- rock, alternative rock, alternative and punk, alternative
- 74 min
- 16 tracks
- Virgin
Adore is the fourth studio album by the American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins, released on June 2, 1998, by Virgin Records. After the multi-platinum success of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and a subsequent world tour, Adore was considered "one of the most anticipated albums of 1998" by MTV.
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Character
Character-led, grave, spare and earnest.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Chicago Sun-Times4/4 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times3.5/4 ★
- NME5/10
- Pitchfork8.1/10
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Select3/5
- Spin5/10
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Tracks
- 1To Sheila4:48
- 2Ava Adore4:23
- 3Perfect3:26
- 4Daphne Descends4:42
- 5Once Upon a Time4:08
- 6Tear5:56
- 7Crestfallen4:11
- 8Appels + Oranjes3:38
- 9Pug4:50
- 10The Tale of Dusty and Pistol Pete4:37
- 11Annie-Dog3:40
- 12Shame6:42
- 13Behold! The Night Mare5:16
- 14For Martha8:20
- 15Blank Page5:00
- 16170:18
16 tracks, 74 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Smashing Pumpkins
- Label
- Virgin
- Released
- 1998
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- ZA
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