Digitally remastered and expanded deluxe three disc (two CDs + DVD) edition of the Alt-Rock quartet's 1991 debut album. Features the original album remastered plus a bonus CD consisting of 15 previously unreleased or alternate versions of Gish era songs, a bonus DVD containing a previously unreleased 1990 live show from The Metro, six postcards featuring never-before-seen band photos and a 24 page booklet with lyrics, liner notes and track by track annotations by Billy Corgan. Features 'I Am One', 'Rhinoceros', 'Siva' and more.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.
Condition:NEW. Marked upc.
TRACK LISTINGS
Disc 1
1 I Am One
2 Siva
3 Rhinoceros
4 Bury Me
5 Crush
6 Suffer
7 Snail
8 Tristessa
9 Window Paine
10 Daydream
Disc 2
1 Starla
2 Siva Live / Peel Session
3 Honeyspider Live / Heavy Version, Ignoffo Session / Version
4 Hippy Trippy/Crush
5 Plume
6 Snail Live / Live, Radio Station Board Tape
7 Daydream Bc Demo / Demo Version
8 Bury Me Live / Ignoffo Session
9 Girl Named Sandoz Live / Peel Session
10 Tristessa Sub Pop Version / Version
11 Jesus is the Sun
12 Blue Butch Vig Acoustic / Version
13 Smiley Butch Vig Acoustic Version / Version
14 I Am One Live / Ignoffo Session
15 Seam/Suffer
16 La Dolly Vita
17 Drown 'Singles' Version or Alt Solo / Alternate Take / Version
Disc 3
1 Introduction
2 I Am One
3 Snail
4 Rhinoceros
5 Bury Me
6 Tristessa
7 Window Paine
8 Razor
9 Sookie Sookie
10 Godzilla
11 Crush
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