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SD earned the band two Grammy noms including Best Alternative Album. "Disarm" earned two VMA noms, and the Rock Invasion tour was Pollstar's 1994 Club Tour of the Year winner. The SD deluxe edition scores 96/100 on review aggregate site Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim".

SD peaked at #4 in the UK and in the top 10 in several other countries. It has continued to occasionally re-enter national charts, such as 2000 in Norway and 2002 in Ireland. It is certified Platinum in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and US, and Gold in Netherlands, Sweden and UK

Internationally it sold 6+ million copies, cementing The Smashing Pumpkins as a critical group in alternative. SD has continually been widely regarded as one of the best albums of the 90s, and of all time. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it 360 on their 500 All Time Greatest Albums

Siamese Dream released July 27, 1993! It fused diverse influences such as shoegazing, dream pop and heavy metal. Despite recording sessions fraught with difficulties and tension, it was a massive hit, debuting at #10 in the US and selling 4+ million copies spcodex.wiki/Siamese_Dream

The setlist is believed to have included the only performance of "Lock Me Up", along with the debuts of "Bleed" and "Screaming". A live version of "Bleed" was included on the 2012 deluxe reissue of Gish.

On the night of July 9, 1988, The Smashing Pumpkins played their very first show! It included only Corgan on bass, Iha on guitar, and a drum machine. Corgan also played bass for the opening band, Stil Life. spcodex.wiki/The_Smashing_Pu…

Arrangements on the album followed an unusual process: Corgan wrote the basic structure for each song and the melody was split into four sections based on the pitch. The production team then programmed synth melodies in each voicing, combining them into a multitrack recording.

Billy Corgan's TheFutureEmbrace released June 21, 2005! Markedly different from most of his earlier work, it used electronic sounds punctuated with heavily distorted guitar parts reminiscent of shoegazing. It peaked #31 in the US and at #89 in the UK. spcodex.wiki/TheFutureEmbrac…

Oceania debuted at #4 in the US as the band's seventh top 10 album. It also peaked in the top 10 in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and in the top 50 in at least a dozen other countries. spcodex.wiki/Oceania#Charts

The Chicago Sun-Times gave Oceania 4/5 stars, saying "this album within an album revives Corgan's gutter-epic vision with a clarity and ferocity not seen since 1995's Mellon Collie." AllMusic also gave 4/5, declaring it their best work since Siamese Dream.

In describing Oceania's theme, Corgan said the album is partly about "people struggling to find a social identity in today's fast-paced, technology-rich culture", adding "I think alienation seems to be the key theme – alienation in love and alienation in culture."

Corgan has said that Oceania is the band's "best effort since Mellon Collie", and critics largely agreed. Comparing it to previous works he said "it is the first time where you actually hear me escape the old band. I'm not reacting against it or for it or in the shadow of it."

Oceania was the first full-length album recorded with guitarist Jeff Schroeder, and the only album recorded with drummer Mike Byrne and bassist Nicole Fiorentino. The band was supplemented in-studio by an unnamed session keyboardist.

Oceania released June 19, 2012! It is SP's 8th studio album. Produced by Billy Corgan and Bjorn Thorsrud, it was part of the larger Teargarden by Kaleidyscope project. The album debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200 and at #1 on the Independent chart. spcodex.wiki/Oceania

"Tonight, Tonight" released June 11, 1996! Critically acclaimed and commercially well-received, it reached #1 in Iceland, #2 in New Zealand, #7 in the UK and at #36 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Rolling Stone praised it as "the Pumpkins at their finest." spcodex.wiki/Tonight,_Tonigh…

Happy birthday to drummer god Jimmy Chamberlin! Originally trained in jazz, he in general is one of the few hard rock drummers to combine a driving backbeat with jazz-like flourishes. In 2008, Gigwise named Chamberlin the 5th best drummer of all time. spcodex.wiki/Jimmy_Chamberli…

The music video features the band in Batman-like costumes floating in front of Batman imagery. It is one of two to have a different drummer than Chamberlin and is the only video with Walker on drums before his departure. The video was nominated for Best Direction at the MTV VMAs.

Billy Corgan said of the song: "For me, it was a great kind of artistic thing to do because it was very freeing. I wasn't talking about myself or trying to represent [SP]. I was trying to represent Batman." He also said the lyrics were meant to represent the "darker" 1940s Batman

"The End Is the Beginning Is the End" released June 2, 1997! It was the first release with @mwBATTERY. It saw international success, winning the Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance and peaking at #1 in Canada and the UK. It is certified Gold in Australia spcodex.wiki/The_End_Is_the_…

Rolling Stone regarded Adore as the band's "most intimate album … and also the prettiest." Pitchfork described the album as "the Pumpkins' best offering since Siamese Dream", praising the lyrics, especially on "To Sheila".