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 Chamb ...
, 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 Popular culture, mainstre ...
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 album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...
s, four
live album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...
s, one digital live album series, seven
compilation album
A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several Performing arts#Performers, performers. If by one artist, then generally the tr ...
s (including
box set
A box set or (its original name) boxed set is a set of items (for example, a compilation of books, musical recordings, films or television programs) traditionally packaged in a box and offered for sale as a single unit.
Music
Artists and bands ...
s 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 promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a m ...
s, and contributions to five
soundtrack album
A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television show. The first such album to be commercially released was Walt Disney's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' ...
s. 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
Luminate (formerly Nielsen SoundScan, Nielsen Music Products, and MRC Data) is a provider of music sales data. Established by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett in 1991, data is collected weekly and made available every Sunday (for albums sales) and eve ...
.
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 o ...
" charted from this release.
II The song "
Zero
0 (zero) is a number representing an empty quantity. In place-value notation
Positional notation (or place-value notation, or positional numeral system) usually denotes the extension to any base of the Hindu–Arabic numeral system (or ...
" 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
James Victor Chesnutt (November 12, 1964 – December 25, 2009) was an American singer-songwriter from Athens, Georgia. His first album, ''Little'', was released in 1990. His commercial breakthrough came in 1996 with the release of '' Sweet ...
cover
IV
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex, in 1980. The band currently consists of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and co-songwriting) and Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, co-lead vocals and main songwriting).
Depeche ...
cover
See also
*
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