Gish by The Smashing Pumpkins (CD, 1991)

yourglobalmall (51291)
97.6% positive feedback
Price:
AU $25.89
Free postage
Estimated delivery Fri, 23 May - Tue, 3 Jun
Returns:
30-day returns. Buyer pays for return postage. If you use an eBay postage label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.
Condition:
Brand new
However, GISH rose above the bulk of the college rock bands, revealing more refined songwriting sensibilities courtesy of Billy Corgan, and presenting astonishingly touching ballads ("Crush"). Release Date : 1 November, 2011.

About this product

Product Identifiers

ProducerBilly Corgan; Butch Vig; David K. Tedds (Reissue); Michael Murphy (Reissue); Kerry Brown (Reissue); Billy Corgan (Reissue); Dennis Wolfe (Reissue)
Record LabelVirgin
UPC5099967928828
eBay Product ID (ePID)14050140462

Product Key Features

FormatCD
Release Year1991
GenreRock
Run Time45 Mins 58 Seconds
ArtistThe Smashing Pumpkins
Release TitleGish

Additional Product Features

DistributionEMI Music Distribution
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUSA
ReviewsRolling Stone (p.75) - Ranked #7 in Rolling Stone's '10 Best Reissues Of 2011' -- "[A] fireball of emotional torment and scouring-guitar psychedelia." Spin (12/91) - "...Without a doubt the debut album of the year..." Q (8/94, p.129) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Through the hail of noise and reeling Corgan diatribes, there's melody aplenty and some incisive guitar salvos from James Iha. It's perhaps not as immediate as SIAMESE DREAM, but GISH is just as rewarding..." Uncut (p.97) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his was, by alternative standards, a fastidious piece of work....Vig's warm, radiant production proves a neat fit for Corgan's dreamy guitar expressionism..." NME (Magazine) (5/28/94, p.34) - 7 - Very Good - "...So we're still several furlongs away from the startingly well integrated emotional blunderbuss of SIAMESE DREAM....the leap between between this and DREAM remains huge..." Paste (magazine) - "[I]t features qualities that would launch the band to superstardom -- Corgan's love-it-or-hate-it snarl, mixes with an over-stacked amount of guitars and Jimmy Chamberlin's jazz-inspired drum parts..." Record Collector (magazine) (p.93) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "On GISH, 'I Am One' and 'Siva' are cathartic, contorted expressions of angst and frustration."
Additional informationSmashing Pumpkins: Billy Corgan (vocals); James Iha (guitar); D'arcy (bass, background vocals); Jimmy Chamberlin (drums). Recorded at Smart Studios, Madison, Wisconsin. Personnel: Billy Corgan (vocals, guitar); James Iha (guitar); Jimmy Chamberlin (drums). Audio Remasterer: Bob Ludwig. Liner Note Authors: Billy Corgan; David Wild. Recording information: Smart Studios, Madison, WI (12/1990-03/1991). Photographers: Robert Knapp; Billy Corgan; Jimmy Chamberlin. The Pumpkins' debut hit the music world at the height of the grunge phenomenon of the early 90s, and exhibited most of the usual characteristics - heavy rock riffs, often reminiscent of GN'R ("Siva," in particular), thrashing guitars and brooding, self-deprecating lyrics. However, GISH rose above the bulk of the college rock bands, revealing more refined songwriting sensibilities courtesy of Billy Corgan, and presenting astonishingly touching ballads ("Crush"). Clearly much more raw and naive than the band's later work on the accomplished SIAMESE DREAM and the ambitious MELON COLLIE..., this album, nevertheless, set out the Pumpkins' agenda for rock and hinted at what was to come.
Number of Audio ChannelsStereo

All listings for this product

Buy It Now
New
No ratings or reviews yet.
Be the first to write a review.