Adore
by The Smashing Pumpkins

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From Kamens 02/24/2019 20:58 | #232521

Certainly bloated, but I don't buy the criticism that there aren't any standout tracks here. To Sheila, Ava Adore, Perfect is my favorite start to any Pumpkins album, and Appels + Oranjes is possibly the most underrated Pumpkins track ever released. Unfortunately, Adore is the last good Pumpkins album ever released, and you can tell they are slowly starting to run out of ideas.

From Boltzmann 10/28/2018 06:47 | #223414

Some beautiful slow songs are still on here, but overall they’ve lost their spark from this moment. Which I REALLY lament. I’ve returned often to this album hoping it would suddenly click with me, but no.

From elo269megv 08/20/2018 20:51 | #219913

Definitely a polarizing album. I used to be on the fence about this one.. and after my first few listens I leaned towards not liking it so much and put it on the back burner. Upon seeing them live on their Shiny Oh So Bright Tour, and finding a nice used original copy on vinyl, I gave it a little revisiting.

If you like songs in the vein of Sweet Sweet, Spaceboy, or Cupid, Lily, Beautiful, Farewell... etc. you’d might like this album. I will say the musical direction is obviously different than previous albums, which could be hard to adapt to at first. Some of the effects, production, and drums are a little weird in some places... at least for what I like in The Smashing Pumpkins... really shows how valuable Jimmy Chamberlain was.

With that being said, this album is consistently pretty good with sprinkles of greatness throughout. Not among their best albums, but not worse than some would say, and I definitely don’t hate it by any means. If you’re a SP fan, or maybe more so of Billy Corgan you’ll probably like this album

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This wasn't experiment for experiments sake - they binned Jimmy (because of his personal problems) and decided not to replace him with another drummer. I like the fact they did that, almost out of respect because, let's face it the best SP songs are when BC and JC bang it all about. Good on 'em. Still a good album and personally I prefer this to Siamese Dream and Machina, although I do admit it isn't quite the same Jimmy-less.

From JoaoMoreira 07/22/2016 03:20 | #171641

Now that almost 20 years have passed, we can realize that this a good album. The A side is clearly better than the B side, but the last one has For Martha that is a great tune. The other highlights are the single (Ava Adore), Daphne Descends and perhaps the best one, Tear. What a song!

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Don't get me wrong- I LOVE the Smashing Pumpkins and Mr Corgan

However I just don't get this album

I have tried to listen to it and get in to it but it hasn't happened yet

Ava adore is a great song, but apart from that I've never got into anything else on it

Siamese, machina, teargarden, melloncollie, Oceania, gish etc I love - but not this one yet

It just all seems a little flat

Maybe one day in will see the light

From hoyquarlow 11/19/2015 03:14 | #153127

The problem with this album is the opposite of Machina ; There is no bad songs on it, but there's also not a single killer track. A good album all the way through but there's a chance any of your top 20 Pumpkins songs aren't on it.