The Smashing Pumpkins - Hummer

"Faith lies in the ways of sin."

Album: Siamese Dream (2nd album)
Recorded: Marietta, Georgia, USA
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock,
Album Release: July 27th 1993
Single Release:
Length: 6:57
Producer: Billy Corgan & Butch Vig
Vocalist: Billy Corgan (age 26)
Label: Virgin Records

Official Audio


Live in Holland from 1994

Charts, Streams & Sales

Spotify: Over 22 million
YouTube Music: Over 6 million

Credits

Bass, guitar [x2], drums

Details

• The Smashing Pumpkins were going through a hard time while recording their second album: Siamese Dream. Singer Billy Corgan was suicidal, drummer Jimmy Chamberlain was a heroin addict and the other two members had recently ended a romantic relationship
  
  Corgan's songwriting had always been introspective but recording in the leafy suburb of Marietta, Georgia further elevated his instinct to look inwards. The band were in retreat, shying away from the bright lights of the big city and the paparazzi who stalked them. In Marietta (population 60,000), Chamberlain would be cut-off from his drug supply and maybe, just maybe, the Pumpkins could regroup. Their future as a band depended on it.
  
  Somehow, it worked. Siamese Dream is the band's most personal full length and is responsible for their meteoric rise to alternative rock royalty. Their subsequent Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness topped the US album charts. The foundations of their success, however, were laid here. Siamese Dream was a make or break album. We don't hear from the bands who fell apart, but, luckily for us, the Pumpkins came good.
  
  
• 'Hummer' is a winding road of a song that features several dynamic shifts throughout its near seven minute run. This unpredictability keeps things interesting for the listener and shows the breadth of thr groups ideas.
  
  
  
  
  

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