If All Goes Wrong

If All Goes Wrong
Video release by The Smashing Pumpkins
Released	November 11, 2008
Recorded	2007
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	271:00
Label	Coming Home Media
Director	Jack Gulick, Daniel Catullo
Producer	Jack Gulick, Daniel Catullo

If All Goes Wrong is a feature-length documentary about The Smashing Pumpkins, which chronicles the band's residencies at The Orange Peel in Asheville and The Fillmore in San Francisco in summer 2007.^[1] It was screened, in competition, at Ghent Film Festival in October 2008.^[2] It also screened in select theaters in the United States on November 6, 2008, as well as in other countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Australia and New Zealand.^[3]

The documentary covers Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan's attempts to write and debut new music at the residencies, as well as the revival of the band with new members. Much of the documentary deals with the struggle to remain relevant as a band, both artistically and commercially.

The documentary was released as part of a two-disc DVD set. The first disc contains the documentary, as well as Voices of the Ghost Children, a featurette about the band's fans, and an interview with The Who guitarist Pete Townshend.^[1] The second disc contains 15 songs recorded at various points during the residency, all mixed in surround sound with five songs recorded during rehearsals on the floor of the venue included.^[1]

On February 14, 2009, the DVD won Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing in the DVD Original Programming category at the Cinema Audio Society awards.^[4]

“

Simply put, I think Jimmy Chamberlin and I thought we'd pick up where we'd left off with Machina, playing long, aggressive and creative shows that challenged us and the audience. Unfortunately the audiences didn't get that memo, and just wanted (by and large, not all) the 'hits'.

”

— Billy Corgan, October 18, 2020 Instagram Q&A

Track listing[edit | edit source]

All tracks are written by Billy Corgan.

The Fillmore Residency
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Rose March"	4:43
2.	"Peace + Love"	6:05
3.	"99 Floors"	7:12
4.	"Blue Skies Bring Tears"	8:12
5.	"Superchrist"	6:19
6.	"Lucky 13"	3:27
7.	"Starla"	7:57
8.	"Death from Above"	4:15
9.	"The Crying Tree of Mercury"	2:28
10.	"Winterlong"	4:21
11.	"Heavy Metal Machine"	9:48
12.	"Untitled"	4:40
13.	"No Surrender"	4:53
14.	"Gossamer"	33:45
15.	"Zeitgeist"	3:22

Live from the Floor of the Fillmore
No.	Title	Length
16.	"99 Floors" (rehearsal)	8:27
17.	"Peace + Love" (rehearsal)	5:50
18.	"Mama" (rehearsal)	3:53
19.	"No Surrender" (rehearsal)	4:42
20.	"Promise Me" (rehearsal)	4:52

Additional songs[edit | edit source]

"Corsage in Flames" – from "Video Postcard 7"

Release history[edit | edit source]

Released	Label	Catalog ID	Format	Country	External sites
November 11, 2008	Coming Home Media	CHS 10036	2×DVD	US		MusicBrainz	[1]
November 14, 2008	Coming Home Media	LIB28DVD	2×DVD	Australia	Discogs		[1]
December 1, 2008	Coming Home Media	CHS 10036	2×DVD	Europe	Discogs	MusicBrainz	[1]

More releases: Discogs • MusicBrainz

Personnel[edit | edit source]

The Smashing Pumpkins

Billy Corgan – Vocals, guitar
Jimmy Chamberlin – Drums, Guitar on "Zeitgeist"
Ginger Reyes – Bass, vocals
Jeff Schroeder – Guitar, vocals
Lisa Harriton – Keyboards, vocals

Production

Jack Gulick – producer, director
Daniel Catullo – producer, director
Tilton Gardner – executive producer
Jeff Geoffray – executive producer
Walter Josten – executive producer
Justin Coloma – principal editor
Jon Lemon – live audio mixer
Kerry Brown – re-recording audio mixer
Kevin Dippold – re-recording audio mixer
Brian Slack – re-recording audio mixer
Linda Strawberry – cover artist
Lauren DiSalvi-Salciccia – transcriptionist
Kateri Forbes – Corgan's personal assistant

Chart positions[edit | edit source]

Year	Chart	Peak position
2008	Billboard Top Music Video	4

Certifications[edit | edit source]


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[5]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

References[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "THE SMASHING PUMPKINS TO RELEASE DOUBLE DVD SET - 'IF ALL GOES WRONG'}". SmashingPumpkins.com. 2008-09-17.
↑ "The Smashing Pumpkins documentary "If All Goes Wrong" has been accepted to The Ghent Film Festival as part of their official program." Smashingpumpkins.com. 2008-09-19.
↑ "If All Goes Wrong - Official Site". Archived from the original on 2008-10-13. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
↑ "If All Goes Wrong DVD wins at Cinema Audio Society awards Archived 2011-09-29 at the w:Wayback Machine". SmashingPumpkins.com. 2009-02-16.
↑ "Canadian album certifications – Smashing Pumpkins – If All Goes Wrong". Music Canada. Retrieved November 15, 2020.

External links[edit | edit source]

[SP-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "THE SMASHING PUMPKINS TO RELEASE DOUBLE DVD SET - 'IF ALL GOES WRONG'}". SmashingPumpkins.com. 2008-09-17.

[2] "The Smashing Pumpkins documentary "If All Goes Wrong" has been accepted to The Ghent Film Festival as part of their official program." Smashingpumpkins.com. 2008-09-19.

[3] "If All Goes Wrong - Official Site". Archived from the original on 2008-10-13. Retrieved 2008-11-04.

[4] "If All Goes Wrong DVD wins at Cinema Audio Society awards Archived 2011-09-29 at the w:Wayback Machine". SmashingPumpkins.com. 2009-02-16.

[CanadaSmashing_PumpkinsIf_All_Goes_WrongalbumCertRef-5] "Canadian album certifications – Smashing Pumpkins – If All Goes Wrong". Music Canada. Retrieved November 15, 2020.

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