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The Smashing Pumpkins are commemorating the 25th anniversary of their pair of 2000 albums, Machina/The Machines of God and Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music, with extensive new vinyl reissues arriving on August 22nd.
In addition to remastered editions of both albums, Billy Corgan’s Madame Zuzu’s tea shop in Highland Park, Illinois is exclusively offering a special 80-song vinyl box set. That box set, which is only available at Madame Zuzu’s tea shop, contains all 48 Machina tracks as well as 32 bonus tracks of demos, outtakes, and live performances. The package marks the first time both Machina albums have been united.
Meanwhile, the band are also unveiling various 25th-anniversary remastered formats of Machina/The Machines of God, including a limited-edition color 2xLP in corona red and black as well as CD and digital formats. Pre-orders for both the individual Machina reissues as well as the extensive 80-song box set are available now.
“It’s taken some 25 years to finally release Machina as we in the band had hoped it would be, and with MadameZuzus.com as the only place one can get this expansive, 80-song collection, I personally could not be more proud,” Corgan said in a press release. “Machina was meant as our swan song, and it was truly a labor of love to bring it to fruition, however broken we were back then. But with the band about to embark on a global tour in 2025, as well as my solo tour with The Machines of God, this set stands as a celebration and testament of will, for the songs alone have helped James, Jimmy, and I keep the faith.”
The new reissues arrive as Corgan finishes up a solo tour with his new band, appropriately titled The Machines of God. The run saw Corgan perform tracks from both Machina albums as well as Smashing Pumpkins’ 1995 classic Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. During his stop in Montréal, Corgan even brought out former Smashing Pumpkins touring bassist Melissa Auf der Maur to perform “The Everlasting Gaze.”
The Pumpkins, on the other hand, still have some tour dates to come in 2025, with an extensive European tour kicking off in August followed by a tour of Asia. Get tickets to see Smashing Pumpkins this year on viagogo.
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Machina/The Machines of God Vinyl Reissue Artwork:
Machina Box Set Tracklist:
SIDE 1A
Le Deux Machina
Stand Inside Your Love
I Of The Mourning
God’s Promise
The Crying Tree Of Mercury
SIDE 1B
Slow Dawn
The Sacred And Profane
The Everlasting Gaze
Here’s To The Atom Bomb
Wound
SIDE 2A
Glass’ Theme
Heavy Metal Machine
Blue Skies Wrought Tears
Pale Scales
Vanity
Autumn
SIDE 2B
“Machina, Machina”
Raindrops + Sunshowers
Glass And The Ghost Children
SIDE 3A
Real Love
The Imploding Voice
One Moment
Speed Kills
SIDE 3B
Here’s To The Atom Bomb, Too
Try, Try, Try
Whyte Spyder
Don’t Wanna Be Your Lover
Cash Car Star
SIDE 4A
Dross
Lucky 13
Hmm
Without You
Winterlong
SIDE 4B
Laugh
If There Is A God
This Time
Blue Skies Bring Tears
SIDE 5A
In My Body
Innosense
Try (Again)
Drain
Yet Another Promise
Home
SIDE 5B
With Every Light
Age Of Innocence
Let Me Give The World To You
Soot + Stars
Machina Theme
SIDE 6A
Untitled
Blue Skies Bring Tears (Early Version)
Go (M2 Version)
Vanity (Sadlands Demo)
Raindrops + Sunshowers (Band Demo)
SIDE 6B
Soul Power (M2 Version)
Here I Am (Sadlands Demo)
The Crying Tree
Glass And The Ghost Children (Pumpkinland Demo)
Age Of Innocence (Acoustic Demo)
SIDE 7A
Rock On
End Of The Joke
Stand Inside Your Love (Early Version)
Home (Home Demo)
Identify (Movie Demo)
SIDE 7B
Rainy Day Song
Lucky 13 (M2 Version)
Satur9 (M2 Version)
The Imploding Voice (Pumpkinland Demo)
Without You (Sadlands Demo)
Wound (Sadlands Demo)
SIDE 8A
Speed Kills (Early Version)
Whyte Spyder (M2 Version)
Summer (Rehearsal)
Let Me Give The World To You (Sadlands Demo)
Heavy Metal Machine (M2 Version)
SIDE 8B
I Of The Radio (Instrumental Demo)
Sleeping Giant
Attached By Satellites (Sadlands Demo)
Glass’ Theme (M2 Demo)
Promise (NYC Demo)
Fuck You (Live 12.02.00)
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