Machina/The Machines of God

Machina/The Machines of God
Studio album by
The Smashing Pumpkins
ReleasedFebruary 29, 2000 (2000-02-29)
RecordedNovember 1998 – October 1999
Studio
  • Sadlands, Chicago
  • Pumpkinland, Chicago
  • CRC, Chicago
Genre
Length73:23
LabelVirgin
Producer
The Smashing Pumpkins chronology
Adore
(1998) 		Machina/The Machines of God
(2000) 		Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music
(2000)
Singles from Machina/The Machines of God
  1. "The Everlasting Gaze"
    Released: December 9, 1999
  2. "Stand Inside Your Love"
    Released: February 21, 2000
  3. "Try, Try, Try"
    Released: September 11, 2000

Machina/The Machines of God is the fifth studio album by the American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins, released on February 29, 2000, by Virgin Records. A concept album,[3] it marked the return of drummer Jimmy Chamberlin and was intended to be the band's final official LP release prior to their initial breakup in 2000. A sequel album—Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music—was later released independently via the Internet, and in highly limited quantities for the physical version.

Following the electronic and industrial rock elements established by its predecessor, Adore, Machina again proved controversial to the band's fan base and failed to reconnect them with chart-topping success. However, after the relatively brief Adore tour, the new lineup with Chamberlin and the former Hole bass guitarist Melissa Auf der Maur mounted longer international tours that returned the live incarnation of the band to a guitar-driven hard rock style.[4]

  1. ^ Farley, CHristopher John (March 6, 2000). "Music: Machina/The Machines of God - The Smashing Pumpkins". Time. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  2. ^ Ferguson, Jason. "The Smashing Pumpkins - Machina/The Machines of God". MTV Online. Archived from the original on July 25, 2001. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  3. ^ Interview with Billy Corgan, May 24, 2000, KROQ-FM
  4. ^ Reiley, Laura (February 7, 2000). "Review: Smashing Pumpkins Play Visceral Show in Northern California (02/7/2000)". Archived from the original on February 29, 2000. Retrieved October 9, 2012.