Siamese Dream is the second studio album by the Smashing Pumpkins, released on July 27, 1993, on Virgin Records. Despite recording sessions fraught with difficulties and tensions, Siamese Dream debuted at number ten on the Billboard 200, and was eventually certified 4× Platinum, with the album selling over six million copies worldwide, cementing the Smashing Pumpkins as an important group in alternative music.
Four singles were released in support of Siamese Dream: Cherub Rock, Today, Disarm, and Rocket. The album received widespread acclaim from critics and audiences alike, with the its musical influences and lyrical material standing out compared to other releases during the alternative rock and grunge movements of its time. The album has since been considered “one of the finest alternative rock albums”, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest albums of the 1990s and of all time. Rolling Stone magazine has ranked it between numbers 341 and 362 on various iterations of their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.
Tracklist:
- Cherub Rock
- Quiet
- Today
- Hummer
- Rocket
- Disarm
- Soma
- Geek U.S.A.
- Mayonaise
- Spaceboy
- Silverfuck
- Sweet Sweet
- Luna
Japanese edition bonus track - Pissant (labelled as Hikari Express)
The Smashing Pumpkins
Billy Corgan: lead vocals, guitars, bass guitar, Mellotron on “Spaceboy”, string arrangements, production, mixing
James Iha: guitars, backing vocals
D’arcy Wretzky: bass guitar, backing vocals
Jimmy Chamberlin: drums
Additional personnel
Mike Mills: piano on “Soma”
Eric Remschneider: string arrangements and cello on “Disarm” and “Luna”
David Ragsdale: string arrangements and violin on “Disarm” and “Luna”
Technical staff
Butch Vig: production, engineering, mixing, string arrangements
Jeff Tomei: engineering
Tim Holbrook: special technical engineering
Alan Moulder: mixing
Howie Weinberg: mastering
Len Peltier: sleeve art direction
Steve J. Gerdes: sleeve design
Melodie McDaniel: sleeve photography
Bob Ludwig: mastering (2011 remaster)
