Zeitgeist (The Smashing Pumpkins album)
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Cover to the standard issue of Zeitgeist; different retailers had green, orange, silver, purple, or blue covers
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| Studio album by The Smashing Pumpkins | ||||
| Released | July 10, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | August 2006 – February 2007 | |||
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| Length | 52:22 | |||
| Label | Reprise/Martha's | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (59/100) |
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| Allmusic |
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| Drowned in Sound | (5/10) |
| Entertainment Weekly | B |
| The Guardian |
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| Melodic |
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| Pitchfork Media | (4.9/10) |
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| Rolling Stone |
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| Spin | (7/10) |
| Stylus Magazine | D+ |
Zeitgeist is the seventh album by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, released on July 10, 2007 in the United States and Canada. It was the first album The Smashing Pumpkins released after their 2000 disbandment and 2005 reunion. The album was produced by Roy Thomas Baker, Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, and Terry Date. The album would be Chamberlin's last with the band before his departure in 2009. The album debuted strongly, but sales soon decreased, and critical reception was mixed. It was certified Gold in the United States on February 1, 2008.
After The Smashing Pumpkins disbanded in 2000, Corgan and Chamberlin reunited for the short-lived supergroup Zwan, also featuring members of Slint, Chavez, and A Perfect Circle. The group released one album, Mary Star of the Sea, before dissolving in 2003. Chamberlin then formed Jimmy Chamberlin Complex, while Corgan would focus on a solo album. On June 21, 2005, the day of the release of his album TheFutureEmbrace, Corgan took out full-page advertisements in the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times to announce that he had "made plans to renew and revive the Smashing Pumpkins." Chamberlin soon announced that he would be rejoining the band, and the two began living together in north Scottsdale, Arizona in November 2005, writing and rehearsing new songs. Within three weeks of practicing, the pair decided they had recaptured the sound of the band and prepared to record a new album.
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