SMASHING PUMPKINS - GISH COLOURED VINYL

unofficial reissue -

Arriving several months before Nirvana's Nevermind, the Smashing Pumpkins' debut album, Gish, which was also produced by Butch Vig, was the first shot of the alternative revolution that transformed the rock & roll landscape of the '90s. While Nirvana was a punk band, the Smashing Pumpkins and guitarist/vocalist Billy Corgan are arena rockers, co-opting their metallic riffs and epic art rock song structures with self-absorbed lyrical confessions. There's no denying Corgan's gift for arrangements - like Brian May and Jimmy Page, he knows how to layer guitars for maximum effect, whether it's on the pounding, sub-Sabbath rush of "I Am One" or the shimmering, psychedelic dream pop surfaces of "Rhinoceros." Such musical moments like these, as well as the rushing "Siva" and the folky "Daydream," which features D'Arcy on lead vocals, demonstrate the Smashing Pumpkins' potential.

A1 I Am One

A2 Siva

A3 Rhinoceros

A4 Bury Me

A5 Crush

B1 Suffer

B2 Snail

B3 Tristessa

B4 Window Paine

B5 Daydream

GISH. Debut studio album by alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins, Rel in May 1991. Frontman Billy Corgan has variously described Gish as a "very spiritual album" and "an album about spiritual ascension. Coloured Vinyl