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Title: Pretentious
Review: The Smashing Pumpkins are quite possibly the most pretentious band of the 90's. With their odd artwork and peculiar song titles they often pretend to be something other than a rock band. Guess what? They're just a rock band! As annoying as I find Billy Corgan's voice, I thought Siamese Dream was a dreamy and beautiful record. So where does it all fall apart in MCIS? Around the middle of disc 1, and it's just as dreary on disc 2. There are some hidden gems, such as 'thirty-three' and '1979', but 'tales of a scorched earth' is absolute dreck. Sounds like Billy is screaming loud about nothing. However, this is an album loaded with memorable songs, some of the best the Pumpkins have ever done. If this had been a single album, with say, eleven or twelve songs, it would have eclipsed the genius of Siamese Dream. As it is, MCIS is a two hour epic journey through numbing noise.
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