Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (studio album) by The Smashing Pumpkins

Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins
Year: 1995
Overall rank: 85th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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83/100 (from 1,804 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 1995 (3rd)
Award Top 20 albums of the 1990s (16th)
Award Top 100 albums of all time (85th)
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Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness is ranked 2nd best out of 26 albums by The Smashing Pumpkins on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Smashing Pumpkins is Siamese Dream which is ranked number 56 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 19,595.

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83/100 (from 1,804 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 83.3/100, a mean average of 82.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.

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90/100
From 01/12/2024 00:03
It's hard to make a 2 hour long album entertaining the whole length, but they somehow managed to do that and for that alone this album deserves respect. It could have been a perfect masterpiece if it was shorter, but the way it is we have a monument of this band's pure ambition to make great things. A lot of aggressive tracks flirting with metal like Zero, Bullet With A Butterfly Wings or Bodies are embodiement of rage and hatred towards the world, while after them often come calm, ballads with bittersweet lyrics like To Forgive, 1979 or In The Arms Of Sleep. This is an epic album that also carries for me some unexplainable childhood nostalgia feeling enhanced by the great cover art.
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95/100
From 06/08/2023 17:53
Normally I don't love long albums but Mellon Collie not only earns it's lengthy tracklist but is better for it. The diversity in sound keeps it fresh while giving the album a still unique sound.
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95/100
From 04/28/2023 23:12
This is an incredible accomplishment from The Smashing Pumpkins with them creating one of the greatest double albums of all time. What made this record so popular at the time of its release was the phenomenal singles that came out of this record. This includes 1979, Tonight Tonight, Bullet With Butterfly Wings and Zero with all of them becoming instant classics for the group. However, it is the deep cuts that kept me coming back time and time again with there being some simply sensational songs to discover on here. The two main ones that stand out for me are Thru The Eyes Of Ruby and Porcelina Of The Vast Oceans. Both of these songs are masterpieces and I would argue are two of the greatest songs the group has ever released. Focusing on the album as a whole, it can be quite up and down at times but that is primarily due to the length with it being near impossible to maintain the heights they reach on here across every single song. It is much more consistent than people give it credit for however as there isn't a weak song on here in my opinion. Furthermore, it is experimental and exciting musically with the listener being kept on the edge of their seat throughout. They do a fantastic job of integrating the softer songs with the more aggressive ones with this being best evidenced by the transition from Stumbleine into X.Y.U. This integration is achieved across the whole record making it feel extremely cohesive. I also absolutely love the vocal and lyrical work by Corgan on here with it capturing the time period perfectly and portraying his emotion and feelings extremely well making it easy to connect with him and the music. Overall, this is a 90's masterpiece that is full of both beautiful and powerful highlights that will intrigue you when you first listen and will make you want to come back for more.
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From 04/04/2023 02:12
The Smashing Pumpkins’ Opus Magnum and The Wall of the 1990’s.
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From 10/21/2022 15:07
Highlights are amazing, but agree that it´s a luttle too long , sme songs are not as good and that´s a shame cause it couald have been an amaziiing not double album.
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From 08/31/2022 03:40
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From 07/22/2022 05:57
The 1990s white album, excellent
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65/100
From 04/05/2022 17:42
First off, it’s so damn long. I was getting tired of it, looked down, and saw that there were still 15 minutes remaining in *the first album*. Tedious.

Second, the music is quite good. Guitars and drums alternate between powerful drive and delicate artfulness. The band uses unusual instruments (e.g., the harp) in a way that sounds right and not contrived.

Third, Billy Corgan can’t sing. He just can’t. He’s perpetually flat and tries to do weird things with his voice to mask the fact he can’t hit the right tones. 4 minutes of that is hard to take. 2 hours is like what death row must feel like.

Fourth, this might be the most cynically angry set of lyrics I’ve ever heard. I have no problem with people who are naturally cynical, nor do I mind singers who are naturally angry. This feels like someone decided that angst was selling well, so let’s go ahead and force fit some lyrics into that template.
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From 01/09/2022 11:41
It's a little bit too long in truth. If they had cut out some of the filler and reduced the album to slightly longer than a regular length LP, I'd rate this much higher as there are some great songs. My highlights are 1979, Bullet With Butterfly Wings, By Starlight (my favourite Pumpkins song) and Tonight Tonight.
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75/100
From 11/03/2021 11:24
This album is a little bit self-indulgent at times, and there is certainly some filler. But realistically, there is a reason the singles here were huge.
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