The Aeroplane Flies High

by The Smashing Pumpkins

The Aeroplane Flies High cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 26 November 1996
  • Label: Virgin
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 2:15:54
  • Community rating: 3.82/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Darcy, Adam Schlesinger, Chris Martin, James Iha, Kerry Brown, Alan Moulder, Eric Remschneider, Flood

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This massive five-disc box set compiles all the B-sides and expanded EP tracks released across the monumental singles from 'Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness'. The collection astonishingly contains over thirty original compositions not found on the double album, ranging from heavy, sludge-metal jams to delicate, synth-driven pop covers. It stands as a profound testament to Billy Corgan's manic, unparalleled prolificacy during the band's commercial zenith.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, melodic, compilation, b-sides, experimental

Tracklist

  1. Bullet With Butterfly Wings (4:16)
  2. ...Said Sadly (3:09)
  3. You're All I've Got Tonight (3:10)
  4. Clones (We're All) (2:43)
  5. A Night Like This (3:36)
  6. Destination Unknown (4:14)
  7. Dreaming (5:11)
  8. 1979 (4:28)
  9. Ugly (2:52)
  10. The Boy (3:04)
  11. Cherry (4:02)
  12. Believe (3:15)
  13. Set The Ray To Jerry (4:10)
  14. Zero (2:39)
  15. God (3:09)
  16. Mouths Of Babes (3:46)
  17. Tribute To Johnny (2:34)
  18. Marquis In Spades (3:17)
  19. Pennies (2:28)
  20. Pastichio Medley (23:00)
  21. Tonight, Tonight (4:15)
  22. Meladori Magpie (2:41)
  23. Rotten Apples (3:02)
  24. Jupiter's Lament (2:30)
  25. Medellia Of The Gray Skies (3:11)
  26. Blank (2:54)
  27. Tonite Reprise (2:40)
  28. Thirty-Three (4:10)
  29. The Last Song (3:55)
  30. The Aeroplane Flies High (Turns Left, Looks Right) (8:31)
  31. Transformer (3:25)
  32. The Bells (2:17)
  33. My Blue Heaven (3:20)

Credits

  • The Smashing Pumpkins - primary artist
  • John Craig - illustration [bullet with butterfly wings]
  • SSUR - painting [thirty-three]
  • Keith Brown - piano [special guest piano]
  • Nina Gordon - vocals [special guest vocalist]
  • Ric Ocasek - written-by
  • David Carron - written-by
  • Robert Smith - written-by

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