60/100 review: The thing about Billy Corgan is he makes wildly uneven albums. In fact, in the past 20 years there have been more misses than hits. I am not a devotee, but I am a fan. I wasn't at first, bu became so with "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" (1995)."Cotillions", the third solo album from Billy Corgan, is just average. 17 songs with fancy, pretentious lyrics, and a down home folkiness. Too long. Too boring. Not interesting enough.
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I find it funny that with no one looking, this is what Billy Corgan wants to put out into the universe. It's greatest offense? Pedestrian. It all bleeds together. Sure, well played, but completely forgettable. I'd be hard pressed to give you any one song that stands out from the rest because they all pretty much sound identical. So, all these reviewers giving it five stars, what they really meant to click was three stars--three stars for a well played album, but completely forgettable. If I could give it 2.5 stars, I would. There is less than half an album's worth of half way decent songs here.
If I had to pick--"To Scatter One's Own", "Jubilee", "Cotillions", "Colosseum", "Martinets", and "Rider" might stand out.
Here's how "Cotillions" compares with Corgan's other works:
1991 Gish: Two and a Half Stars
1993 Siamese Dream: Three Stars
1995 Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness: Four Stars
1998 Adore: Three and a Half Stars
2000 Machina/The Machines Of God: Three and a Half Stars
2002 Zwan [by Zwan]: Three and a Half Stars
2005 TheFutureEmbrace [by Billy Corgan]: Three Stars
2007 Zeitgeist: Three Stars
2012 Oceania: Three and a Half Stars
2014 Monuments To An Elegy: Three Stars
2017 Ogilala [by William Patrick Corgan]: Three and a Half Stars
2018 Shiny and Oh So Bright: Three and a Half Stars
2019 Cotillions [by William Patrick Corgan]: Two and a Half Stars
Release Date January 31, 2020
Genre Pop/Rock
Styles Adult Alternative Pop/Rock Alternative/Indie Rock
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