Rotten Apples

Rotten Apples
Greatest hits album by The Smashing Pumpkins
Released November 20, 2001 (2001-11-20)
Recorded 1991–2000
Genre Alternative rock
Length 73:51
Language English
Label Virgin
Producer Billy Corgan, Ted de Bono, Flood, James Iha, Alan Moulder, Bjorn Thorsrud, Butch Vig, Howard Willing, Brad Wood
The Smashing Pumpkins chronology
Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music
(2000)		 Rotten Apples
(2001)		 Zeitgeist
(2007)
Singles from {Rotten Apples} The Smashing Pumpkins: Greatest Hits
  1. "Untitled"
    Released: 2001
Professional ratings
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NME [2]

Rotten Apples is a greatest hits compilation album by alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. In the US, it was released in 2001 along with a bonus disc titled Judas O. The album's concluding track, "Untitled", was the Pumpkins' final recording before their breakup. Completed in the days leading up to the band's farewell concert at the Metro in Chicago, it was also released as a single. Another notable track is "Real Love"; while previously released on Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music, this was taken from the factory master tapes and, as a result, lacks the pops and clicks inherent in all copies of Machina II (which is vinyl sourced).

The title of the album is the namesake of a B-side that was released on the "Tonight, Tonight" single. Peaking at number 31 in the U.S., the album has—as of May 2005—sold 729,000 units.

Contents

Track listing

There exists two versions of Rotten Apples; one is exclusive to North America and includes the song "Landslide", which is replaced by "Try, Try, Try" in the international version.

All songs written and composed by Billy Corgan, except where noted. 

US version
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Siva" (Gish)   4:21
2. "Rhinoceros*" (Gish)   5:53
3. "Drown" (Singles (soundtrack))   4:30
4. "Cherub Rock" (Siamese Dream)   4:59
5. "Today" (Siamese Dream)   3:22
6. "Disarm" (Siamese Dream)   3:18
7. "Landslide" (Pisces Iscariot) Stevie Nicks 3:06
8. "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" (Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness)   4:18
9. "1979" (Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness)   4:23
10. "Zero" (Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness)   2:41
11. "Tonight, Tonight" (Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness)   4:15
12. "Eye" (Lost Highway (soundtrack))   4:54
13. "Ava Adore" (Adore)   4:21
14. "Perfect" (Adore)   3:22
15. "The Everlasting Gaze" (Machina/The Machines of God)   4:02
16. "Stand Inside Your Love" (Machina/The Machines of God)   4:13
17. "Real Love" (Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music)   4:10
18. "Untitled" (Rotten Apples)   3:51

"*" The song "Rhinoceros" is misprinted as "Rhinocerous" on the back cover and disc

International version
No. Title Length
1. "Siva"    
2. "Rhinoceros"    
3. "Drown"    
4. "Cherub Rock"    
5. "Today"    
6. "Disarm"    
7. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"    
8. "1979"    
9. "Zero"    
10. "Tonight, Tonight"    
11. "Eye"    
12. "Ava Adore"    
13. "Perfect"    
14. "The Everlasting Gaze"    
15. "Stand Inside Your Love"    
16. "Try, Try, Try" (Machina/The Machines of God) 5:09
17. "Real Love"    
18. "Untitled"    

Personnel

The Smashing Pumpkins
Additional musicians
Technical staff
Art

Sales chart positions

Year Chart Peak position
2001 Top Canadian Albums 5
2001 New Zealand Album Charts[3] 5
2001 UK Album Charts 28
2001 The Billboard 200 31
2001 Highest Selling Australian Albums 99

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ NME review
  3. ^ "Chartbitz: Wednesday, July 18, 2007". RIANZ.com. http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart_bitz.asp. Retrieved 2007-07-18. 
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