- rock, alternative rock
- 73 min
- 15 tracks
- Virgin
Machina/The Machines of God is the fifth studio album by the American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins, released on February 29, 2000, by Virgin Records. A concept album, it marked the return of drummer Jimmy Chamberlin and was intended to be the band's final official LP release prior to their initial breakup in 2000.
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Grave, contemporary, epic and open-ended.
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
- resolvedopen-ended
- warmbleak
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 66/100
- AllMusic3/5 ★
- Chicago Sun-Times3.5/4 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyC+
- Los Angeles Times3/4 ★
- NME3/5 ★
- Pitchfork4.2/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Spin7/10
- The Village VoiceC+
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Tracks
- 1The Everlasting Gaze4:01
- 2Raindrops + Sunshowers4:40
- 3Stand Inside Your Love4:14
- 4I of the Mourning4:37
- 5The Sacred and Profane4:22
- 6Try, Try, Try5:09
- 7Heavy Metal Machine5:53
- 8This Time4:44
- 9The Imploding Voice4:25
- 10Glass and the Ghost Children9:56
- 11Wound3:59
- 12The Crying Tree of Mercury3:44
- 13With Every Light3:56
- 14Blue Skies Bring Tears5:46
- 15Age of Innocence3:55
15 tracks, 73 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Smashing Pumpkins
- Label
- Virgin
- Released
- February 28, 2000
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- GB
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