''The Parable'' is the second studio album by the Jimmy Chamberlin Complex (side project band 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 ...
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Zwan
Zwan was an American alternative rock Supergroup (music), supergroup that was formed by Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin, lead singer/guitarist and drummer of The Smashing Pumpkins respectively, after they disbanded in December 2000. Other memb ...
drummer
Jimmy Chamberlin
James Joseph Chamberlin (born June 10, 1964) is an American drummer and record producer. He is best known as the drummer for the alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. Following the 2000 breakup of the band, Chamberlin joined Pumpkins fro ...
). It was released on November 6, 2017 as a digital download, and the physical edition was released 2 weeks after the digital download's release.
PopMatters
/ref> This is the first album since the 2005 debut, ''Life Begins Again
''Life Begins Again'' is the debut studio album by the Jimmy Chamberlin Complex (side project band of The Smashing Pumpkins/Zwan drummer Jimmy Chamberlin). It was released on January 25, 2005 and as an Enhanced CD. The album stars several gue ...
''. The album was produced by Chamberlin's longtime collaborator, Billy Mohler
Billy Mohler is a Grammy-nominated producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He was raised in South Orange County and is Bill Medley's (of the Righteous Bros.) godson. He attended and graduated from Berklee College of Music where he studie ...
.
Track listing
All songs were written by Jimmy Chamberlin
# Horus and the Pharaoh – 6:19
# The Parable – 6:50
# Thoughts of Days Long Past – 4:17
# El Born – 6:12
# Magick Moon – 4:52
# Dance of the Grebe – 7:40
Personnel
* Jimmy Chamberlin
James Joseph Chamberlin (born June 10, 1964) is an American drummer and record producer. He is best known as the drummer for the alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. Following the 2000 breakup of the band, Chamberlin joined Pumpkins fro ...
– drums, percussion
* Billy Mohler
Billy Mohler is a Grammy-nominated producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He was raised in South Orange County and is Bill Medley's (of the Righteous Bros.) godson. He attended and graduated from Berklee College of Music where he studie ...
– bass guitar, production
* Chris Speed
Chris Speed (born February 12, 1967) is an American saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer.
Early life and career
Speed grew up outside of Seattle and studied classical piano and clarinet from an early age. He later began studying jazz, took up ...
– clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound.
Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...
, saxophone
* Sean Woolstenhulme – guitar
* Randy Ingram – keyboard
* Husky Hoskulds – engineering
* Nate Wood
Nate Wood (born October 3, 1979) is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist. He has performed with Wayne Krantz, Kneebody, Tigran Hamasyan, Louis Cole, The Calling, and Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders.
Background
Nate learned to play ...
– mastering
References
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2017 albums
The Jimmy Chamberlin Complex albums
Albums produced by Billy Mohler