Lull

Lull
EP by The Smashing Pumpkins
Released	November 5, 1991
Recorded	1991, except "Bye June" (1989)
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	14:17
Label	Caroline, Virgin
Producer	Billy Corgan, Butch Vig
The Smashing Pumpkins chronology
Gish (1991) Lull (1991) Peel Sessions (1992)

Lull is an EP by The Smashing Pumpkins, released on November 5, 1991. It was originally intended as the "Rhinoceros" single but later reformed into an EP. An identical promotional version on cassette was also released under the name 4 Titles.

Background

Gish's "Rhinoceros" (feedback ending is cut) is the opening track, followed by B-sides "Blue" and "Slunk", all of which from the same Gish studio sessions. "Blue" would later appear on Pisces Iscariot and a live version of "Slunk" appeared on Vieuphoria and its soundtrack album Earphoria.

"Bye June" is a recording from the Summer 1989 Reel Time sessions, originally released on the Moon Demo.

The liner notes include partial lyrics for the song "Obscured", written in cake frosting like the album cover. The song would eventually be released as a B-side on the single for "Today" in 1993 and then on the B-side collection Pisces Iscariot in 1994. "Obscured" was originally intended by Billy Corgan to be on Lull but was dropped for reasons that are unclear.

In the liner notes for Pisces Iscariot, Corgan wrote:

“ "Obscured" is old because it was originally supposed to be on the Lull EP which was really supposed to be a single but they tricked me. ”

Track listing

All tracks are written by Billy Corgan.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rhinoceros"	5:57
2.	"Blue"	3:22
3.	"Slunk"	2:49
4.	"Bye June"	2:09
Total length:		14:17

Release history

Released	Label	Catalog ID	Format	Country	External sites
November 5, 1991	Hut Recordings	HUT CD10	CD	UK	Discogs	MusicBrainz	[1]
November 5, 1991	Hut Recordings	HUTT 10	12"	UK	Discogs		[1]
November 5, 1991	Caroline	CAROL 1465-2	CD	US	Discogs	MusicBrainz	[1]
1991	Caroline	CAROL 1465-4	Cassette	US	Discogs		[1]
1994	Hut Recordings • EMI • Virgin	8922752 • 8922752 • 8922752	CD	Australia	Discogs	MusicBrainz	[1]
February 21, 1992	Caroline • Virgin	VJCP-14039 • VJCP-14039	CD	Japan	Discogs	MusicBrainz	[1]

More releases: Discogs • MusicBrainz

Personnel

The Smashing Pumpkins

• Billy Corgan – vocals, guitar, production
• James Iha – guitar, vocals, artwork
• D'arcy Wretzky – bass, vocals, artwork
• Jimmy Chamberlin – drums

Technical

• Butch Vig – production
• Howie Weinberg – mastering
• Mark Ignoffio – recording for "Bye June"
• Tanya – artwork

Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)	74