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Adore is the fourth studio album from Chicago alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. Virgin Records released the album on June 2, 1998 in the United States. Adore is the Pumpkins' only album not to feature original drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. Adore marked a change in sound for The Smashing Pumpkins; Greg Kot of Rolling Stone magazine noted that the album "isn't just a transitional record; it's a complete break with the past."[1] Their previously layered, guitar-oriented sound was largely replaced by a quieter and more electronic influenced sound, and incorporated drum machines and synthesizers. For the release, the band shed their alternative hipster image for a more subdued Gothic look.

Despite being "one of the most anticipated albums of 1998,"[2] Adore was a commercial disappointment and sold only 1.1 million copies, far below the Pumpkins' previous albums Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. However, the album was well received by critics, and received a nomination for Best Alternative Music Performance at the 1999 Grammy Awards.[3]

Background

In January 1996 The Smashing Pumpkins released "1979", the band's only number one single on any chart[4] and their first foray into electronic music. The song marked a departure from the typically guitar-oriented alternative rock sound of Gish and Siamese Dream. Meanwhile, the band gave interviews stating that Mellon Collie would be the last conventional Pumpkins record,[5] and James Iha later remarked that "The future is in electronic music. It really seems boring just to play rock music."[6]

Unexpectedly, the band fired drummer Jimmy Chamberlin.[7] While on tour in support of Mellon Collie, Chamberlin and touring keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin shot heroin together on July 11.[7] Melvoin died of an overdose, and Chamberlin was arrested and charged for possession.[7] The band said in a statement days later that "we have decided to carry on without him, and we wish him the best that we have to offer."[7]

A year later, the Pumpkins released "The End is the Beginning is the End", a single for the Batman and Robin soundtrack, and "Eye", a single for the Lost Highway soundtrack. Both songs incorporated electronic elements, yet retained the hard rock elements of the band's previous material; one reviewer called the two singles "balls-out, full-energy chargers" and wrote off the Pumpkins' previous remarks that the upcoming album would "rock" less.[8] Following the release of the single, The Smashing Pumpkins began to record the follow-up to Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness; one of the best-selling albums of the 1990s.[9]

Recording

In August 1997, the remaining band members entered Chicago Trax Recording and Hinge in Chicago, with temporary replacement drummer Matt Walker and producer Brad Wood —with whom Corgan previously had worked in the early 1990s.[10] Unhappy with the sessions, Corgan scrapped the tapes, and relocated to Los Angeles. He felt Wood was unsuitable for the role, and later remarked that the producer "needs to work with someone like Liz Phair, whom he can mold, and I'm not the kind of person you can mold."[11] Wood was not asked to rejoin the Pumpkins in L.A., and previous producer Flood was brought in to serve as engineer and advisor on the album.

Before the move to L.A., the band had made a number live appearances, during which several new tracks were debuted. The shows included Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit,[12][13] a surprise gig opening for Jane's Addiction[14] and two shows opening for The Rolling Stones.[15] Attendees were treated to several new songs, including "Ava Adore", "Behold! The Night Mare" and "To Sheila". The second date with The Stones was to be the final show with Matt Walker, as he left the band to pursue a career with The Cupcakes.[16][17]

In December 1997, recording began at Sound City in Van Nuys, California, with ex-Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron,[18] while Beck drummer Joey Waronker was called in to contribute drum tracks.[19] Sessions were wrapped up early in 1998. By post production, thirty songs were being considered for inclusion on the album, and at one point, it looked to be set to be a double album.[20] Of those, only 16 made the final cut.

Music

Adore is different in approach and style from previous Pumpkins albums. Distorted guitars are rarely present on the album, only appearing dominantly in the guitar solo for "For Martha"[1] and "Ava Adore". Corgan explained the new sound by remarking that he was not "talking to teenagers anymore. I'm talking to everyone now. It's a wider dialogue. I'm talking to people who are older than me and younger than me, and our generation as well."[11]

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Piano is present in most songs, particularly "Annie Dog", "For Martha", "Blank Page" and "Crestfallen".[1] The track "Appels + Oranjes" is completely synthesized - performed entirely on electronic instruments apart from Corgan's vocals. The track "Tear" was a song that was left off the Lost Highway soundtrack in favour of the electronic song "Eye". The unreleased song "Blissed and Gone" is represented only by a brief piano instrumental titled "17".[21]

Apart from being the first album without Jimmy Chamberlin, Adore was the first album to not include writing contributions from Iha.[22] Iha was at the time writing for his solo album Let It Come Down. However, he did contribute the track "Summer", which was released as a b-side to the single "Perfect". Critic Greg Kot noted that "Iha's quirky guitar accents and Wretzky's unflashy resolve [. . .] give Adore a warmth and camaraderie no other Pumpkins album can match."[23]

Promotion and release

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A promotional photo of The Smashing Pumpkins circa 1998, showing a more Gothic-influenced look than before. Left to right: Iha, Wretzky, and Corgan.

In January 1998, Corgan described the new album as "arcane night music",[24] which was contrary to the rumour at the time that the album would be acoustic.[25] Corgan had stated "... The people that say it's acoustic will be wrong. The people that say it's electronic will be wrong. The people that say it's a Pumpkins' record will be wrong. I will try to make something that is indescribable."[26] It was around this time that it was announced that The Smashing Pumpkins' fourth album would be titled Adore. Corgan debuted ten new songs in a short set at Johnny Depp's Viper Room in L.A.;[27] only one, "Let Me Give the World to You", was not released in some form on the final album. Iha played a short set of songs from his new solo album, Let It Come Down.

The band headed to London to film a video for the album's first single "Ava Adore". Their highest budgeted video yet, "Ava Adore" featured a large cast of extras and was filmed in one continuous shot. The three Pumpkins showed off a new image adopted for the new album - an almost Gothic look, featuring elegant robes and make-up. While in Europe, The Smashing Pumpkins began their tour for Adore, just before its release, performing on BBC's "Later with Jools Holland".[28]

Adore was released to most of the world on June 1, 1998 and in the U.S. on June 2. Some radio stations even aired the album in its entirety the night before. As was becoming increasingly common with larger bands, the album was leaked on the Internet some weeks before the release. The video for "Perfect" was shot in Los Angeles in July of 1998.[29] Ultimately, "Perfect" was not quite as strong as the lead single, "Ava Adore", and the success of the album lagged.

An Evening with The Smashing Pumpkins

The Pumpkins embarked on the tour An Evening with The Smashing Pumpkins in support of Adore. Starting in Europe and eventually making their way around most of the world,[30] The Pumpkins played at what had been called an "eclectic mix of interesting venues",[31] among them the rooftop of a FNAC record store in Paris, France,[32] at the Cannes Film Festival,[33] and at an International Shipping Harbor in Sydney, Australia.[34]

In America, the Pumpkins did not perform at unconventional venues as they had done on the European and Pacific legs of their tour. However, for the American tour, the Pumpkins donated 100% of the ticket proceeds to charity. In every city they performed, with the exception of Minneapolis, the only free U.S. date of the tour,[35] the Pumpkins would pick a local charity and designate it as the recipient of the night's concert. In the end, the Pumpkins, with the help of their fans, raised over $2.8 million for charity.[36]

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The Smashing Pumpkins performing "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" live in 1998.

Kenny Aronoff, drummer for high profile acts like John Mellencamp and Melissa Etheridge, agreed to join the Pumpkins for their upcoming tour after Matt Walker's departure.[37] More musicians were announced to be joining the Pumpkins on tour, including violinist Lisa Germano,[38] percussionists Dan Morris and Stephen Hodges, and pianist Mike Garson.[39]

The new song set was made up mainly of Adore songs. Although some Adore songs were played every night or almost every night, others were played sparingly or never at all. No songs prior to Mellon Collie were performed, which eliminated some of the band's biggest hits including "Today" and "Disarm"; however, both "Today" and "Disarm" were eventually performed - acoustically - near the end of the tour, in late 1998.[40] Several songs from Mellon Collie were the only remainders of the band's earlier material, though even the previously successful single "Zero" was played only a few times during the whole of the tour.[41]

Reception and aftermath

Public reception to Adore was lukewarm.[42] Adore entered the U.S. charts at #2 with a solid — but not exceptional — 174,000 units. After eight weeks, it dropped out of the Billboard Top 40. Promotion for Adore finished by the end of 1998, a particularly short run for an album when considering the 2 year touring and promotion schedule for Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. It finished with merely two singles - a third, "Crestfallen", was released to radio stations but never released as a commercial single.[11] Billy Corgan would later remark that he "tried to take a progressive step with Adore and internally didn't get the support I needed."[43] He would also attribute the album's lack of success to himself, saying that he "made the mistake of telling people it was a techno record" and that if he "would have told everyone Adore was the Pumpkins' acoustic album we would have never had the problems that we had."[44]

In comparison, critical reception was generally positive. Greg Kot of Rolling Stone magazine regarded Adore as "the most intimate album the Pumpkins have ever made and also the prettiest, a parade of swooning melodies and gentle, unfolding nocturnes."[1] Ryan Schreiber of Pitchfork Media described the album as "the Pumpkins' best offering since Siamese Dream."[8] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of All Music Guide described Adore as "a hushed, elegiac album that sounds curiously out of time," though he noted that the album "ultimately isn't a brave step forward."[45] Most recently, Adore was considered one of "an inspiring range of 25 classic alternative American albums" by The Guardian.[46]

Adore's lyrics are generally seen as an improvement over the lyrics in previous Smashing Pumpkins albums. Jim DeRogatis of the Chicago Sun-Times, who in 1993 had criticized Corgan's lyrics as "too often sound[ing] like sophomoric poetry,"[47] said when reviewing the album, "Either the music on Adore is strong enough to outweigh the lyrics [. . .] and typically whiny singing, or those lyrics and singing have gotten better. Probably a little of both."[48] Later in 2000, DeRogatis told Corgan in an interview, "It's my contention that with Adore and [follow-up album] MACHINA, you took a big leap forward as a lyricist."[49] Ryan Schreiber of Pitchfork Media, who criticized Mellon Collie as "lyrical rock-bottom,"[50] called Adore's lyrics "poetic," particularly singling out "To Sheila".[8] Greg Kot of Rolling Stone said that the "lyrical imagery is packed with oblique, private longings and weighty, sometimes awkward conceits."[1] David Browne of Entertainment Weekly called the lyrics "unsettled and unsettling."[51]

In terms of commercialism, Adore was not a success, especially when compared to the Pumpkins' previous albums Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Despite this, Adore still remains a staple of The Smashing Pumpkins' catalogue. Songs from the album were still performed in subsequent tours for Machina/The Machines of God with Jimmy Chamberlin who rejoined the band in November 1998.[52] As of May 2005, Adore has sold 1.1 million units in the U.S., but has sold at least three times as many copies worldwide.[23] Adore was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in July 1998.[53]

Artwork

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"Crestfallen" promotional single cover.

Art direction for the album is credited to Frank Olinsky, Billy Corgan, and Corgan's then-girlfriend and frequent collaborator Yelena Yemchuck.[22] The photography for the album and singles was shot by Yelena Yemchuck.[22] The cover of the album, and subsequent singles and radio promo singles all feature a woman in black and white. The vinyl release features a slightly different cover than the CD cover: a different photo of the model, more color and the absence of the album title (although some versions of the cover do show the title). In color, it is evident that the model is seated in a giant hibiscus flower, something not as apparent on the CD cover. This alternate album cover is similar to the artwork for the "Daphne Descends" promotional single.

The artwork in the album booklet contains several photographs of the band, as well as a pictures of a goat, buildings (actually from the same Poland photo session that was used for The Aeroplane Flies High box-set booklet artwork), a lone tree, and someone in a window. The band members photos include a shot of them on a grassy hill beneath a bare tree, and a close-up of Corgan, while a photo of D'arcy wearing a sheer blouse reveals her breasts. All of the photos in the booklet are black and white, sometimes placed against a purple background.[22]

Track listing

All songs written by Billy Corgan.

  1. "To Sheila" – 4:40
  2. "Ava Adore" – 4:20 Audio sample
  3. "Perfect" – 3:23
  4. "Daphne Descends" – 4:38
  5. "Once Upon a Time" – 4:06
  6. "Tear" – 5:52
  7. "Crestfallen" – 4:09
  8. "Appels + Oranjes" – 3:34
  9. "Pug" – 4:46
  10. "The Tale of Dusty and Pistol Pete" – 4:33
  11. "Annie-Dog" – 3:36
  12. "Shame" – 6:37
  13. "Behold! The Night Mare" – 5:12
  14. "For Martha" – 8:17
  15. "Blank Page" – 4:51
  16. "17" – 0:17

Japanese tracklisting

Exclusive to Japan, was one bonus track inserted as track 16, making "17" the seventeenth track:

  1. "Once in a While" -3:33

Outtakes

The following songs are those that were written and recorded for Adore but did not make the final cut, were not complete or did not get past the demo stage.

  • "48 Chords": the working title for an instrumental piece in which the chord sequence did not uniquely repeat until 48 successive chords were played. The song has never been released in any form, including bootlegging, but was mentioned in one of Corgan's blog entries.[54]
  • "Because You Are" released in 2001, on Judas 0.[55]
  • "Blissed and Gone": released in 2000, on the Still Becoming Apart promotional CD, and on Judas 0.[55]
  • "Cash Car Star": re-recorded in 1999 and released in 2000 on Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music[56] and has been played live numerous times.[57]
  • "Chewing Gum": not available on any commercial release, but later considered a demo.[58]
  • "Czarina": released in 1998 as a b-side on the "Ava Adore" single.[59]
  • "Do You Close Your Eyes": Adore demo, never commercially released but circulating via bootleg.[58]
  • "Let Me Give the World to You": Re-recorded in 1999 and released in 2000 on Machina II.[56]
  • "My Mistake": released on Judas 0.[55]
  • "Once in a While": released as a bonus track on the Japanese pressing of the CD and as a B-side on the "Ava Adore" single[59] and was played live only once as a part of band's 2000 promo tour Resume the Pose, with Corgan playing piano.
  • "Saturnine": released on Judas 0,[55] and was later re-recorded and released in 2000 on Machina II.[56]
  • "Sparrow": released on Judas 0.[55]
  • "Summer": released in 1998 as a b-side on the "Perfect" single, and is the only song recorded for Adore which contains songwriting and lead vocals credited to James Iha.
  • "Waiting": released in 2000 on the promotional release Machina/Machines of God and on Judas 0.[55]

Personnel

  • Billy Corgan – vocals, guitar, piano, producer, mixing, art direction and design
  • D'Arcy Wretzky – bass, vocals
  • James Iha – guitar
  • Matt Walker – drums on Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 11, and 13
  • Joey Waronker – drums on "Perfect", additional drums on "Once Upon a Time" and "Pug"
  • Matt Cameron – drums on "For Martha"
  • Dennis Flemion – additional vocals in "To Sheila" and "Behold! The Night Mare"
  • Jimmy Flemion – additional vocals in "To Sheila" and "Behold! The Night Mare"
  • Brad Wood – additional production and engineering on Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 13, and 15, additional vocals in "Behold! The Night Mare", organ in "Blank Page"
  • Flood – additional production, mixing
  • Bon Harris – additional programming on tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, and 13; additional vocals in "For Martha"
  • Bjorn Thorsrud – digital editing, engineer
  • Robbie Adams – engineer, mixer
  • Neil Perry – engineer, mixer
  • Chris Shepard – engineer
  • Howard C. Willing – engineer, mix assistant
  • Eric Greedy – mix assistant
  • Jay Nicholas – mix assistant
  • John Wydrycs – mix assistant
  • Jamie Siegel – mix assistant
  • Ed Tinley – recording assistant
  • Matt Prock – recording assistant
  • Steve Johnson – recording assistant
  • Ron Lowe – recording assistant
  • Chris Brickley – recording assistant
  • Jeff Vereb – recording assistant
  • Frank Olinsky – art direction and design
  • Yelena Yemchuk – photography, art direction and design
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Andy Van Dette – digital editing and compilation

Chart positions

Album

Year Album Chart positions 2000
Australian Album Chart[60] New Zealand Album Chart[61] Billboard 200[62][63] Top Canadian Albums[63] UK Album Chart[64] Australian Highest Selling Albums[65]
1998 Adore 1 1 2 2 5 47

Singles

Year Song Chart positions
Modern Rock Tracks[4][66] Mainstream Rock Tracks[4][66] Canadian Singles Chart[66] UK Singles Chart[64] Australian Singles Chart[67] The Billboard Hot 100[4][66] Adult Top 40[66]
1998 "Ava Adore" 3 8 9 11 34 42
1998 "Perfect" 3 33 13 24 54 31

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