The Smashing Pumpkins discography

The discography of the Smashing Pumpkins, an American alternative rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois, consists of twelve studio albums, four live albums, one digital live album series, seven compilation albums (including box sets and promotional releases), five extended plays (including promotional releases), 55 singles (including promotional releases), four video albums, 37 music videos, and contributions to five soundtrack albums. This list does not include material recorded by the Smashing Pumpkins members with other side projects.

The Smashing Pumpkins discography
The Smashing Pumpkins on May 24, 2007, at den Atelier, Luxembourg
Studio albums12
Live albums7
Compilation albums7
Video albums4
Music videos37
EPs6
Singles55
Soundtrack albums5
Demo albums3

As of 2012, the Smashing Pumpkins have sold 16.7 million albums according to Nielsen Soundscan.[1]

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[2]
AUS
[3]
BEL
[4]
CAN
[5][6]
FRA
[7]
GER
[8]
IRE
[9]
NLD
[10]
NZ
[11]
UK
[12]
Gish1465112540
Siamese Dream
  • Released: July 27, 1993
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: CD, CS, 2×LP
107364502234
  • US: 4,900,000[1]
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
  • Released: October 24, 1995
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: 2×CD, 2×CS, 3×LP, 2×MiniDisc
11216213614
  • US: 4,900,000[1]
Adore
  • Released: June 2, 1998
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: CD, CS, 1.5×LP
211213515
  • US: 1,200,000[1]
Machina/The Machines of God
  • Released: February 29, 2000
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: CD, CS, 2×LP, MiniDisc
32424431547
Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern MusicFree download[II]
Zeitgeist
  • Released: July 10, 2007
  • Label: Reprise, Martha's Music
  • Format: CD, CD+DVD, digital download
27612475714
Oceania
  • Released: June 19, 2012
  • Label: EMI, Martha's Music
  • Format: CD, digital download, 2×LP
4825433362434919
Monuments to an Elegy
  • Released: December 9, 2014[32]
  • Label: BMG, Martha's Music
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP
335513615462839459
Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.
  • Released: November 16, 2018[33]
  • Label: Napalm
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP
5463716612320847943
Cyr
  • Released: November 27, 2020[34]
  • Label: Sumerian
  • Format: CD, digital download, 2×LP
863615466104319571
Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts
  • Released: May 5, 2023[35]
  • Label: Martha's Music
  • Format: streaming, digital download, 4×LP, 3×CD
1115641311885
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

^ II Machina II had a free internet release and thus did not chart and was not eligible for certification.

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsComments
Earphoria
  • Promotional release: October 4, 1994
  • Commercial release: November 19, 2002
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: CD
Soundtrack companion piece to Vieuphoria.
Live in Chicago October 23, 1995
  • Released: November 1995
  • Label: Virgin/Delabel
  • Format: CD
Limited promotional 5-track CD issued with French printings of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
Live at Cabaret Metro 10-5-88
  • Released: December 2, 2000
  • Label: Constantinople
  • Format: CD
Limited CD given away to attendants exiting the then-final show at the Metro concert hall. A recording of the band's fourth show—their first with Jimmy Chamberlin and first at the Metro. Cover art is by James Iha.
Bonus EP4-track digital release available to those who purchased a two-night ticket package for the 20th Anniversary Tour from Ticketmaster.
Live at Kawasaki 2.24.92
  • Released: March 2022
  • Label: Martha's Music
  • Format: 2xLP
Released in celebration of the 30th anniversary of Gish.
Live at The Viper Room 1.15.98
  • Released: 2022
  • Label: Martha's Music
  • Format: 2xLP
The Smashing Pumpkins' historic acoustic 1998 performance at the Viper Room in LA.
The Rubano Tapes Vol. 1
  • Released: 2022
  • Label: Martha's Music
  • Format: 2xLP
Live recordings 1988 - 1991
The Rubano Tapes Vol. 2
  • Released: 2022
  • Label: Martha's Music
  • Format: 2xLP
mastered by Howie Weinberg.
London By Day - Live at the BBC
  • Released: 2023
  • Label: Martha's Music
  • Format: 2xLP
Recorded live on 2014-12-05 at The BBC Maida Vale Studios, London
Siamese Dream Cassette
  • Released: 2023
  • Label: Martha's Music
  • Format: Cassette
A never-before-released live show from The Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream tour in Nashville on April 12, 1994. Comes as box set with 2 candles

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
US
[2]
AUS
[3]
BEL
[4]
CAN
[36][6]
GER
[8]
IRE
[9]
NZ
[11]
UK
[12][22]
Pisces Iscariot
  • Released: October 4, 1994
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: CD, CS, LP, LP+7-inch
41714296
  • US: 1,300,000[1]
The Smashing Pumpkins 1991–1998
  • Released: December 1999
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: CD
Rotten Apples
  • Released: November 20, 2001
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: CD, CS
  • Greatest hits
314155286528
  • US: 500,000
  • UK: 100,000
Judas O
  • Released: November 20, 2001
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: CD (Bonus disc issued with limited-edition printings of Rotten Apples)
True Power. True Faith.
  • Released: March 21, 2005
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: CD
Rarities and B-Sides
  • Released: April 5, 2005
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: Digital download
"—" denotes albums that did not chart.

EPs

For the live extended plays Live in Chicago October 23, 1995 and Bonus EP, see the live albums section of this article.

TitleEP detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
US
[2]
US
Ind.

[38]
AUS
[3]
UK
[22]
Lull[I]
  • Released: November 5, 1991
  • Label: Hut
  • Format: 12-inch, CD, CS
74
Peel Sessions
  • Released: June 1992
  • Label: Hut
  • Format: 12-inch, CD
Zero[II]
  • Released: April 23, 1996
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: 12-inch, CD, CS
46
Still Becoming Apart[III]
  • Released: February 29, 2000
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: CD
American Gothic
  • Released: January 1, 2008
  • Label: Reprise
  • Format: CD, digital download
82155
Teargarden by Kaleidyscope Vol. 1: Songs for a Sailor
  • Released: March 25, 2010[IV]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, CD+7-inch
43
Teargarden by Kaleidyscope Vol. 2: The Solstice Bare
  • Released: November 23, 2010[IV]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, CD+12-inch
"—" denotes albums that did not chart.

^ I The song "Rhinoceros" charted from this release.
^ II The song "Zero" charted from this release.
^ III Promotional bonus disc issued with limited-edition printings of Machina/The Machines of God.
^ IV Songs from Songs for a Sailor were sporadically released one at a time to be downloaded starting from December 8, 2009.

Box sets

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
US
[2]
UK
[12][22]
Siamese Singles
  • Released: July 1994
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: 4×7-inch box set
The Aeroplane Flies High
  • Released: November 26, 1996
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: 5×CD box set
42160
  • US: 1,000,000
Cyr 7" Singles Box Set
  • Released: June 9, 2021
  • Label: Sumerian Records
  • Format: 5×7-inch box set
"—" denotes albums that did not chart.

Singles

SongYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
[39]
US
Alt.

[40]
US
Main.

[41]
US
Rock

[42]
AUS
[3]
BEL
[43]
CAN
[44][45]
IRE
[9][46]
NLD
[10]
NZ
[11]
UK
[12][22]
"I Am One"1990non-album singles
"Tristessa"
"Siva"199145Gish
"I Am One"199273
"Cherub Rock"199372387911631Siamese Dream
"Today"[A]42857822744
"Disarm"1994[B]8516132911
"Rocket"28312689
"Bullet with Butterfly Wings"19952224[C]3318184120Mellon Collie and the
Infinite Sadness
"1979"1996121116212629916
"Zero"[D]9153
"Tonight, Tonight"3654213932134627
"Thirty-Three"392185124721
"The End Is the Beginning Is the End"1997[E]412103729774610Batman & Robin soundtrack
"Ava Adore"1998423819161577511Adore
"Perfect"5433356111824
"The Everlasting Gaze"1999[F]414Machina/The Machines of God
"Stand Inside Your Love"2000[G]21131301723
"Try, Try, Try"73
"Untitled"200146Rotten Apples
"Tarantula"20075426[H]50304459Zeitgeist
"That's the Way (My Love Is)"233294
"G.L.O.W."2008[I]112580non-album single
"Widow Wake My Mind/A Song for a Son"2010Teargarden by Kaleidyscope - Vol. 1: Songs for a Sailor
"Astral Planes/A Stitch in Time"
"The Celestials"20122945112[J]Oceania
"Being Beige"2014Monuments to an Elegy
"One and All"34[K]
"Drum + Fife"
"Run2me"2015
"Solara"2018[L]2647[M]Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun
"Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)"38[N][O][P]
"Knights of Malta"
"Cyr/The Colour of Love"202019[Q]Cyr
"Confessions of a Dopamine Addict/Wrath"[R]
"Anno Satana/Birch Grove"
"Ramona/Wyttch"
"Purple Blood/Dulcet in E"
"Beguiled"2022[S]127[T][U]Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts
"Spellbinding"202316[V]
"Empires"[57]24
"Mayonaise"[W]Siamese Dream
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Promotional singles

SongYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
[39]
US
Active
Rock

[58]
US
Alt.

[40]
US
Main.

[41]
CAN
[45]
CAN
Alt.

[59]
ICE
[60]
"Rhinoceros"199127Gish
"Daughter"[V]1992Non-album single
"Drown"24Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
"Landslide"1994[X]347Pisces Iscariot
"Muzzle"1996[Y]810331Mellon Collie and the
Infinite Sadness
"Eye"1997[Z]86Lost Highway soundtrack
"Crestfallen"1998Adore
"Daphne Descends"[VII]
"Summer"[VIII]"Perfect"
"To Sheila"1999[AA]Adore
"Heavy Metal Machine"[X]2000Machina/The Machines of God
"I of the Mourning"
"The Rose March"[61]2008American Gothic
"FOL"2009Non-album single
"A Song for a Son"Teargarden by Kaleidyscope
"Widow Wake My Mind"2010
"Astral Planes/A Stitch in Time"
"The Fellowship"
"Freak"3827
"Owata"2011
"Blissed"2012Pisces Iscariot
"Panopticon"Oceania
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
  • V ^ "Daughter" was released as a 7-inch one-sided flexi disc in subscriber copies of the April 4, 1992 issue of Reflex magazine.[62][63]
  • VII ^ "Daphne Descends" was released as a promotional CD single exclusively in France.[64]
  • VIII ^ B-side of "Perfect" written by James Iha, released as a promotional cassette single.[65]
  • X ^ "Heavy Metal Machine" was issued as a promotional cassette single prior to the release of Machina.[66][67]

Other charted songs

List of songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
SongYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
[39]
US
Alt

[40]
US
Rock
Digi.

[68]
CAN
Digi.

[69]
SCO
[70]
UK
[22]
"The End is the Beginning is the End (The Remixes)"199772Batman & Robin Soundtrack
"Doomsday Clock"20079754185Zeitgeist
"Violet Rays"201227Oceania
"We Only Come Out at Night"2020[AB][AC]2092Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
"In Lieu of Failure"2024[AD]Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts

Demo albums

TitleAlbum detailsTrack listing
Nothing Ever Changes
  • Released: 1988
  • Format: Cassette
1. "The Vigil"; 2. "Nothing and Everything"; 3. "Holiday"; 4. "Cross"
The Smashing Pumpkins
  • Released: March 28, 1989
  • Format: Cassette
1. "Jennifer Ever"; 2. "East"; 3. "Nothing and Everything"; 4. "Sun" (remix); 5. "She" (live); 6. "Spiteface"
Moon
  • Released: 1989
  • Format: Cassette
1. "Honeyspider" (alternate); 2. "With You"; 3. "Egg"; 4. "Rhinoceros" (alternate); 5. "Bye June"; 6. "Stars Fall In"; 7. "Daughter"; 8. "Daydream"; 9. "Psychodelic"

Video albums

TitleAlbum detailsCertifications
Vieuphoria
  • Released (VHS): October 4, 1994
  • Released (DVD): November 26, 2002
  • Label: Virgin
23 Minutes[I]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: VHS
Greatest Hits Video Collection
  • Released: November 19, 2001
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: DVD
If All Goes Wrong
  • Released: December 1, 2008
  • Label: Coming Home Media
  • Format: 2×DVD
Oceania: Live in NYC
  • Released: September 24, 2013
  • Label: Universal Music Enterprises
  • Format: 2×CD+DVD; 1 Blu-ray; 1 DVD
  • I^ This video was a limited edition release packaged with Siamese Dream that contains the videos for "Siva", "Rhinoceros", "Cherub Rock", "Today", and "Disarm".

Music videos

YearSongDirectorAlbum
1991"Siva"Angela ConwayGish
"Rhinoceros"
1992"I Am One"[I]Kevin Kerslake
1993"Cherub Rock"Siamese Dream
"Today"Stéphane Sednaoui
1994"Disarm"Jake Scott
"Rocket"Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
1995"Bullet with Butterfly Wings"Samuel BayerMellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
1996"1979"Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
"Zero"Yelena Yemchuk
"Tonight, Tonight"Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
"Thirty-Three"Billy Corgan and Yelena Yemchuk
1997"The End Is the Beginning Is the End"Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris[II]Batman & Robin soundtrack
1998"Ava Adore"Dom and NicAdore
"Perfect"Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
2000"The Everlasting Gaze"Jonas ÅkerlundMachina/The Machines of God
"Stand Inside Your Love"W.I.Z.
"Try, Try, Try"Jonas Åkerlund
2001"Untitled"Bart LiptonRotten Apples
"Untitled" (Studio Version)
2007"Tarantula"P. R. BrownZeitgeist
"That's the Way (My Love Is)"
2008"Superchrist"Justin Colomanon-album single
"G.L.O.W."
2011"Owata"Robby StarbuckTeargarden by Kaleidyscope
2015"Being Beige"Brad Palmer and Brian PalmerMonuments to an Elegy
"Drum + Fife"Jimmy Allhander and Robin Antiga
"Run2me"Linda Strawberry
2018"Solara"Nick KoenigShiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.
"Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)"Billy Corgan
2020"Cyr"Linda StrawberryCyr
"Ramona"
"Wyttch"Charlotte Kemp Muhl
2022"Beguiled"Linda StrawberryAtum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts
2023"Empires"Kevin Kerslake
"Spellbinding"
  • ^ This music video was unreleased prior to its inclusion on 2001's Greatest Hits DVD.
  • II^ This music video contains footage from Batman & Robin directed by Joel Schumacher.

An internet-only "interactive music video" was released for "The Crying Tree of Mercury" by MTV in March 2000, directed by Billy Corgan.[72] It is no longer available through MTV's website.

Other appearances

YearSongRelease
1989"My Dahlia" and "Sun"Light into Dark
1991"Jackie Blue"[I]20 Explosive Dynamic Super Smash Hit Explosions!
1992"Drown"Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
1993"Glynis"No Alternative
1994"Spaceboy" (live, acoustic)NME Brat Pack
1995"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"[II] (live)No Toys for O.J.
1996"Sad Peter Pan"[III] (with Red Red Meat)Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation
"Rocket" (live, acoustic)ONXRT: Live from the Archives Volume 3
1997"Christmastime"A Very Special Christmas 3
"Eye"Lost Highway soundtrack
"The End Is the Beginning Is the End" and "The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning"Batman & Robin soundtrack
1998"Never Let Me Down Again"[IV]For the Masses (originally released as a B-side of "Rocket")
2001"Never Let Me Down Again"[IV]Not Another Teen Movie soundtrack
2006"To Sheila" (live)The Bridge School Collection, Vol.1
2007"Doomsday Clock"Transformers soundtrack
"United States" (live)Live Earth: The Concerts for a Climate in Crisis
2008"Superchrist"Fresh Cuts, Vol. 2
2009"FOL"Epic Lap Hyundai Genesis Coupe Super Bowl XLIII commercial
2010"The Fellowship"The Vampire Diaries soundtrack

^ I Ozark Mountain Daredevils cover

^ II Johnny Marks cover

^ III Vic Chestnutt cover

^ IV Depeche Mode cover

See also

Notes

References

  • The Aeroplane Flies High [box set liner notes]. Beverly Hills: Virgin Records America. 1996
  • Strong, Martin C.: The Great Rock Discography, 6th edn., 2002, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-312-1

References