Alright, I built the tracklisting by deciding which song I liked the most at each position, kind of like an All Star team. MC&IS was separated into two distinct albums; I was going to include Machina II but found none of it made the grade anyway.

01: Cherub Rock
02: Tonight Tonight
03: Stand Inside Your Love
04: Hummer
05: 1979
06: Bullet With Butterfly Wings
07: Soma
08: Geek USA
09: Mayonaise
10: Starla
11: Silverfuck
12: Muzzle
13: Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
14: For Martha

I felt that the 6 and 12 positions were pretty weak overall while the 1 and 3 were stacked with quality tunes. I found it very hard to leave X.Y.U. and Thru the Eyes of Ruby on the bench but Mayonaise and Soma are such complete, perfect songs that they couldn't be denied. Siamese Dream was well represented with six songs overall, Machina, Adore and Pisces Iscariot managed one representative each while Gish didn't get a look in.

All in all the above fourteen songs would make for a killer record. If Muzzle and BWBW were cut the running order would be just about perfect, although the final track would be negotiable.

Anyone else wanna join in?

j.

1. Cherub Rock
2. Tonight, Tonight
3. Rhinoceros
4. Hummer
5. Once Upon a Time
6. Pissant
7. Snail
8. Geek U.S.A.
9. Mayonaise
10. Starla
11. Silverfuck
12. Lily (My One and Only)
13. Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
14. For Martha

#6 was difficult, because whether I prefer Suffer or Pissant is really dependent on when you ask. #13 was a fucking bitch, because I love every #13 - even MACHINA has a good contender there.

Mine would look an awful lot like yours, zeb.

1. Cherub Rock
2. Tonight, Tonight
3. Rhinoceros
4. Hummer
5. Here is No Why
6. Tales of a Scorched Earth
7. Soma
8. Geek U.S.A.
9. Window Paine
10. Spaceboy
11. Silverfuck
12. Muzzle
13. Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
14. Dross (Hey, it counts. )

I used to be a HUGE fan, but they lost me w/ Adore and thus I only have through Mellon Collie.

Here's my list:

1 ) I Am One
2 ) Quiet
3 ) Today
4 ) Bury Me
5 ) Here Is No Why
6 ) Pissant
7 ) Soma (Tough call here!!!)
8 ) Tristessa (Yikes as well!)
9 ) Mayonaise (Good lord, 3 tough ones in a row!)
10 ) Starla (Easiest decision by far)
11 ) Silverfu*k
12 ) Girl Named Sandoz
13 ) La Dolly Vita

Goddammit, zeb, now I'm gonna waist hours compiling this.

Thanks, you asshole!

Here it is:
1. The Everlasting Gaze
2. Ava Adore
3. Stand Inside Your Love
4. Zero
5. 1979
6. Disarm
7. Crestfallen
8. Fuck You (An Ode To No One)
9. X.Y.U.
10. Glass and the Ghost Children
11. Annie-Dog
12. The Crying Tree of Mercury
13. Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
14. Blue Skies Bring Tears

I thought the 5's were pretty weak, and it was INCREDIBLY hard trying to choose between "Ava Adore" and "Bodies." It was also really hard to pick between "Blue Skies Bring Tears" and "For Martha"...I'm still not too sure on that choice.

But of course! No love for 1979, though?





j.

Oh, I love "1979." I just prefer "Here is No Why." I think I've just become jaded after years of hearing "1979" all over radio and television.

01. To Sheila
02. Tonight, Tonight (If 'Judas O' counted, "The Aeroplane Flies High" would've provided some competition)
03. Perfect
04. Hummer
05. Once Upon a Time
06. Disarm
07. Soma
08. Geek USA
09. Mayonaise
10. Spaceboy
11. Annie-Dog
12. Muzzle
13. Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
14. For Martha

Damn, this was tough. Leaving off "Behold!" and "Try Try Try" was tough. The only truly easy calls were tracks 7, 9, and 14.

Yeah, I can appreciate that; I feel the same way about Disarm.

HINW is also a really strong track. It's certainly better than anything at the 5 from the Machina era and is probably a touch better than Rocket. It's a good pick.

j.

I was choosing between that and "Rocket," but I figured I had too much Siamese stuff on there anyway. heh.

Oh. "Drown" needs to be on this album as a bonus track.

Woah, the man likes Adore!

Couple of comments:

I like how you kept 7, 8 and 9 together. Siamese Dream is probably more widely known for the more flashy stuff like Today, Disarm and Cherub Rock but it's tracks 7, 8 and 9 that really make that album shine. In fact, Soma, Geek USA and Mayonaise probably gets my vote for Best Pumpkins Trio.

I would have ditched Tonight Tonight if The Aeroplane Flies High was available, too. TT is a ripper but Aeroplane is just about my favourite Pumpkins tune. I found it bizarre that they put an edit of Aeroplane on Judas O instead of the real deal, though.

j.

Do you guys have these as iPOD playlists to share?

Anyone know how to do that (share a playlist)?

I am importing all my CDs, and haven't gotten to my stack of Pumpkin stuff, but it would be cool to have a playlist already in place, know what I mean?

c-

Adore is probably tied for my favorite Pumpkins album.

Haha, I didn't even realize that I kept that trio together. Strange, but it IS a really great set of songs. That's the core of the album.

How much different is the version from the box set to the one on Judas O? I have the box set, but I don't think I ever listened to that track.

From memory the Juda O version has an edited intro. The running time difference is about thirty seconds.

j.

Huge bump.

Cherbub Rock
Bodies
Jellybelly
Hummer
Crush
Tales of a Scorched Earth
Thru the Eyes of Ruby
Obscured
Landslide
The Tale of Dusty and Pistol Pete
Beautiful
Muzzle
La Dolly Vita
Farewell+Goodnight
Why Am I So Tired?

Bodies/Ava Adore is the only interchangable one for me.

cool thread, ill post mine later.

Judas 0 has an edited outro for "Aeroplane". It chops off the final 40 seconds or so, removing Billy's final line few lines. I think it was a poor decision, as it really brings the song full-circle.

1. To Sheila
2. Bodies
3. Stand Inside Your Love
4. Daphne Descends
5. 1979
6. Tear
7. To Forgive
8. Geek U.S.A (just barely beats stumbleine)
9. Mayonaise
10. Glass and the Ghost Children
11. Galapogos
12. Muzzle (who ever said 12 was a hard one is insane. it took everything in me to not put Shame, but i do not have it in me to pick against Muzzle)
13. Behold! The Nightmare
14. For Martha
15. Age of Innocence