Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998) [Full Album]

Adore is the fourth studio album by the American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins, released on June 2, 1998, by Virgin Records. After the multi-platinum success of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and a subsequent world tour, Adore was considered "one of the most anticipated albums of 1998" by MTV. Recording the album proved to be a challenge as the band members struggled with lingering interpersonal problems, musical uncertainty in the wake of three increasingly successful rock albums, and the departure of drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. Frontman Billy Corgan would later characterize Adore as made by "a band falling apart". Corgan was also going through a divorce and the death of his mother while recording the album.

The result was a much more subdued and electronica-tinged sound that Greg Kot of Rolling Stone magazine called "a complete break with the past". The album divided the Smashing Pumpkins fan base and was not as commercially successful as their previous two albums. However, similar to the band's other releases across the decade, the album was critically acclaimed, becoming the third straight Pumpkins album to be nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance and has retrospectively gained a cult following. A remastered and expanded version of the album was released on CD and vinyl in September 2014 as a part of the band's project to reissue their back catalogue from 1991 to 2000. This is their only album to be recorded as trio and their first album not to feature an official drummer.

Tracklist:
0:00 To Sheila
4:45 Ava Adore
9:15 Perfect
12:31 Daphne Descends
17:10 Once Upon a Time
21:16 Tear
27:10 Crestfallen
31:21 Appels + Oranjes
34:54 Pug
39:42 The Tale of Dusty and Pistol Pete
44:17 Annie-Dog
47:57 Shame
54:37 Behold! The Night Mare
59:50 For Martha
1:08:08 Blank Page
1:13:07 17

The Smashing Pumpkins
Billy Corgan – vocals, rhythm and lead guitar, piano, keyboards, production, mixing, art direction and design
James Iha – lead and rhythm guitar, vocals
D'arcy Wretzky – bass guitar, rhythm guitar (uncredited)

Additional musicians
Matt Walker – drums on "To Sheila", "Ava Adore", "Daphne Descends", "Tear", "The Tale of Dusty and Pistol Pete", "Annie-Dog", and "Behold! The Night Mare"
Matt Cameron – drums on "For Martha"
Joey Waronker – drums on "Perfect", additional drums on "Once Upon a Time" and "Pug"
Dennis Flemion – additional vocals in "To Sheila" and "Behold! The Night Mare"
Jimmy Flemion – additional vocals in "To Sheila" and "Behold! The Night Mare"
Bon Harris – additional programming on tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, and 13; additional vocals in "For Martha"
Brad Wood – additional production and engineering on tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 13, and 15, additional vocals in "Behold! The Night Mare", organ in "Blank Page"