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{{Infobox album | {{Infobox album | ||
| name = Machina/The Machines of God | | name = Machina/The Machines of God | ||
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| released = {{Start date|2000|02|29}} | | released = {{Start date|2000|02|29}} | ||
| recorded = November 1998 – October 1999 | | recorded = November 1998 – October 1999 | ||
| studio = Sadlands, Pumpkinland & [[Chicago Recording Company]], Chicago, Illinois, United States | | studio = Sadlands, Pumpkinland & [[w:Chicago Recording Company|Chicago Recording Company]], Chicago, Illinois, United States | ||
| genre = | | genre = | ||
* | *Alternative rock<ref>{{cite web | url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,996280,00.html | title=Music: Machina/The Machines of God - The Smashing Pumpkins | work=[[w:Time (magazine)|Time]] | date=March 6, 2000 | accessdate=July 26, 2015 | author=Farley, CHristopher John}}</ref> | ||
*[[alternative metal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/sendme.tin?page=/mtv/music/reviews/archive/blather/smashing_pumpkins_00.html |title=The Smashing Pumpkins - Machina/The Machines of God |publisher=[[MTV|MTV Online]] |accessdate=July 26, 2015 |author=Ferguson, Jason |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010725043901/http://www.mtv.com/sendme.tin?page=%2Fmtv%2Fmusic%2Freviews%2Farchive%2Fblather%2Fsmashing_pumpkins_00.html |archivedate=July 25, 2001 }}</ref> | *[[w:alternative metal|alternative metal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/sendme.tin?page=/mtv/music/reviews/archive/blather/smashing_pumpkins_00.html |title=The Smashing Pumpkins - Machina/The Machines of God |publisher=[[MTV|MTV Online]] |accessdate=July 26, 2015 |author=Ferguson, Jason |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010725043901/http://www.mtv.com/sendme.tin?page=%2Fmtv%2Fmusic%2Freviews%2Farchive%2Fblather%2Fsmashing_pumpkins_00.html |archivedate=July 25, 2001 }}</ref> | ||
*[[gothic rock]] | *[[w:gothic rock|gothic rock]] | ||
*[[dream pop]] | *[[w:dream pop|dream pop]] | ||
| length = 73:23 | | length = 73:23 | ||
| label = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]] | | label = [[:Category:Virgin Records albums|Virgin]] | ||
| producer = | | producer = | ||
* [[Billy Corgan]] | * [[:Category:Albums produced by Billy Corgan|Billy Corgan]] | ||
* [[Flood | * [[:Category:Albums produced by Flood|Flood]] | ||
| prev_title = [[ | | prev_title = [[Adore]] | ||
| prev_year = 1998 | | prev_year = 1998 | ||
| next_title = [[Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music]] | | next_title = [[Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music]] | ||
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== Background and concept == | == Background and concept == | ||
After the ''Adore'' tour ended in the second half of 1998, lead singer/guitarist [[Billy Corgan]] immediately began to work on new material, playing new songs as early as October of that year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spfc.org/tours/date.html?tour_id=633 |title=spfc.org : Tour History – Dates : 1998/10/31 |work=spfc.org |accessdate=October 9, 2012}}</ref> In the same month, the four original band members convened, and decided that Jimmy Chamberlin would rejoin the band, and that a final album and tour would be mounted before the group disbanded permanently.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Kot |first=Greg |title=Pumpkin Seeds |journal=Guitar World |date=January 2002}}</ref> "If you want to know what Jimmy brings back to the band," Corgan told ''[[W:Q (magazine)|Q]]'', "then listen to ''Adore'' and this new record back-to-back. It speaks for itself."<ref>''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'', March 2000</ref> According to an August 19, 2014 interview with Ryan Leas, Corgan explained, "I was thinking like, you know, what the Beatles did with Sgt. Pepper’s. Why can’t we make a really different type of record? So that was my thinking going into it."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1698954/inside-baseball-with-billy-corgan-the-smashing-pumpkins-leader-on-adore-machina-and-the-end-of-teargarden-by-kaleidyscope/franchises/interview/ |title=Inside Baseball With Billy Corgan: The Smashing Pumpkins Head On Adore, MACHINA, And The End Of Teargarden | date=August 19, 1994 |website=Stereogum|accessdate=December 9, 2019}}</ref> | After the ''Adore'' tour ended in the second half of 1998, lead singer/guitarist [[Billy Corgan]] immediately began to work on new material, playing new songs as early as October of that year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spfc.org/tours/date.html?tour_id=633 |title=spfc.org : Tour History – Dates : 1998/10/31 |work=spfc.org |accessdate=October 9, 2012}}</ref> In the same month, the four original band members convened, and decided that Jimmy Chamberlin would rejoin the band, and that a final album and tour would be mounted before the group disbanded permanently.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Kot |first=Greg |title=Pumpkin Seeds |journal=Guitar World |date=January 2002}}</ref> "If you want to know what Jimmy brings back to the band," Corgan told ''[[W:Q (magazine)|Q]]'', "then listen to ''Adore'' and this new record back-to-back. It speaks for itself."<ref>''[[w:Q (magazine)|Q]]'', March 2000</ref> According to an August 19, 2014 interview with Ryan Leas, Corgan explained, "I was thinking like, you know, what the Beatles did with Sgt. Pepper’s. Why can’t we make a really different type of record? So that was my thinking going into it."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1698954/inside-baseball-with-billy-corgan-the-smashing-pumpkins-leader-on-adore-machina-and-the-end-of-teargarden-by-kaleidyscope/franchises/interview/ |title=Inside Baseball With Billy Corgan: The Smashing Pumpkins Head On Adore, MACHINA, And The End Of Teargarden | date=August 19, 1994 |website=Stereogum|accessdate=December 9, 2019}}</ref> | ||
Corgan envisioned a lengthy concept album in conjunction with a [[W:Musical theater|musical theater]] approach to a tour, based around the idea of the band playing exaggerated versions of themselves, as the press and public seemed to view them.<ref name="borges">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/countygrind/2010/07/qa_billy_corgan_regret_smashing_pumpkins.php |title=Q&A: Billy Corgan Reveals Biggest Regret, Weighs Indie Versus Corporate Rock Ahead of Tonight's Show at Revolution |last=Borges |first=Christine |date=July 20, 2010 |work=[[New Times Broward-Palm Beach|browardpalmbeach.com]] |accessdate=October 9, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode |series=[[VH1 Storytellers]] |date=August 24, 2000 |number=59}}</ref> He later explained, "the band had become such cartoon characters at that point in the way we were portrayed in the media, the idea was that we would sort of go out and pretend we were the cartoon characters."<ref name="borges"/> From there, a story was conceived revolving around a rock star named Zero (based on the public persona of Corgan) hearing the voice of God, renaming himself Glass, and renaming his band The Machines of God. Fans of the band were referred to as the "Ghost Children".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/cherubs-zeros-glass-children-swans-symbolism-in-lyrics-of-the-smashing-pumpkins/ |title=cherubs, zeros, glass children & swans – symbolism in lyrics of the smashing pumpkins | date=April 24, 2018 |website=3:AM Magazine|accessdate=December 9, 2019}}</ref> | Corgan envisioned a lengthy concept album in conjunction with a [[W:Musical theater|musical theater]] approach to a tour, based around the idea of the band playing exaggerated versions of themselves, as the press and public seemed to view them.<ref name="borges">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/countygrind/2010/07/qa_billy_corgan_regret_smashing_pumpkins.php |title=Q&A: Billy Corgan Reveals Biggest Regret, Weighs Indie Versus Corporate Rock Ahead of Tonight's Show at Revolution |last=Borges |first=Christine |date=July 20, 2010 |work=[[w:New Times Broward-Palm Beach|browardpalmbeach.com]] |accessdate=October 9, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode |series=[[w:VH1 Storytellers|VH1 Storytellers]] |date=August 24, 2000 |number=59}}</ref> He later explained, "the band had become such cartoon characters at that point in the way we were portrayed in the media, the idea was that we would sort of go out and pretend we were the cartoon characters."<ref name="borges"/> From there, a story was conceived revolving around a rock star named Zero (based on the public persona of Corgan) hearing the voice of God, renaming himself Glass, and renaming his band The Machines of God. Fans of the band were referred to as the "Ghost Children".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/cherubs-zeros-glass-children-swans-symbolism-in-lyrics-of-the-smashing-pumpkins/ |title=cherubs, zeros, glass children & swans – symbolism in lyrics of the smashing pumpkins | date=April 24, 2018 |website=3:AM Magazine|accessdate=December 9, 2019}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Machina chart.jpg|thumb|left|Billy Corgan's chart showing the loose story of ''Machina'' and ''Machina II''|link=Special:FilePath/Machina_chart.jpg]] | [[File:Machina chart.jpg|thumb|left|Billy Corgan's chart showing the loose story of ''Machina'' and ''Machina II''|link=Special:FilePath/Machina_chart.jpg]] | ||
== Recording == | == Recording == | ||
Much like previous albums, the songs were first tracked acoustically at Corgan's house in late 1998<ref name="late 1998">{{cite web |url=http://www.spfc.org/band/studio.html?session_id=46 |title=spfc.org : Studio Sessions : Late 1998 – Sadlands (Billy's House) |work=spfc.org |accessdate=October 9, 2012}}</ref> before the band set to work on them at their practice space and the [[W:Chicago Recording Company|Chicago Recording Company]]. The recording was conducted with the team responsible for finishing ''Adore'' – co-producer [[ | Much like previous albums, the songs were first tracked acoustically at Corgan's house in late 1998<ref name="late 1998">{{cite web |url=http://www.spfc.org/band/studio.html?session_id=46 |title=spfc.org : Studio Sessions : Late 1998 – Sadlands (Billy's House) |work=spfc.org |accessdate=October 9, 2012}}</ref> before the band set to work on them at their practice space and the [[W:Chicago Recording Company|Chicago Recording Company]]. The recording was conducted with the team responsible for finishing ''Adore'' – co-producer [[Flood]] and engineers Howard Willing and [[W:Bjorn Thorsrud|Bjorn Thorsrud]]. | ||
The band took a break from recording in April 1999 to embark on the Arising! tour, which took the band to nine small clubs. After the tour's conclusion, the bass guitarist, [[D'arcy Wretzky]], left the band, leaving the rest of them in a difficult position. Corgan later said, "This put a stress obviously on the full integrity of the project, because it was connected to the band not only bringing the music to fruition fully, but also the public component of being in character. I ended up in a broken band with a half-ass enthusiasm towards finishing a project already started."<ref>[http://hipstersunited.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/ch6the-story-of-machina-so-what-could-i-do-but-try-to-finish/] Archive of [http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/news_9270]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. September 12, 2008.</ref> | The band took a break from recording in April 1999 to embark on the Arising! tour, which took the band to nine small clubs. After the tour's conclusion, the bass guitarist, [[D'arcy Wretzky]], left the band, leaving the rest of them in a difficult position. Corgan later said, "This put a stress obviously on the full integrity of the project, because it was connected to the band not only bringing the music to fruition fully, but also the public component of being in character. I ended up in a broken band with a half-ass enthusiasm towards finishing a project already started."<ref>[http://hipstersunited.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/ch6the-story-of-machina-so-what-could-i-do-but-try-to-finish/] Archive of [http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/news_9270]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. September 12, 2008.</ref> | ||
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{{cquote|We spent most of the time trying to take the songs as far as they could be taken down a particular avenue. So if it was gonna be proto-cyber metal, we tried to make it very proto and very cyber. If it was acoustic, then we tried to not fall into the typical [[w:rock ballad|ballad-y]] kind of aspects. That's where we spent most of our time. The songs were probably written in about a day.<ref name="mtv2000">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434163/20000302/smashing_pumpkins.jhtml |title=Billy Corgan Discusses Painless "''Machina''" Sessions |last=Basham |first=David |date=March 2, 2000 |work=[[MTV|mtv.com]] |accessdate=October 9, 2012}}</ref>}} | {{cquote|We spent most of the time trying to take the songs as far as they could be taken down a particular avenue. So if it was gonna be proto-cyber metal, we tried to make it very proto and very cyber. If it was acoustic, then we tried to not fall into the typical [[w:rock ballad|ballad-y]] kind of aspects. That's where we spent most of our time. The songs were probably written in about a day.<ref name="mtv2000">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434163/20000302/smashing_pumpkins.jhtml |title=Billy Corgan Discusses Painless "''Machina''" Sessions |last=Basham |first=David |date=March 2, 2000 |work=[[MTV|mtv.com]] |accessdate=October 9, 2012}}</ref>}} | ||
In the end, the theatrical qualities of the live performances and appearances were mostly abandoned. Many of the songs on the album refer to the ending of love and relationships (both romantic and otherwise), most of them obvious references to the band themselves. Corgan described "This Time" as "my love song to the band."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/Billy/status/78435594295975936 |title=Twitter / Billy: I Bet You Didn't Know That ... |last=Corgan |first=Billy |authorlink=Billy Corgan |date=June 8, 2011 |work=[[Twitter]] |accessdate=October 9, 2012}}</ref> According to Corgan, the album was structured so that the first eight tracks would be "more poppy", and the last seven "more arty." Generally, Corgan appraised the sound of the album as "a rock 'n' roll approach with pop sensibility."<ref>{{cite journal |title=[Billy Corgan interview] |journal=INSite}}</ref> After the [[W:Electronica|electronica]]-influenced ''Adore'', ''Machina'' was a return to the distorted guitar sound of previous albums, though synthesizers and acoustic guitars were still heavily used. | In the end, the theatrical qualities of the live performances and appearances were mostly abandoned. Many of the songs on the album refer to the ending of love and relationships (both romantic and otherwise), most of them obvious references to the band themselves. Corgan described "This Time" as "my love song to the band."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/Billy/status/78435594295975936 |title=Twitter / Billy: I Bet You Didn't Know That ... |last=Corgan |first=Billy |authorlink=Billy Corgan |date=June 8, 2011 |work=[[w:Twitter|Twitter]] |accessdate=October 9, 2012}}</ref> According to Corgan, the album was structured so that the first eight tracks would be "more poppy", and the last seven "more arty." Generally, Corgan appraised the sound of the album as "a rock 'n' roll approach with pop sensibility."<ref>{{cite journal |title=[Billy Corgan interview] |journal=INSite}}</ref> After the [[W:Electronica|electronica]]-influenced ''Adore'', ''Machina'' was a return to the distorted guitar sound of previous albums, though synthesizers and acoustic guitars were still heavily used. | ||
== Marketing and release == | == Marketing and release == | ||
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===Critical reception=== | ===Critical reception=== | ||
{{Album ratings | {{Album ratings | ||
| MC = 66/100<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/machinathe-machines-of-god/the-smashing-pumpkins |title=Reviews for MACHINA/the machines of God by Smashing Pumpkins |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=January 12, 2013}}</ref> | | MC = 66/100<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/machinathe-machines-of-god/the-smashing-pumpkins |title=Reviews for MACHINA/the machines of God by Smashing Pumpkins |publisher=[[w:Metacritic|Metacritic]] |accessdate=January 12, 2013}}</ref> | ||
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | | rev1 = [[w:AllMusic|AllMusic]] | ||
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/machina-the-machines-of-god-mw0000453832 |title=MACHINA/The Machines of God – The Smashing Pumpkins |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=August 23, 2011 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |authorlink=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref> | | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/machina-the-machines-of-god-mw0000453832 |title=MACHINA/The Machines of God – The Smashing Pumpkins |publisher=[[w:AllMusic|AllMusic]] |accessdate=August 23, 2011 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |authorlink=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref> | ||
| rev2 = ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' | | rev2 = ''[[w:Chicago Sun-Times|Chicago Sun-Times]]'' | ||
| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name=derogatis/> | | rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name=derogatis/> | ||
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' | | rev3 = ''[[w:Entertainment Weekly|Entertainment Weekly]]'' | ||
| rev3score = C+<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2000/03/03/machinathe-machines-god |title=MACHINA/the machines of God |journal=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=March 3, 2000 |accessdate=January 12, 2013 |last=Browne |first=David |authorlink=David Browne (journalist)}}</ref> | | rev3score = C+<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2000/03/03/machinathe-machines-god |title=MACHINA/the machines of God |journal=[[w:Entertainment Weekly|Entertainment Weekly]] |date=March 3, 2000 |accessdate=January 12, 2013 |last=Browne |first=David |authorlink=David Browne (journalist)}}</ref> | ||
| rev4 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' | | rev4 = ''[[w:Los Angeles Times|Los Angeles Times]]'' | ||
| rev4score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2000/feb/27/entertainment/ca-2990 |title=Pumpkins' Luscious Noise Coats Familiar Ideas |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=February 27, 2000 |accessdate=November 29, 2015 |last=Nichols |first=Natalie |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307105620/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/feb/27/entertainment/ca-2990 |archivedate=March 7, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | | rev4score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2000/feb/27/entertainment/ca-2990 |title=Pumpkins' Luscious Noise Coats Familiar Ideas |newspaper=[[w:Los Angeles Times|Los Angeles Times]] |date=February 27, 2000 |accessdate=November 29, 2015 |last=Nichols |first=Natalie |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307105620/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/feb/27/entertainment/ca-2990 |archivedate=March 7, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
| rev5 = ''[[NME]]'' | | rev5 = ''[[w:NME|NME]]'' | ||
| rev5score = 6/10<ref name="NME">{{cite journal |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/20000223124803.html |title=The Smashing Pumpkins – MACHINA/The Machines Of God |journal=[[NME]] |date=February 23, 2000 |accessdate=March 5, 2020 |last=Segal |first=Victoria |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000407105031/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/20000223124803.html |archivedate=April 7, 2000 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | | rev5score = 6/10<ref name="NME">{{cite journal |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/20000223124803.html |title=The Smashing Pumpkins – MACHINA/The Machines Of God |journal=[[w:NME|NME]] |date=February 23, 2000 |accessdate=March 5, 2020 |last=Segal |first=Victoria |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000407105031/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/20000223124803.html |archivedate=April 7, 2000 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
| rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' | | rev6 = ''[[w:Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' | ||
| rev6score = 4.2/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11829-machinathe-machines-of-god/ |title=The Smashing Pumpkins: MACHINA/the machines of God |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=January 31, 2000 |accessdate=January 12, 2013 |last=DiCrescenzo |first=Brent}}</ref> | | rev6score = 4.2/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11829-machinathe-machines-of-god/ |title=The Smashing Pumpkins: MACHINA/the machines of God |work=[[w:Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=January 31, 2000 |accessdate=January 12, 2013 |last=DiCrescenzo |first=Brent}}</ref> | ||
| rev7 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' | | rev7 = ''[[w:Q (magazine)|Q]]'' | ||
| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.qonline.co.uk:80/reviews/server.asp?id=18746 |title=The Smashing Pumpkins: Machina/The Machines of God |journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=163 |date=April 2000 |accessdate=August 30, 2018 |last=Elliott |first=Paul |pages=84–85 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001121134100/http://www.qonline.co.uk/reviews/server.asp?id=18746 |archivedate=November 21, 2000 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | | rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.qonline.co.uk:80/reviews/server.asp?id=18746 |title=The Smashing Pumpkins: Machina/The Machines of God |journal=[[w:Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=163 |date=April 2000 |accessdate=August 30, 2018 |last=Elliott |first=Paul |pages=84–85 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001121134100/http://www.qonline.co.uk/reviews/server.asp?id=18746 |archivedate=November 21, 2000 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
| rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' | | rev8 = ''[[w:Rolling Stone|Rolling Stone]]'' | ||
| rev8score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/machina-the-machines-of-god-20000316l |title=Machina/The Machines Of God |journal=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=March 16, 2000 |accessdate=August 23, 2011 |last=Pareles |first=Jon |authorlink=Jon Pareles}}</ref> | | rev8score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/machina-the-machines-of-god-20000316l |title=Machina/The Machines Of God |journal=[[w:Rolling Stone|Rolling Stone]] |date=March 16, 2000 |accessdate=August 23, 2011 |last=Pareles |first=Jon |authorlink=Jon Pareles}}</ref> | ||
| rev9 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' | | rev9 = ''[[w:Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' | ||
| rev9score = 7/10<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AxnVty3fkhMC&pg=PA145 |title=Age Against the Machine |journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |volume=16 |issue=3 |date=March 2000 |accessdate=November 30, 2015 |last=Weisbard |first=Eric |pages=145–46}}</ref> | | rev9score = 7/10<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AxnVty3fkhMC&pg=PA145 |title=Age Against the Machine |journal=[[w:Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |volume=16 |issue=3 |date=March 2000 |accessdate=November 30, 2015 |last=Weisbard |first=Eric |pages=145–46}}</ref> | ||
| rev10 = ''[[The Village Voice]]'' | | rev10 = ''[[w:The Village Voice|The Village Voice]]'' | ||
| rev10score = C+<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv300-00.php |title=Consumer Guide |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |date=March 28, 2000 |accessdate=November 29, 2015 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |authorlink=Robert Christgau}}</ref> | | rev10score = C+<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv300-00.php |title=Consumer Guide |newspaper=[[w:The Village Voice|The Village Voice]] |date=March 28, 2000 |accessdate=November 29, 2015 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |authorlink=Robert Christgau}}</ref> | ||
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According to [[W:Metacritic|Metacritic]], the album received generally favorable reviews, scoring 66 out of 100 based on 15 reviews. | According to [[W:Metacritic|Metacritic]], the album received generally favorable reviews, scoring 66 out of 100 based on 15 reviews. | ||
[[W:Jim DeRogatis|Jim DeRogatis]] of the ''[[W:Chicago Sun-Times|Chicago Sun-Times]]'' called ''Machina'' "an exceedingly impressive and hard-driving record"<ref name=derogatis>{{cite news |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4537673.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522111741/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4537673.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 22, 2018 |title=Smashing Pumpkins Reclaiming Rock Glory |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=February 29, 2000 |accessdate=October 17, 2016 |last=DeRogatis |first=Jim |authorlink=Jim DeRogatis |url-access=subscription}}</ref> and contended that it was the band's "masterpiece."<ref>[[Jim DeRogatis|DeRogatis, Jim]]. "Pumpkins Return in Force." ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''. December 20, 1999.</ref> | [[W:Jim DeRogatis|Jim DeRogatis]] of the ''[[W:Chicago Sun-Times|Chicago Sun-Times]]'' called ''Machina'' "an exceedingly impressive and hard-driving record"<ref name=derogatis>{{cite news |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4537673.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522111741/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4537673.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 22, 2018 |title=Smashing Pumpkins Reclaiming Rock Glory |work=[[w:Chicago Sun-Times|Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=February 29, 2000 |accessdate=October 17, 2016 |last=DeRogatis |first=Jim |authorlink=Jim DeRogatis |url-access=subscription}}</ref> and contended that it was the band's "masterpiece."<ref>[[w:Jim DeRogatis|DeRogatis, Jim]]. "Pumpkins Return in Force." ''[[w:Chicago Sun-Times|Chicago Sun-Times]]''. December 20, 1999.</ref> | ||
"''Machina'' finds the quartet back at their grunge-rocking best…" wrote Clark Collis in ''[[W:The Daily Telegraph|The Daily Telegraph]]''. "[Corgan] seems re-energised as a writer and singer with the likes of 'Stand Inside Your Love' and 'Try Try Try' standing among their best work to date, while the lyrical refrain of the epic 'Glass and the Ghost Children' should please all those who like their rock music to be mean, moody and not a little psychotic."<ref>''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', February 26, 2000</ref> | "''Machina'' finds the quartet back at their grunge-rocking best…" wrote Clark Collis in ''[[W:The Daily Telegraph|The Daily Telegraph]]''. "[Corgan] seems re-energised as a writer and singer with the likes of 'Stand Inside Your Love' and 'Try Try Try' standing among their best work to date, while the lyrical refrain of the epic 'Glass and the Ghost Children' should please all those who like their rock music to be mean, moody and not a little psychotic."<ref>''[[w:The Daily Telegraph|The Daily Telegraph]]'', February 26, 2000</ref> | ||
== Track listing == | == Track listing == | ||
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'''Band''' | '''Band''' | ||
* [[Billy Corgan]] – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, piano, [[Record producer|production]], [[art direction]], [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]], lead guitar | * [[Billy Corgan]] – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, piano, [[w:Record producer|production]], [[w:art direction|art direction]], [[w:Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]], lead guitar | ||
* [[James Iha]] – guitar, bass guitar | * [[James Iha]] – guitar, bass guitar | ||
* [[D'arcy Wretzky]] – bass guitar | * [[D'arcy Wretzky]] – bass guitar | ||
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| Billboard 200<ref name="Home">Martens, Todd. [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/72430/dixie-chicks-return-home-to-no-1 "Dixie Chicks Return 'Home' to No. 1"]. [[billboard.com]]. February 5, 2003.</ref> | | Billboard 200<ref name="Home">Martens, Todd. [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/72430/dixie-chicks-return-home-to-no-1 "Dixie Chicks Return 'Home' to No. 1"]. [[w:billboard.com|billboard.com]]. February 5, 2003.</ref> | ||
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