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Released | July 27, 1993 | |||
Recorded | December 1992 – March 1993 | |||
Studio | Triclops, Marietta, Georgia, United States | |||
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Length | 62:08 | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
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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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was invoked but never defined (see the help page).Siamese Dream is a powerful collection of the Pumpkins' psychedelic indie-rock sound mixed with Billy Corgans and doomy lyrics.