Earphoria

Earphoria
Live album by
The Smashing Pumpkins
Released2002 (2002)
Recorded1991–1994
GenreAlternative rock
Length75:41
LabelVirgin
ProducerButch Vig, Billy Corgan and James Iha
The Smashing Pumpkins chronology
Rotten Apples
(2001) 		Earphoria
(2002) 		Zeitgeist
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Classic Rock[2]
Pitchfork6.3/10[3]
Rolling Stone[4]

Earphoria is a live album by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. It is the soundtrack of the band's Vieuphoria video. While the video has been widely available since its initial release, the CD was initially released as a limited number (under 1000) of promo copies in 1994, and was subsequently heavily bootlegged.[5] In 2002, Vieuphoria was reissued on DVD and Earphoria finally earned a commercial release.[5]

The CD contains the audio for all the performances in Vieuphoria, and includes extended versions of the music used in the video interludes. An exception is the performance of "Silverfuck" – Earphoria includes the tease of "Over the Rainbow" while Vieuphoria edits it out, possibly owing to prohibitive licensing costs.[5]

  1. ^ Earphoria at AllMusic. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  2. ^ Ging, Paul: "No appetite for destruction"; Classic Rock #48, Christmas 2002, p98
  3. ^ "Pitchfork Media review". Archived from the original on January 12, 2008. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  4. ^ "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on March 17, 2007. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c Dahlen, Chris. "Smashing Pumpkins: Earphoria: Pitchfork Record Review Archived 2008-01-12 at the Wayback Machine". 2002–12–12. Accessed on 2007–12–30.