From their first CD "Gish", you have the songs Siva and Rhinoceros.
From "Siamese Dream", you've got Cherub Rock, Today, and Disarm.
From the disc of B-Sides, "Pisces Iscariot", there is the cover of the Fleetwood Mac song, Landslide.
From "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness", there is Bullet with Butterfly Wings, Tonight Tonight, 1979, and Zero.
From "Adore", you have Ava Adore and Perfect.
From "Machina/The Machines of God", there is The Everlasting Gaze and Stand Inside your Love
And two songs not released on Pumpkins CD's in the past but put on other soundtrack albums are Drown and Eye.

Some other bright spots are the two previously unreleased tracks that close the album, Real Love and Untitled. Real Love sounds much like the version put on the Machina II album, and internet release that many fans never got to hear. Untitled is a very strong track and a good closing track that has the radio-friendly sound the band masters at.

If you were lucky to get the Bonus CD of rarities and b-sides also known as Judas-O with your Rotten Apples disc, you will most definately enjoy the over 15 previously unreleased songs, that is just as good as the greatest hits disc and is sure to be a hit itself.

The Smashing Pumpkins have come a long way since their first album, and you can listen to the growth and change in sound over the years throughout this disc. It is well worth the money and even if you're not a Pumpkins fan yet or are thinking of giving them a listen, go with this CD, it is sure to be a favorite in your collection for years to come.


"The world is a vampire, sent to drain"   February 26, 2005
 20 out of 27 found this review helpful

I've been cleansing my audio palate this week, after my most recent Amazon.com purchased arrived with a copy of The Smashing Pumpkins' Greatest Hits. I gained a new appreciation for them recently, mostly after hearing the track "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" a few times over the last couple of weeks. I mostly ignored this act back in the late 90s, when they were at their height; I'm not sure what put me off at the time, but it might have been radio over-play. Now that the hype has faded, I've been able to go back and listen with an open mind, and have been pleasantly surprised!



I'm Satisfied - It Won't Get Better Than This, I Guess   December 9, 2001
 15 out of 16 found this review helpful

When making a Smashing Pumpkins Greatest Hits collection, the question isn't what to include, it is what you are forced to leave off. The Pumpkins have one of the most diverse portfolios in the history of music, especially considering that the band was only around for about nine years. On one end, you have the grunge-and-punk influenced sounds of Gish, to the acid-rock of Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie, and the electronica of the Chamberlain-free Adore. Add to that several singles from movie soundtracks and the real gems in the Pumpkins' crown - their incredible b-sides - and compiling a Greatest Hits collection becomes a Herculean task.

Thankfully for die-hards and casual fans like, this collection manages to get it just about right. A two-disc set that's rumored to have a limited run, Greatest Hits features all the major singles on its first disc, Rotten Apples, and a healthy dose of b-sides and unreleased stuff on the second, Judas-O. The so-called "radio singles" make up most of Rotten Apples, and these are the songs that most people will instantly recognize - the songs that, rightly, made the Pumpkins famous. There aren't any major, glaring omissions here, although I can hear the fanboys from here yelling, "Why didn't they include x?"

Perhaps the fanboys should take note of the second disc, which collects some of the best b-sides stuff the Pumpkins put out. I've been telling people ever since I first heard the band right before Siamese Dream that the Pumpkins really are a b-side band; some of their very best stuff is also some of their hardest-to-locate stuff. I have my own complaints about omissions - as far as I'm concerned, the entire Zero single could have been included here - but, all in all, it's a satisfying helping. There are several unreleased tracks on here that will probably become nothing but a footnote to Pumpkins history, but they should be given their due.

I have a feeling that, as time progresses, Rotten Apples and Judas-O well become to the Pumpkins what Hot Rocks! was to the Rolling Stones: the summary collection that people of future generations will turn to when they want to add the band to their music collection. Although diehards will shake their heads and proudly spin their copies of Bullet Train to Osaka, the bottom line is that we couldn't ask for a much better representation of one of the greatest musical acts of all time. If, one day, your kid comes home with this album firmly tucked under arm and you still have a complaint about something missing, remember, that's what CD burners are for.


Decent List, Some Missing   August 23, 2004
 11 out of 13 found this review helpful

Rotten Apples does exactly what it's supposed to do, it lists the Smashing Pumpkins most notable hit songs. Most of the best are here, including Tonight Tonight, Disarm and 1979, but it's some of the better album songs, such as Mayonaise, Thru The Eyes of Ruby and some of the gems on Machina 2 that we miss here. I'm gonna be one of those people that lists a more appropriate tracklisting here, which is a composite of all albums, many reviews and my own personal opinions. It is a 2 CD, 30 track effort and I have made it myself and find it great.

DISC ONE

1. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
2. Tonight Tonight
3. Glass' Theme (Machina 2)
4. Today
5. The Everlasting Gaze
6. Eye
7. Zero
8. Rocket
9. The End Is The Beginning Is The End
10. 1979
11. Luna
12. Galapogos
13. Perfect
14. Le Deux Machina (Machina 2)
15. Untitled

DISC TWO

1. Cherub Rock
2. Bullet With Butterfly Wings
3. Drown
4. Disarm
5. Thru The Eyes of Ruby
6. Landslide
7. Thirty-Three
8. Here Is No Why
9. Rhinoceros
10. Stand Inside Your Love
11. Where Boys Fear To Tread
12. Mayonaise
13. Siva
14. Ava Adore
15. Farewell and Goodnight

Obviously not chronological, but much more comprehensive and encapsulating than the original.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is by far their greatest album, and my compilation reflects that, though the solid nature of the Siamese Dream songs is also impressive.

Hope this is of help to those thinking of buying this CD or making their own alternative track listing.