Smashing Pumpkins: The Essential Album-by-Album Guide

SIAMESE DREAM (1993)
Key Tracks: "Rocket," "Today," "Disarm"
Quick Take: With alt-rock in full swing by '93, the Pumpkins returned with their definitive album Siamese Dream. As the story goes, Corgan re-recorded most (if not all) of the guitar and bass parts on the record, leaving only he and Jimmy Chamberlin as players (which would foreshadow the reunion version of the band). Siamese Dream yielded some monster radio hits in "Cherub Rock," "Today" and "Rocket," and tracks like the orchestral "Disarm" and the epic "Silverfuck" delved further into Corgan's flair for the dramatic. Even minor cuts like "Hummer" and "Quiet" sound sharp and powerful.

Siamese Dream (Virgin)