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'''''Monuments to an Elegy''''' is the ninth studio album by [[The Smashing Pumpkins]],<ref name="rollingstone_newalbums">{{cite web|last=Blistein|first=Jon|title=Smashing Pumpkins to Release 2 Albums, 'Monuments to an Elegy' and 'Day for Night,' in 2015|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/smashing-pumpkins-to-release-two-albums-in-2015-20140325|work=[[w:Rolling Stone|Rolling Stone]]|accessdate=7 May 2014}}</ref> first released in Europe on December 5, 2014 and in the US on December 9. Band leader [[Billy Corgan]] has noted that—similar to the band's previous release, ''[[Oceania]]''—the album was the final part of the  project ''[[Teargarden by Kaleidyscope]]'', due to cancellation of the project in 2018 by Corgan.<ref name="stereogum_interview">{{cite web|last=Leas|first=Ryan|title=Inside Baseball With Billy Corgan: The Smashing Pumpkins Head On Adore, MACHINA, And The End Of Teargarden|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1698954/inside-baseball-with-billy-corgan-the-smashing-pumpkins-leader-on-adore-machina-and-the-end-of-teargarden-by-kaleidyscope/interviews/|work=[[w:Stereogum|Stereogum]]|accessdate=24 August 2014}}</ref> The album received generally positive reviews from music critics, peaking at number 33 in the U.S. and number 59 in the U.K.

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