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Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is the third studio album and first double album by the American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins, released on October 23, 1995, in the United Kingdom[1] and on October 24 in the United States by Virgin Records. It was produced by vocalist and guitarist Billy Corgan, alongside producers Flood and Alan Moulder. The lengthy 28-track album was released as a two-disc CD and a triple LP. It features a wide array of musical styles, including art rock, grunge, alternative pop, and heavy metal.[2]
Propelled by its lead single "Bullet with Butterfly Wings", the album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 246,500 units.[3] It remains the band's only album to top the Billboard 200.[4] It spawned five more singles—"1979", "Zero", "Tonight, Tonight", the promotional "Muzzle" and "Thirty-Three"—over the course of 1996, and was certified diamond by the RIAA, signifying over ten million units sold in the US.[5] Recording sessions saw a wealth of productivity: dozens of fully completed songs were cut from the album and resurfaced on later releases. A box set released in November 1996 titled The Aeroplane Flies High compiled its promotional singles and around 30 fully completed songs from the Mellon Collie sessions that had not made the final cut (including "Pastichio Medley", a pastiche or medley of about 70 short pieces).[6] Both albums were reissued years later with even more session tracks.
Lauded by critics for its ambition and scope, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness earned the band seven Grammy Award nominations in 1997, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year ("1979"), as well as nine MTV Music Video Awards nominations, eight of which were for "Tonight, Tonight", including Video of the Year. The singles became hits on mainstream rock and modern rock stations, and "Bullet with Butterfly Wings", "1979", "Tonight, Tonight" and "Thirty-Three" became the band's first Top 40 hits, crossing over to pop radio stations. It has since been regarded as one of the greatest albums of the 1990s and of all time.[7]
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- ^ Gray, Scott A. (April 4, 2018). "An Essential Guide to the Smashing Pumpkins". Exclaim!. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
- ^ "Smashing Pumpkins 'Monuments to an Elegy' Projected First Week Sales Disappoint". alternativenation.net. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
- ^ "Smashing Pumpkins – Chart history – Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
- ^ "Smashing Pumpkins Earn Diamond Award and Plan Mellon Collie Releases ::Smashing Pumpkins News". antiMusic.com. October 24, 1995. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
- ^ AllMusic article: "The Aeroplane Flies High Archived January 3, 2021, at the Wayback Machine".
- ^ "100 Best Albums of the '90s". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 4, 2019.