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Much like previous albums, the songs were first [[Late 1998 – Sadlands, Chicago|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 [[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]]. | Much like previous albums, the songs were first [[Late 1998 – Sadlands, Chicago|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 [[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|''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 | The band took a break from recording in April 1999 to embark on [[The Arising! tour|''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}}. September 12, 2008.</ref> | ||
Flood later remembered, "We decided that we were going to have to make a very different kind of record [...] we pretty much went back to the drawing board. Certain songs on the record are survivors from that first period, but it meant a shift in the ways songs had to be formed."<ref>{{cite journal |last=Thomas |first=Richard |title=Signal to Noise: The Sonic Diary of the Smashing Pumpkins |journal=EQ |date=October 2008}}</ref> | Flood later remembered, "We decided that we were going to have to make a very different kind of record [...] we pretty much went back to the drawing board. Certain songs on the record are survivors from that first period, but it meant a shift in the ways songs had to be formed."<ref>{{cite journal |last=Thomas |first=Richard |title=Signal to Noise: The Sonic Diary of the Smashing Pumpkins |journal=EQ |date=October 2008}}</ref> | ||
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The album is scheduled to be reissued, this time resequenced as a double album with the ''Machina II'' material as was originally envisioned. The original co-producer Flood will be involved with a complete remix of all the material and sequencing into its original order as a two-disc concept album.<ref>"[https://archive.today/20120731032804/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/32345/Smashing-Pumpkins-Ill-have-the-last-laugh?page=4 Smashing Pumpkins: "I'll have the last laugh"]". FasterLouder.com. April 26, 2012.</ref> He further explained that part of the restored concept album will be a suite simulating a live Machines of God concert, possibly with crowd noise added, with a mix inspired by [[W:Kiss (band)|Kiss]]' ''[[W:Alive! (Kiss album)|Alive!]]''.<ref>Graham, Adam. "[http://blogs.detroitnews.com/poptropolis/2012/10/21/the-smashing-pumpkins-billy-corgan-on-the-past-the-present-the-future-and-mayonaise/ The Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan on the past, the present, the future and 'Mayonaise'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023062524/http://blogs.detroitnews.com/poptropolis/2012/10/21/the-smashing-pumpkins-billy-corgan-on-the-past-the-present-the-future-and-mayonaise/ |date=2012-10-23 }}". Detroit News. October 21, 2012.</ref> | The album is scheduled to be reissued, this time resequenced as a double album with the ''Machina II'' material as was originally envisioned. The original co-producer Flood will be involved with a complete remix of all the material and sequencing into its original order as a two-disc concept album.<ref>"[https://archive.today/20120731032804/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/32345/Smashing-Pumpkins-Ill-have-the-last-laugh?page=4 Smashing Pumpkins: "I'll have the last laugh"]". FasterLouder.com. April 26, 2012.</ref> He further explained that part of the restored concept album will be a suite simulating a live Machines of God concert, possibly with crowd noise added, with a mix inspired by [[W:Kiss (band)|Kiss]]' ''[[W:Alive! (Kiss album)|Alive!]]''.<ref>Graham, Adam. "[http://blogs.detroitnews.com/poptropolis/2012/10/21/the-smashing-pumpkins-billy-corgan-on-the-past-the-present-the-future-and-mayonaise/ The Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan on the past, the present, the future and 'Mayonaise'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023062524/http://blogs.detroitnews.com/poptropolis/2012/10/21/the-smashing-pumpkins-billy-corgan-on-the-past-the-present-the-future-and-mayonaise/ |date=2012-10-23 }}". Detroit News. October 21, 2012.</ref> | ||
From July 2015, the reissue's release was put on permanent hold due to legal troubles with the record label. Corgan has said he has spent a lot of time on this and wants it to be released, but the legal issues need to be resolved first.<ref>"http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/23/smashing-pumpkins-billy-corgan-tour-interview"</ref> In August 2018, Billy answered an Instagram Q&A about this. The question was "Will the Machina reissue ever see the light of day?" He answered "Just signed legal settlement today on that. So yes". Corgan announced in later Q&A's that the reissue will feature completely new artwork and will not reuse any of the original Machina artwork. | From July 2015, the reissue's release was put on permanent hold due to legal troubles with the record label. Corgan has said he has spent a lot of time on this and wants it to be released, but the legal issues need to be resolved first.<ref>"http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/23/smashing-pumpkins-billy-corgan-tour-interview"</ref> In August 2018, Billy answered an Instagram Q&A about this. The question was "Will the Machina reissue ever see the light of day?" He answered "Just signed legal settlement today on that. So yes". Corgan announced in later Q&A's that the reissue will feature completely new artwork and will not reuse any of the original ''Machina'' artwork. | ||
==Certifications and sales== | ==Certifications and sales== | ||