MySpace Smashing Pumpkins Tribute
| MySpace Smashing Pumpkins Tribute | |
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| Released | June 26, 2007 |
| Label | MySpace |
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MySpace Smashing Pumpkins Tribute is a tribute album produced by MySpace Records that was digitally released via streaming on participating bands MySpace pages on between May 18 and June 18, 2007. An unknown quantity of compact discs were produced and released in newsstand editions of Spin's July 2007 issue, on newsstands June 26th, which featured an article discussing the Smashing Pumpkins influence on all the bands participating. Additionally, copies were released in the July 2007 issue of German magazine Visions, which bore the title "All Areas Special - A Tribute to The Smashing Pumpkins". The album features "Signal to Noise", a B-Side from Zeitgeist that Billy Corgan gave to Matt Walker and his band, Most Dangerous Race.[1]
Track listing[edit | edit source]
| No. | Title | Covering artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mayonaise" | The Academy Is... | 4:18 |
| 2. | "Thirty-Three" | The New Amsterdams | 3:54 |
| 3. | "Tonight, Tonight" | Panic! At The Disco | 4:05 |
| 4. | "I Am One" | +44 | 4:09 |
| 5. | "1979" | Young Love | 4:15 |
| 6. | "Today" | Ben Kweller | 3:47 |
| 7. | "Ava Adore" | Test Your Reflex | 4:14 |
| 8. | "Rocket" | The Bravery | 4:10 |
| 9. | "Rhinoceros" | Gliss | 4:32 |
| 10. | "Signal to Noise" | The Most Dangerous Race | 4:30 |
Unreleased tracks[edit | edit source]
For unknown reasons, some of the bands comissioned for this release were ultimately cut from the physical disc despite some of them having shared fully recorded tracks on their MySpace profiles at the time. These include:
| No. | Title | Covering artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cherub Rock" | Sick Puppies[2] | 2:59 |
| 2. | "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" | Hawthorne Heights[3] | 4:41 |
| 3. | "Track Unknown" | 30 Seconds to Mars[3] | |
| 4. | "Siva" | Deftones[3] |
Early reports also stated My Chemical Romance would be involved, but MTV later confirmed they wouldn't be contributing a song.[3] Whether they were contacted by MySpace for the project remains unclear.
Release history[edit | edit source]
| Released | Label | Catalog ID | Format | Country | External sites | ||
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| June 26, 2007 | MySpace | 10916 - MYSPACE | CD | US & Europe | Discogs | [1] | |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Myspace Creates Smashing Pumpkins Tribute Compilation". SmashingPumpkins.com. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved August 8, 2007.
- ↑ “Cherub Rock” - How it happened - SPWC. (n.d.). https://forum.sickpuppiesworldcrew.com/viewtopic.php?t=109
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Mtv. (2007, May 2). MySpace’s Smashing Pumpkins Tribute LP Features Panic, Academy Is, 30 Seconds To Mars. MTV. https://www.mtv.com/news/ux3hh6/myspaces-smashing-pumpkins-tribute-lp-features-panic-academy-is-30-seconds-to-mars