Machina/The Machines Of God (studio album)
by The Smashing Pumpkins
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Machina/The Machines Of God is ranked 5th best out of 28 albums by The Smashing Pumpkins on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Smashing Pumpkins is Siamese Dream which is ranked number 55 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 17,846.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 2 hours ago | Sumbody | 1,733 | 76/100 |
| ! | 12/13/2025 19:36 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,730 | 82/100 |
| ! | 12/12/2025 06:44 |  Kingturtle | 7,441 | 73/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 07:13 | eveningson | 7 | 64/100 |
| ! | 09/04/2025 21:56 | Juneof44 | 2,553 | 69/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.2/100, a mean average of 70.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.
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Would make a great 45 minute album unfortunately it has the overlong self indulgent Glass & The Ghost Children (and others) dragging it out
First half is really good, but it really loses momentum in the second half. Also far too long. My favourites are The Sacred and Profane and Stand Inside Your Love.
Brad1770 12/16/2017 06:10 | #203236
Way too ambitious and ultimately fails . The Everlasting Gaze kicks off the album terrifically but from then on nothing really shines. I saw The Pumpkins live in support of this album & even then the tracks felt flat. I remember Billy announcing at one point during the concert: “ Thanks For Supporting What We Are Trying To Do With This Album “ . No Billy , I just don’t get it . Completely disappointing . Now where’s my copy of Siamese Dream?
Definitely too long - it starts off well but the second half is just not good enough. This is the album that I like the vocals least for some reason. Anyway, in my view it's not underrated - probably one of their two weakest studio albums but still 7/10.
RoundTheBend 06/05/2016 19:43 | #167962
I have mixed feelings for this record. Somehow I get a European influence to it. Part of me likes it and part of me thinks if it were to be done by another band, nobody would care.
To repeat what has already been said ..... totally understated album
A scorching return to form after Adore - this is Corgan magic
Quite underated album received some unfairly harsh reviews on release (Yes rolling stone I am talking about you). Would be a 9 if some of the weaker tracks were culled.
hoyquarlow 11/19/2015 02:51 | #153123
It's not Siamese Dream but the album is solid enough. There's 5 absolute gems here ; Sacred & profane, I of the mourning, This time, With every light and Age of innocence. The rest is OK, but they could have shortened the album a bit to 10 or 12 tracks.
Tamthebam 02/13/2015 11:26 | #134864
A good album regardless of what was going on within the band. From what I've read the band split up during the recording of the album or they at least knew it was the end. Maybe that's why it sounds like a Corgan solo album in parts.
Bach 03/14/2014 18:19 | #106238
Their most underrated album. Very good but too long.
Best tracks: Stand Inside Your Love, The Everlasting Gaze, Raindrops + Sunshowers, I of the Mourning.
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