Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

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Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (also shortened to Mellon Collie or abbreviated to MCIS) is a double CD and triple LP that was released on October 24, 1995 by The Smashing Pumpkins through Virgin Records. Alongside the band's previous album, 1993's Siamese Dream, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is widely considered to represent The Smashing Pumpkins's best work. Entering the U.S. charts at #1, the album has — as of May 2005 — sold 9.4 million copies in the United States.

Regarded as one of the quintessential and defining albums of the 90s, Mellon Collie was voted the 29th greatest album of all time in 1998 by Q magazine readers. In 2003, the album was ranked number 487 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Track listings

The CD version of the album was divided onto 2 CDs, entitled "Dawn to Dusk" and "Twilight to Starlight". The cassette version is divided similarly. The triple vinyl version, however, is divided into 6 sides, "Dawn", "Tea Time", "Dusk", "Twilight", "Midnight" and "Starlight", respectively. The vinyl also featured 2 bonus songs, and a completely different tracklisting. The singles from Mellon Collie... were collected on The Aeroplane Flies High box set, which also includes the vinyl bonus track "Tonite Reprise".

CD/Cassette version

Dawn to Dusk

1. "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" (2:52)
2. "Tonight, Tonight" (4:14)
3. "Jellybelly" (3:01)
4. "Zero" (2:41)
5. "Here Is No Why" (3:45)
6. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" (4:18)
7. "To Forgive" (4:17)
8. "Fuck You (An Ode To No One)" (4:51)
9. "Love" (4:21)
10. "Cupid de Locke" (2:50)
11. "Galapagos" (4:47)
12. "Muzzle" (3:44)
13. "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans" (9:21)
14. "Take Me Down" (2:52)

Twilight to Starlight

1. "Where Boys Fear to Tread" (4:22)
2. "Bodies" (4:12)
3. "Thirty-Three" (4:10)
4. "In the Arms of Sleep" (4:12)
5. "1979" (4:25)
6. "Tales of a Scorched Earth" (3:46)
7. "Thru the Eyes of Ruby" (7:38)
8. "Stumbleine" (2:54)
9. "X.Y.U." (7:07)
10. "We Only Come Out at Night" (4:05)
11. "Beautiful" (4:18)
12. "Lily (My One and Only)" (3:31)
13. "By Starlight" (4:48)
14. "Farewell and Goodnight" (4:22)

Vinyl version

Dawn

1. "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" (2:52)
2. "Tonight, Tonight" (4:14)
3. "Thirty-Three" (4:10)
4. "In the Arms of Sleep" (4:12)
5. "Take Me Down" (2:52)

Tea Time

1. "Jellybelly" (3:01)
2. "Bodies" (4:12)
3. "To Forgive" (4:17)
4. "Here Is No Why" (3:45)
5. "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans" (9:21)

Dusk

1. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" (4:18)
2. "Thru the Eyes of Ruby" (7:38)
3. "Muzzle" (3:44)
4. "Galapogos" (4:47)
5. "Tales of a Scorched Earth" (3:46)

Twilight

1. "1979" (4:25)
2. "Beautiful" (4:18)
3. "Cupid de Locke" (2:50)
4. "By Starlight" (4:48)
5. "We Only Come Out at Night" (4:05)

Midnight

1. "Where Boys Fear to Tread" (4:22)
2. "Zero" (2:41)
3. "An Ode to No One" (4:51)
4. "Love" (4:21)
5. "X.Y.U." (7:07)

Starlight

1. "Stumbleine" (2:54)
2. "Lily (My One and Only)" (3:31)
3. "Tonite Reprise" (2:40)
4. "Farewell and Goodnight" (4:22)
5. "Infinite Sadness" (4:02)

Chart positions

Album

• 1995, Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, The Billboard 200, No. 1
• 1996, Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, Australian Highest Selling Albums, No. 14

Singles

• 1995, Bullet With Butterfly Wings, Mainstream Rock Tracks, No. 4
• 1995, Bullet With Butterfly Wings, Modern Rock Tracks, No. 2
• 1996, 1979, The Billboard Hot 100, No. 12
• 1996, Bullet With Butterfly Wings, The Billboard Hot 100, No. 22
• 1996, Tonight, Tonight, The Billboard Hot 100, No. 36
• 1996, 1979, Mainstream Rock Tracks, No. 1
• 1996, Muzzle, Mainstream Rock Tracks, No. 10
• 1996, Tonight, Tonight, Mainstream Rock Tracks, No. 4
• 1996, Zero, Mainstream Rock Tracks, No. 15
• 1996, 1979, Modern Rock Tracks, No. 1
• 1996, Muzzle, Modern Rock Tracks, No. 8
• 1996, Tonight, Tonight, Modern Rock Tracks, No. 5
• 1996, Zero, Modern Rock Tracks, No. 9
• 1996, 1979, Adult Top 40, No. 30
• 1996, 1979, Hot Dance Music/Club Play, No. 17
• 1996, 1979, Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales, No. 47
• 1996, 1979, Top 40 Mainstream, No. 10
• 1997, Thirty-Three, The Billboard Hot 100, No. 39
• 1997, Thirty-Three, Mainstream Rock Tracks, No. 18
• 1997, Thirty-Three, Modern Rock Tracks, No. 2

Personnel

• Jimmy Chamberlin - Drums, Vocals
• Billy Corgan - Lead Vocal, Guitar, Piano, Producer
• James Iha - Guitar, Vocals
• D'Arcy Wretzky - Bass, Vocals
• Flood - Producer
• Alan Moulder - Producer
• Greg Leisz - Pedal and Lap Steel Guitar on "Take Me Down"

Trivia

• Billy Corgan has stated in interviews that Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness was an "answer record" to Pink Floyd's 1970 album Atom Heart Mother.

• The closing track from the Dawn To Dusk album, "Take Me Down," was sung by James Iha. The Twilight To Starlight closing track, "Farewell And Goodnight," is sung by all four members and is the only Smashing Pumpkins song to feature lead vocals by Jimmy Chamberlin.

Samples

The Smashing Pumpkins
Jimmy Chamberlin | Billy Corgan | James Iha | D'arcy Wretzky
Kenny Aronoff | Melissa Auf der Maur | Dennis Flemion | Mike Garson | Jonathan Melvoin | Matt Walker
Discography
Albums and extended plays: Gish | Lull | Peel Sessions | Siamese Dream | Pisces Iscariot | Earphoria | Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness | Adore | MACHINA/The Machines of God | MACHINA II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music | Rotten Apples & Judas 0 | Rarities and B-Sides
Singles: "I Am One" | "Tristessa" | "Siva" | "Rhinoceros" | "Cherub Rock" | "Today" | "Disarm" | "Rocket" | "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" | "1979" | "Zero" | "Tonight, Tonight" | "Muzzle" | "Thirty-Three" | "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" | "Ava Adore" | "Perfect" | "The Everlasting Gaze" | "Stand Inside Your Love" | "Try, Try, Try" | "Untitled"
Box sets: The Aeroplane Flies High
Related articles
Alternative rock | Butch Vig | Caroline Records | Concept album | Jimmy Chamberlin Complex | Joey Waronker | Let It Come Down | Linda Strawberry | Pumpkinland | Sadlands | Sub Pop | TheFutureEmbrace | Virgin Records | Yelena Yemchuk | Zwan

 

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