Siamese Dream
by The Smashing Pumpkins
- Type: Album
- Released: July 19, 1993
- Label: Virgin
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:02:07
- Community rating: 4.31/5 from 79 ratings
Artists on this release: Darcy, James Iha, Mike Mills, Jimmy Chamberlin
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Released in 1993, 'Siamese Dream' established The Smashing Pumpkins as a major commercial force, departing from the era's raw grunge aesthetic with its ambitious and ornate production. Co-produced by frontman Billy Corgan and Butch Vig, the album is defined by its dense wall of sound, created by layering dozens of guitar tracks to fuse elements of psychedelic rock, shoegaze, and heavy metal. This sonically vast backdrop supports Corgan's deeply personal lyrics, which explore themes of depression, romantic anguish, and self-doubt, cementing the record as a landmark of 1990s alternative rock.
Genres
Descriptors: dreamy, wall-of-sound, distorted, fuzz-drenched, guitar-heavy
Tracklist
- Cherub Rock (4:58)
- Quiet (3:42)
- Today (3:21)
- Hummer (6:56)
- Rocket (4:06)
- Disarm (3:16)
- Soma (6:38)
- Geek U.S.A. (5:13)
- Mayonaise (5:48)
- Spaceboy (4:27)
- Silverfuck (8:42)
- Sweet Sweet (1:38)
- Luna (3:22)
Credits
- The Smashing Pumpkins - primary artist
- Billy Corgan - arranged by [string arrangements], guitar, mellotron, vocals, producer, written-by
- Butch Vig - arranged by [string arrangements], producer
- David Ragsdale - arranged by [string arrangements], violin
- Eric Remschneider - arranged by [string arrangements], cello
- Len Peltier - art direction
- D'Arcy - bass, vocals
- Steve Gerdes - design
- Jimmy Chamberlin - drums
- Jeff Tomei - engineer
- Mark Richardson - engineer
- James Iha - guitar, written-by
- Howie Weinberg - mastered by
- Alan Moulder - mixed by
- Melodie McDaniel - photography by
- Mike Mills - piano