The discography of
the Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins (also referred to as simply Smashing Pumpkins) are an American alternative rock band from Chicago. Formed in 1988 by frontman and guitarist Billy Corgan, bassist D'arcy Wretzky, guitarist James Iha and drummer Jimmy Ch ...
, an American
alternative rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commerci ...
band formed in
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
, image_map =
, map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago
, coordinates =
, coordinates_footnotes =
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name ...
, consists of twelve
studio albums, four
live albums, one digital live album series, seven
compilation albums (including
box sets and promotional releases), five
extended play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record. s (including promotional releases), 55
singles
Singles are people not in a committed relationship.
Singles may also refer to:
Film and television
* ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series
* ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe
* ''Singles'' ...
(including promotional releases), four video albums, 37
music video
A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device ...
s, and contributions to five
soundtrack albums. This list does not include material recorded by The Smashing Pumpkins members with other side projects.
As of 2012, The Smashing Pumpkins have sold 16.7 million albums according to
Nielsen Soundscan.
Albums
Studio albums
II ''Machina II'' had a free internet release and thus did not chart and was not eligible for certification.
Live albums
Compilation albums
EPs
For the live extended plays ''Live in Chicago October 23, 1995'' and ''Bonus EP'', see the
live albums
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records coll ...
section of this article.
I The song "
Rhinoceros
A rhinoceros (; ; ), commonly abbreviated to rhino, is a member of any of the five extant species (or numerous extinct species) of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae. (It can also refer to a member of any of the extinct species ...
" charted from this release.
II The song "
Zero
0 (zero) is a number representing an empty quantity. In place-value notation such as the Hindu–Arabic numeral system, 0 also serves as a placeholder numerical digit, which works by multiplying digits to the left of 0 by the radix, usual ...
" charted from this release.
III Promotional bonus disc issued with limited-edition printings of ''Machina/The Machines of God''.
IV Songs from ''Songs for a Sailor'' were sporadically released one at a time to be downloaded starting from December 8, 2009.
Box sets
Singles
Promotional singles
* V "Daughter" was released as a 7-inch one-sided
flexi disc
The flexi disc (also known as a phonosheet, Sonosheet or Soundsheet, a trademark) is a phonograph record made of a thin, flexible vinyl sheet with a molded-in spiral stylus groove, and is designed to be playable on a normal phonograph turntable. ...
in subscriber copies of the April 4, 1992 issue of ''Reflex'' magazine.
* VII "Daphne Descends" was released as a promotional CD single exclusively in France.
* VIII B-side of "Perfect" written by
James Iha
(born March 26, 1968) is an American rock musician. He is best known as a guitarist and co-founder of the alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins. He was a member until the initial breakup in 2000. Among his musical projects of recent years ...
, released as a promotional cassette single.
* X "Heavy Metal Machine" was issued as a promotional cassette single prior to the release of ''Machina''.
* XI "Simmatar/Magdalana", "Saffron/Zope", "Huzzah!/Automaton", "MaryQ/Burr" and "Excelsior/Necromance" are to be released as part of the Atum Vinyl Boxset Limited Edition as five bonus 7" singles.
Other charted songs
Demo albums
Video albums
* I This video was a limited edition release packaged with ''Siamese Dream'' that contains the videos for "Siva", "Rhinoceros", "Cherub Rock", "Today", and "Disarm".
Music videos
*
*This music video was unreleased prior to its inclusion on 2001's ''Greatest Hits'' DVD.
*IIThis music video contains footage from ''
Batman & Robin'' directed by
Joel Schumacher
Joel T. Schumacher (; August 29, 1939June 22, 2020) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Raised in New York City by his mother, Schumacher graduated from Parsons School of Design and originally became a fashion designer. H ...
.
An internet-only "interactive music video" was released for "The Crying Tree of Mercury" by MTV in March 2000, directed by Billy Corgan.
It is no longer available through MTV's website.
Other appearances
I
Ozark Mountain Daredevils
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils are an American rock band formed in 1972 in Springfield, Missouri. They are most widely known for their singles "If You Wanna Get to Heaven" in 1974 and "Jackie Blue" in 1975.
Bassist Michael "Supe" Granda has al ...
cover
II
Johnny Marks
John David Marks (November 10, 1909 – September 3, 1985) was an American songwriter. He specialized in Christmas songs (although he himself was Jewish and did not celebrate Christmas) and wrote many holiday standards, including "Rudolph the Red- ...
cover
III
Vic Chestnutt cover
IV
Depeche Mode cover
See also
*
List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. alternative rock chart
Notes
References
* ''The Aeroplane Flies High''
ox set liner notes Beverly Hills: Virgin Records America. 1996
* Strong, Martin C.: ''The Great Rock Discography'', 6th edn., 2002, Canongate,
References
External links
*
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smashing Pumpkins discography, The
Discography
Discography is the study and cataloging of published sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified music genres. The exact information included varies depending on the type and scope of the discography, but a discography entry ...
Alternative rock discographies
Discographies of American artists