Siamese Dream is the second album by the American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, released on July 27, 1993 on Virgin Records. The album fused diverse influences such as shoegazing, psychedelic rock, dream pop, noise pop, classic rock, heavy metal, and progressive rock.
Despite recording sessions fraught with difficulties and tensions, Siamese Dream debuted at number ten on the Billboard charts, sold over four million copies in the U...
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Siamese Dream is the second album by the American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, released on July 27, 1993 on Virgin Records. The album fused diverse influences such as shoegazing, psychedelic rock, dream pop, noise pop, classic rock, heavy metal, and progressive rock.
Despite recording sessions fraught with difficulties and tensions, Siamese Dream debuted at number ten on the Billboard charts, sold over four million copies in the U.S. and over six million worldwide, cementing The Smashing Pumpkins as a major force in the alternative rock movement. Four hit singles were released in support of Siamese Dream: "Cherub Rock", "Today", "Disarm", and "Rocket". In the November 2003 Rolling Stone magazine issue of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time", Siamese Dream was ranked number 360. It is widely considered to be one of the finest albums of the 1990s.
The band's debut album Gish was released on Caroline Records in 1991 to unexpected success and acclaim. After the release of...
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