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Monuments to an Elegy is the upcoming tenth studio album by the alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins,[2] due for release on December 9, 2014. Band leader Billy Corgan has noted that—similar to the band's previous release, Oceania—the album will be part of the ongoing project, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope.[1]

Background

On March 25, 2014, the band announced that they had signed a record deal with record label BMG. The band's next two albums would be part of the deal: Monuments to an Elegy and Day for Night.[3]

On April 29, The Smashing Pumpkins' frontman, Billy Corgan, stated that the band had chosen the top songs for the album, and that they would be spending the following three days on drum tracking, vocal arrangements, lyrics, and tweaking of the songs.[4] Corgan described the album's planned sound as being "guitars, guitars, guitars, and more guitars;’ but more so on the epic side of things than say, grossly metallic."[5]

On May 7, it was announced that Tommy Lee, founding member of Mötley Crüe, would be playing drums on all nine of the album's tracks.[6] Corgan later confirmed that Mike Byrne was no longer in the band.[7] On June 26, 2014, Nicole Fiorentino revealed that she was not working on recording Monuments, but that she may still tour in support of it.[8] According to Corgan, Jeff Schroeder is currently the only person apart from himself officially in the Smashing Pumpkins.[1]

On July 21, Billy Corgan indicated that recording on Monuments to an Elegy had finished.[9] Mixing for the album commenced on August 18.[10] The album's final release date was announced as December 9.[1]

The album's first single, "Being Beige," was premiered on SoundCloud on October 20.[11][12]On November 4, it was revealed that the album's next single would be "One and All," and that it would be released on November 5. [13]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Tiberius"3:02
2."Being Beige"3:39
3."Anaise!"3:33
4."One and All"3:44
5."Run2Me"4:08
6."Drum + Fife"3:54
7."Monuments"3:30
8."Dorian"3:45
9."Anti-Hero"3:20
Total length:32:35

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b c d Leas, Ryan. "Inside Baseball With Billy Corgan: The Smashing Pumpkins Head On Adore, MACHINA, And The End Of Teargarden". Stereogum. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  2. ^ Blistein, Jon. "Smashing Pumpkins to Release 2 Albums, 'Monuments to an Elegy' and 'Day for Night,' in 2015". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  3. ^ "SMASHING PUMPKINS Sign Artist Services Deal With BMG". Blabbermouth. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  4. ^ "SMASHING PUMPKINS: 'Monuments To An Elegy' Tentative Track Listing Revealed". Blabbermouth. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  5. ^ Firecloud, Johnny. "Smashing Pumpkins Announce Two New Albums: 'Monuments To An Elegy' and 'Day For Night'". Crave Online. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  6. ^ "NEWS ON TOMMY LEE PLAYING ON 'MONUMENTS TO AN ELEGY' / SP ALBUM UPDATE". The Panopticon. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  7. ^ Bosso, Joe. "Billy Corgan talks Tommy Lee, new Smashing Pumpkins albums for 2015". Music Radar. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  8. ^ Fiorentino, Nicole (26 June 2014). "For those of you asking about my SP status..." Facebook. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  9. ^ "SEE? 'FRIENDS' ARE ELECTRIC! / SP ALBUM UPDATE". The Panopticon. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  10. ^ "'HELLO, IT'S ME'/AN ADORE-AEGEA-RAVINIA-RESISTANCE PRO-AP AWARDS-MONUMENTS TO AN ELEGY-DAY FOR NIGHT-AND MACHINA-SIDDHARTHA UPDATE". The Panopticon. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  11. ^ "ALLO FROM BERLIN/A MONUMENTS TO AN ELEGY PROMOTIONAL UPDATE". The Panopticon. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  12. ^ "The Smashing Pumpkins – 'Being Beige' by MMMusic". SoundCloud. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  13. ^ http://www.smashingpumpkinsnexus.com/#!NEW-SINGLE-ONE-AND-ALL-TO-PREMIER-TOMORROW-ON-HUFFINGTON-POST-STAY-TUNED-/c7ba/31C59724-D9D9-4D33-956E-55659D258ABC
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