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Pneumonia

Pneumonia is the third and final album by the alt-country band Whiskeytown. The lead single, "Don't Be Sad", was co-written by The Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha. He provided guitar contributions and backing vocals. The album is known for its troubled history, having sat on a shelf for two years after the band lost their record deal. Several bootlegs of the album surfaced before the official release from Lost Highway Records.
The album was met with positive reviews from critics. AllMusic gave it four out of five stars, declaring it as an "undeniably striking and beautifully crafted set of songs". Spin gave it eight out of ten, while Uncut gave it a perfect five out of five, calling it an "inarticulate speech of the heart". The album peaked at position 158 on the Billboard 200, and at 38 on the Heatseekers Albums chart.
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Pomp and Circumstances

"Pomp and Circumstances" is a song from The Smashing Pumpkins's seventh studio album, Zeitgeist. It was set to have string arrangements by Danny Elfman, but when he amicably withdrew from the project, the band decided to create its own synthesized orchestration.Thomas, Richard. "Signal to Noise: The Sonic Diary of the Smashing Pumpkins". EQ Magazine. October 2008.
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Porcelina

"Porcelina" is the name given to a short Smashing Pumpkins jam that was performed live during the Rock Invasion tour, and appeared on The Lost '94 Tapes that was bundled with the 2002 DVD release of Vieuphoria. It has no relation to "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans" from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
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Porcelina of the Vast Oceans

"Porcelina of the Vast Oceans" is a song from The Smashing Pumpkins' third studio album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Written by Billy Corgan, the song slowly builds up before suddenly exploding at 2:13. It is also the album's longest track, at 9:21. "Porcelina" has a companion song "Medellia of the Gray Skies", which was briefly considered for Mellon Collie, but was later released as a b-side for the "Tonight, Tonight" single.
Elements of the song date back to the Siamese Dream era. The various sections of the song were recorded at different times, with different instruments and recording setups, and were digitally composited in Pro Tools.Thomas, Richard. "Signal to Noise: The Sonic Diary of the Smashing Pumpkins". EQ Magazine. October 2008. The song was played live during the Infinite Sadness tour, but was dropped for the Adore and Arising! tours. It returned for the final 2000 tour, but was performed at a slower tempo and with keyboards. The arrangement also did not include the chorus of the song.
The song ranked at #14 in Rolling Stone's reader's poll of the best Smashing Pumpkins songs.https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/readers-poll-the-best-smashing-pumpkins-songs-13645/14-porcelina-of-the-vast-oceans-213520/
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Prayer Music

"Prayer Music" is an early song by The Smashing Pumpkins from before the Gish era. It appeared on an image of a 4-track cassette that was posted to the band's Facebook page on May 19, 2011.https://www.facebook.com/7301722641/photos/a.87553772641/10150255916232642/ The caption read that the band had transferred over sixty 4-track tapes from the Gish and Siamese Dream eras. While some of these recordings may have appeared on Gish and Siamese Dream reissues, "Prayer Music" did not.
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Processional

"Processional" is a song off of Billy Corgan's second studio album, Ogilala. The recording marked the first time since The Smashing Pumpkins' break-up in 2000 that Corgan has collaborated with the band's former guitarist James Iha.
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* James Iha – guitar and Mellotron
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Purple Blood

"Purple Blood" is a single from The Smashing Pumpkins' eleventh studio album, CYR. It was released on November 20, 2020 with "Dulcet in E" as the backing A-side. The music video was released a week later as part of the In Ashes five-part animated series.
Rolling Stone boasted "Purple Blood" as having a "classic Pumpkins feel, with Billy Corgan lacing his vocals over a big guitar crunch, heavy drums, and some moody atmospheric synth textures," while AllMusic highlighted the "gently melancholic" song "Dulcet in E" as one of CYR's recommended tracks, adding that the "soft loneliness recalls other sadly beautiful songs the band have offered up since the early '90s."
== Background ==
Billy Corgan believes "Purple Blood" to be the last song written for CYR, sometime during the Summer 2019 tour. He attributes the vibe of the song to "spooky" 90's and 80's feels, as well as early 70's synth like Gary Wright's "Dream Weaver". He further explained the song didn't quite come out as he expected:
The vocals for the song took about a day to arrange,Billy Corgan. November 24, 2020 Instagram Q&A which holds true for most songs on CYR.Billy Corgan. September 26, 2020 Instagram Q&A
In the Thirty-Three podcast, Corgan explained that the title "Purple Blood" is a reference to the term blue blood used to describe royal families and nobility, especially in ancient times. He also said the title is a reference to his genetic condition causing him to have thick blood. It is unclear what condition he was referring to; it may have been hereditary haemochromatosis, but more likely it is his well-known condition of having port-wine stains.
== Music video ==
The music video was released on November 27, 2020 exclusively on Apple Music and later on YouTube on December 4. The video served as the fifth and final episode of the five-part animated series In Ashes.
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*Katie Cole – background vocals
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Purr Snickety

"Purr Snickety" is a song from The Smashing Pumpkins' 1994 box set, Siamese Singles. It was incorrectly spelled as "Purr Snikety" on the back of the box. 
The song was recorded during the Siamese Dream sessions and appeared on the "Cherub Rock" 7" vinyl single, limited to 5,000 copies, and on the 2012 deluxe reissue of Pisces Iscariot. 
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Quasar

"Quasar" is the opening track on The Smashing Pumpkins' eighth studio album, Oceania, released on June 19, 2012. The song was written and produced by the band's frontman Billy Corgan and was co-produced by Bjorn Thorsrud. In soundchecks during the Rock 'n' Roll Party tour, the song was sometimes called "Samurai Mike".
==Music and lyrics==
"Quasar" features the use of wall of sound and delay effects along with a drop-D tuned guitar work. Lyrically, the song deals with spiritual themes. A central theme throughout the lyrics is the search for "God", or faith. This search for God and spiritual truth or direction is conveyed in lyrics such as "Fated One, hold me down... ...Do I know you?" As well, the song shows the vast diversity of Billy Corgan's spirituality, referencing the Christian God, the disciple Mark, the Hindu God Krishna, and referring to the ineffable name of God used in the Hebrew Bible. Ironically, all of these references appear in the same verse; "God, right on!/Krishna, right on!/Mark, right on!/Yod He Va He Om!", with "Yod He Va He" referring to the Hebrew letters which represent the ineffable name; YHVH.
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==Critical reception==
"Quasar" received mostly positive reviews. Joseph Viney of Sputnikmusic described the song as "a rambunctious, wailing beast of a song with a number of different speeds and moods." Rick Florino of Artistdirect praised the song, declaring that it is "one of the band's heaviest and most hypnotic gems ever." He also eulogized drumming parts of Mike Byrne, Nicole Fiorentino's basslines and Jeff Schroeder's fuzzed-out guitar work, along with Billy Corgan's vocal style. The guitar work of the song was also compared to those of Television by Thomas Conner of The Chicago Sun. He also described the song's style as "Earthy Deep Purple, meet heavenly Kula Shaker."
Many critics noted the resemblances between "Quasar" and previous Smashing Pumpkins songs. Jayson Greene of Pitchfork Media compared the songs introductory riff to those of "Cherub Rock". The same comparison was also made by Michael Nelson of Stereogum, Evan Rytlewski of The A.V. Club and Rob Harvilla of Spin. Iann Robinson of CraveOnline similarly analogized the riff to "Bullet with Butterfly Wings", while contrasting "Quasar" with its vocals and underlying guitar parts, which make it "less vitriolic and more fist pumping". Matt Collar of AllMusic likened the song's spiritual lyrics to those of another Pumpkins song, "Siva". Enio Chiola of PopMatters described the song as a "psychedelic approach to hard rock" and "a God-themed anthem", while inferring from the song that the album "seems like nothing new from the overwrought percussion heavy loudness that was Zeitgeist". Dan Martin of NME referred to the song as "something approaching QOTSA channelling Zep's 'Whole Lotta Love.
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Quiet

"Quiet" is the second track from The Smashing Pumpkins' second studio album, Siamese Dream. It was written by Billy Corgan and is also featured on Vieuphoria and the audio-only counterpart, Earphoria. Corgan intended "Quiet" to be a swipe at his parents, after he was sick of being criticized.Gladstone, Eric. "Psychic Reliquaries and Separation Anxiety ", Alternative Press. August, 1993.
According to the Siamese Dream guitar tab book, the zooming noises at the beginning of the song are inspired by a record Corgan had as a kid. The record had the sounds of various race cars on it, which he would listen to all the time.Originally submitted by Trail.of.roses for Landslide’s Omnipedia
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* Around 2:40-3:00, you can faintly hear Corgan singing in the background in the right or left channel at various times. The vocals are hard to decipher, as they are buried in the mix. Sometimes it sounds like "I know you want to hit me".
* As Billy sings "I can hear you now", another voice (most likely Butch Vig's) can be heard saying, "We're recording, we're recording", presumably in response to Corgan's aforementioned ad-libbed singing.
* The 'Yeah!' lyric is obscured by the screech of the guitars during the start of the solo. Refer to the Siamese Dream guitar tab book for confirmation. Some fans think it is actually "Kill!"	
* At the very end, you can hear "cartoon noises" played sort of fast and warbly.
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Rachel

"Rachel" is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins. A clip of the song was featured in "Pastichio Medley" at around the 4:20–4:36 mark. It believed this song was a precursor to "X.Y.U."http://www.spfc.org/songs-releases/song.html?song_id=462&song_type=1
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Radio City Music Hall

Radio City Music Hall is a famous entertainment venue within the Rockefeller Center, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Nicknamed the Showplace of the Nation, it is included on the National Register of Historic Places. Its large auditorium was the world's largest when it first opened. In addition to hosting concerts, it has been home of the Grammy Awards, Tony Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, among many other notable events.
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Rain

"Rain" is a single by Breaking Benjamin that was co-written by Billy Corgan. It first appeared on their June 29, 2004 album, We Are Not Alone, with only an acoustic guitar for instrumentation. A version with the full band was released as a single on June 28, 2005 with a re-released version of We Are Not Alone.
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Ramona

"Ramona" is the fourth digital single from The Smashing Pumpkins' eleventh studio album, CYR, and the second radio single. It was first released on October 30, 2020 with "Wyttch" serving as an accompanying A-side. A music video directed by Linda Strawberry was released the same day. On March 22, 2021, the song was re-released by Sumerian Records to radio.https://www.reddit.com/r/SmashingPumpkins/comments/mb0zrs/new_album_progress_update_new_cyr_single_ramona/
Like the debut single, "Cyr", "Ramona" was the most-added song on Mediabase's Alternative Rock add board during the fist week of its release.
== Background ==
"Ramona" dates back to the initial sessions for Monuments to an Elegy. That version was described by Corgan as akin to a "goth band from the 80s." It was not selected to go on that album, and instead was worked on during the September-October 2014 – Pumpkinland II sessions for the aborted Day For Night album. It wasn't until the CYR sessions that the song seemed to fit.
Corgan has said the song has a bit of T. Rex influence.
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The music video was written by Billy Corgan and directed and edited by Linda Strawberry. It takes inspiration from the Wild Wild West and Spaghetti Westerns as a "surreal gothic-western inspired love-story". All band members make appearances in the video. The entire shoot was done a single day over the course of about 8 hours.Linda Strawberry, November 3, 2020 Instagram Q&A The video stars burlesque performer and model, Mosh, who also starred in the "Cyr" music video as well as Shiny Vol. 1 vignettes.Billy Corgan. October 31, 2020 Instagram Q&A
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*Katie Cole – background vocals
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* Alex Pollini – director of photography
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Ranch Bowl

Ranch Bowl was a bowling alley in Omaha, Nebraska that The Smashing Pumpkins performed at in their early years. In addition to the bowling alley and performance stages, it housed three bars, a radio station and a recording studio. Like the Pumpkins, other bands such as Pearl Jam, Green Day, 311 and Red Hot Chili Peppers have performed here in their days before achieving fame.https://www.ranchbowlfilm.com/
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Ransom

Ransom is a 1996 action-thriller film directed by Ron Howard starring Mel Gibson. Half of the soundtrack is James Horner's motion picture score, while the other half is Billy Corgan with Matt Walker on drums. All songs are instrumental. Corgan is credited in the movie as "Kidnapper's Boom Box Music".
Addicted to Noise commented that the "solo sounds crafted by Corgan are perfect for the film."https://www.starla.org/history/burlap/hidden/ransom.html
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The contributions to Ransom were among the first to follow the massive success of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. The recordings took place over the course of a week in September 1996 at Penguin Studios and Chung King Studios in New York. Corgan's scant vocals were recorded on a mini tape dictaphone recorder. These songs were curiously copyrighted as "Parallel Stories". It was during these sessions that "Appels + Oranjes" made its first recorded appearance.
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Raped

"Raped" is a song by The Frogs from their 1997 EP, Starjob. It features additional guitar and bass from Billy Corgan and bongos from Jimmy Chamberlin. Corgan also produced the song along with the rest of the EP (under the alias "Johnny Goat").
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* Billy Corgan – additional guitar, bass
* Jimmy Chamberlin – bongos
Rarities Volume 1

Rarities Volume 1 is a bootleg album of The Smashing Pumpkins featuring mostly live recordings of rare songs between 1988 and 1997. It was self-made by two fans from Landgraaf, the Netherlands. There were roughly 2000 hand-numbered copies, which were most likely sourced from MP3s.
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Rarities and B-Sides

Rarities and B-Sides is a compilation album of The Smashing Pumpkins that features almost every B-side, demo, and outtake released up until that time, amounting to over 8 hours of playback. It was only released digitally on online stores such as iTunes. Virgin also released the promotional compilation True Power. True Faith. with the same artwork in support of the digital release. The band apparently did not authorize either release, rather it was an invention of Virgin EMI who owned rights to all the songs at the time.https://www.reddit.com/r/SmashingPumpkins/comments/9tiw6n/this_is_bullshit/ Rarities and B-Sides was removed from all streaming services and digital stores in 2018.https://www.reddit.com/r/SmashingPumpkins/comments/9jiv81/rarities_bsides_album_pulledkilled_from_all/
Most songs can be found on previous compilations such as Pisces Iscariot, Judas O, The Aeroplane Flies High and Earphoria. A few of the band's less popular singles, namely "Rocket", "Stand Inside Your Love", and "Try, Try, Try", were all excluded from the track listing, although all of their B-sides were included. Besides that, all singles owned by EMI at the time were included on this set.
The release is notable however for offering the first digital releases of seven tracks that were previously only available commercially on vinyl: "Bullet Train to Osaka", "Terrapin", "Siamese Dream", "Purr Snickety", "Not Worth Asking", "Honeyspider II", and "Infinite Sadness".
== Songs excluded ==
The original "Honeyspider", as well as, the original single versions of "Tristessa" and "I Am One" were not included on this compilation because they are owned by Sub Pop and not EMI. "My Dahlia" and "Sun", the first commercially issued Smashing Pumpkins recordings, were not included in this compilation, probably due to licensing issues. They appeared on the Light Into Dark compilation.
Also missing on this release are four songs from Pisces Iscariot: "Frail and Bedazzled", "Whir", "Spaced" (all Siamese Dream outtakes) and "La Dolly Vita", a B-side from Tristessa (on Sub Pop).
Additionally, seven official remixes of Smashing Pumpkins songs were excluded from the compilation. These include "Moby Mix" and "Cement Mix" from the "1979" remixes and all of "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" remixes.
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* Billy Corgan – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, production
* D'arcy Wretzky – bass
* James Iha – guitar
* Jimmy Chamberlin – drums, production
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Real Love

"Real Love" is a song from The Smashing Pumpkins' sixth studio album, Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music. It was also released on Rotten Apples in 2001.
In preparing the Machina reissue, it was discovered that some master reels were missing, but Pumpkinland mixes were able to be used that are "somewhat clearer" than the original mix heard on Rotten Apples.Billy Corgan. November 27, 2020 Instagram #MachinaMixes update
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Real a Lie

"Real a Lie" (also known as "Real, a Lie") is the second single from Melissa Auf der Maur's self-titled solo debut. The song failed to chart in the United States, however, due to a successful tour of the United Kingdom, it fared slightly better than "Followed the Waves" there, peaking at #33.
== Background and production ==
"Real a Lie" was one of the many songs written by Melissa Auf der Maur over a 12-year period from 1992 to 2004. Originally titled "Realalie", the song was first performed by her original band, Tinker, which also included co-writer Steve Durand, and was released as the band's second single in 1994, which was backed with the b-side "Saxon Princess." Auf der Maur later reworked the song during the recording sessions for Auf der Maur in 2003-4 featuring a layer wall of sound of guitars. The song was featured as the third track on the album.
== Music video ==
A promotional music video was created for the single in 2004 and released on May 3, 2004.Firecrasher, MAdM | Melissa Auf der Maur | Archives | Watching video: Auf der Maur - Real, A Lie http://www.melissaaufdermaur.org/video/view/auf_der_maur_real_a_lie/14 Retrieved on June 20, 2010. The video is compiled of photographs of Auf der Maur performing "Real a Lie" and was recorded in still motion.
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Reasons To Shine

"Reasons To Shine" is a by the Billy Corgan side project Starchildren. A live recording from the August 18, 1990 performance appears on SP on the Radio 1988-89 / Starchildren Live 8.18.90. It is one of four previously unreleased songs to appear on that album. Although the song was performed under the name Starchildren, it is cataloged as The Smashing Pumpkins here as it features only Corgan on guitar and Jimmy Chamberlin on bass playing to a drum machine.
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Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Red Rocks Amphitheatre is an open-air amphitheatre built into a rock structure in the western United States, near Morrison, Colorado, ten miles (16 km) west of Denver. The venue is famous for its natural acoustics and intimate setting.
After Pollstar magazine awarded Red Rocks the honor of best small outdoor venue for the 11th time, the leading concert industry magazine decided to name the nationally coveted honor the Red Rocks Award—and remove Red Rocks from the running.
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Reel Time Sessions I

Real Time Sessions I is a non-commercial bootleg album of The Smashing Pumpkins that compiled recordings from the Summer 1989 – Reel Time Studios sessions (which, despite the name is actually the second Reel Time sessions, following those in late 1988). There are a number of different variations of this bootleg. The more complete listing presented here is from a DAT that circulated in late 1989.https://spfreaks.com/item/reel-time-sessions-electric/
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Reel Time Sessions II

Real Time Sessions II is a non-commercial bootleg album of The Smashing Pumpkins that compiled recordings from the 1989 acoustic sessions at Reel Time Studios. Just as with Reel Time Sessions I, the track listing of this bootleg among circulations may vary significantly. The listing presented here is from a DAT from 1989, but the original DAT may or may have not included more material.http://spfreaks.com/item/reel-time-sessions-acoustic/
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Resume the Pose tour

The Resume the Pose tour was a brief North American tour of mostly small clubs that included a number of record store signings and in-store performances.
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In addition to the tour dates below, the band stopped at the follow locations to sign autographs:
Record store signings
Date 	Location 	Venue
2000-01-31	Lawrence, KS, US 	Kief's Records
2000-02-06	Sacremento, CA, US 	Dimple Records
2000-02-06	San Jose, CA, US 	Tower Records
2000-02-08	Las Vegas, NV, US 	Virgin Megastore
2000-02-09	San Diego, CA, US 	Tower Records
2000-02-10	Phoenix, AZ, US 	Zia Records
2000-02-12	Dallas, TX, US 	Tower Records
2000-02-13	Austin, TX, US 	Waterloo Records
2000-02-13	Houston, TX, US 	Soundwaves
2000-02-16	Orlando, FL, US 	Virgin Megastore
2000-02-18	Atlanta, GA, US 	Spin Street Records
2000-02-19	Charlotte, NC, US 	Manifest Discs and Tapes
2000-02-20	Richmond, VA, US 	Plan9 Music
2000-02-22	Portland, ME, US 	Bull Moose
2000-02-24	Ann Arbor, MI, US 	Tower Records
2000-02-26	Milwaukee, WI, US 	The Exclusive Co.
2000-02-27	Champaign, IL, US 	Record Service
2000-03-01	Philadelphia, PA, US 	Tower Records
2000-03-02	Boston, MA, US 	Tower Records
2000-03-03	Cleveland, OH, US 	Best Buy
2000-03-04	Minneapolis, MN, US 	Sam Goody (City Center)
2000-03-06	San Francisco, CA, US	Virgin Megastore
2000-03-07	Seattle, WA, US 	Tower Records
2000-03-10	Montreal, QC, CA 	HMV
2000-03-12	Toronto, ON, CA 	HMV