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Title: A few good songs, a lot of boring songs
Review: This album feels a bit like Billy Corgan is running out of melodic ideas. For all that Adore was criticized, Machina has no songs that are as instantly catchy as Perfect or Appels & Oranges. There are a few good songs, like Try Try Try, Raindrops & Sunshowers, and Age of Innocence, but on balance, the album is pretty melodically minimalistic and boring -- in stark contrast to some of the great stuff out there now, like Moby, Beck, or Radiohead. Unfortunately, the album mostly sounds like pale, uninteresting imitations of previous great Pumpkins efforts.
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