{"product_id":"the-smashing-pumpkins-greatest-hits-rotten-apples","title":"The Smashing Pumpkins - Greatest Hits - Rotten Apples","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003ch3\u003e \u003cspan\u003eProduct description\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eCD\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003e \u003cspan\u003eAmazon.com\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eThe Smashing Pumpkins' greatest-hits album, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRotten Apples\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, traces the band's evolution (or devolution, depending on your feelings about the band's radical sonic shift in the mid-'90s) from its early days to its status among the kings of alt rock. For fans of the Pumpkins' beginnings as a tripped-out indie\/art rock act, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApples\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e opens with some of the band's strongest material. \"Siva\" and \"Rhinoceros\" (from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the Pumpkin's first--and arguably best--album) seamlessly mixed dream pop with noisy goth-rock as prime examples of the Pumpkins' early '90s sound. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApples\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e also showcases three stellar tracks (\"Cherub Rock,\" \"Today,\" and \"Disarm\") from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSiamese Dream\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the Pumpkins' breakout album. This disc makes the band's mid-'90s directional swing obvious, though, starting with \"Bullet with Butterfly Wings,\" the aggressive alt rock\/alt metal concoction released on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Fans of songs like \"Zero,\" \"Tonight, Tonight,\" and \"The Everlasting Gaze\" will be happy to know that pretty much every cage-rattling hit made it to this disc, along with the previously unreleased dream pop track \"Real Love\" and an untitled new track (that sounds a lot like the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSiamese Dream\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-era Pumpkins) to round out the mix. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--Jennifer Maerz\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Virgin","offers":[{"title":"Audio Cd, Import, November 20, 2001","offer_id":45911887478975,"sku":"6ae38fe5-838e-4d0f-9c6b-d3979ebac94b","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/c47aa2c2d80a1c8f52734bd56bfc0536.jpg?v=1785001233","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/the-smashing-pumpkins-greatest-hits-rotten-apples","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}