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- #1
- Posted: 03/16/2014 20:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#1209): Siamese Dream
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Today's album of the day
Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins (View album | Buy this album)
Year: 1993.
Country: 
Overall rank: 71
Average rating: 84/100 (from 677 votes).
Tracks:
1. Cherub Rock
2. Quiet
3. Today
4. Hummer
5. Rocket
6. Disarm
7. Soma
8. Geek U.S.A.
9. Mayonaise
10. Spaceboy
11. Silverfuck
12. Sweet Sweet
13. Luna
About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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- #2
- Posted: 03/16/2014 20:03
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inb4 Mellon Collie debate.
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- #3
- Posted: 03/16/2014 20:05
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Well it's million times better than Mellon Collie. I like it a lot. It's on my chart, but I don't think that's going to last through the next update. I think I'm just kind of tired of it.
Still, better than fucking Mellon Collie, Jesus.
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mickilennial
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- #4
- Posted: 03/16/2014 20:16
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| swedenman wrote: | Well it's million times better than Mellon Collie. I like it a lot. It's on my chart, but I don't think that's going to last through the next update. I think I'm just kind of tired of it.
Still, better than fucking Mellon Collie, Jesus. |
I assume you like it better due to Mellon Collie perhaps being seen as overlong? I mean I love both records for what they do myself, but I'm surprised how Mellon Collie has gotten trashed in review communities in the last five years.
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SuedeSwede
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- Posted: 03/16/2014 20:17
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I like this a little less than Mellon Collie but it's still real sweet. Today is by far my favourite, but then there's cool songs like Cherub Rock, Hummer, Rocket, Disarm, and Mayonaise which are the lovely sugar coating.
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HazeyTwilight
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- Posted: 03/16/2014 20:17
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Today is a cracking tune, best on the entire album. Mayonaise is sweet too. I like the rest, like what swedenman said, I'm just kinda tired with it.
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- #7
- Posted: 03/16/2014 20:21
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I haven't listened to this in a year and a half.... I seem to recall I liked it but was getting bored. I guess I'll re-listen sometime today
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- #8
- Posted: 03/16/2014 20:30
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| Gowienczyk wrote: | | I assume you like it better due to Mellon Collie perhaps being seen as overlong? I mean I love both records for what they do myself, but I'm surprised how Mellon Collie has gotten trashed in review communities in the last five years. |
The length is a big part of it. I don't think 2 hour albums are inherently bad, but I will say that it's extraordinarily difficult to make a 2 hour rock album that doesn't get old by the end.
Mostly it's just the songwriting, though. It feels pretentious and comes across like "hey look we're trying to make a masterpiece", whereas this album feels a lot more natural to me. It's mostly just a personal taste thing.
But yeah, the length is definitely a boner kill in that particular instance.
Oh, and "Soma" is easily the standout track on this album. That shit fucking crunches.
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- #9
- Posted: 03/16/2014 20:40
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'Disarm' is the only song I listen to. I've found it very hard to relate to this band outside the Melancholy.
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Mercury
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