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Machina

The Smashing Pumpkins

2025 · Rock

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Machina by The Smashing Pumpkins

Machina is an Alt/Indie album by The Smashing Pumpkins, originally released in 2025. On Gatefold: 2 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.

About

Generally, bands that rock hard enough can release anything they want as long as they don’t forget to rock. Smashing Pumpkins’ previous album, <i>Adore</i>, had gotten a bad reputation for being a "techno" record, which it wasn't. And <i>Machina/The Machines of God</i> was understood to be a concept album, which it was. Except that few people understood the concept. Again, that shouldn’t have been a problem, since the band rocks very hard throughout, thanks to drummer Jimmy Chamberlin rejoining the group. This album and its second volume (released solely on the Internet) were met with commercial disappointment, despite receiving decent (even a few rapturous) reviews. Perhaps 2000 simply wasn't the year to be a long-established alt-rock band. Yet hardcore Pumpkins fans who gave the album a fair listen were treated to the fury of “The Everlasting Gaze” and the tuneful and somber “Stand Inside Your Love” before “Heavy Metal Machine” threatened to tear down The Wall (oops! wrong concept album). The nine-minute “Glass and the Ghost Children” further proved that Corgan hadn’t lost his sense of grandeur—just his audience’s attention.

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1Le Deux Machina2:22
  2. A2Stand Inside Your Love4:14
  3. A3I of the Mourning4:36
  4. A4God's Promise2:58
  5. A5The Crying Tree of Mercury3:47

Side B

  1. B1Slow Dawn3:14
  2. B2The Sacred and Profane4:18
  3. B3The Everlasting Gaze4:04
  4. B4Here's to the Atom Bomb4:26
  5. B5Wound3:58

Side C

  1. C1Glass' Theme1:55
  2. C2Heavy Metal Machine5:55
  3. C3Blue Skies Wrought Tears3:29
  4. C4Pale Scales2:18
  5. C5Vanity4:09
  6. C6Autumn2:02

Side D

  1. D1"Machina, Machina"2:52
  2. D2Raindrops + Sunshowers5:34
  3. D3Glass and the Ghost Children9:48

Side E

  1. E1Real Love4:07
  2. E2The Imploding Voice4:30
  3. E3One Moment3:04
  4. E4Speed Kills5:12

Side F

  1. F1Here's to the Atom Bomb, Too4:47
  2. F2Try, Try, Try5:14
  3. F3Whyte Spyder3:43
  4. F4Don't Wanna Be Your Lover2:48
  5. F5Cash Car Star3:22

Side G

  1. G1Dross3:32
  2. G2Lucky 133:04
  3. G3HMM6:14
  4. G4Without You3:38
  5. G5Winterlong5:01

Side H

  1. H1Laugh2:52
  2. H2If There Is a God4:56
  3. H3This Time4:42
  4. H4Blue Skies Bring Tears6:05

Side I

  1. I1In My Body6:15
  2. I2Innosense2:38
  3. I3Try (Again)4:18
  4. I4Drain2:25
  5. I5Yet Another Promise1:49
  6. I6Home4:34

Side J

  1. J1With Every Light3:59
  2. J2Age of Innocence4:01
  3. J3Let Me Give the World to You4:15
  4. J4Soot + Stars6:40
  5. J5Machina Theme2:09

Side K

  1. K1Untitled3:51
  2. K2Blue Skies Bring Tears (Early Version)4:09
  3. K3Go (M2 Version)3:47
  4. K4Vanity (Sadlands Demo)4:32
  5. K5Raindrops + Sunshowers (Band Demo)3:34

Side L

  1. L1Soul Power (M2 Version)2:57
  2. L2Here I Am (Sadlands Demo)3:26
  3. L3The Crying Tree3:14
  4. L4Glass and the Ghost Children (Pumpkinland Demo)6:08
  5. L5Age of Innocence (Acoustic Demo)3:49

Side M

  1. M1Rock On5:35
  2. M2End of the Joke3:19
  3. M3Stand Inside Your Love (Early Version)4:05
  4. M4Home (Home Demo)2:27
  5. M5Identify (Movie Demo)4:38

Side N

  1. N1Rainy Day Song2:53
  2. N2Lucky 13 (M2 Version)2:17
  3. N3Saturn9 (M2 Version)3:38
  4. N4The Imploding Voice (Pumpkinland Demo)4:44
  5. N5Without You (Sadlands Demo)3:40
  6. N6Wound (Sadlands Demo)3:21

Side O

  1. O1Speed Kills (Early Version)4:22
  2. O2Whyte Spyder (M2 Version)3:40
  3. O3Summer (Rehearsal)3:31
  4. O4Let Me Give the World to You (Sadlands Demo)4:12
  5. O5Heavy Metal Machine (M2 Version)4:59

Side P

  1. P1I of the Radio (Instrumental Demo)3:52
  2. P2Sleeping Giant3:43
  3. P3Attached by Satellites (Sadlands Demo)3:33
  4. P4Glass' Theme (M2 Demo)2:00
  5. P5Promise (NYC Demo)3:43
  6. P6Fuck You (Live 12.02.00)4:17

Sound DNA

  • Alt/Indie
  • Alternative Rock
  • distorted
  • melancholic
  • nocturnal

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

The MACHINA story - all tracks are remixed and remastered in the intended order along with the story and new artwork. Exclusively available at Madame ZuZu's.
· 8 LP box set pressed on 180g black vinyl.
· 80 songs total (48 track MACHINA and 32 bonus tracks of demos, outtakes and live performances).
· Complete lyrics and reimagined artwork by Billy Corgan and Katelan Foisy.

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Billy CorganVOCALS, GUITAR, BASS, KEYBOARDS, PROGRAMMED BY
  • D'Arcy WretzkyBASS
  • James IhaGUITAR, VOCALS GUITAR, VOCALS, BASS LEAD VOCALS
  • Jimmy ChamberlinDRUMS
  • Mike GarsonPIANO
  • Melissa Auf Der MaurBASS BASS GUITAR

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