Oceania: Difference between revisions

The album was tentatively scheduled to be released on September 1, 2011,<ref>{{cite news| last = Kot| first = Greg| title = Smashing Pumpkins announce new album, extensive reissues| work = [[w:Chicago Tribune|Chicago Tribune]]| date = April 26, 2011| url = http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2011/04/smashing-pumpkins-announce-new-album-extensive-reissues.html| accessdate = April 26, 2011}}</ref> but the release date was pushed to June 19, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/45932-smashing-pumpkins-announce-new-album/|title=Smashing Pumpkins Ready New Album|work=[[w:Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]|publisher=Pitchfork Media Inc.|first=Jenn|last=Pelly|date=2012-03-27|accessdate=2012-03-29}}</ref> On March 27, 2012, EMI/Caroline Distribution announced that it has entered into an exclusive agreement with Martha's Music to release the album on June 19, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emimusic.com/uncategorized/2012/the-smashing-pumpkins-to-release-new-studio-album-oceania-release-on-june-18/|title=The Smashing Pumpkins to release new studio album 'Oceania' release on June 18|publisher=EMI Music|accessdate=2012-03-30|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503025638/http://www.emimusic.com/uncategorized/2012/the-smashing-pumpkins-to-release-new-studio-album-oceania-release-on-june-18/|archivedate=2012-05-03}}</ref> In late May 2012, the band announced that they were holding an event called "Imagine Oceania", requesting fans to take and submit their own photos for the album.<ref>{{cite web| last = Maloney| first = Devon| title = Smashing Pumpkins Ask Fans to Imagine What a 'Glissandra' Looks Like| work = [[w:Spin (magazine)|Spin]]| date = May 30, 2012| url = https://www.spin.com/2012/05/smashing-pumpkins-ask-fans-imagine-what-glissandra-looks/| accessdate = May 30, 2012}}</ref> On June 12, the album was made available to stream in full via iTunes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://grungereport.net/?p=12311 |title=Blog Archive » Smashing Pumpkins To Stream New Album 'Oceania' On Itunes Next Week |publisher=GrungeReport.net |date=2012-06-07 |accessdate=2012-06-18}}</ref> The album also became available for full streaming on Spotify, SoundCloud, Spinner, and Ustream. Corgan appeared on ''The Howard Stern Show'' on June 19, performing an acoustic version of "[[Tonight, Tonight]]". [[W:Howard Stern|Howard Stern]] interviewed Corgan for more than an hour and premiered "[[Violet Rays]]" from the album.<ref>Dempster, Michael. [http://www.howardstern.com/rundown.hs?d=1340078400 "Billy Corgan Returns"]. howardstern.com. June 19, 2012.</ref> On June 21, 2012, "[[The Celestials]]" was released as the album's first single.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Doherty |first=Charlie |url=http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-review-the-smashing-pumpkins-oceania/page-2/ |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130414100606/http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-review-the-smashing-pumpkins-oceania/page-2/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-04-14 |title=Music Review: The Smashing Pumpkins – Oceania |magazine=[[w:Blogcritics|Blogcritics]] |date=2012-06-29 |accessdate=2012-07-04 }}</ref> They performed the song on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' on August 23, 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rttnews.com/1952360/smashing-pumpkins-to-perform-on-jay-leno-this-week.aspx|title=Smashing Pumpkins To Perform On Jay Leno This Week|website=RTTNews|accessdate=November 2, 2019}}</ref> "[[Panopticon]]" was released as the second single on September 15, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|last=Buchanan |first=Brett |url=http://grungereport.net/?p=15413 |title=Smashing Pumpkins Release 'Panopticon' As Second Oceania Single - Alternativenation.Net |publisher=Grungereport.net |date=2012-09-14 |accessdate=2015-03-15}}</ref> In 2014, the song "My Love is Winter" was featured on the soundtrack for the video game ''[[W:Watch Dogs|Watch Dogs]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamersheroes.com/game-guides/watch-dogs-soundtrack-list/ |title=Watch Dogs Soundtrack List |publisher=Gamersheroes.com |date=2014-05-27 |accessdate=2015-03-15}}</ref>

==Reception==