The Smashing Pumpkins: Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness verzia na 2CD v štandardný edícii. Toto konkrétne vydanie vyšlo v Európa vo vydavateľstve Virgin v spolupráci s Hut Recordings roka 2008.

The album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, released in 1995, is the third studio album by The Smashing Pumpkins.The double album was produced by frontman Billy Corgan and Flood and recorded at various studios in Chicago. The album was a commercial success, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200 chart and eventually selling over four million copies in the United States. Four singles were released from it, including the chart-topping "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" and "1979". The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Album zasahuje do žánrov Rock a Alternative rock.

The Smashing Pumpkins: Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness verzia na 2CD v remasterované edícii. Toto konkrétne vydanie vyšlo v Európa vo vydavateľstve Virgin dňa 4. decembra 2012.

"Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness", das 1995er Doppelalbum der Smashing Pumpkins, das die Karriere der Band entscheidend geprägt hat, ist von der Recording Industry Association of America für mehr als 10 Millionen verkaufte Tonträger mit dem Diamond Zertifikat ausgezeichnet worden, dem höchsten Verkaufszertifikat der US-amerikanischen Musikbranche. Die erfreuliche Meldung steht in Koinzidenz mit der umfangreichen Wiederveröffentlichungskampagne, mit der EMI Music das Vermächtnis dieser namhaften Alternative-Band würdigt. Im Rahmen dieser Kampagne erscheint "Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness", das vierte Album der Band, nun zum allerersten Mal kompletne remastered. Das Werk setzt damit die Chronik der gefeierten Wiederveröffentlichungen fort, von den ersten zwei bahnbrechenden Alben Gish (1991) und Siamese Dream (1993) im letzten Jahr bis hin zu Pisces Iscariot (1994), dem dritten Album der Band, das diesen Sommer erschien. Erstmals veröffentlicht wurde "Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness" am 24. února 2016. Oktober 1995 - es belegte umgehend Platz 1 der Billboard Top 200 Charts. Das in der Folge in den USA neunfach mit Platin ausgezeichnete Album brachte einige wichtige Hits hervor, darunter "Bullet With Butterfly Wings", kurioserweise der erste Top-40-Hit der Band, das exquisite "1979" und das epische "Tonight, Tonight" sowie eine ganze Reihe höchst inspirierter Videoclips. Produziert wurde das Album von Billy Corgan, Flood und Alan Moulder. Das Album wurde mit einem Grammy Award ausgezeichnet (1996 in der Kategorie Best Hard Rock Performance für "Bullet With Butterfly Wings") und wurde für insgesamt sieben nominiert. Jenseits seiner Hitqualitäten sticht "Mellon Collie" als beeindruckender Songzyklus von ungewöhnlicher Tiefe und beachtlicher stilistischer Bandbreite hervor. Es ist schlichtweg eine wunderbare Ansammlung berückend schöner Momente. Product Information Press Release. The news comes amid a major reissue campaign by EMI Music honoring the legacy of this iconic alternative band. The campaign continues on December 4 in North America and December 3 abroad, with Pumpkins fourth album Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness receiving a fully remastered treatment for the first time. This follows last year's award-winning reissues (*see quotes below) of the band's first two breakthrough albums, Gish (1991) and Siamese Dream (1993), as well as the band's third album, Pisces Iscariot (1994), released this summer. The album Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, originally released on October 24, 1995, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and was certified 9x platinum by the RIAA. It spawned big hits like "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" - the band's unlikely first Top 40 hit - the standout "1979" and the epic "Tonight, Tonight", as well as a thoroughly inspired series of music videos. The album, produced by Billy Corgan, Flood and Alan Moulder, also won a Grammy (1996 Best Hard Rock Performance for "Bullet With Butterfly Wings") and seven nominations. Beyond the more obvious hits, however, Mellon Collie is a song cycle of unusual depth and considerable range. It's a collection of stunningly beautiful moments when everything lined up - moments that are still priceless here. Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness is being released in several physical and digital configurations, including an expanded 5CD+DVD Deluxe Box Set (also available digitally) and the remastered original album on 4LP vinyl, 2CD and digital formats. The 5-CD Deluxe Box Set features 64 bonus tracks of previously unreleased material or alternate versions of songs from the Mellon Collie era, and its DVD includes live performances recorded at London's Brixton Academy (1996) and bonus performances from the German music TV show Rockpalast (1996). All this is housed in a 12 x 12 box with a lift-off lid, magnetic closure, redesigned packaging and velvet-lined disc holder. Included are 2 books containing personal notes, song lyrics, new collages, plus a Decoupage kit for creating your own scenes from the world of Mellon Collie. The bonus content and special features have been culled from the band's archives by Corgan and have been painstakingly remastered from the original master tapes for the first time by Bob Ludwig. *See below for a list of all tracks. "The thing that strikes me now about Mellon Collie is that we based it on the recording of Siamese Dream with Butch Vig - which was a very idealised statement," Corgan tells writer David Wild in the liner notes. "Siamese Dream was very successful and was very much at the forefront of how records with a strong perfectionist feel are made now. Yet after that success we went in a completely opposite direction working with Flood and Alan Moulder. We headed into much darker, funkier and more intimate terrain. In revising Mellon Collie for this issue, this is what struck me - that we made such a dramatic "about face" at a time when most people would have made an even more expensive idealized statement. We went deep and tried for something expansive - not just an expensive sound." The decision to work with acclaimed British producer and sound engineer Flood - aka Mark Ellis - and his longtime collaborator Alan Moulder was a significant one for The Pumpkins. The band admired Flood's work with artists from U2 to Nine Inch Nails and Depeche Mode. "I loved Butch Vig very much then and still do," explains Corgan. "The decision to change was based on the feeling that there was some completely different thing we could get to, but that it would take a more radical approach. We knew we wanted to continue our evolving consciousness, but we weren't quite sure how to do it." With the full support and guidance of The Smashing Pumpkins - who have produced some of the most acclaimed work in music history and sold more than 30 million albums - the worldwide campaign to re-release the EMI catalogue will run until 2013; it will include all of the band's albums and B-sides from 1991-2000, with further release dates to be announced. Many of the seminal band's hits defined an era of alternative music and continue to resonate on modern rock radio, influencing a whole new generation. With The Smashing Pumpkins receiving a fully remastered treatment through these reissues, the band is excited to move forward with the creation of new music. The acclaimed album Oceania (Martha's Music / EMI Label Services / Caroline Distribution), released June 19, 2012, was created by the band - singer/guitarist Billy Corgan, guitarist Jeff Schroeder, drummer Mike Byrne and bassist Nicole Fiorentino - in Corgan's private studio in Chicago as a true album experience for listeners to fully immerse themselves in. The powerful 13-song collection was produced by Corgan and Bjorn Thorsrud and mixed by David Bottrill. It was ranked #4 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart and earned the #1 spot on the Independent Albums Chart. It is their seventh studio album The Smashing Pumpkins, which is an "album within an album" and is part of their 44-song work-in-progress project Teargarden By Kaleidyscope. The band is touring worldwide in 2012 and will be hitting North American arenas this fall. Rezensionen ,,Die Musik immer noch pendelnd zwischen himmelhoch jauchzend, spartanisch zurückgenommen und kompromisslos rockend, machen diese zwei Stunden am Stück gehört auf Grund ihrer zeitlosen Klasse immer noch sprachlos." (Good Times, Februar / März 2013) ,,Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness" gehört zu den Monumentalwerken der 90er-Jahre zwischen bombastischem Prog-Punk und feinsinnigem College-Rock. (...) Endlich hat die remasterte Doppel-CD auch den Sound, den sie damals schon verdient hätte und der die Platte hoffentlich unwiderruflich in die erste Reihe der Jahrhundertalben katapultieren wird." (stereoplay, Februar 2013) ,,Einmal nur ,,Tonight, Tonight" oder ,,Bullet With Butterfly Wings" hören, und schon ist die Gänsehaut wieder da - so wie im Herbst 1995, als dieser Doppeldecker als drittes Album der US-Alternative-Rocker erschien." (Audio, März 2013)

Album zasahuje do žánrov Rock a Alternative rock.