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96-774: 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 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

192-444: A "choice cut", indicating "a good song on an album that isn't worth your time or money". The album spawned five singles. While Corgan considered issuing "Jellybelly" as the album's first single, he told Chart it was passed over in favor of " Bullet with Butterfly Wings " because "'Bullet's one of those songs where, you know, it's easy to sing along to and [he affects a drawl] ya gotta sell them records." "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"

288-613: A 1995 Rolling Stone interview, "[T]here are some B sides that James did that are really good. They just don't fit in the context of the album. And part of me feels bad. But over the seven years we've been together, the least uptight part of the band has been the music." The artwork and visual design were conceived by Wisconsin -based illustrator and collage artist John Craig, who had spent most of his career taking editorial commissions for magazines. Craig worked from Corgan's scribbled notes and crude sketches, most of which arrived via fax . Craig made other illustrations that appear throughout

384-858: A 45 RPM single . The Sunlandic Twins by Of Montreal features a third side officially called a "bonus EP ", essentially offering an alternate definition of an EP, a single 33 + 1 ⁄ 3  RPM side instead of a two-sided 45 RPM record. The 1992 Julian Cope album Jehovahkill contained three sides, or "phases", with a laser-etched fourth side which was unplayable, which also occurred with Norwegian band Motorpsycho 's vinyl releases of Motorpsycho presents The International Tussler Society and Heavy Metal Fruit , and Excepter 's 2014 album Familiar (the third side, with only one track, being shorter). Seattle band Alice in Chains released their first two EPs, Jar of Flies , and Sap on two vinyl discs in 1994, with three sides on vinyl, while

480-595: A best friend. Iha wrote and sang a number of Smashing Pumpkins' songs, such as: "Blew Away" on Pisces Iscariot , "Bugg Superstar" on Vieuphoria , "Take Me Down" on Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness , "...Said Sadly", "Believe", "The Boy", and "The Bells" on The Aeroplane Flies High , "Summer" on the " Perfect " single and "Go" on Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music . He co-wrote with Billy Corgan " I Am One " on Gish , " Soma " and " Mayonaise " on Siamese Dream , "Plume" on Pisces Iscariot and "Farewell and Goodnight" on Mellon Collie and

576-622: A completely rearranged track order. In 2012 the album was remastered and rereleased as a six-disc edition, with three bonus CDs and a DVD. A four-LP release that year retained the CD track order instead of the original LP order. All songs written by Billy Corgan, except where noted. Notes The Smashing Pumpkins Additional musicians Technical Sales figures based on certification alone. Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Double album Depending on

672-768: A cover of "Judy Is a Punk" by the Ramones for 30th anniversary of a Japanese clothing label Beams . In February 2007, Side-Line announced that Iha delivered a remix for the Ladytron single "Weekend Mixes" out on March 9 via Smoke & Mirrors. In April 2007, he recorded a remix for the Midnight Movies track "Patient Eye". Iha appeared on stage with Swedish band the Sounds , on the season finale of MTV 's Bam's Unholy Union in April 2007 and contributed guitar to

768-568: A double LP, remained split across two units for both its cassette and CD reissues, with the tracks in a different order on the pair of cassettes to ensure equal tape length. Meanwhile, 1988's He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince was released on both vinyl and cassette. At 85 minutes, the vinyl record was released as a double album, making it the first double vinyl LP release by hip hop artists, while its single CD release

864-414: A double album globally with All Eyez on Me , becoming his best selling album by the time he died in 1996. With regard to records , most double album sets are organized by manual sequencing, where the order of sides played are laid much as they are on a single LP; Side one and two are organized back-to-back on the first disc, as are three and four on the second disc and so on. However, some releases up to

960-796: A double album in LP format to a single cassette tape . The same principles apply to the triple album , which comprises three units. Packages with more units than three are often referred to as a box set . The introduction of the long-play or LP record in 1948 allowed longer tracks or a greater number of tracks per record, with approximately 22 minutes of music per side, for a total of 44 minutes. Despite this, recordings of entire classical or operatic pieces were often too long for one LP disc, thus albums of two or more discs were made. As they were costly to make and sell, double albums and multi-record releases were largely limited to long works such as classical music and, later, to live recordings and compilations. One of

1056-438: A double album. With this new album, I really liked the notion that we would create a wider scope in which to put other kinds of material we were writing." Corgan felt that the band's musical approach was running its course, and wanted the band to approach the album as if it were its last. Corgan described the album at the time to the music press as " The Wall for Generation X ", a comparison with Pink Floyd 's 1979 album, one of

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1152-497: A friend. Corgan had already been telling people he was in a band called "Smashing Pumpkins", and decided to make it a real band with Iha. Iha later became romantically involved with the band's bassist D'arcy Wretzky , but the couple broke up just prior to the band's performance at the Reading Festival in 1992. After a brief feud between the two, Iha sustained a friendly and close relationship with Wretzky, citing her as

1248-476: A half albums) and one side of studio recordings. The vinyl reissues of two albums by The Tragically Hip , Trouble at the Henhouse and Music @ Work , are on two discs, but the fourth side is blank. In the 2010s and 2020s, as more digital era albums from the 1990s and 2000s were issued on vinyl, often for the first time, blank sides became more common and often included etchings into the fourth side, such as

1344-428: A moderately successful solo album , Let It Come Down . One music video was produced from this album, for the song " Be Strong Now ", which was released as a four-track single. When his former bandmates Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin revived the "Smashing Pumpkins" name, Iha did not participate, and in fact had not spoken to Corgan in years. Corgan stated in a 2008 blog entry that when he and Chamberlin reunited,

1440-743: A permanent fixture of supergroup A Perfect Circle since 1999. He was also a member of Tinted Windows , a group with members of Cheap Trick , Fountains of Wayne , and Hanson . He previously co-owned independent record label Scratchie Records with Adam Schlesinger and, from 1999 to 2012, owned a recording studio with Schlesinger and Andy Chase of Ivy called Stratosphere Sound. Iha was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Elk Grove High School in Elk Grove Village, Illinois , which he described as "a boring, middle-class suburb of Chicago." Iha received average grades in high school, and, after

1536-728: A recording studio and independent label. Iha had lived in Manhattan since 2000 and has since moved to Brooklyn. In May 2008, Marilyn Manson said that Iha would be making a guest appearance on his new record ; however, Iha was not credited as a guitarist on the album. On December 22, 2008, the Swedish band A Camp (the solo project of the Cardigans vocalist Nina Persson ) put out a press release announcing that their new album would come out on April 28, 2009, featuring guest appearances by Iha and other musicians. On February 17, 2009, it

1632-562: A sesquialbum (i.e. one and a half records). Johnny Winter released what would be the first three-sided rock album, Second Winter , on two 12-inch discs, with the flip side of the second disc being blank. A 1976 live concert recording by Keith Jarrett and his quartet, released as Eyes of the Heart by ECM Records in 1979, Joe Jackson 's 1986 release Big World , and Pavement 's Wowee Zowee are other examples of this. In 1975, jazz artist Rahsaan Roland Kirk released The Case of

1728-651: A single award, for Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal for "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"; it was the group's first. In 2000 it was voted number 76 in Colin Larkin 's All Time Top 1000 Albums . Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness also ranked at number 14 on the 1995 Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics' poll, and 487 on Rolling Stone's 2003 list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . On April 1, 2019 Rolling Stone magazine ranked it 26th greatest Grunge album of all time. In 2015, Spin included it in their list of "The 300 Best Albums of 1985–2014". The album

1824-520: A single-disc edit exists omitting the 19 minute track, "Old Dreams Waiting To Be Realized"). Swallow the Sun 's 2015 album Songs from the North I, II & III is divided into Gloom , Beauty and Despair . In total, each disc contains no more than 8 tracks and no less than 40 minutes. In April 2021, Eric Church released a triple album set, Heart & Soul . Each album Heart , & , and Soul ,

1920-595: A small European tour in London, Paris, Amsterdam and Lisbon. In 2013, under management of David Bason , Iha collaborated with Japanese musician Yukihiro Takahashi , writing songs for and performing on Takahashi's album Life Anew , and performing as part of Takahashi's band "In Phase" on tours in Japan. In 2014 Iha scored the soundtrack to Lionsgate/Hulu series Deadbeat . On March 26, 2016 Iha rejoined Smashing Pumpkins onstage for several numbers. In 2016 Iha composed

2016-446: A successful two-year stint at a local junior college , he majored in graphic design at Loyola University Chicago before dropping out to dedicate himself to the Smashing Pumpkins . He is a second-generation Japanese-American and is able to speak only a little Japanese. Like his bandmate Billy Corgan , Iha has a brother with a disability. In 1987 Iha, then playing guitar in the Chicago band Snake Train, met Billy Corgan via

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2112-562: A track from Norwegian pop singer Annie 's debut album Anniemal . Released in October 2006, Florida pop group the Postmarks 's "Goodbye" EP features a remix by Iha. That same year, Iha teamed up with Schlesinger to co-produce folk band America 's comeback album, Here & Now , and recorded on Scottish singer Isobel Campbell 's album, collaborating on her renditions of traditional Irish and Scottish folk songs. In 2006 Iha recorded

2208-490: A triple album, composed of discs titled "Everywhere", "Nowhere", and "Down Here". Joanna Newsom 's 2010 album Have One on Me is a triple album; due to the unusual length of the songs, there are only six tracks on each disc. Escalator over the Hill , Carla Bley 's jazz opera (lyrics by Paul Haines ), was originally released in 1971 as a triple album in a box which also contained a booklet with lyrics, photos and profiles of

2304-412: A weak guitar solo in such a propulsive song. It's got to be attack-style." He explains this method by saying "... I put on the headphones and stand one foot away from the amp. I turn the amp up so loud that I literally have to play harder than the feedback, because if I stop playing even for an instant, the whole thing explodes." All but two songs on the album were written by Corgan. The closing track from

2400-569: A week later by the Mothers of Invention 's debut album Freak Out! , which was released on June 27, 1966. In the years following, original double albums from pop and rock artists became more common, and were often released at the height of the artists' careers. Notable examples include Jimi Hendrix 's Electric Ladyland from October 1968, The Beatles ' eponymous 1968 album , Elton John 's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road from 1973, and Led Zeppelin 's Physical Graffiti from 1975. Additionally,

2496-490: Is an American rock musician. He is best known as a guitarist and co-founder of the alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins . He was a member until the band's initial breakup in 2000 and rejoined in 2018. Iha has produced songs, contributed guitar, keyboards and vocals and produced remixes for a number of artists, including Midnight Movies , Isobel Campbell , Marilyn Manson , Whiskeytown , Scott Weiland and Michael Stipe . Among his other musical projects, Iha has been

2592-780: The Zero EP—as well as six new mixes of original album songs. The package also includes a DVD consisting of footage from two live shows: Tracks 1–11 taken from the group's concert of May 15, 1996, at the Brixton Academy in London, England, originally filmed by MTV Europe , and tracks 12–15 from their show of April 7, 1996, at the Philipshalle in Düsseldorf, Germany that was filmed by the German TV show Rockpalast . The bonus content and special features were curated from

2688-501: The Chicago Recording Company . Pro Tools was used for recording guitar overdubs as well as for post-production electronic looping and sampling. Wretzky also recorded numerous backup vocal parts, but all were cut except that which was recorded for "Beautiful". When the recording sessions concluded, the band had 57 potential songs for inclusion on Mellon Collie . The album was originally planned to have 31 songs, but

2784-514: The Mellon Collie sessions that had not made the final cut (including "Pastichio Medley", a pastiche or medley of about 70 short pieces). 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

2880-498: The Recording Industry Association of America . Originally 5,000 vinyl triple-LP (3xLP) copies were pressed. The vinyl edition has two additional tracks ("Tonite Reprise" and "Infinite Sadness") that are not included in CD and cassette releases. Later repressing resulted in 23,000 pressed but unnumbered copies. In 2012, a remastered four-LP vinyl edition was repressed, with the tracklist order the same as with

2976-511: The Siamese Dream recording sessions, about which he said, "[T]o me, the biggest offender was the insidious amounts of time that everyone spends waiting for guitar parts to be overdubbed. There were literally weeks where no one had anything to do but sit and wait." The band countered idleness by using two recording rooms at the same time. This tactic allowed Corgan to develop vocals and song arrangements in one room while recording occurred in

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3072-422: The "door was open" for Iha to rejoin, but he declined, and Corgan said that he "can now say definitively that Iha isn't ever coming back." However, in a 2012 interview about the band reformation, Iha stated that he was never even asked back into the band in the first place. Iha also admitted within the interview that he has not heard any of the band's new music since the reformation. In a March 2013 interview, he

3168-452: The 1968 Reprise Records release, Electric Ladyland , by The Jimi Hendrix Experience which was still sold in automatic sequence well into the late 1980s. Other common examples include Frampton Comes Alive! by Peter Frampton , Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder , Tommy and Quadrophenia by The Who , and Bad Girls by Donna Summer . There are only a few examples of

3264-400: The 1970s are optimized for automatic sequencing. On a double album, this would have had sides one and four on one disc and sides two and three on the other. This sequencing, used previously in multi-disc albums in the 78rpm era, let the listener play through the entire double album and only need to flip over the records once, compared to manual sequencing where the listener would have to change

3360-447: The 2006 tribute album to Serge Gainsbourg , Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited , "I love you (me either)", that featured Cat Power and model Karen Elson singing and "L'Hotel" with Michael Stipe on vocals. Iha recorded on the track "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" in a duet with singer Kazu Makino (of Blonde Redhead ) on the US edition of the album. In February 2006, a digital EP " In

3456-470: The 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color which apparently had only three sides, but on closer inspection, there were a small number of grooves pressed on side four with a few short "hidden" conversation snippets; the CD reissue includes all of them. In 1982, Todd Rundgren and his band released the self-titled album Utopia featuring one full LP of 10 songs, and a second 12-inch disc with five bonus tracks,

3552-415: The 80-minute CD limit, and a number of popular studio albums were released as double albums on these formats at this time, such as the Smashing Pumpkins ' Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995) and Michael Jackson 's HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995) which sold over 20 million copies (40 million units) worldwide. The following year, Tupac Shakur became the first rapper to sell

3648-523: The Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Iha played a third show with the band in their hometown of Chicago at the Civic Opera house on April 14, 2016. In 2017, reunion rumors were leaked through various sources, and in 2018, Iha was spotted with Corgan, Chamberlin, and former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Jeff Schroeder in the studio and at a photo shoot, confirming his return to the band. In summer 2018,

3744-892: The Blank Theory and recorded on their album Beyond the Calm of the Corridor producing the song "Addicted" together with Schlesinger and contributing guitar playing. Iha scored the Japanese film Linda, Linda, Linda , released in late summer of 2005. The same year he teamed with Schlesinger again to produce a duet cover of Bobby Darin 's " Splish Splash " for the soundtrack to the Wayne Wang film Because of Winn-Dixie . The same year Iha contributed guitar to some tracks of Chino Moreno 's band Team Sleep second album, which has yet to be released. Iha produced two tracks on

3840-658: The Eyes of Ruby" contains approximately 70 guitar tracks. The various sections of "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans" were recorded at various times, with different instruments and recording setups, and were digitally composited in Pro Tools. Corgan and Iha shared soloing duties; Iha estimated that the guitar solo duties were divided "half and half" on the record. Corgan has said that "For the solo in 'Fuck You (An Ode to No One),' I played until my fingers saw blood, You can't play

3936-453: The Infinite Sadness as the best album of the year in its year-end "Best of 1995" list. Entertainment Weekly gave the album an A rating; reviewer David Browne praised the group's ambition and wrote, " Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is more than just the work of a tortured, finicky pop obsessive. Corgan presents himself as one of the last true believers: someone for whom spewing out this much music results in some sort of high art for

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4032-447: The Infinite Sadness is one of the best double albums of new material to be released by anyone in a long time." Rolling Stone gave the album three out of five stars. Reviewer Jim DeRogatis praised the album as "one of the rare epic rock releases whose bulk is justified in the grooves". DeRogatis noted that "the 28 songs on Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness aren't linked by a libretto. They're only connected conceptually through

4128-539: The Infinite Sadness was released on October 24, 1995. The night before, the band played a release-party show at the Riviera Theater in Chicago and took part in a live FM broadcast across the United States. The following week, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 , an unusual feat for a double-disc album that cost more than US$ 20. The album was certified diamond by

4224-528: The Infinite Sadness . He sang the band's covers of the Cure 's " A Night Like This " and Syd Barrett 's "Terrapin". During his time with the Pumpkins, Iha recorded with other bands, including Ivy , to which Adam Schlesinger contributed, and Swedish New Wave band the Sounds . Billy Corgan has claimed that Iha played very little guitar on the first two Smashing Pumpkins albums, with Corgan himself playing most of

4320-545: The Smashing Pumpkins . Iha made bigger news when he joined the alternative rock supergroup A Perfect Circle in July 2003 in time for their Thirteenth Step club tour. He has since recorded on their 2004 album eMOTIVe as well as contributed remixes of Blue and Outsider , and is back with the band following its near 6-year long hiatus. In 2003, he joined Vanessa and the O's . The group released an EP Plus Rien in Sweden

4416-558: The Sun " produced by Iha featuring Michael Stipe and Chris Martin was released. The EP was for the benefit of Gulf Coast victims of Hurricane Katrina . The song was featured on an episode of Grey's Anatomy . In collaboration with Stipe, Iha played guitar at the "Bring 'Em Back Home Now" concert in March 2006 in New York City to benefit Iraq War veterans peace groups such as Veterans for Peace . Iha remixed "Me Plus One",

4512-412: 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

4608-477: The ages. He doesn't seem concerned with persistent alterna-rock questions of 'selling out', and good for him: He's aiming for something bigger and all-conquering." IGN gave the album a score of 9.5 out of 10 and said, "As the band's magnum opus it single-handedly changed the face of Alternative Rock. That said, it's not just music, but a work of art." The Music Box gave it all five stars and said, "Indeed, for all its melodramatic self-indulgence, Mellon Collie and

4704-487: The album include all the parts in one disc. When albums exceed the triple album format they are generally referred to as box sets. Normally, albums consisting of four or more discs are compilations or live recordings, such as In a Word: Yes (1969–) and Chicago at Carnegie Hall , respectively. Studio albums with more than three discs are very rare. Notable examples include: James Iha James Yoshinobu Iha ( 伊葉吉伸 , Iha Yoshinobu ) (born March 26, 1968)

4800-618: The album's final singles, reached number 36 and number 39 on the Billboard charts, respectively. While it was not commercially released as a single, the song " Muzzle " reached number eight on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and number ten on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness earned the Smashing Pumpkins nominations in seven categories at the 39th Annual Grammy Awards ,

4896-512: The album's message at people between 14 and 24 years of age, hoping "to sum up all the things I felt as a youth but was never able to voice articulately. ... I'm waving goodbye to me in the rear view mirror, tying a knot around my youth and putting it under the bed." Musically, the album has been described as featuring alternative rock , grunge , alternative metal , art rock and heavy metal . Its sprawling nature resulted in diverse music styles from song to song, contrasting what some critics felt

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4992-462: The album's packaging—animals smoking pipes, celestial bodies with faces, wayward children walking eerie dreamscapes—all with a vaguely antique quality. The woman on the front cover on top of a star is actually a collage made from two paintings: the face was taken from a painting entitled The Souvenir (Fidelity) by Jean-Baptiste Greuze , while the rest of the body was taken from Raphael 's portrait of Saint Catherine of Alexandria . Mellon Collie and

5088-431: The band to change its recording practices. Corgan later said, "Flood felt like the band he would see live wasn't really captured on record". In April 1995, the band began recording in a rehearsal space instead of entering the studio straight away. At these sessions, the band recorded rough rhythm tracks with Flood. Although originally designed to create a rough draft for the record, the rehearsal-space sessions yielded much of

5184-529: The band's archives by Corgan and were remastered from the original master tapes by Bob Ludwig. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness was intended as a two-record set. The CD and cassette versions of the album are divided into two discs, entitled Dawn to Dusk and Twilight to Starlight . The vinyl version is divided into three records with six sides, entitled Dawn/Tea Time , Dusk/Twilight , and Midnight/Starlight . The vinyl release also features two bonus songs ("Tonite Reprise" and "Infinite Sadness"), and

5280-492: The broad theme of being part of a day in the life of a typical, alienated teen." The writer stated that the album's main flaw was Corgan's lyrics, describing the songwriter as "wallowing in his own misery and grousing about everyone and everything not meeting his expectations." DeRogatis contended that while Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness "may even match The Wall in its sonic accomplishments", Corgan's lyrics lacked in comparison. Mojo reviewer Ben Edmunds also praised

5376-445: The count was reduced to 28. The songs on Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness are intended to work together conceptually, with the two halves of the album representing day and night. Despite this, Corgan has rejected the term concept album to describe it, and it was at the time described as more "loose" and "vague" than were the band's previous records. He also said it is based on "the human condition of mortal sorrow". Corgan aimed

5472-672: The entirety of each of their three albums at each concert, with one album being played per night. It was announced that the lineup would consist of Maynard James Keenan, Billy Howerdel, Josh Freese, Matt McJunkins , and Iha. Iha's second solo album titled Look to the Sky was released in March 2012. To begin its promotion, Iha performed at the 2nd EMI ROCKS festival in Saitama , Japan in February 2012, and later in December that year performing

5568-471: The first disc, "Take Me Down", was written and sung by Iha, while the album's final track, "Farewell and Goodnight", features lead vocals by all four band members and, according to the BMI database, was written solely by Iha, despite being credited on the album liner notes as being written by both Iha and Corgan. Iha wrote additional songs during the making of the album that did not make the final cut. Corgan said in

5664-402: The first live double albums, and one of the earliest double albums featuring non-classical music, was The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert by Benny Goodman , a concert recording released in 1950 on Columbia Records . Studio recordings of operas have been released as double, triple, quadruple and quintuple albums since the 1950s. As record costs reduced over time and greater thought

5760-624: The first successful triple albums (or triple records ) were Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More , released August 15, 1970, and George Harrison 's All Things Must Pass , released November 27, 1970. A triple album may be live, such as The Band 's The Last Waltz (1978) and Led Zeppelin 's How the West Was Won (2003); or a compilation of an artist's work, such as Stevie Wonder 's retrospective anthology Looking Back . Yes 's live album Yessongs

5856-659: The fourth side contained a laser etching of the Alice in Chains logo. The vinyl pressing of the My Chemical Romance album The Black Parade also has three sides worth of content, with side four being a laser etching of a portion of the limited edition album art. Genesis' Three Sides Live , Kiss' Alive II , Donna Summer's Live and More , and the Moody Blues' Caught Live Plus 5 are examples of double albums with three sides of live recordings (i.e. one and

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5952-473: The greatest albums of the 1990s and of all time. After the 13-month tour in support of the Smashing Pumpkins' second album Siamese Dream (1993), Billy Corgan immediately began writing songs for the band's next record. From the outset, the band intended the new record to be a double album, partly inspired by the Beatles ' self-titled album . Corgan said, "We almost had enough material to make Siamese Dream

6048-549: The highest-selling and best-known concept albums of all time. The band decided against working with Butch Vig , who had produced the group's previous albums, and selected Flood and Alan Moulder as coproducers. Corgan explained, "To be completely honest, I think it was a situation where we'd become so close to Butch that it started to work to our disadvantage... I just felt we had to force the situation, sonically, and take ourselves out of normal Pumpkin recording mode. I didn't want to repeat past Pumpkin work." Flood immediately pushed

6144-558: The latter half of the 1970s, as technology advanced, the Philips corporation's compact cassette tape began to supersede LPs as the dominant pre-recorded music format. The tapes allowed for a much longer 30 to 45 minutes per side, for a total of 60 to 90 minutes total, doubling the length available for music storage. In 1982, Philips introduced the compact disc , with a continuous length of 74 minutes (later developed to have 80 minutes). Artists could put far more on one unit, rarely exceeding

6240-434: The media used, some releases were double albums in one format and single albums in another. For example, a gramophone record (vinyl LP) consisting of two discs of less than 80 minutes in total could be fit onto a single standard-length compact disc (CD). Other times, track order could vary between two different media by rearranging the tracks in one medium, or a more efficient use of space could be made; for example, reducing

6336-471: The music while criticizing Corgan's lyrics. Edmunds wrote, "[Corgan's] lyrics appear to be the repository for the worst aspects of his most treasured influences. He writes with a heavy metal aptitude for wordplay and an inflated prog-rock conviction of its worth, a deadening combination. But there's a sliver of distance in his rage-mongering now that comments as well as expresses." In his Consumer Guide , Village Voice critic Robert Christgau picked "1979" as

6432-519: The musicians. The Great Concert of Charles Mingus by Charles Mingus was recorded in 1964 and released in 1971. The Weeknd's compilation album Trilogy was released as a triple album in 2012, comprising his critically acclaimed 2011 mixtapes House of Balloons , Thursday , and Echoes of Silence . The Knife 's 2013 album Shaking the Habitual is spread across three LPs and two CDs, being an hour and forty minutes in length. (Although

6528-404: The new album's rhythm-section parts. Flood also insisted that the band set aside time each day devoted to jamming or songwriting, practices in which the band had never before engaged during recording sessions. Corgan said, "Working like that kept the whole process very interesting—kept it from becoming a grind." Corgan sought to eliminate the tension, long hours, and emotional strain that permeated

6624-470: The original CD and cassette releases, but without the two additional tracks from the original vinyl release. The album received critical acclaim. Christopher John Farley of Time called the album "the group's most ambitious and accomplished work yet". Farley wrote, "One gets the feeling that the band [...] charged ahead on gut instincts; the sheer scope of the album (28 songs) didn't allow for second-guessing or contrivance." Time selected Mellon Collie and

6720-442: The other. During these sessions, Flood and Corgan would work in one room as Moulder, guitarist James Iha and bassist D'arcy Wretzky worked in a second. Iha and Wretzky had much greater roles in the recording sessions of Mellon Collie compared to previous albums. This was, in large part, to counter rumours from the Siamese Dream sessions that Corgan was recording all of the bass and guitar parts by himself. Iha commented about how

6816-454: The parts in the studio that Iha played live. Iha was often considered the "quiet one" in Smashing Pumpkins, but he was known to engage in ad-libbed jokes and rap sessions at live performances. His humor was encapsulated in his use of the catchphrase, "I've seen a million faces, and I've rocked them all," originally from the Bon Jovi song " Wanted Dead or Alive ". In 1998, Iha released

6912-556: 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. 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

7008-425: The recording sessions for Mellon Collie improved from that of Siamese Dream , noting: The big change is that Billy is not being the big 'I do this—I do that'. It's much better. The band arranged a lot of songs for this record, and the song writing process was organic. The circumstances of the last record and the way that we worked was really bad. Following the rehearsal-space sessions, the band recorded overdubs at

7104-427: The reissues of Earthling by David Bowie (previously released on 1LP in 1997), Alice by Tom Waits and soundtrack albums such as The Crow and School of Rock . Some performers have released two or more distinct but related albums simultaneously (or near-simultaneously) which could be seen together as a double album. Moby Grape 's Wow/Grape Jam (released in 1968) is an example. Others include: Among

7200-962: The reunited band embarked on the Shiny And Oh So Bright Tour , which was followed at the end of the year by the release of their album Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. Iha would go on to also record Cyr with the reunited lineup, which was released in November 2020. After the Smashing Pumpkins' breakup in 2000, Iha pursued many projects. He continues to contribute to other artists' recordings, such as "Don't Be Sad" on Whiskeytown 's Pneumonia released in 2001 and further guest appearances for bands Ivy and Fountains of Wayne , both of which he remained close to, appearing on virtually every release by both bands since 1997. Andy Chase of Ivy, and Adam Schlesinger of both Ivy and Fountains, recorded on most songs James produced or wrote for other artists. Schlesinger first recorded on Iha's song on " The Bells " by

7296-470: The rise of progressive rock at the time, which often involves complex and long tracks akin to classical music, and concept albums often made a second disc necessary. Notable examples include Yes 's 4-track Tales From Topographic Oceans from 1973 and Genesis 's The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway from 1974. The best-selling double album of all time is Pink Floyd 's The Wall , from 1979 with over 30 million copies (60 million units) sold worldwide. In

7392-424: The runtime available on a cassette tape or CD, and double albums became uncommon. The extra space also allowed many earlier double albums to be reissued on a single disc: Blonde on Blonde , for instance, was reissued on a single cassette and a single CD. Despite the greater length, there were some issues with the length and track order of albums, both reissues and new releases. The Beatles , originally released as

7488-581: The same lineup on each side. The Monty Python album Matching Tie and Handkerchief was originally issued with two concentric grooves with different programs on the second side, but this was done for comedic rather than practical reasons. The 2019 vinyl issue of Monty Python Sings (again) comprises two discs, with the flip side of the second disc featuring exclusive Monty Python 50th Anniversary artwork. The Stranglers , Elvis Costello and The Clash (amongst other 1970s/80s acts) would sometimes release early pressings of their albums with extra material on

7584-421: The same year and followed up with the album La Ballade d'O in 2005–06 on the band's independent record company Rushmore Recordings playing live shows in Sweden during the summer of 2005. Iha has collaborated on musical and fashion design projects in Japan. He collaborated on and produced two tracks with Japanese musician Chara for her 2001 album Madrigal called "Boku ni Utsushite" and "Skirt". The latter

7680-455: The second-highest number of nominations that year. The group was nominated for Album of the Year , Record of the Year ("1979"), Best Alternative Music Performance , Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal ("1979"), Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal ("Bullet with Butterfly Wings"), Best Pop Instrumental Performance ("Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"), and Best Music Video, Short Form ("Tonight, Tonight"). The band won

7776-465: The side or record three times. The use of automatic sequencing gradually declined during the 1970s as automatic record changers fell out of favor. High quality manual turntables became more affordable and are often preferred because they cause less record wear. After a company decided on manual or automatic sequence, production of that title generally stayed in the same configuration indefinitely. Notable examples of albums using automatic sequence include

7872-507: The site, Iha considered his next solo album "halfway done (in his mind)". Shortly thereafter, a picture of Iha with Kelly Pratt and Jon Natchez from the band Beirut was posted on the Web site saying they would be playing horns on the album. In August 2010, members of A Perfect Circle posted messages to their Twitter accounts telling fans of their return after a 6-year long hiatus. The band later announced tour dates in which they would be playing

7968-448: The sixth string was tuned down an additional whole step to C ♯ (referred to by Corgan as "the 'grunge tuning'"). There was a greater variety to the number of guitar overdubs utilized than on previous albums. Iha said, "[I]n the past, everything had to be overdubbed and layered—guitar overkill. That wasn't really the train of thought this time, although we did that too." "To Forgive" consists of only one live guitar take, while "Thru

8064-611: The song "Seatbacks and Traytables", on Fountains of Wayne 's 2007 album Traffic and Weather . His former bandmate Melissa Auf der Maur contributed to that album. In the spring of 2007, Iha told Rolling Stone magazine that he was writing and recording songs for a second solo album . In the spring of 2007, Iha remixed Midnight Movies and the Postmarks as freebies on the Internet. A Chicago weekly reported in June 2007 that Iha had been living in New York City for some time, running

8160-426: Was accompanied by a music video featuring Iha as a hunter in a forest. With the help of longtime friend and manager Isao Izutsu , Iha started the clothing label Vaporize (f.k.a. 'Vapor') in 2001, and recorded "Never Ever", his first solo song since the Smashing Pumpkins demise, for Vaporize's first runway show. The brand has been a collaboration with the Japanese label Beams since 2001. In 2001, Iha played live with

8256-423: Was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . As part of EMI Music's extensive reissue campaign, a special edition of the album was released on December 4, 2012. The 5-CD disc set consists of 64 bonus tracks of previously unreleased material, demos and alternate versions of Mellon Collie era songs—including full versions of tracks notably featured as parts of the "Pastichio Medley" from

8352-464: Was announced that Iha had, together with Taylor Hanson , Fountains of Wayne bassist Adam Schlesinger , and Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos formed a new band called Tinted Windows . The band played their first publicized gig at SXSW in Austin, Texas on March 20. Their first album was released on April 21, 2009 to generally positive reviews. In April 2010, Iha's website reopened. According to

8448-478: Was asked about looking back at the band's history and explained that he never really thought about his former success with the band, but did look back with fondness when asked about the 6 studio albums he made with them. He revealed that he and Corgan had not spoken in around ten years, but that he did speak to Wretzky "once in a while". On March 26, 2016 and March 27, 2016, Iha joined Corgan and Chamberlin on stage unannounced at back to back Smashing Pumpkins shows at

8544-485: Was given to the album as an artistic piece, double albums became more common. One of the first examples consisting of new studio recordings is 1956's Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book . Bob Dylan 's Blonde on Blonde , released on June 20, 1966, is widely considered to be one of the first double albums in popular music with complete original recordings by the artist. It was followed just

8640-546: Was made a triple album owing to its inclusion of many of the band's longer compositions. With the longer time available on compact disc, many albums that spanned three vinyl discs are able to fit on two compact discs (an example being Nine Inch Nails ' The Fragile ). Triple albums are released across genres, including punk with The Clash 's Sandinista! ; alternative rock with Pearl Jam 's 11/6/00 – Seattle, Washington ; and mainstream pop with Prince 's Emancipation . Frank Sinatra 's Trilogy: Past Present Future

8736-445: Was originally released as a three LP set in 1980. Compact disc pressings of the album combine the triple vinyl set onto two CDs, with "Past" and "Present" taking up the first disc. The first triple hip-hop album was American Hunger by New York City rap artist MF Grimm which was released in 2006. It contains 20 songs on each disc. American hip hop artist Lupe Fiasco 's canceled third studio album release LupEND would have been

8832-525: 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 . 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. It remains the band's only album to top the Billboard 200. It spawned five more singles—" 1979 ", " Zero ", " Tonight, Tonight ",

8928-400: Was released separately, with & being a vinyl -exclusive release. Christina Aguilera 's Spanish-language ninth studio album, Aguilera (2022), was separated into three parts: La Fuerza , La Tormenta , and La Luz . Each part received its own independent release as a separate project, before being included as separate discs in the album's digital version. Physical versions of

9024-464: Was the "one dimensional flavor" of the previous two albums. A much wider variety of instrumentation is used, such as piano ("Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"), synthesizers and drum loops (" 1979 "), a live orchestra (" Tonight, Tonight ") and even salt shakers and scissors ("Cupid de Locke"). All guitars on the album were tuned down a half-step in order to "make the music a little lower," according to Corgan. On some songs, such as "Jellybelly",

9120-526: Was the Smashing Pumpkins' first single to reach the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 , debuting at number 28 and peaking at number 22. " 1979 ", the album's second single, charted at number 12, becoming the band's highest-charting American hit. The " Zero " single was released as an EP with six B-sides . All three of these singles were certified gold by the RIAA . " Tonight, Tonight " and " Thirty-Three ",

9216-653: Was truncated by 13 minutes. Other albums originally issued as double LPs, such as Fleetwood Mac 's Tusk (1979), Prince 's 1999 (1982), and The Minutemen 's Double Nickels on the Dime (1984) were likewise shortened for their 74-minute CD release, though both were later reissued in their entirety when 80-minute CDs were available. While not as common since the advent of these formats, particularly for studio albums, double albums continued to be released, particularly for live recordings, classical music, soundtracks, compilations, reissues of double-LP albums that still exceeded

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