Rotten Apples

This article is about the Smashing Pumpkins album. For the card game, see Rotten Apples (card game).
Rotten Apples
Greatest hits album by
The Smashing Pumpkins
ReleasedNovember 20, 2001 (2001-11-20)
Recorded1991–2000
GenreAlternative rock
Length73:51 (US)
75:54 (International)
LabelVirgin
ProducerBilly Corgan, Ted de Bono, Flood, James Iha, Alan Moulder, Bjorn Thorsrud, Butch Vig, Howard Willing, Brad Wood
The Smashing Pumpkins chronology
Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music
(2000) 		Rotten Apples
(2001) 		Earphoria
(2002)
Singles from Rotten Apples The Smashing Pumpkins: Greatest Hits
  1. "Untitled"
    Released: 2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
NME[2]

Rotten Apples (The Smashing Pumpkins – Greatest Hits as titled on the album's cover) is a greatest hits compilation album by alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. In the US, it was released on November 20, 2001, along with a bonus disc titled Judas O. The album's concluding track, "Untitled", was the Pumpkins' final recording before their breakup.[3] Completed in the days leading up to the band's farewell concert at the Metro in Chicago, it was also released as a single. Another notable track is "Real Love"; while previously released on Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music, this was taken from the factory master tapes and, as a result, lacks the pops and clicks inherent in all copies of Machina II (which is vinyl sourced).[citation needed]

The title of the album is the namesake of a B-side that was released on the "Tonight, Tonight" single. Peaking at number 31 in the US,[4] the album sold 77,000 units in its first week of being released.[5]

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ "Smashing Pumpkins : Rotten Apples". NME. September 12, 2005. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  3. ^ "Greatest Hits by Smashing Pumpkins on iTunes". iTunes. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  4. ^ "Greatest Hits – Smashing Pumpkins | Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  5. ^ Billboard. 2007-07-28.