Oceania
by The Smashing Pumpkins

Album
Oceania by The Smashing Pumpkins
Year: 2012
Release date: 2012-06-19
Overall rank: 4,386th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 247 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2012 (83rd)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (796th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,386th)

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The Smashing Pumpkins bestography

Oceania is ranked 7th best out of 31 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 17,007.

The Smashing Pumpkins album bestography « Higher ranked (3,483rd)
Pisces Iscariot This album (4,386th)
Oceania Lower ranked (5,100th) »
Machina II/The Friends And Enemies Of Modern Music

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Oceania rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,386th | 2010s rank: 796th | 2012 rank: 83rd  Overall chart history
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Oceania ratings

Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 247 votes)
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Oceania forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 08/07/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5397): By Cheboygan74
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1993) 2. by (2010) 3. by (2010) 4. by (2002) 5. (1989) 6. by (2007) 8. (1998) 10. by by (1995) 12. by (1985) 15. (2012) 16. by (1999) 17. by (2013) 19. by (2020) 20. by by (2000) 23. by by (2015) 25. by (2000) 27. by (2022) 28. by…”
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From RoundTheBend 06/08/2016 01:55 in What to do for teargarden by kaleidyscope
“It is kind of a difficult thing being that it's "albums within albums"... which albeit is kind of a dumb idea. I kinda feel like the first 3 releases (as listed in original OP) should be one compilation album, and then the rest get their own releases as they already have: Is it ok that I create…”
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55/100
From 06/08/2016 15:23 | #168191 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Better than Zeitgeist but that isn't saying much. I like this Smashing Pumpkins best but most people have tuned out at this point.

Billy Corgan should have made a career as a songwriter for someone else or perhaps in production--their music is typically produced well and if he has a large hand in that process, then he is skilled.

But the singing ruined whatever talent this band had around it which I always thought was very little.

Popular grunge music was more about embracing being a misfit and an outcast, than good at making music so The Pumpkins fit.

I'm hoping as more time passes people will become more sensible around this band and their place in music. (Edited)
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50/100
From 02/18/2016 08:59 | #160074
This record is a mixed bag. Not their best and not their worst. Meh.
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70/100
From 01/29/2016 18:18 | #158117

This is a good entry into th Pumpkins catalogue and was a significant improvement on Zeitgeist

It sounds quite like melon collie at times

Well wort a listen
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60/100
From 11/19/2015 03:21 | #153128 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
When I first listened to the first two tracks I said to myself "Boy this is gonna be a long album..." Coz those 2 songs are really horrible. If you survive those 2 songs however, the album range from average to good. Highlights includes One diamond one heart and The Celestials.
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From 11/06/2015 20:49 | #152602
Best Pumpkins album since Mellon Collie....I feel it would have been an even stronger album without the last three tracks.
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