It's always gonna be Siamese Dream for me. That densely layered almost shoegazey guitar sound just can't be beaten

Adore at last is crazy to me. But i guess we all like different stuff from the pumpkins

Adore in last place? No way. It is a fantastic album with great songwriting and very memorable, distinct, interesting songs. For being a softer album, it is arguably the most emotionally intense, as Billy Corgan was dealing with the death of his mother, a divorce, and his best friend (drummer Jimmy Chamberlain) being distanced due to serious drug problems. Adore and Machina were the last two SP albums that truly had a textured, crafted, well-developed sound to the songs. Everything afterward has a sort of underdeveloped sound, worsened by the vocals being too loud in the mix and too dry.

You can’t argue with the top spot, but Adore for me is at least in their top five of albums. Beautiful songs, touching sentiments, lush melodies and layered soundscapes. An entertaining trip through their extensive catalogue indeed 😊

1.Siamese Dream 2.Mellon Collie 3.Gish 4.Adore 5.Machina1 6.Machina2 7.Atum 8.Oceania 9.Monuments 10.Shiny 11.Zeitgeist 12.Cyr If I included Pisces I’d put it after Gish and Aeroplane after Pisces❤

Mellon Collie takes it for me as well. Such an incredible album. Every song is magic. No filler. Siamese dream has 13 amazing songs. Mellon collie has 28 amazing songs. No contest.

Adore is one of the most emotional album they've done.

After sampling some of the new album, Autum, I ended up ordering it. Very impressed. I was a bit closed minded about this release, but WOW, it's a good one.

I'm loving Atum right now. It has songs in every style the Pumpkins have done. Favourite song for me is In Lieu Of Failure which immediately grabbed me.

We always see the same 2 albums in the top spots but it’s great to see a run through with more variety for the rest of them. I never would have put Adore last place but thinking about it, it’s probably the album I reach for the least!

Adore is easily in the top 3. A completely misunderstood album. Excellent compositions, melody songwriting that has aged so incredibly well. By far way better than most albums you put above it.

Gish, Siamese Dream, Mellon Collie and an honourable mention for Pisces Iscariot are the ONLY Smashing Pumpkins albums, afaic.

Siamese Dream is a great rock album.. Mellon Collie is ART.

The Celestials is my favourite SP song! Great to hear you say that you also like it. The outro is so good. His guitar playing is really tasteful.

The Pumpkins' albums are all so different I have multiple "number ones" 1. Siamese Dream - meticulous production, every song flows perfectly to the next and the initial build-up of Cherub Rock is the best opening of any album in alternative rock. 1. Mellon Collie - This is the first time James and Darcy really get to shine, Billy played all the guitar and bass on Gish and almost all of it on Siamese Dream. This album has the highest highs and the lowest lows. "XYU" is brutal and "By Starlight" is gorgeous. 1. Adore - a masterpiece of songwriting. Their darkest album. Anyone who has been a fan of the Pumpkins knows Jimmy Chamberlin has no equal when it comes to his drumming. This is the best they could have done without him in the band. I think the songs "To Shiela" and "For Martha" (Billy's mother who died from cancer when he wrote this album) exhibit Billy's best ever songwriting. 1. Machina 2 - I know this is a companion to Machina 1 but I see it as the yin to Siamese Dream's yang. It's not carefully layered and lush like Siamese Dream, it's like a raw, exposed nerve. It's not an easy listen but it's worth it because it just hits so hard. 1. Gish - my favorite Pumpkins album to just chill out to. Back in the good old days this was what I put on when tripping on acid. 1. Machina 1 - Jimmy's triumphant return. I loved Adore but I don't think Billy could have made a follow up to that. This one might be more of a 1.5 but the good songs are just so good they more than make up for the ones I didn't like as much. The rest for me are a mixed bag. I honestly have not listened to anything from 2018- present enough to give them a fair assessment, but when I have listened I just feel like something is not there but I just can't figure out what it is. I can't really decide if it's something technical like the production, or if it's something more intangible, sort of like the rat in the cage just got fat and tired was like "I guess the cage isn't so bad after all, at least I am safe in here and I'm being fed!"

Atum is really good, makes me fall in love with the band again... good review ! Now I want Machina 2 so bad but don't know where to find it !

CDs rule, brother!!! Love your channel

Great vid. I don’t own any Pumpkin albums and will probably pick up some of these now. Never been a big fan of Billy’s voice but remember loving the sound of Butterfly Wings when it came out.

I have to say that your breakdown of their albums is fair. I think that when it comes to which album is their number one it is going to come down to how those albums personally connect with the listener. Siamese Dream is flawless and magical. It captures the heart of the 90's so well. Then comes along the gigantic sounding Mellon Collie, which although had a great many flaws, was so jam packed with brave and bold songwriting that it literally bitched slapped the innocence out of the band and showed us the true ferocity of Billy Corgan's songwriting.

Siemese dream is an amazing album but Mellon collies's scope, range, songwriting, heaviness is incomparable. It's a masterpiece, but hey it's my favourite album of all time so I'm biased

A band ripe for rediscovery. Have all the early albums haven’t listened to them for years. Need to dive back in. Might even spring for the new one. Cheers from The Captain

Mine: 1. Siamese Dream 2. Mellon Collie 3. Gish 4. Adore 5. Oceania 6. Monuments 7. Shiny 8. Machina pt. II 9. Machina 10. Zeitgeist 11. Cyr 12. Atum

1. Mellon Collie 2. Siamese Dream 3. Adore 4. Pisces - (Aeroplane box set) 5. Gish 6. Machina 7. Oceania - (Zwan) 8. Machina 2 9. Atum 10. Shiny 11. Monuments 12. Cyr 13. Zeitgeist 🤘🏼🎧

Although it's not an album or even on an official album, "Gossamer" should fit in there somewhere. What a riff! It's almost long enough to qualify as an album...

Thank you for the ranking . WPC is an interesting individual and under the Pumpkins name has put out an interesting collection of albums. Mellon Collie etc…. drew me in. I really liked Zeitgeist.

1-- Mellon Collie 2--Adore 3--Siamese Dream 4--Machina 5--Cyr 6--Oceania 7--Aghori Mori Mei 8--Gish 9--Atum 10--Zeitgeist 11-- Monuments to an elegy 12-- Shiney oh so bright The Aeroplane Flies High Adore bsides Pisces Iscriot and Machina II all would be near the middle..

Pretty much agree with all of this except for Cyr. I really enjoyed that one.

Seeing Adore at #12 was all I needed to see. Yikes. Top tier SP album.

Great idea for a video and a lot of fun. I hope to see you do this with more bands! Thanks!

1. Mellon Collie 2. Siamese dream 3. Adore 4. Gish 5. Oceania 6. Zeitgeist 7. Machina 8. Machina II 9. Monuments to an elegy 10. ATUM 11. Ahgori Mhori Mei 12. Shiny and oh so bright 13. CYR

Thanks Brendon I was a big fan of SP back in the day and was inspired to go back and relisten to those albums I loved all those years ago. I have to say I have not listened to the Pumpkins for over 15 years as I had been sidetracked into an other music journey. I'm a bit disappointed to say that my socks were not as knocked off as I had expected. Their best albums are still pretty powerful, but they contained more filler than I remembered. Some quite a lot in fact. On the other hand I also listened to their newer stuff that had been panned by many to find some are really underrated. To your point -some of those new songs rank right up with the best of the classic stuff. My favourite of the new batch even squeaked into my top 5 (Silvery sometimes- one that didn't leave much of an impression on you) FYI my ranking would be: 1 Melon Collie 2 Siamese Dream 3 Machina 1 4 Oceania 5 Atrum (Act III by far the weakest) 6 Adore 7 Machina II 8 Shiney 9 Gish (This was a MAJOR disappointment- it has not held up at all) 10 Monument 11.Zeitgeist 12.Cyr Must look into the others.

I first heard Smashing Pumpkins when I was working at Blockbuster Music. The Melancholy album was played constantly, but my favorite still will always be Siamese Dream. Totally rocking album and yes, the guitar sound is over the top.

Hey Brendon! I recently found your channel and love it. Great content. Have you ever done a movie soundtrack ranking? There's some great ones out there like Lost Boys, Singles, Monsters Ball, Judgement Night to name a few.

love the pumpkins, pretty much agree on ranking (except Adore a bit higher), also have the Zwan album, and the Corgan solo Future embrace which are ok albums.

All-time great band, for sure. Think they kinda get overlooked sometimes because they experimented with so many different sounds rather than just sticking to a signature formula.

Adore lover here 😂 SP are one of my favorite bands and although we disagree with a fair amount of picks it's nice hearing your perspective : )

Amazing band. I love the Smashing Pumpkins

Great! I almost asked you to do that yesterday after watching your review of their latest album. I only have a few of their albums (the 2 first ones and then some mid 2000's) and was hoping to learn a bit more about the others. Thanx! Cheers.

Adore is an amazing album. I would rank it much higher! It’s probably my favorite.

1. Siamese Dream 2. Mellon Collie 3. Adore 4. Machina I 5. Gish Two of my top five favorite songs of all-time from the SPs come from Adore, so I have to put it way higher than you. The second half of the album really suffers, though. So I'd say it has some really fantastic highs and pretty painful lows. I'd also say the same for Machina I and II, though. Hell, even say that applies to Mellon Collie. Siamese Dream is by far the most consistent, so I think it's pretty easily the best.

Its funny , luv to hear poeples lists..I luv SP...ive heard all their albums, crazy how my favs are so different from this gents...my top 7 are 1 Adore 2 Oceania 3 Machina 4 Siamese Dream 5 Meloncollie 6 Atum 7 Zeitgeist

Back in the 90’s I would chosen Mellon Collie over Siamese Dream, but now I adore (no pun intended) SD just a bit more.

I found the CD set for Mellon Collie at a thrift store when I was a kid and it blew me away.

Great takes Brendon! Id probably reverse the top two rankings but otherwise our rankings are pretty much the same. WHERE did you get that awesome machina 2 bootleg! That’s easily the nicest one Ive seen! Loving your channel man! Found it because of your ATUM review.

Great video Brendon! The Smashing Pumpkins are my favorite band.

Nice ranking Brendon! I think I’ll dig Gish out today. Forgot about that one, but remember it’s a good one.

Siamese dream is one of my favorite albums of the 90s. Easily my favorite Smashing pumpkins album.

Great video! Let's not forget Pisces Iscariot. I know it is billed more as a compilation but it plays nice.

1. Siamese Dream 2. Machina 3. Mellon Collie 4. Adore 5. Zeitgeist 6. Gish 7. Monuments To An Elegy 8. Shiny Oh So Bright 9. Cyr 10. Atum 11. Oceania

Where would you rank Pisces Iscariot if you where to include it?

Great video Brendon. Gish and Zeitgeist are some of my favourites, but just can't get into Cyr

I love everything they did through Adore, but then it's all downhill..

Personally i love adore but good video!

Im a HUGE .....GISH fan probably listen to that more than them all

More in terms of my personal opinion than objective standards: 1. MACHINA 1+2 (I count them as one) 2. Mellon Collie 3. Oceania 4. Adore 5. Gish 6. Siamese Dream 7. ATUM 8. Monuments to an Elegy 9. Zeitgeist 10. Shiny and Oh So Bright 11. Teargarden 12. Cyr

I love the Pumpkins but I’m a bigger fan of their older material. I feel like Zeitgeist was their last great album. I tried to get into the newer material but it just wasn’t clicking with me, except for Oceania and some of the tracks that were released digitally as part of what was supposed to be Teargarden By Kaleidyscope. I may just have to give them some spins again in the near future. Siamese Dream is my absolute favorite Pumpkins album. It’s what got me into the band. Great ranking, though.

For me, Gish is number one. Nostalgia, the drum production does it for me. The vibe of the album is just amazing. The energy, the range of emotion, and the flow of the album, each song bleeding into the next, is perfection. It's not as "hitty" as SD or MCATIS and i think that's part of its charm. 10/10 for me.

Smashing Pumpkins is one of the best bands in the world... I totally agree with your list and analysis with very clear criteria and without hate... the only position I would change would be Monuments for Adore

Adore 12th? Comeon its brilliant. Each to their own though.

Funny how a non official album is one of their best, I would put Pisces Iscariot at #3

1. gish 2. siamese dream 3. Mellon Collie 4. Machina 5. Oceania 6. Zeitgeist 7. Adore 8. Monuments 9-12. Haven't heard

Моя любимая группа. Я собрал в коллекцию альбомы с 1991 по 2000 год. Некоторые CD 🇺🇸 или Japan🇯🇵.

I loved adore. Loved all the original pumpkins albums but as i got older i only revisted adore and machina - felt like i'd grown out of the rest; they were the soundtrack to my teenage years. All the new stuff has been atrocious and I just don't follow the band anymore. Zeitgeist had some awesome rock tunes that were fun but ultimately quick to forget.

To me, there are essentially two bands. There’s the 1988 - 2000 Pumpkins. Then there’s the 2007 - Present Pumpkins. I love the first band, but I just can’t get into much of the latter, especially with all the synth-pop stuff. And with the latter, there’s also the shift in Billy’s approach to lyrics and vocals, which I just don’t like and it largely impacts my lesser view of the reincarnated version of the Pumpkins.

You doing a review of new album????

Brendon, 2 questions for yo...Who are your top 20 artists/bands and have you ever heard of the Chameleons UK

Great list. Thank you so much. Pisces Iscariot?

The correct order is: 1- Melon Collie 2- Siamese Dream 3- Gish 4- Pisces 5- Adore 6- Machina I 7- Monuments 8- Teargarden 9- Zeitgeist 10- Machina 2 11- Oceania 12- Shiny 13- Cyr 14- Atum Really 7 through 11 are all pretty close, as they're all great albums and I could go either way on them. Shiny was OK but felt like a b-side effort. Cyr and Atum aren't my things.

Good review with a glaring title error you said twice. It’s “MONUMENTS To an Elegy” not MOMENTS.

Mellon Collie is a masterpiece.

Gish and SD are kind of one big album for me, they would be #1 and #2. I’d eliminate one or two songs (I’ve never sat thru Geek USA) and they would be perfect 10. I’d put Adore higher.

Zwan is good too, and Piscis Iscariot.

Mellon Collie is great, but Siamese Dream is greater. Mellon Collie would have been better with one album and B sides. Siamese Dream is all bangers. Mellon Collie has a few songs that aren't really album worthy. IMO. If you really like them that's cool.

That's Monuments to an Elegy.

Placing adore last is insane

CYR would be last on my list and Shiny & Oh So Bright would be 11 for me. I like 3 songs on it, but the rest sort of loses my interest. Adore hold some nostalgia for me, but I think it comes in at 10 for me. Monuments would be 9 and the rest I’d have to think about. That said ATUM has grown on me quite a bit. I also love the 10 extra songs that were released w/ the boxset.

Just found my CD of Zeitgeist, cool thing to own since Billy will not allow it on streaming platforms. I don't like the new stuff very much, he puts his vocals too loud in the mix. Cheers and keep on rockin!

you mean 'Monuments' to an Elegy?

cant wait for the quadruple album

Siamese Dream, Pisces Iscariot and Gish imo are their best albums. Mellon collie I didn't love. Adore was well it was different but It didn't win me over. To the point where I stopped buying their albums. However I loved ZWAN it's a shame nothing came of that band. But I did really enjoy OCEANA that one surprised me. So I guess I need to catch up.

Haven't watched yet but SIamese Dream is 100% number one with GIsh actually 2 and Mellon Collie 3 and PIsces 4 Adore 5 and anything after I dont' listen to anyway.

i was gonna subscribe until i saw you put adore at 12😂

Is that Siamese dream a box set or a deluxe digi pack?

Hi! Do you like cds???

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I will be so pissed if they just play ATUM in their 2024 tour 😂

Adore ranked as their "worst" album....? Compared to the dog that they've released recently??????

Siamese Dream will always be my favorite! I absolutely love the Butch Vig production. Obviously, he produced the masterpiece- Nevermind by Nirvana. These two albums have that same sound. ..I was 13 in 1993 and I remember thinking that it was such a stupid band name! ..Then I saw their music video for "Rocket" and fell in love! ..Then I bought the album and loved it even more! ..One of those rare cases where you can listen to an album 'front to back' and love it as a whole- Without all the gimicky "concept album" B.S.. It was also the first CD's I ever purchased. At that point there was Pisces Iscariot out- So I bought both! ..My cassette of Nevermind was so over played and warped! Even though you can simply skip songs on a CD- It was an album you didn't have to skip any of them! Sadly, I had to stop listening to their new stuff. ..I really liked Zwan! ..I wish he could do a follow up record. Either way, I wish they would record with Butch Vig again. And/or Flood. ..Billy Corgan is such a prolific song writer- He could write a hit song! He's just too self-indulgent and gets 'lost in the weeds', so to speak. ..Zeitgeist was the last time I purchased an SP album. Personally, I only consider the first 4. ..Maybe 5 records to be authentic Smashing Pumpkins. The rest is just bloat. ..I'd almost consider them to be 'solo projects'.

Adore in last place?!?!?

MONUMENTS to an elegy

mellon collie for me as well

How about zero " 95 /96 cd

I've heard 4 Pumpkins albums but I can only take Corgan's voice in very small doses.

Putting Adore @ 12th is illegal in most states

Zeitgeist and Oceania deserve more love!

Adore is good but not what we wanted at the time. Shiny is good. Monuments is the worst.

Seeing adore in last place makes me want to quit watching this . There most underrated album

"Monuments to an Elegy", not "Moments"

I always thought Oceania was pretty good.

Gish > Siamese Dream > Mellon Collie