Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (30th anniversary edition)

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Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
producer and mixer:
Billy Corgan, Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
assistant mixer:
Barry “Sounds Like Gold” Goldberg (audio engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) (in 1995)
recording of:
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (instrumental)
composer:
Billy Corgan
3.352:52
2Tonight, Tonight
engineer:
Jeff Moleski
producer and mixer:
Billy Corgan, Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
assistant mixer:
Barry “Sounds Like Gold” Goldberg (audio engineer)
lead vocals:
Billy Corgan
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
strings arranger:
Billy Corgan and Audrey Riley
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) (in 1995)
music videos:
Tonight, Tonight by The Smashing Pumpkins
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 197)
recording of:
Tonight, Tonight
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
4.454:15
3Jellybelly
producer and mixer:
Billy Corgan, Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
assistant mixer:
Barry “Sounds Like Gold” Goldberg (audio engineer)
lead vocals:
Billy Corgan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) (in 1995)
recording of:
Jellybelly
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
3.43:02
4Zero
producer and mixer:
Billy Corgan, Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
assistant mixer:
Barry “Sounds Like Gold” Goldberg (audio engineer)
lead vocals:
Billy Corgan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) (in 1995)
recording of:
Zero
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
4.452:40
5Here Is No Why
producer and mixer:
Billy Corgan, Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
assistant mixer:
Barry “Sounds Like Gold” Goldberg (audio engineer)
lead vocals:
Billy Corgan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) (in 1995)
recording of:
Here Is No Why
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
3.73:45
6Bullet With Butterfly Wings
producer and mixer:
Billy Corgan, Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
assistant mixer:
Barry “Sounds Like Gold” Goldberg (audio engineer)
lead vocals:
Billy Corgan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) (in 1995)
music videos:
Bullet With Butterfly Wings by The Smashing Pumpkins
part of:
VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (2008-12-29) (number: 91) and Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 118)
recording of:
Bullet With Butterfly Wings
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
publisher:
Chrysalis Songs (ended) and Cinderful Music
4.554:18
7To Forgive
producer and mixer:
Billy Corgan, Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
assistant mixer:
Barry “Sounds Like Gold” Goldberg (audio engineer)
lead vocals:
Billy Corgan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) (in 1995)
recording of:
To Forgive
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
3.254:17
8An Ode to No One
producer and mixer:
Billy Corgan, Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
assistant mixer:
Barry “Sounds Like Gold” Goldberg (audio engineer)
lead vocals:
Billy Corgan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) (in 1995)
recording of:
Fuck You (An Ode to No One)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
3.44:52
9Love
producer and mixer:
Billy Corgan, Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
assistant mixer:
Barry “Sounds Like Gold” Goldberg (audio engineer)
lead vocals:
Billy Corgan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) (in 1995)
part of:
Mixtape – Game Soundtrack (number: 11)
recording of:
Love (Mellon Collie song)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
3.54:23
10Cupid de Locke
producer and mixer:
Billy Corgan, Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
assistant mixer:
Barry “Sounds Like Gold” Goldberg (audio engineer)
lead vocals:
Billy Corgan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) (in 1995)
recording of:
Cupid de Locke
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
3.052:50
11Galapogos
producer and mixer:
Billy Corgan, Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
assistant mixer:
Barry “Sounds Like Gold” Goldberg (audio engineer)
lead vocals:
Billy Corgan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) (in 1995)
recording of:
Galapogos
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
3.74:46
12Muzzle
producer and mixer:
Billy Corgan, Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
assistant mixer:
Barry “Sounds Like Gold” Goldberg (audio engineer)
lead vocals:
Billy Corgan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) (in 1995)
recording of:
Muzzle
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
3.53:44
13Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
producer and mixer:
Billy Corgan, Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
assistant mixer:
Barry “Sounds Like Gold” Goldberg (audio engineer)
ebow and lead vocals:
Billy Corgan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) (in 1995)
recording of:
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
3.79:22
14Take Me Down
additional producer:
James Iha
producer:
Billy Corgan, Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
assistant mixer:
Barry “Sounds Like Gold” Goldberg (audio engineer)
mixer:
Flood (British producer Mark Ellis), James Iha and Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
lap steel guitar and pedal steel guitar:
Greg Leisz
vocals:
James Iha
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) (in 1995)
recording of:
Take Me Down
lyricist and composer:
James Iha
2.752:52
15Where Boys Fear to Tread
4:23
16Bodies
4:12
17Thirty-Three
4:10
18In the Arms of Sleep
4:13
191979
engineer:
Flood (British producer Mark Ellis), Jeff Moleski and Claudine Pontier
producer and mixer:
Billy Corgan, Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
assistant mixer:
Barry “Sounds Like Gold” Goldberg (audio engineer)
lead vocals:
Billy Corgan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) (in 1995)
music videos:
1979 (music video) by The Smashing Pumpkins
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 8)
recording of:
1979
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
4.454:26
20Tales of a Scorched Earth
producer and mixer:
Billy Corgan, Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
assistant mixer:
Barry "Sounds Like Gold" Goldberg (audio engineer)
lead vocals:
Billy Corgan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) (in 1995)
recording of:
Tales of a Scorched Earth
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
2.853:46
21Thru the Eyes of Ruby
producer and mixer:
Billy Corgan, Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
assistant mixer:
Barry "Sounds Like Gold" Goldberg (audio engineer)
lead vocals:
Billy Corgan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) (in 1995)
samples:
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (Nighttime version 1) by The Smashing Pumpkins
recording of:
Thru the Eyes of Ruby
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
3.67:38
22Stumbleine
producer and mixer:
Billy Corgan, Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
assistant mixer:
Barry "Sounds Like Gold" Goldberg (audio engineer)
lead vocals:
Billy Corgan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) (in 1995)
recording of:
Stumbleine
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
3.352:54
23X.Y.U.
7:07
24We Only Come Out at Night
4:05
25Beautiful
producer and mixer:
Billy Corgan, Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
assistant mixer:
Barry "Sounds Like Gold" Goldberg (audio engineer)
lead vocals:
Billy Corgan
vocals:
D’Arcy Wretzky
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) (in 1995)
recording of:
Beautiful
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
3.254:18
26Lily (My One and Only)
3:32
27By Starlight
producer and mixer:
Billy Corgan, Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
assistant mixer:
Barry "Sounds Like Gold" Goldberg (audio engineer)
lead vocals:
Billy Corgan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) (in 1995)
recording of:
By Starlight
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
3.254:48
28Farewell and Goodnight
4:22
29Geek USA (live in San Diego, 1/30/96)
4:55
30XYU (live in San Diego, 1/30/96)
producer:
Billy Corgan
mixer:
Billy Corgan and Nikola Dokic (sound engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Smashing Pumpkins (in 2025)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 2025)
recorded at:
SOMA (2nd location, 1994–1999) in San Diego, California, United States (on 1996-01-30)
live recording of:
X.Y.U. (on 1996-01-30)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
47:33
31Cupid de Locke (live in San Diego, 1/30/96)
producer:
Billy Corgan
mixer:
Billy Corgan and Nikola Dokic (sound engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Smashing Pumpkins (in 2025)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 2025)
recorded at:
SOMA (2nd location, 1994–1999) in San Diego, California, United States (on 1996-01-30)
live recording of:
Cupid de Locke (on 1996-01-30)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
43:18
32Here Is No Why (live in Los Angeles, 2/4/96)
producer:
Billy Corgan
mixer:
Billy Corgan and Nikola Dokic (sound engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Smashing Pumpkins (in 2025)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 2025)
recorded at:
Palace Theatre (Los Angeles) in Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1996-02-04)
live recording of:
Here Is No Why (on 1996-02-04)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
43:36
33Bullet With Butterfly Wings (live in Los Angeles, 2/4/96)
producer:
Billy Corgan
mixer:
Billy Corgan and Nikola Dokic (sound engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Smashing Pumpkins (in 2025)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 2025)
recorded at:
Palace Theatre (Los Angeles) in Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1996-02-04)
live recording of:
Bullet With Butterfly Wings (on 1996-02-04)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
publisher:
Chrysalis Songs (ended) and Cinderful Music
44:08
34Galapogos (live in Los Angeles, 2/4/96)
4:36
35Bodies (live in Saginaw, 6/25/96)
producer:
Billy Corgan
mixer:
Billy Corgan and Nikola Dokic (sound engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Smashing Pumpkins (in 2025)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 2025)
recorded at:
Wendler Arena in Saginaw, Michigan, United States (on 1996-06-25)
live recording of:
Bodies (on 1996-06-25)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
45:20
36Where Boys Fear to Tread (live in Detroit, 6/29/96)
producer:
Billy Corgan
mixer:
Billy Corgan and Nikola Dokic (sound engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Smashing Pumpkins (in 2025)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 2025)
44:45
37Zero (live in Detroit, 6/29/96)
producer:
Billy Corgan
mixer:
Billy Corgan and Nikola Dokic (sound engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Smashing Pumpkins (in 2025)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 2025)
recorded at:
The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States (on 1996-06-29)
live recording of:
Zero (on 1996-06-29)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
42:33
38Muzzle (live in Detroit, 6/29/96)
producer:
Billy Corgan
mixer:
Billy Corgan and Nikola Dokic (sound engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Smashing Pumpkins (in 2025)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 2025)
recorded at:
The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States (on 1996-06-29)
live recording of:
Muzzle (on 1996-06-29)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
43:51
39Porcelina of the Vast Oceans/ Beautiful/ Rocket (live in Cleveland, 7/3/96)
producer:
Billy Corgan
mixer:
Billy Corgan and Nikola Dokic (sound engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Smashing Pumpkins (in 2025)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 2025)
recorded at:
Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, United States (on 1996-07-03)
live recording of:
Beautiful (on 1996-07-03)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
live recording of:
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans (on 1996-07-03)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
live recording of:
Rocket (on 1996-07-03)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
412:25
40Siva (live in Detroit, 6/30/96)
producer:
Billy Corgan
mixer:
Billy Corgan and Nikola Dokic (sound engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Smashing Pumpkins (in 2025)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 2025)
recorded at:
The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States (on 1996-06-29)
live recording of:
Siva (on 1996-06-30)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
45:28
41An Ode to No One (live in Cleveland, 7/3/96)
producer:
Billy Corgan
mixer:
Billy Corgan and Nikola Dokic (sound engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Smashing Pumpkins (in 2025)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 2025)
44:43
42Thru the Eyes of Ruby/ By Starlight (live in Philadelphia, 7/5/96)
producer:
Billy Corgan
mixer:
Billy Corgan and Nikola Dokic (sound engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Smashing Pumpkins (in 2025)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 2025)
recorded at:
CoreStates Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (on 1996-07-05)
live recording of:
By Starlight (on 1996-07-05)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
live recording of:
Thru the Eyes of Ruby (on 1996-07-05)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Corgan
412:55

Credits

Release group

artist & repertoire support:Mark Williams (A&R representative)
mash-ups:Marcy Projects and the Infinite Sadness by Spose (Rapper/Producer from Wells, ME)
associated singles/EPs:1979
Bullet With Butterfly Wings
The Aeroplane Flies High
Thirty‐Three
Tonight, Tonight
Zero
part of:The Edge: Top 10 Albums of 1996 (number: 1) (order: 1)
Rolling Stone: 50 Greatest Grunge Albums (2019-04-01) (number: 26) (order: 26)
Music Canada Certified Diamond Albums (order: 28)
Grammy Award: Best Alternative Music Album nominees (number: 1997) (order: 31)
Jaguaro: One Hundred Albums You Should Remove From Your Collection Immediately (number: 47) (order: 46)
Grammy Award: Album of the Year nominees (number: 1997) (order: 170)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2003 edition (number: 487) (order: 488)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 790) (order: 791)
supporting tours:Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Tour
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/48721 [info]
lyrics page:https://genius.com/albums/The-smashing-pumpkins/Mellon-collie-and-the-infinite-sadness [info]
reviews:https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/gbzb [info]
https://www.laut.de/Smashing-Pumpkins/Alben/Mellon-Collie-And-The-Infinite-Sadness-Boxset-87454 [info]
https://www.plattentests.de/rezi.php?show=9912 [info]
other databases:http://musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/S/Smashing_Pumpkins/Discography/Mellon_Collie_and_the_Infinite_Sadness/ [info]
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-smashing-pumpkins/mellon-collie-and-the-infinite-sadness/ [info]
https://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/the-smashing-pumpkins/mellon-collie-and-the-infinite-sadness [info]
https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/15179/ [info]
https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-details-2199 [info]
https://www.spirit-of-metal.com/en/album/Mellon_Collie_and_the_Infinite_Sadness/18318 [info]
https://www.spirit-of-rock.com/en/album/Mellon_Collie_and_the_Infinite_Sadness/6392 [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000645152 [info]
Wikidata:Q655602 [info]
discography entry:https://www.last.fm/music/The+Smashing+Pumpkins/Mellon+Collie+and+the+Infinite+Sadness [info]