Oceania: Live in NYC

Oceania: Live in NYC
Live album by The Smashing Pumpkins
Released	September 24, 2013
Recorded	December 10, 2012
Venue	Barclays Center in New York City
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	125:29 (CD), 123:08 (DVD/BR)
Label	Universal
Director	Milton Lange

Oceania: Live in NYC is a live video album by The Smashing Pumpkins, recorded at Brooklyn's Barclays Center in New York City on December 10, 2012. The concert was originally scheduled for Halloween night in 2012, but was postponed due to Hurricane Sandy. The 24-song show was released on several home audio and video formats on September 24, 2013, including in three-dimensional form. It documents a performance of the band's 2012 album Oceania in full, followed by a career-spanning setlist. The film was directed by Milton Lange, and the DVD and Blu-ray editions include interviews with stage designer Sean Evans as well as a photo gallery.

Background

The large-scale production and stage show of the Oceania tour was in part inspired by Roger Waters' The Wall Live tour. Billy Corgan had seen one of the shows in recent years, and reached out to Waters' stage designer, Sean Evans, to do something similar for The Smashing Pumpkins. The result was an elaborate moon-shaped backdrop with a mixture of strobe and mood-setting lights that accompanied the songs. The band used new video-mapping technology to capture the performance in 3D and record in 5.1 surround sound.

Critical reception

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer called Oceania: Live in NYC "an essential Smashing Pumpkins offering", praising the elaborate production, Corgan's vocal range, the dueling guitar solos with Jeff Schroeder, and Mike Byrne's Neil Peart-ish flourishes. In addition to Pumpkins classics and new offerings off of Oceania, the cover of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" was singled out as a highlight. AllMusic called the video an "intense" multimedia experience and gave it a rating of 4 out of 5 stars.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Billy Corgan, unless otherwise noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Quasar"		5:05
2.	"Panopticon"		4:09
3.	"The Celestials"		3:50
4.	"Violet Rays"		4:34
5.	"My Love Is Winter"		3:37
6.	"One Diamond, One Heart"		3:54
7.	"Pinwheels"		5:52
8.	"Oceania"		10:09
9.	"Pale Horse"		4:35
10.	"The Chimera"		4:39
11.	"Glissandra"		4:31
12.	"Inkless"		3:03
13.	"Wildflower"		5:06
14.	"Space Oddity" (David Bowie cover)	David Bowie	7:38
15.	"X.Y.U."		10:23
16.	"Disarm"		3:31
17.	"Tonite Reprise"		1:27
18.	"Tonight, Tonight"		4:21
19.	"Bullet with Butterfly Wings"		5:02
20.	"The Dream Machine"		7:01
21.	"Hummer"		7:13
22.	"Ava Adore"		5:11
23.	"Cherub Rock"		4:43
24.	"Zero"		6:01

Cuts from original show

The show as released runs approximately 15 minutes shorter than the original concert. Below is a list of material removed for the release.

CD

• Fades in on the direct "Quasar" intro, cutting the show's intro, a mixture of pre-recorded music and Corgan playing the Mellotron (approx. 2 minutes)
• All banter after "Pinwheels" is removed (2 minutes, 15 seconds)
• All banter and teases after "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" cut, with the exception of Corgan saying "Thank you, thank you" (7 minutes, 30 seconds)
• Encore break removed (4 minutes, 45 seconds)
• Intro strumming to "Ava Adore" (15 seconds)

DVD / Blu-ray

• All banter after "Pinwheels" is removed except "So this is the title track, Oceania."
• All banter and teases after "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" cut, except "For those of you on drugs, this is a good time to leave...because you're not going to like this journey. It is called The Dream Machine."
• Encore break removed
• "Zero" feedback outro cut by approx. 55 seconds

Release history

Released	Label	Catalog ID	Format	Country	External sites
September 24, 2013	Virgin • UMe	B0018963-00	DVD • 2×CD	US	Discogs	MusicBrainz	[1]
September 23, 2013	Rock Fuel • Universal	0602537383252	Blu-ray	UK & Europe	Discogs	MusicBrainz	[1]
September 27, 2013	Rock Fuel	B0018961-59	Blu-ray	US	Discogs		[1]

More releases: Discogs • MusicBrainz

Personnel

The Smashing Pumpkins

• Mike Byrne – drums, keyboard, backing vocals
• Billy Corgan – vocals, guitar, Mellotron
• Nicole Fiorentino – bass guitar, keyboard, backing vocals
• Jeff Schroeder – guitar, keyboard, backing vocals