Siamese Dream

Siamese Dream
Studio album by
the Smashing Pumpkins
ReleasedJuly 27, 1993
RecordedDecember 1992 – March 1993
StudioTriclops, Marietta, Georgia, United States
Genre
Length62:08
LabelVirgin
Producer
The Smashing Pumpkins chronology
Peel Sessions
(1992) 		Siamese Dream
(1993) 		Pisces Iscariot
(1994)
Singles from Siamese Dream
  1. "Cherub Rock"
    Released: June 21, 1993[8]
  2. "Today"
    Released: September 13, 1993[9]
  3. "Disarm"
    Released: February 21, 1994[10]
  4. "Rocket"
    Released: December 1994[11]
  5. "Mayonaise"
    Released: November 20, 2023
Alternate cover
2011 reissue cover

Siamese Dream is the second studio album by the American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins, released on July 27, 1993, by Virgin Records. The album was produced by Butch Vig and frontman Billy Corgan. Despite its recording sessions being fraught with difficulties and tensions, Siamese Dream debuted at number ten on the Billboard 200, and was eventually certified 4× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), with the album selling over six million copies worldwide,[12] catapulting the Smashing Pumpkins to mainstream success and cementing them as a significant group in alternative music.

Four singles were released in support of Siamese Dream: "Cherub Rock", "Today", "Disarm", and "Rocket", and a fifth single, "Mayonaise", was released in 2023. The album received widespread acclaim from critics and audiences alike, with its diverse musical influences and lyrical material considered unique 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",[1] and is widely regarded as one of the greatest albums of the 1990s and of all time.[13][14][15]

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  5. ^ The Michigan Journal. Vol. 24. University of Michigan-Dearborn. 1993. Siamese Dream is a powerful collection of the Pumpkins' psychedelic indie-rock sound mixed with Billy Corgans and doomy lyrics.
  6. ^ https://www.indiependent.co.uk/album-review-siamese-dream-smashing-pumpkins/"their genius primarily resided in their soundscapes and Siamese Dream demonstrates how well the band managed to seamlessly incorporate heavy metal, grunge, shoegaze, and alternate rock with pop sensibilities to gratifying effect."
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  14. ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
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