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Matthijs Vermeulen: Chamber Music [Box set]
Just the Two of Us Butcher Bro [CD-single] [Import]
If You Don't Already Have a Look
I Luv Mum: For the Best Mum in the World Ever [Import]
Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart [Original recording remastered]
Machine Gun Etiquette [Enhanced] [Original recording remastered]
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An introductory drum roll drops out and is replaced by a single suspended electric guitar, which is then paralleled by a snare, filled in with the bass, and--crash!--"Cherub Rock," the opening track, is enveloped in an explosion of metal guitar. So the journey begins. This album is pre-experimentation vintage Pumpkins. Produced by Butch Vig (Garbage, Sonic Youth, Nirvana's Nevermind), Siamese Dream is first about guitars. Lots and lots of guitars. A very close second is Jimmy Chamberlain's unquestionably excellent power drumming. Throughout each song, Billy Corgan delivers angsty lyrics in his signature breathy whine. "Disarm" is a nice intermission halfway though the album. As the title of the song suggests, it throws the listener into a different mood with its full string arrangements and radiant orchestral chimes. But then it is back to the aural masochism--a pain that rarely sounds so sweet. --Beth Bessmer --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.