Adore (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Adore
Type = studio
Artist = The Smashing Pumpkins


Released = June 2, 1998
Recorded = December 1997 – March 1998 at Sound City in Van Nuys, California
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 72:51
Label = Virgin
Producer = Billy Corgan, Brad Wood, Flood
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A3a9gs31ia3vg link]
*"Entertainment Weekly" (B+) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,283458,00.html link]
*Pitchfork Media (8.1/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/21813-adore link]
* Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau|neither [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=smashing+pumpkins link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/smashingpumpkins/albums/album/114759/review/5944087/adore link]
*Ultimate Guitar (9.7/10) [http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/smashing_pumpkins/adore/index.html link]
Last album = "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"
(1995)
This album = "Adore"
(1998)
Next album = "Machina/The Machines of God"
(2000)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = studio


Lower caption = U.S. vinyl edition Singles
Name = Adore
Type = studio
single 1 = Ava Adore
single 1 date = May 18, 1998
single 2 = Perfect
single 2 date = September 7, 1998
single 3 = Crestfallen
single 3 date = December 2, 1998 (Promo Only)
single 4 = To Sheila
single 4 date = January 1999 (Promo Only)

"Adore" is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. Virgin Records released the album on June 2, 1998 in the United States. "Adore" is the Pumpkins' only album not to feature original drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. "Adore" marked a change in sound for The Smashing Pumpkins; Greg Kot of "Rolling Stone" magazine noted that the album "isn't just a transitional record; it's a complete break with the past."cite web
author=Kot, Greg
url = http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/114759/adore
title=Smashing Pumpkins Adore
publisher="Rolling Stone"
date=1998-05-18
accessdate=2007-02-12] Their previously layered, guitar-oriented sound was largely replaced by a quieter and more electronic influenced sound, and incorporated drum machines and synthesizers. For the release, the band shed their alternative hipster image for a more subdued Gothic look.

Despite being called "one of the most anticipated albums of 1998" by MTV, [cite web
url=http://www.mtv.com/#/news/articles/1434206/19980428/story.jhtml
title=Smashing Pumpkins Set Release Date, Track Listing For "Adore"
publisher=MTV
date=1998-04-28
accessdate=2007-02-13] "Adore" sold only 1.1 million copies in the U.S., far below the Pumpkins' previous albums "Siamese Dream" and "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness". However, the album was well received by critics, and became the third straight Pumpkins album to be nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance. [cite web
url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/specials/1999/grammys/bigpicture.html
title=41st annual Grammy nominees and winners
publisher=CNN.com
date=1999-02-24
accessdate=2007-02-11] Billy Corgan would later characterize the album as "a band falling apart." [Interview: Billy Corgan. INsite Magazine. 2000-05-14.]

Background

In January 1996 The Smashing Pumpkins released "1979", the band's only number one single on any chartcite web
url = http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=5700&model.vnuAlbumId=177262
title = The Smashing Pumpkins Artist Chart History
publisher = "Billboard"
accessdate = 2007-02-12] and their first foray into electronic music. The song marked a departure from the typically guitar-oriented alternative rock sound of "Gish" and "Siamese Dream". Meanwhile, the band gave interviews stating that "Mellon Collie" would be the last conventional Pumpkins record, [Di Perna, Alan. "Zero Worship," "Guitar World". December 1995.] and James Iha later remarked that "The future is in electronic music. It really seems boring just to play rock music." [Graff, Gary. "Smashing Pumpkins—Rave of the Future," "Guitar World". December 1996.]

While on tour in support of "Mellon Collie", Chamberlin and touring keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin shot heroin together on July 11. cite web
url=http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=c10135f0-c1bc-425c-961a-fd93076178af
author=Errico, Marcus
title=Smashing Pumpkins Drum Out Jimmy Chamberlin
publisher=E! Online
date=1996-07-17
accessdate=2007-02-11] Melvoin died of an overdose, and Chamberlin was arrested and charged for possession. Chamberlin was promptly fired from the band after the incident. The band said in a statement days later that "we have decided to carry on without him, and we wish him the best that we have to offer."

A year later, the Pumpkins released "The End is the Beginning is the End", a single for the "Batman and Robin" soundtrack, and "Eye", a single for the "Lost Highway" soundtrack. Both songs incorporated electronic elements, yet retained the hard rock elements of the band's previous material; one reviewer called the two singles "balls-out, full-energy chargers" and wrote off the Pumpkins' previous remarks that the upcoming album would "rock" less. Following the release of the single, The Smashing Pumpkins began to record the follow-up to "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"; one of the best-selling albums of the 1990s. [cite web
title=Top 100 Albums
publisher=Recording Industry Association of America
url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=2&table=tblTop100&action=
accessdate=2007-08-06]

Recording

In August 1997, the remaining band members entered "Chicago Trax Recording" and "Hinge" in Chicago, with temporary replacement drummer Matt Walker and producer Brad Wood —with whom Corgan previously had worked in the early 1990s. [cite web
url = http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/smashingpumpkins/articles/story/5929771/pumpkins_to_record_with_brad_wood
title = Pumpkins To Record With Brad Wood
publisher = Rollingstone.com
date = 1997-07-04
accessdate = 2007-02-18] Unhappy with the sessions, Corgan scrapped the tapes, and relocated to Los Angeles. He felt Wood was unsuitable for the role, and later remarked that the producer "needs to work with someone like Liz Phair, whom he can mold, and I'm not the kind of person you can mold."cite web
url = http://www.starla.org/chrono/1998.html
author = Bansal, Sachin
title = The Smashing Pumpkins Chronology: The Adore Era: 1998
publisher = Starla.com
accessdate = 2007-02-12] Wood was not asked to rejoin the Pumpkins in L.A., and previous producer Flood was brought in to serve as engineer and advisor on the album. As on "Mellon Collie", Corgan allowed much more input from Iha and Wretzky, saying, "I think James and D'arcy have a better understanding of the big picture as far as the band is concerned, and they put a lot of energy into things that maybe a lot of other people wouldn't consider important."Fact|date=March 2008 However, Corgan would later characterize the sessions differently in his online "Confessions", claiming their playing was not good enough for live, full-band recording, and they were largely uninterested in contributing otherwise. [Corgan, Billy. " [http://billycorgan.livejournal.com/2005/04/12/ Starcrossed, and subsequently, a door is opened (1997)] ." "The Confessions of Billy Corgan." 2005-04-12.] [Corgan, Billy. " [http://billycorgan.livejournal.com/2005/04/14/ Coming Down the Mountain] ." "The Confessions of Billy Corgan." 2005-04-14.]

Before the move to L.A., the band had made a number of live appearances, during which several new tracks were debuted. The shows included Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit, [cite web
url = http://hyperrust.org/Bridge/Bridge11.html
title = Bridge Benefit XI (Oct. 18 & 19, 1997)
accessdate = 2007-02-13] [cite web
url=http://www.mtv.com/#/news/articles/1426262/19971020/story.jhtml
title=The Bridge Benefit Holds Some Surprises
publisher=MTV
date=1998-10-27
accessdate=2007-02-16] a surprise gig opening for Jane's Addiction [cite web
url = http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1728/11041997/smashing_pumpkins.jhtml
author = Carmichael, Matt
title = News Flash: Pumpkins Open For Jane's Addiction
publisher = VH1.com
date = 1997-11-04
accessdate = 2007-02-13] and two shows opening for The Rolling Stones. [cite web
url = http://www.iorr.org/tour97/index.htm
title = The Rolling Stones 1997 Tour Dates
publisher = The Rolling Stones Fan Club Of Europe
accessdate = 2007-02-12] Attendees were treated to several new songs, including "Ava Adore", "Behold! The Night Mare" and "To Sheila". The second date with The Stones was to be the final show with Matt Walker, as he left the band to pursue a career with The Cupcakes. [cite web
url = http://www.moderndrummer.com/updatefull/200001001
author = Worley, Gail
title = Matt Walker From Pumpkins To Cupcakes
publisher = Moderndrummer.com
accessdate = 2007-02-18] [cite web
url = http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/smashingpumpkins/articles/story/5919740/walker_leaving_smashing_pumpkins
author = Hindin, Seth
title = Walker Leaving Smashing Pumpkins
publisher = Rollingstone.com
date = 1997-11-18
accessdate = 2007-02-18]

In December 1997, recording began at Sound City in Van Nuys, California, with ex-Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron, [cite web
url = http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/smashingpumpkins/articles/story/5927993/matt_cameron_hanging_with_the_pumpkins
title = Matt Cameron Hanging With The Pumpkins?
publisher = Rollingstone.com
date = 1997-12-09
accessdate = 2007-02-18] while Beck drummer Joey Waronker was called in to contribute drum tracks. [cite web
url = http://www.mcdsp.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=72&Itemid=34
title = Joey Waronker
publisher = McDSP.com
accessdate = 2007-02-18] Rick Rubin was brought in to produce one song, "Let Me Give the World to You", which did not make it onto "Adore" or any other release, but was rerecorded for "Machina II".cite web
author= "NME" staff
title=Pumpkins Reveal Details of Lengthy "Adore" Sessions
publisher="NME"
url=http://www.nme.com/news/smashing-pumpkins/63
date=1998-01-24
accessdate=2007-02-13] Of those, only 16 made the final cut. Sessions were wrapped up early in 1998. By post production, thirty songs were being considered for inclusion on the album.

Music

"Adore" is different in approach and style from previous Pumpkins albums. Distorted guitars are rarely present on the album, only appearing dominantly in the guitar solo on "For Martha" and "Ava Adore". Corgan explained the new sound by remarking that he was not "talking to teenagers anymore. I'm talking to everyone now. It's a wider dialogue. I'm talking to people who are older than me and younger than me, and our generation as well."

Piano is present in many songs, and is the dominant melodic instrument in "Annie Dog", "For Martha", "Blank Page", "Crestfallen" and "17", the latter of which is a brief instrumental borrowing the melody line from the outtake "Blissed and Gone", which later appeared on "Still Becoming Apart" and "Judas Ø". [cite web
url = http://www.spfc.org/songs-releases/song.html?song_id=225&song_type=-1
publisher = SPFC.org
title = 17
accessdate = 2007-04-02] The track "Appels + Oranjes" is completely synthesized—performed entirely on electronic instruments apart from Corgan's vocals. "Tear" was a song that was left off the "Lost Highway" soundtrack in favor of the electronic song "Eye". The original version of "Pug", which featured drums by Matt Cameron, was described by Iha as "a minor key blues death march". The final version uses a drum machine.

Apart from being the first album without Jimmy Chamberlin, "Adore" was the first album to not include writing contributions from Iha.(1998) Album notes for "Adore" by The Smashing Pumpkins, [CD booklet] . Beverly Hills: Virgin America.] Iha was at the time writing for his solo album "Let It Come Down". However, he did contribute the track "Summer" to the "Perfect" single. Their perceived musical contributions still received praise, with critic Greg Kot noting that "Iha's quirky guitar accents and Wretzky's unflashy resolve [. . .] give "Adore" a warmth and camaraderie no other Pumpkins album can match."Kot, Greg. "Pumpkin Seeds," "Guitar World". January 2002.]

Promotion and release

The year prior to the album's release was marked by confusing and conflicting statements made by the band and its management in promotion of the album. Amid the release of the heavy-metal-guitar-and-electronic music-driven "The End is the Beginning is the End" in summer 1997, Corgan remarked that the sound is "probably like what you would expect from us in the future." [" [http://web.archive.org/web/19970614024604/http://www.mtv.com/news/gallery/s/wirsmashing970502.html The Week in Rock for May 2, 1997] ." Mtv Online. Retrieved on 2007/09/23.] A few months later, the band's management said the album would be all-acoustic. [cite web
url = http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1158/19970909/smashing_pumpkins.jhtml
author = Kaufman, Gil
title = News Flash: Smashing Pumpkins Next LP All Acoustic
publisher = VH1.com
date = 1997-09-10
accessdate = 2007-02-13] Later that month, Corgan nuanced that assessment, calling the album "electric folk." [ " [http://web.archive.org/web/19990128203751/http://mtv.com/news/gallery/s/smashing970929.html Pumpkins To Go 'Electric Folk' Route On New Album] ." MTV Online. 1997/09/29. Retrieved on 2007/09/23.] In January 1998, Corgan described the new album as "arcane night music." [cite web
author=Kaufman, Gil
title=Pumpkins Recording Album of "Arcane Night Music"
publisher=Addicted to Noise/JamesIha.org
url=http://jamesiha.org/newsdatabase.php?id=1534
date=1998-01-14
accessdate=2007-02-11] Corgan later clarified:

The people that say it's acoustic will be wrong. The people that say it's electronic will be wrong. The people that say it's a Pumpkins' record will be wrong. I will try to make something that is indescribable. [cite web
title=Billy Corgan Says Fans May Be Surprised By Next Pumpkin's LP
publisher=MTV
url=http://www.mtv.com/#/news/articles/1434210/19980226/smashing_pumpkins.jhtml
date=1998-02-26
accessdate=2007-02-13]

In early 1998, Corgan debuted ten new songs in a short set at Johnny Depp's Viper Room in L.A.; [cite web
url=http://www.splra.org/database/showgig.php?gigid=695
title=1998-01-15, Viper Room
publisher=SPLRA.org
accessdate=2007-02-18] only two, "Blissed and Gone" and "Let Me Give the World to You", were not released on the final album. Iha also played a short set of songs from his new solo album, "Let It Come Down".

The band headed to London to film a video for the album's first single "Ava Adore". Their highest budgeted video yet, "Ava Adore" featured a large cast of extras and was filmed in one continuous shot. The three Pumpkins showed off a new image adopted for the new album—an almost Gothic look, featuring elegant robes and make-up. While in Europe, The Smashing Pumpkins began their tour for "Adore" just before the album's release with a performance on BBC's "Later with Jools Holland". [cite web
title=Later with Jools Holland: Later with Jools Holland [15/05/98]
publisher=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk
url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/591486
accessdate=2007-02-16]

"Adore" was released to most of the world on June 1, 1998 and in the U.S. on June 2. The video for "Perfect" was shot in Los Angeles in July of 1998. [cite web
url=http://www.mtv.com/#/news/articles/1434194/19980730/story.jhtml
title=Smashing Pumpkins Shoot "Perfect" Video, Mull Recording Future
publisher=MTV
date=1998-07-30
accessdate=2007-02-13] Ultimately, "Perfect" was not quite as strong as the lead single, "Ava Adore", and the success of the album lagged. Corgan would later attribute the album's commercial failure to the confused promotion.cite video
people = Hedblade, Jock (Director)
year = 2000
date = January 31
title = Smashing Pumpkins: Full Circle
publisher = Fox Television Network
location = Chicago, Illinois
accessdate = 2007-04-03]

"An Evening with The Smashing Pumpkins"

The Pumpkins embarked on the tour "An Evening with The Smashing Pumpkins" in support of "Adore". Starting in Europe and eventually making their way around most of the world, [cite web
url=http://splra.org/database/showlist.php?artistid=133&year=1998
title=1998
publisher=SPLRA.org
accessdate=2007-02-18] The Pumpkins played at what had been called an "eclectic mix of interesting venues", [cite web
url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5925817/pumpkins_premiere_songs_from_adore
title=Pumpkins Premiere Songs From "Adore"
publisher="Rolling Stone"
date=1998-05-05
accessdate=2007-04-03] among them the rooftop of a FNAC record store in Paris, France, [cite web
url=http://splra.org/database/showgig.php?gigid=714
title=1998-06-04, FNAC Rooftop
publisher=SPLRA.org
accessdate=2007-02-18] at the Cannes Film Festival, [cite web
url=http://splra.org/database/showgig.php?gigid=701
title=1998-05-18, Cannes Film Festival
publisher=SPLRA.org
accessdate=2007-02-18] and at an International Shipping Harbor in Sydney, Australia. [cite web
url=http://splra.org/database/showgig.php?gigid=722
title=1998-06-19, International Shipping Harbor at Circular Quay
publisher=SPLRA.org
accessdate=2007-02-18]

In America, the Pumpkins did not perform at unconventional venues as they had done on the European and Pacific legs of their tour. However, for the American tour, the Pumpkins donated 100% of the ticket proceeds to charity. In every city they performed, with the exception of Minneapolis, the only free U.S. date of the tour, [cite web
url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/510299/19981221/smashing_pumpkins.jhtml
title='98's Best: Teen Murderer Flees Jail To Catch Pumpkins Show
publisher=VH1
accessdate=2007-07-16] the Pumpkins would pick a local charity and designate it as the recipient of the night's concert. In the end, the Pumpkins, with the help of their fans, raised over $2.8 million for charity. [cite web
url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434191/09221998/smashing_pumpkins.jhtml
title=Smashing Pumpkins Raise Over $2.8 Million on Charity Tour
author=MTV News staff
publisher=MTV
date=1998-09-22
accessdate=2007-02-11]

Kenny Aronoff, drummer for high profile acts like John Mellencamp and Melissa Etheridge, agreed to join the Pumpkins for their upcoming tour after Matt Walker's departure. [cite web
title=Kenny Aronoff - News Archive 1998
publisher=Kennyaronoff.com
url=http://www.kennyaronoff.com/news/archive1998.php
accessdate=2007-02-16] More musicians were announced to be joining the Pumpkins on tour, including violinist Lisa Germano, [cite web
title=SMASHING PUMPKINS WANNA BE 'ADORE-D'
publisher="NME"
url=http://www.nme.com/news/smashing-pumpkins/202
date=1998-04-05
accessdate=2007-02-11] percussionists Dan Morris and Stephen Hodges, and pianist Mike Garson, [cite web
title=NEWS - NEW TOUR DATES!
publisher=Virgin Records
url=http://www.virginrecords.com/xspx/pumpkinsnews.html
accessdate=2007-02-11] though Germano did not ultimately appear in the touring line-up.

The new song set was made up mainly of "Adore" songs. Although some "Adore" songs were played every night or almost every night, others were played sparingly. No songs prior to "Mellon Collie" were performed, which eliminated some of the band's biggest hits including "Today" and "Disarm". Several songs from "Mellon Collie", such as "1979", "Tonight, Tonight", "Bullet with Butterfly Wings", and "Thru the Eyes of Ruby", served as reminders of the band's earlier material. [cite web
url=http://www.spfc.org/tours/date.html?year=1998
title=spfc.org: tour history - dates (1998)
publisher=The Smashing Pumpkins Fan Collaborative
accessdate=2007-08-18]

Reception and aftermath

Public reception to "Adore" was lukewarm. [cite web
author=Fricke, David
url = http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/smashingpumpkins/articles/story/5921548/when_billy_corgan_speaks
title=When Billy Corgan Speaks...
publisher="Rolling Stone"
date=1998-12-29
accessdate=2007-02-11] "Adore" entered the U.S. charts at #2 with 174,000 units of the album sold. [cite web| url=http://ca.music.yahoo.com/read/news/12040652| title=Master P Beats Pumpkins Debut| author=Haring Bruce| publisher=Yahoo! Music| date=1998-06-12| accessdate=2007-10-09] After eight weeks, it dropped out of the "Billboard" Top 40. Promotion for "Adore" finished by the end of 1998, a particularly short run for an album when considering the 2 year touring and promotion schedule for "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness". It finished with merely two singles—two more, "Crestfallen" and "To Sheila", were released to radio stations but never released as commercial singles. Billy Corgan would later remark that he "tried to take a progressive step with Adore and internally didn't get the support [he] needed." [cite web
url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/smashingpumpkins/articles/story/5918770/smashing_pumpkins_look_back_in_wonder
title=Smashing Pumpkins Look Back in Wonder
author=Fricke, David
publisher="Rolling Stone"
date=2000-12-22
accessdate=2007-04-03] He would also attribute the album's lack of success to himself, saying that he "made the mistake of telling people it was a techno record" and that if he "would have told everyone "Adore" was the Pumpkins' acoustic album we would have never had the problems that we had." However, he has also said the album was never meant to have mass appeal in the first place. [cite web
author=Bergeron, Christophe
url=http://web.archive.org/web/20000510140928/http://www.chartattack.com/DAMN/2000/04/1402.cfm
title=The Transformation of Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan
publisher=ChartAttack.com
date=2000-04-17
accessdate=2007-12-16]

By contrast, critical reception was generally positive. Greg Kot of "Rolling Stone" magazine regarded "Adore" as "the most intimate album the Pumpkins have ever made and also the prettiest, a parade of swooning melodies and gentle, unfolding nocturnes." Ryan Schreiber of Pitchfork Media described the album as "the Pumpkins' best offering since "Siamese Dream"."cite web
author=Schreiber, Ryan
url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/21813-adore
title=Smashing Pumpkins: Adore
publisher=Pitchfork Media
date=1998-06-01
accessdate=2007-02-11] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic described "Adore" as "a hushed, elegiac album that sounds curiously out of time," though he noted that the album "ultimately isn't a brave step forward." [cite web
author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas
url = http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:oxcyxdyb1olf
title = Adore
publisher = Allmusic.com
accessdate=2007-02-11] Most recently, "Adore" was considered one of "an inspiring range of 25 classic alternative American albums" by "The Guardian". [cite web
url = http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/story/0,,1200899,00.html
title = Win 25 Classic Grunge Albums
publisher = Observer.guardian.co.uk
date = 2004-04-25
accessdate=2007-03-24]

"Adore"'s lyrics are generally seen as an improvement over the lyrics in previous Smashing Pumpkins albums. Jim DeRogatis of the "Chicago Sun-Times", who in 1993 had criticized Corgan's lyrics as "too often sound [ing] like sophomoric poetry," [DeRogatis, Jim. "Milk It!: Collected Musings on the Alternative Music Explosion of the 90's". Cambridge: Da Capo, 2003. Pg. 80. ISBN 0-306-81271-1] said when reviewing the album, "Either the music on "Adore" is strong enough to outweigh the lyrics [. . .] and typically whiny singing, or those lyrics and singing have gotten better. Probably a little of both." [DeRogatis, pg. 83] Later in 2000, DeRogatis told Corgan in an interview, "It's my contention that with "Adore" and [follow-up album] "MACHINA", you took a big leap forward as a lyricist." [DeRogatis, pg. 88] Schreiber, who criticized "Mellon Collie" as "lyrical rock-bottom," [cite web
author=Schreiber, Ryan
url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/21809-mellon-collie-and-the-infinite-sadness
title=Smashing Pumpkins: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
publisher=Pitchfork Media
date=1996-01-01
accessdate=2007-04-03] called "Adore"'s lyrics "poetic," particularly singling out "To Sheila". Greg Kot of Rolling Stone said that the "lyrical imagery is packed with oblique, private longings and weighty, sometimes awkward conceits." David Browne of "Entertainment Weekly" called the lyrics "unsettled and unsettling." [cite web
url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,283458,00.html
title=Small Bang Theory
author=Browne, David
publisher="Entertainment Weekly"
date=1998-06-05
accessdate=2007-04-03]

In terms of commercialism, "Adore" was not a success, especially when compared to the Pumpkins' previous albums "Siamese Dream" and "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness". Despite this, "Adore" still remains a staple of The Smashing Pumpkins' catalogue. Songs from the album were still performed in subsequent tours for "Machina/The Machines of God" with Jimmy Chamberlin who rejoined the band in November 1998. [cite web
author=Matsumoto, Jon
url = http://www.bmi.com/musicworld/entry/233498
title = The Smashing Pumpkins Return To Form
publisher = BMI.com
date = 2000-04-30
accessdate=2007-02-12] As of May 2005, "Adore" has sold 1.1 million units in the U.S., but has sold at least three times as many copies worldwide. "Adore" was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in July 1998. [cite web
url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH
title=Gold and Platinum Database Search
accessdate=2007-02-12]

Artwork

Art direction for the album is credited to Frank Olinsky, Billy Corgan, and Corgan's then-girlfriend and frequent collaborator Yelena Yemchuk. The photography for the album and singles was shot by Yelena Yemchuk. The cover of the album, and subsequent singles and radio promo singles all feature photos of model Amy Wesson. The vinyl release features a slightly different cover than the CD cover.

Track listing

All songs written by Billy Corgan. "17" was not included on the vinyl release.

# "To Sheila" – 4:40
# "Ava Adore" – 4:20
# "Perfect" – 3:23
# "Daphne Descends" – 4:38
# "Once Upon a Time" – 4:06
# "Tear" – 5:52
# "Crestfallen" – 4:09
# "Appels + Oranjes" – 3:34
# "Pug" – 4:46
# "The Tale of Dusty and Pistol Pete" – 4:33
# "Annie-Dog" – 3:36
# "Shame" – 6:37
# "Behold! The Night Mare" – 5:12
# "For Martha" – 8:17
# "Blank Page" – 4:51
# "17" – 0:17

;Japan release bonus tracks
#

"Once in a While" – 3:33
# "17" – 0:17

Personnel

*The Smashing Pumpkins
**Billy Corgan – vocals, guitar, piano, producer, mixing, art direction and design
**D'Arcy Wretzky – bass, vocals
**James Iha – guitar
*Matt Walker – drums on Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 11, and 13
*Joey Waronker – drums on "Perfect", additional drums on "Once Upon a Time" and "Pug"
*Matt Cameron – drums on "For Martha"
*Dennis Flemion – additional vocals in "To Sheila" and "Behold! The Night Mare"
*Jimmy Flemion – additional vocals in "To Sheila" and "Behold! The Night Mare"
*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"
*Flood – additional production, mixing
*Bon Harris – additional programming on tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, and 13; additional vocals in "For Martha"
*Bjorn Thorsrud – digital editing, engineer
*Robbie Adams – engineer, mixer
*Neil Perry – engineer, mixer
*Chris Shepard – engineer
*Howard C. Willing – engineer, mix assistant
*Eric Greedy – mix assistant
*Jay Nicholas – mix assistant
*John Wydrycs – mix assistant
*Jamie Siegel – mix assistant
*Ed Tinley – recording assistant
*Matt Prock – recording assistant
*Steve Johnson – recording assistant
*Ron Lowe – recording assistant
*Chris Brickley – recording assistant
*Jeff Vereb – recording assistant
*Frank Olinsky – art direction and design
*Yelena Yemchuk – photography, art direction and design
*Howie Weinberg – mastering
*Andy Van Dette – digital editing and compilation

Chart positions

Album

ingles

References

succession box
before = "You Am I's #4 Record" by You Am I
title = Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
years = June 14 - June 20, 1998
after = "City of Angels (soundtrack)"
by Various artists