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 | Title : Mary Star of the Sea
Author : Zwan
Release Date : 20030128
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $18.98
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Editorial Reviews :
Having dramatically misjudged their audience's loyalty to skewed, art-damaged heavy metal, the Smashing Pumpkins called it a day shortly after the release of 2000's low-grossing Machina/The Machines of God. Three years later, frontman Billy Corgan returns with an all-star team of mostly Chicago indie rockers at his side, including Slint/Tortoise guitarist Dave Pajo, Skunk guitarist Matt Sweeney, A Perfect Circle bassist Paz Lenchantin, and fellow Pumpkin Jimmy Chamberlain on drums. But Zwan has not blunted the singer's flamboyant edge. His bonkers vocal gymnastics and whisper-to-a-scream choruses remain at the black heart of Mary Star of the Sea, as the group works its way through the rich melodies of new classics like 'Honestly' and 'Endless Summer,' and pleasingly shifts into downtempo mood on the gorgeous 'Of a Broken Heart' and gripping 'Desire.' And while Corgan's tendency toward self-indulgence results in the tedious 14-minute 'Jesus, I/Mary Star of the Sea,' it is just a minor lapse considering the rest of the big, glamorous rock on display here. --Aidin Vaziri
Buyer Reviews :
I was a tad bit skeptical about this CD, but having listened to it all day, I have to say that this album is really, really good, it has just about everything I loved about the early pumpkins album and kicks it up a notch, not to say that it is the same as early pumpkins stuff though. Tight riffs, melodies and great rock songs, and a couple of ones that will pull on the old heart strings. I'm glad Zwan are around to fill some of the void that Pumpkins left when they broke up.
(by A music fan)
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