2000
  • Label: Virgin
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:13:13
  • Community rating: 3.12/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Billy Corgan, Melissa Auf der Maur, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Intended as a grand conceptual farewell, 'MACHINA / The Machines of God' is a dense, heavily layered alternative rock epic. The album blends industrial rock synths and shoegaze fuzz with Billy Corgan's passionate, bittersweet, and deeply melancholic songwriting.

Genres

Descriptors: conceptual, noisy

Tracklist

  1. The Everlasting Gaze (4:00)
  2. Raindrops + Sunshowers (4:39)
  3. Stand Inside Your Love (4:14)
  4. I Of The Mourning (4:37)
  5. The Sacred And Profane (4:22)
  6. Try, Try, Try (5:09)
  7. Heavy Metal Machine (5:52)
  8. This Time (4:43)
  9. The Imploding Voice (4:24)
  10. Glass And The Ghost Children (9:56)
  11. Wound (3:58)
  12. The Crying Tree Of Mercury (3:43)
  13. With Every Light (3:56)
  14. Blue Skies Bring Tears (5:45)
  15. Age Of Innocence (3:55)

Credits

  • Billy Corgan - Member
  • James Iha - Member
  • Melissa Auf der Maur - Member
  • Billy Corgan - Member, art direction, mixed by, performer [the smashing pumpkins], producer, written-by [all songs]
  • James Iha - Member, performer [the smashing pumpkins]
  • Jimmy Chamberlin - Member, performer [the smashing pumpkins]
  • D'arcy Wretzky - Member
  • Gregory Sylvester - art direction
  • Thomas Wolfe - art direction
  • VSA Partners Inc - art direction
  • Yelena Yemchuk - art direction
  • Bjorn Thorsrud - edited by [digital editing], compiled by [compilation], programmed by [additional programming], mixed by, recorded by
  • Melissa Matuzak - management [assistance in making this album possible]
  • Susie Forzano - management [assistance in making this album possible]
  • Howie Weinberg - mastered by
  • Alan Moulder - mixed by
  • Flood - mixed by, producer
  • Howard Willing - mixed by, recorded by
  • Andrew Nichols - mixed by [assisted by]
  • Bill Douglass - mixed by [assisted by]
  • Erin Piepergerbes - mixed by [assisted by]
  • Jef Moll - mixed by [assisted by]
  • Mike Zainer - mixed by [assisted by]
  • The Smashing Pumpkins - noises [all noize made by]
  • Vasily Kafanov - painting [paintings & etchings]
  • D'Arcy - performer [the smashing pumpkins]
  • Scott Schimpff - technician [technical assistance]
  • Tim Lougee - technician [technical assistance]
  • Tommy Lipnick - technician [technical assistance]

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