12 May 2026
Last year the Smashing Pumpkins‘s commander in chief Billy Corgan
celebrated the 30th anniversary (25 October 2025) of masterstroke LP
Mellon Collie And Infinite Sadness with some spectacular, orchestral
and big choir shows in the US.
Now, UK and European dates are announced for the grandiose operation.
Cool poster, Billy.
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Significant longplayers from yesteryear
24 October 2025
Rock giants THE SMASHING PUMPKINS (1988–2000, 2006–present)
released their 3rd LP, a double one, titled MELLON COLLIE AND THE
INFINITE SADNESS released on 24 October 1995 in the US, 30 years ago
today.
It went straight to #1 on the US Charts
with first-week sales of 246,500 units.
Pitchfork said: “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness was one of the most generous
records of the 90s. Smashing Pumpkins took it upon themselves to make a record that
only teenagers could love and for many it was the only one they needed.”.
Musically, the album has been described as featuring alternative rock, Grunge, alt metal, art rock and heavy metal. Its sprawling nature resulted in diverse music styles from song to song, contrasting what some critics felt was the “one dimensional flavor” of the previous two albums.
The artwork was conceived by American illustrator and collage artist John Craig.
He worked from Corgan‘s scribbled notes and crude sketches, most of which
arrived via fax.
The woman on the front cover is a collage made from two paintings: the face was taken from a work by French painter by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725 – 1805), and a portrait of Saint-Catherine Of Alexandria by medieval Italian painter Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino.
Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Saint-Catherine Of Alexandria
Billy Corgan: “Do I belong in the conversation
about the best artists in the world? My answer is
yes, I do.”
Singles/clips: Bullet With Butterfly Wings / 1979 / Zero
– BULLET WITH BUTTERFLY WINGS –
– 1979 –
– ZERO –
Full album…
28 December 2024
Band: OASIS
Album: (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
Their 2nd one. The best-selling
album of the 90s in the UK.
Rolling Stone said: “What’s the Story is more than a natural progression, it’s
a bold leap forward that displays significant musical and personal growth.”
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Band: RADIOHEAD
Album: The Bends
Their second LP. It peaked at
#7 in the UK and #88 in the US.
NME wrote: “Radiohead clearly resolved to make an album
so stunning it would make people forget their own name,
never mind ‘Creep’.”
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Artist: PJ HARVEY
Album: To Bring You My Love
Her 3rd one. #12 in the UK.
The Independent (British newspaper): “Harvey’s performance makes the record stand out from its peers. A threatening, nightmarish creature. Imagine Siouxsie and the Bad Seeds”
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Band: BLACK GRAPE
Featuring 2 Happy Mondays.
Bez and Shaun Ryder.
Album: It’s Great When You’re Straight…
Their debut longplayer. No. 1 in the UK.
VOX (British music monthly): “Black Grape buzz with the
life-affirming, innovative, fuck-you spirit of true rock’n’roll”.
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Artist: TRICKY
Album: Maxinquaye
The debut of former
Massive Attack member.
Q (British music monthly): “A highly inventive and intoxicating collection.
With this debut, Tricky proves himself to be more challenging and eclectic
than his peers”.
PlAY
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Band: PULP
Album: Different Class
The 5th one of the Sheffield, led by Jarvis Cocker.
No. 1 in the UK, No. 44 in the USA.
Melody Maker (former British weekly): “Bloody essential. The album’s title
alone announces that Cocker’s broadened his scope, has another axe to grind:
social
antagonism.”
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Band: LEFTFIELD
Album: LEFTISM
London-based duo’s
debut LP.
NME said: “There’s a scope and spirit, an energy and a madness to ‘Leftism’ which’ll
make it one of the few dance derived that’ll stay up there, bouncing around in the great
echo chamber of futurity for years.
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Band: GARBAGE
Album: Garbage
The Scottish/American team’s 1st one.
No. 1 in the UK, No. 20 in the US.
AllMusic: “Garbage’s self-titled debut has all the trappings of alternative rock, off-kilter arrangements, occasional bursts of noise, a female singer with a thin, airy voice but it
comes off as pop, thanks to the glossy production courtesy of drummer Butch Vig.”
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Band: THE SMASHING PUMKINGS
Album: Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
3rd longplayer, a double one. No. 1 in the US, and the UK.
Time USA said: “The group’s most ambitious and accomplished work yet. One gets the feeling that the band charged ahead on gut instincts; the sheer scope of the album (28 songs) didn’t allow for second-guessing or contrivance.”
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Band: THE CHARLATANS
Album: THE CHARLATANS
Their 4th LP. #1 in the UK.
NME wrote: “It feels unequivocally like a statement of intent. With the various
influences, the band was capable of absorbing the sensibility wholesale, while
leaving the incriminating specifics alone.”
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