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Corgan was deliberately setting out to widen his band's sound and message, explaining that he was not "talking to teenagers anymore. I'm talking to everyone now. It's a wider dialogue. I'm talking to people who are older than me and younger than me, and our generation as well."<ref name="Starla" /> He said much of the record was "an attempt to go back to what's important at a musical core and build it outward".<ref>Lanham, Tom. "This One Goes Out to the One I Love". ''CMJ NEW Music Monthly''. August 1998.</ref> He would later reflect that he was "stuck on the idea that [he] needed to prove [he] was an artist, which is the [[w:death knell|death knell]] of any artist".<ref name="mojo12">Alexander, Phil. ''Interview with Billy Corgan''. [[w:Mojo (magazine)|''Mojo'']]. February 2012.</ref> | Corgan was deliberately setting out to widen his band's sound and message, explaining that he was not "talking to teenagers anymore. I'm talking to everyone now. It's a wider dialogue. I'm talking to people who are older than me and younger than me, and our generation as well."<ref name="Starla" /> He said much of the record was "an attempt to go back to what's important at a musical core and build it outward".<ref>Lanham, Tom. "This One Goes Out to the One I Love". ''CMJ NEW Music Monthly''. August 1998.</ref> He would later reflect that he was "stuck on the idea that [he] needed to prove [he] was an artist, which is the [[w:death knell|death knell]] of any artist".<ref name="mojo12">Alexander, Phil. ''Interview with Billy Corgan''. [[w:Mojo (magazine)|''Mojo'']]. February 2012.</ref> | ||
[[w:Distortion (music)|Distorted]] guitars and live drums, the previous hallmarks of the Pumpkins sound, took a back seat in a sonic palette that included much more synthesizers, [[w:drum programming|drum programming]], [[w:acoustic guitar|acoustic guitar]], and piano.<ref name="rolling stone review" /> At least five songs on the album are driven chiefly by piano,<ref name="rolling stone review" /> while the track "[[Appels + Oranjes]]" contains only electronic instruments | [[w:Distortion (music)|Distorted]] guitars and live drums, the previous hallmarks of the Pumpkins sound, took a back seat in a sonic palette that included much more synthesizers, [[w:drum programming|drum programming]], [[w:acoustic guitar|acoustic guitar]], and piano.<ref name="rolling stone review" /> At least five songs on the album are driven chiefly by piano,<ref name="rolling stone review" /> while the track "[[Appels + Oranjes]]" contains only electronic instruments, Corgan's vocals, and very sparse guitar work. | ||
"[[Tear]]" was written for the ''[[Lost Highway (soundtrack)|Lost Highway]]'' soundtrack, but was rejected by [[w:David Lynch|David Lynch]] in favor of "[[Eye]]".<ref>{{cite video |people=Justin Coloma (director), Amy Kettenburg (producer/interviewer) |date=November 4, 2009 |title=DLF.TV Visits Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjYAqyZiObM |publisher=David Lynch Foundation}}</ref> "[[Pug]]" was originally recorded as a "minor key blues death march" with drums by Matt Cameron, while the album version uses drum programming.<ref name="nme"/> The only song on the album to feature Cameron, "[[For Martha]]", is a tribute to Corgan's mother that was primarily recorded as one live take.<ref name="corgan c"/> | "[[Tear]]" was written for the ''[[Lost Highway (soundtrack)|Lost Highway]]'' soundtrack, but was rejected by [[w:David Lynch|David Lynch]] in favor of "[[Eye]]".<ref>{{cite video |people=Justin Coloma (director), Amy Kettenburg (producer/interviewer) |date=November 4, 2009 |title=DLF.TV Visits Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjYAqyZiObM |publisher=David Lynch Foundation}}</ref> "[[Pug]]" was originally recorded as a "minor key blues death march" with drums by Matt Cameron, while the album version uses drum programming.<ref name="nme"/> The only song on the album to feature Cameron, "[[For Martha]]", is a tribute to Corgan's mother that was primarily recorded as one live take.<ref name="corgan c"/> |