Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
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| Studio album by The Smashing Pumpkins | ||||
| Released | October 24, 1995 (US) October 23, 1995 (UK) | |||
| Recorded | March–August 1995 | |||
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| Length | 121:39 (CD, cassette, and remastered vinyl edition) 128:32 (original vinyl edition) |
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| Label | Virgin | |||
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2012 deluxe cover
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| AllMusic |   |
| Entertainment Weekly | A |
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| NME | 8/10 |
| Pitchfork Media | 6.8/10 (1996) 9.3/10 (2012) |
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| Spin | 8/10 |
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is the third studio album by the American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, released on October 24, 1995, on Virgin Records. Produced by frontman Billy Corgan with Flood and Alan Moulder, the 28-track album was released as a two-disc CD and triple LP. The album features a wide array of styles, as well as greater musical input from bassist D'arcy Wretzky and second guitarist James Iha.
Propelled by the album's lead single, "Bullet with Butterfly Wings", it debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with first week sales of 246,500 units. To date it remains the band's only album to top the Billboard 200. It spawned five more singles—"1979", "Zero", "Tonight, Tonight", the promotional "Muzzle", and "Thirty-Three"—over the course of 1996, and was certified diamond by the RIAA, equivalent to over 10 million units sold. Praised 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 the Year ("1979"), as well as 9 MTV Music Video Awards nominations, 8 of which were for "Tonight, Tonight", including "Video of the Year". Not only did they all become hits on both mainstream rock and modern rock stations, but "Bullet with Butterfly Wings", "1979", "Tonight, Tonight", and "Thirty-Three" also became the band's first Top 40 hits, crossing over to pop radio stations.
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