For the second round selection,
The Slippery Grooves also goes for a well-known choice with their 1993 album for placement in the
Album 1991-1993 category,
Smashing Pumpkins - "Siamese Dream"
Amazon.com song samples:
Song Title Time
1.
Cherub Rock 4:58
2.
Quiet 3:42
3.
Today 3:19
4.
Hummer 6:57
5.
Rocket 4:06
6.
Disarm 3:17
7.
Soma 6:39
8.
Geek U.S.A. 5:13
9.
Mayonaise 5:49
10.
Spaceboy 4:28
11.
Silver 8:43
12.
Sweet Sweet 1:38
13.
Luna 3:20
Amazon.com essential recording
An introductory drum roll drops out and is replaced by a single suspended electric guitar, which is then paralleled by a snare, filled in with the bass, and--crash!--"Cherub Rock," the opening track, is enveloped in an explosion of metal guitar. So the journey begins. This album is pre-experimentation vintage Pumpkins. Produced by Butch Vig (Garbage, Sonic Youth, Nirvana's
Nevermind),
Siamese Dream is first about guitars. Lots and lots of guitars. A very close second is Jimmy Chamberlain's unquestionably excellent power drumming. Throughout each song, Billy Corgan delivers angsty lyrics in his signature breathy whine. "Disarm" is a nice intermission halfway though the album. As the title of the song suggests, it throws the listener into a different mood with its full string arrangements and radiant orchestral chimes. But then it is back to the aural masochism--a pain that rarely sounds so sweet.
--Beth Bessmer
Sorry, too lazy to write my own summary for this album, but I will say it was an important album in my personal life and never stays on the shelf too long before I feel the need to play it again. What more reason is needed to pick it in this draft?
P.S. Mayonaise rules!