Rotten Apples

Rotten Apples
Greatest hits album by
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.