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Gish
Smashing Pumpkins
Gish
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
 
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Upon the release of Gish--the group's debut--in the summer of 1991, more than one rock aficionado hailed the Smashing Pumpkins as the best band to come out of Chicago since Ministry. A bold statement, yes, but one backed u...  more »

     

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All Artists: Smashing Pumpkins
Title: Gish
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Virgin Records Us
Release Date: 10/4/1994
Album Type: Original recording reissued
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Styles: Indie & Lo-Fi, American Alternative
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 724383966325

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Upon the release of Gish--the group's debut--in the summer of 1991, more than one rock aficionado hailed the Smashing Pumpkins as the best band to come out of Chicago since Ministry. A bold statement, yes, but one backed up by Billy Corgan's Hendrix-like riffs and searing signature guitar tone. Intriguing songwriting is evidenced from the start as well, with the driving, amped-up rock of "I Am One," "Siva," and "Tristessa" contrasted with the soothingly eerie psychedelic flavor of "Rhinoceros" and "Window Paine." Gish predates the band's movement toward the loop-based electronic sounds heard in their late-'90s works, yet the seeds for this transition are definitely apparent. Electro guru Tricky even sampled the backbeat from "Suffer" in the tributary "Pumpkin" on his sex-soaked Maxinquaye. Butch Vig shows off his chops as producer and cultivates signature dramatic moods on Gish, which helped put the Smashing Pumpkins on the map as one of the most important alt-rock bands of the '90s--much to the delight of the decade's disenfranchised youth. --Brad Zinser

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Jaime W. from ASHEVILLE, NC
Reviewed on 11/12/2009...
The best album Smashing Pumpkins ever released!
2 of 3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Nels N. (House) from OCEANSIDE, CA
Reviewed on 8/19/2006...
Drummer Jimmy Chamberlin carries this album. More single-speed than their later albums.
2 of 2 member(s) found this review helpful.

CD Reviews

Awesome and classic
Jeff A. | Louisville, KY | 06/27/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)

"As of 2010, I am 48. I had the privilege of listening to Dark Side of the Moon when it first came out, vinyl disk spinning, headphones on my head.



Two other albums have approached Dark Side, in my mind. Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction and Gish by Smashing Pumpkins.



Good stuff. Great for work-out or running, too."