Cyr
by The Smashing Pumpkins

From Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/25/2020 06:24 | #263171

Dear Billy

When you read this and I know you will I just want to say thanks for the memories with ‘Gish’ , ‘Siamese Dream’ and ‘Mellon Collie’ near and dear to my heart as some of my all time favourite recordings , hell I even gave ‘Adore’ a go and even went so far as to see you on the Adore Tour when it rolled into Melbourne ( that was me in row 48 seat D ). But let’s be honest it’s been a long time since you released anything decent both as a solo artist or under the Smashing Pumpkins moniker ( which is the same thing you aren’t fooling nobody) with each release becoming more bombastic and soulless and quite frankly ‘Cyr’ is simply more of the same only worse as its a double album of bombastic soulless tripe. Yes I gave ‘Cry’ a go - I listened to the entire 20 songs twice all 72 minutes of the entire thing .. twice

So dear friend it is here we must part ways for good as you join the ranks of artists I once loved now permanently divorced (Weezer , Green Day)

Its not me its you

Kind regards

Brad

PS: Forgot to mention ‘Pisces Iscariot’ I really dig that album it reminds me of the time (1994) when even your B Sides and Demos were great (Edited)

From ExTeaSea TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/28/2020 03:06 | #261530

I dunno this is the best they've sounded since Machina even though it's more like the lovely and dark underrated Adore. Zeitgeist was fine but generic, Oceania was a vast improvement, Monuments was pretty cool and Shiny was quite nice but Cyr has more heart and creativity. There's just something about it that finally gets me excited about the Pumpkins again. This is kind of an epic sequel to Adore.

This album is just way too long and really doesn't have the substance or track quality to warrant it being 72 minutes. More than half the tracks are filler or some even bad. The choruses aren't catchy and sound hollow and empty in most of the cuts and like the artist is out of ideas. The instrumentation just feels soulless and repetitive and just a bit dull. However, it isn't all doom and gloom on this record as it does create a very dark pop atmosphere which is consistently maintained and it is interesting to see the Pumpkins perform in this style as it is completely unique from their other records. Furthermore, there are a few singles which are actually really good as well and a couple deep cuts you can discover which provide a lot of entertainment. Overall, as a huge fan of the Pumpkins it is disappointing to say that this record isn't very good and by the sound of it there isn't much hope for the future either.

Pretty annoying to be honest. They're stuck in their patterns and seem to have lost inspiration, but eternal respect for what they've released in the 90s.

From Keatownrodriguez 10/01/2021 15:06 | #274527

I held off on writing something about this album when it first came out. I enjoyed it but couldn't quite articulate why. A year later I have returned to this album which I think is a sign itself that I had a desire to come back. It doesn't really sound like pumpkins, it's gothic and kind of poppy. But that's honestly a sound that I think the group pulls of in an interesting and kind of unique way.