Smashing pumpkins - Siamese dream

year 93 review: Siamese Dream seems to follow some sort of mood trip; it begins sarcastic, dark and angst-ridden, it flows into remorseful and depressing, then into surreal and poetic with no real theme, and ends on a wistful and romantic tone. The zenith of the depressiveness peaks at the acoustic, cello driven, theatrical Disarm, drummer Jimmy Chamberlain as jazz-infused drumming is dismissed for dramatic bell chimes. Siamese Dream is a collage of moods and feelings as well as music, one moment lashing out at someone in fuzz-ridden rage, the other embracing that same person romantically in dreamy atmospheres. From the head banging and complex Geek U.S.A. to the simple and contemplative Mellotron driven Spaceboy, the album varies a lot, but doesn at go totally out of whack in variety like Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Smashing Pumpkins, like Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine created waves of lush guitar sounds to craft a symphonic album, even in the simpler songs like.