Smashing Pumpkins - Machina/The Machines of God (2000) [Complete CD]

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Machina/The Machines of God is the fifth studio album by the American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins, released on February 29, 2000, by Virgin Records. A concept album, it marked the return of drummer Jimmy Chamberlin and was intended to be the band's final official LP release prior to their initial breakup in 2000. A sequel album—Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music—was later released independently via the Internet, and in highly limited quantities for the physical version.

Following the electronic and industrial rock elements established by its predecessor, Adore, Machina again proved controversial to the band's fan base and failed to reconnect them with chart-topping success. However, after the relatively brief Adore tour, the new lineup with Chamberlin and the former Hole bass guitarist Melissa Auf der Maur mounted longer international tours that returned the live incarnation of the band to a guitar-driven hard rock style

Tracklist:
1. "The Everlasting Gaze" 0:00
2. "Raindrops + Sunshowers" 4:00
3. "Stand Inside Your Love" 8:40
4. "I of the Mourning" 12:54
5. "The Sacred and Profane" 17:31
6. "Try, Try, Try" 21:53
7. "Heavy Metal Machine" 27:02
8. "This Time" 32:56
9. "The Imploding Voice"
10. "Glass and the Ghost Children"
11. "Wound"
12. "The Crying Tree of Mercury"
13. "With Every Light"
14. "Blue Skies Bring Tears"
15. "Age of Innocence" 1:09:27

Band
Billy Corgan – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, piano, production, art direction, mixing
James Iha – guitar, bass guitar
D'arcy Wretzky – bass guitar
Jimmy Chamberlin – drums

Additional musicians
Mike Garson – piano on "With Every Light"

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