Smashing Pumpkins - Pisces Iscariot
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Artist: Smashing PumpkinsEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 1994-10-04
Music Label: Virgin Records Us
Soundtracks:
- Soothe
- Frail and Bedazzled [#][Outtake]
- Plume
- Whir [#][Outtake]
- Blew Away
- Pissant
- Hello Kitty Kat
- Obscured
- Landslide
- Starla
- Blue
- Girl Named Sandoz [Live]
- Dolly Vita [Live]
- Spaced [#][Outtake]
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Free Music Review: Fantastic collection has some of my all-time favorite SP songs
Hit: 5 Stars
This collection of non-album tracks is quite diverse as it explores both the most quiet and the hardest-rocking extremes this band was capable of. Too bad it skipped some fantastic non-album material like "Glynis," but record companies tend to keep some gems in the "harder-to-find" category so fanatic collectors can feel special (and mastermind/uber-ego Billy Corgan obviously had something to do with it). I'm a fan, but since I don't have any particular inside info about the band to impart (except that I just read today that Billy is trying to get the band together again), I'll just relay my impressions of PISCES ISCARIOT -------->
"Soothe" - a gorgeous performance on vocal and acoustic guitar by head Pumpkin Billy Corgan recorded at home. *****
"Frail and Bedazzled" - supercharged balls-to-the-wall rockin' out. *****
"Plume" -one of my very favorite SP tunes, this one really captures a certain "don't give a f@#%" feeling that I myself am prone to fairly often. Corgan's piercing guitar really soars on this one when he solos and he makes excellent, trippy use of some kind of foot peddle or thingamajig (a tech wizard I am not). *****+
"Whir" - an easy-going tune, nice and melodic, although I'm not crazy about the way it ends (with a rather ineffective guitar riff that sounds a little too melodramatic for my tastes). ***1/2
"Blew Away" - another mellow cut with James Iha on vocals. Apparently Corgan left Iha to his own devices on this one and it turned out really nice. ****
"Pissant" - The thrashiest track on PISCES, and a real shot of adrenaline. Frantic drumming from Jimmy Chamberlin. ****1/2
"Hello Kitty Kat" - steady, super-heavy rocker. Great chord changes at the chorus. *****
"Obscured" - a pretty, meandering little journey via acoustic guitar strum, simple percussion and ringing electric guitar touches. Wonderous vocal from Corgan. But he almost kills the mood with that distracting drone at the end of the song. ****1/2
"Landslide" - Stevie Nicks cover, gorgeous and very effective. Corgan delivers a heart-felt vocal that stands on its own, a worthy interpretation with a different feel from Stevie Nicks (who admittedly has a better voice). Great acoustic guitar, too - love the solo. ****1/2
"Starla" - positively euphoric. A monumental eleven-minute song with tons of guitars - effects-laden, epic and otherworldly. Fantastic live - so I've heard as I haven't seen them, but I've got a great bootleg of this song that segues into a spacey "Never Let Me Down Again" by Depeche Mode. Most likely my fav SP song ever. *****+
"Blue" - a bad-ass bass line kicks off this steady rocker that also features some lovely, plaintive tangents. Dates back to their earliest days. *****
"Girl Named Sandoz" - A cover of an old one by the Animals, this is a cool rocker that's a little campy and slightly cheesy thanks mainly to the lyrics. I'm into it! ****
"La Dolly Vita" - smooth and dreamy rocker - "cool as ice cream" - this one has an almost hypnotic atmosphere, until it peaks with a potent climax. It's my favorite here, after "Starla" and "Plume." *****
"Spaced" - an experimental atmospheric piece with distorted, dub-heavy vocals. Sounds like it's sleepily drifting through the cosmos as Corgan's strange ruminations to his father hover in the background. Unusual and interesting track. ***1/2
Anyone who likes the Smashing Pumpkins will find a lot to like here - it's not just for completist fans by any means. I've listened to it for years since it came out and don't expect to ever stop. Although it understandably doesn't have the coherence of a typical "normal" album release, it's still very listenable. Actually, it's no less coherent than MELON COLLIE AND THE INFINITE SADNESS now that I think about it. I'd say it's my second favorite Pumpkins record, after SIAMESE DREAM.
Pisces Iscariot Poster
The Smashing Pumpkins are a big rock band, molded by leader Billy Corgan after stadium and progressive rock giants from the Seventies. As such it's only fitting that after only two albums they would release a collection of B-sides. The result, Pisces Iscariot, is not only a good compendium to their other work, but it's a very good record in its own right. Most of the 14 tracks follow the Pumpkins' blueprint, traveling sonically from soft to loud and back again. Among the slew of originals previously available on singles and imports is a hauntingly beautiful cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide." Surprisingly there's less fat here than on 1995's bloated Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. --Greg EmmanuelAlternative Rock Music CDs
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