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Smashing Pumpkins - Aghori Mhori Mei, “surprise” album 8/2/24

Posted on 7/23/24 at 2:12 pm
Posted by High C
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Posted on 7/23/24 at 2:12 pm
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I haven’t really been interested in anything they’ve done in quite some time, but this comment from Corgan kinda piqued my interest:

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Corgan commented: “In the writing of this new album I became intrigued with the well-worn axiom, ‘You can’t go home again.’ Which I have found personally to be true in form but thought well, what if we tried anyway? Not so much in looking backwards with sentimentality but rather as a means to move forward; to see if in the balance of success and failure that our ways of making music circa 1990-1996 would still inspire something revelatory.”
Posted by whatiknowsofar
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Posted on 7/23/24 at 6:59 pm to
Man I wish. That era of songwriting from Billy is incredible. Gish still holds up. Siamese Dream is one of my all time favorite albums.
Posted by RedHawk
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Posted on 8/2/24 at 8:53 am to
Just listened to it. Really liked it on first listen. It is a rocking album which is very refreshing.
Posted by SUB
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Posted on 8/2/24 at 11:31 am to
It's ok. It's not bad, but it's not something that I have much desire to listen again. There is just nothing that really stands out. I'm not sure Billy is capable of writing something as interesting as what he was able to write in the 90s. It's unfortunate because he has such a unique voice and style.
Posted by Galactic Inquisitor
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Posted on 8/2/24 at 12:23 pm to
I didn't even realize James was back in the band. I had kind of written SP off when it became little more than The Billy Corgan Band.
Posted by RedHawk
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Posted on 8/2/24 at 12:27 pm to
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I didn't even realize James was back in the band. I had kind of written SP off when it became little more than The Billy Corgan Band.


What’s crazy to me is that Oceania is probably the SP’s best album since the early days and that one has only Billy as an original member. JC didn’t even drum on that one.
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 8/2/24 at 1:06 pm to
Just gave it a listen. First track, “Edin” was my favorite. It’s pretty good, but the truth of the matter that we all know is that the level of the first three SP albums isn’t obtainable again.
Posted by REG861
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Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 8/2/24 at 3:35 pm to
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What’s crazy to me is that Oceania is probably the SP’s best album since the early days and that one has only Billy as an original member. JC didn’t even drum on that one.


Yea I really liked Oceania. Monuments to an Elegy on the other hand sounded like a billy corgan solo album.

I’ve only listened to a few songs of Aghori so far. It’s a little too prog for my tastes.
This post was edited on 8/2/24 at 3:36 pm
Posted by RedHawk
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Posted on 8/2/24 at 4:46 pm to
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Monuments to an Elegy on the other hand sounded like a billy corgan solo album


Totally agree about Monuments, but this one is one of my favorite songs at the same time. But that album sucked for the most part.

Posted by REG861
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Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 8/2/24 at 7:27 pm to
Yes that was definitely the highlight of that album. My favorite song on Oceania was violet rays.
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