Siamese Dream

Siamese Dream
Studio album by
the Smashing Pumpkins
ReleasedJuly 19, 1993 (1993-07-19)
RecordedDecember 1992 – March 1993
StudioTriclops (Marietta, Georgia)
Genre
Length62:08
LabelVirgin
Producer
The Smashing Pumpkins chronology
Peel Sessions
(1992) 		Siamese Dream
(1993) 		Pisces Iscariot
(1994)
Singles from Siamese Dream
  1. "Cherub Rock"
    Released: June 21, 1993[1]
  2. "Today"
    Released: September 13, 1993[2]
  3. "Disarm"
    Released: February 21, 1994[3]
  4. "Rocket"
    Released: December 27, 1994[4]
Alternate cover
2011 reissue cover

Siamese Dream is the second studio album by the American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins, released on July 19, 1993 in the UK[5] and on July 27, 1993 in the US,[6] by Virgin Records. The album was produced by Butch Vig and frontman Billy Corgan. Despite its recording sessions being fraught with difficulties and tensions, Siamese Dream debuted at number ten on the Billboard 200, and was eventually certified 4× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), with the album selling over six million copies worldwide,[7] catapulting the Smashing Pumpkins to mainstream success and cementing them as a significant group in alternative music.

Four singles were released in support of Siamese Dream: "Cherub Rock", "Today", "Disarm", and "Rocket", and a fifth single, "Mayonaise", was released in 2023 for the album's 30th anniversary. The album received widespread acclaim from critics and audiences alike, with its diverse musical influences and lyrical material considered unique compared to other releases during the alternative rock and grunge movements of its time. The album has since been considered "one of the finest alternative rock albums",[8] and is widely regarded as one of the greatest albums of the 1990s and of all time.[9][10][11]

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. June 19, 1993. p. 19.
  2. ^ "Single Releases". Music Week. September 11, 1993. p. 23.
  3. ^ "Single Releases". Music Week. February 19, 1994. p. 21.
  4. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Canongate Press. p. 757. ISBN 9780862415419.
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  7. ^ Rosen, Craig (November 2, 1999). "Pumpkins' "Dream"". Yahoo!. Archived from the original on August 12, 2011. Retrieved November 4, 2006.
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  9. ^ "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time - Siamese Dream - The Smashing Pumpkins". Rolling Stone. November 2003. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  10. ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
  11. ^ "The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s". Pitchfork.com. Condé Nast. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
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