The Smashing Pumpkins - Shiny And Oh So Bright - Vol.1 / LP - No Past, No Future, No Sun (LP)
- Artist:
- The Smashing Pumpkins
- Title:
- Shiny And Oh So Bright - Vol.1 / LP - No Past, No Future, No Sun
- Label:
- Napalm Records, Martha's Music
- Catalog#:
- NPR807VINYL
- Format:
- 1 x Vinyl LP, Album
- Country:
- USA & Europe
- Released:
- 16 Nov 2018
- Media Condition:
- Mint (M)
- Sleeve Condition:
- Near Mint (NM or M-)
- Comments:
- Brand New And Factory Sealed. Save On Shipping By Combining Two Or More Items.
- Stock Images:
- Images are stock images, actual item may differ.
Shiny and Oh So Bright Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. (stylized in all caps) is the tenth studio album by the American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, released on November 16, 2018 through Napalm Records. Produced by Rick Rubin, it is the band's first album to feature founding members James Iha and Jimmy Chamberlin since Machina II/The Friends and Enemies of Modern Music (2000) and Zeitgeist (2007), respectively.
Initially planned as two four-song EPs, the release was preceded by the singles Solara, Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts), and Knights of Malta and reached number fifty-four on the US Billboard 200 chart. Consequence of Sound gave the album a B and named it album of the week. AllMusic claimed "Corgan delivers something unexpected: music that's rich but settled, music that plays to his strengths, music where he seems happy in his own skin".
NME remarked "The heavier moments refuse to act as a sledegehammer of alt-rock pastiche, which this record could so easily have been. Instead, it’s a showcase of songcraft that’s allowed to breathe and reveal itself. Bring on volume two. The dream lives on". Spin Magazine noted "All signs pointed to Shiny and Oh So Bright ... as an authoritative step back on track".
Exclaim! was mixed on the album, stating "At only eight tracks, it's the shortest Smashing Pumpkins full-length and it feels less grandiose than most of their work simply due to that brevity, which makes it harder to measure against their other LPs - although it easily blows the last album out of the water and is more immediately catchy than Zeitgeist". DIY Magazine reported "There’s not much in the way of stylistic cohesion, either and you wonder whether that’s simply because the creativity was flowing out of the almost-fully-reformed lineup or simply because Billy felt confident in following his every whim".
A1 | Knights Of Malta | 4:37 |
A2 | Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts) | 3:30 |
A3 | Travels | 5:23 |
A4 | Solara | 4:21 |
B1 | Alienation | 5:01 |
B2 | Marchin' On | 2:39 |
B3 | With Sympathy | 3:30 |
B4 | Seek And You Shall Destroy | 2:45 |
Genre | Rock, Alternative Rock |
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