The Airplane Flies High

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The Airplane Flies High is a five-piece box set released in 1996 by the American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins . It contains the extended versions of the five singles from the double album album Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness as well as a 44-page booklet with images and written recordings by Billy Corgan as well as the lyrics of the pieces.

As a limited edition, the box reached number 42 on the Billboard charts and sold around 300,000 copies (a total of 1.5 million records), which earned the release platinum status. Originally, the publication was limited to 200,000 copies. Due to overwhelming and unexpected demand, Virgin Records produced more after the original run demand sold out. The album was remastered in 2013 under the supervision of frontman Billy Corgan and then reissued on vinyl and as a CD / DVD box.

Track list

CD 1: Bullet with Butterfly Wings

number title author singing length annotation
1 Bullet with Butterfly Wings Billy Corgan Billy Corgan 4:16
2 ... Said Sadl James Iha James Iha & Nina Gordon 3:09
3 You're All I've Got Tonight Ric Ocasek Billy Corgan 3:10 The Cars Cover (Original 1978)
4th Clones (We're All) David Carron Billy Corgan 2:43 Alice Cooper Cover (Original 1980)
5 A Night Like This Robert Smith James Iha 3:36 The Cure Cover (Original 1989)
6th Destination Unknown Dale Bozzio / Terry Bozzio / Warren Cuccurullo Billy Corgan 4:14 Missing Persons Cover (Original 1982)
7th Dreaming Debbie Harry , Chris Stein Darcy Wretzky &

Billy Corgan

5:11 Blondie Cover (Original from 1979)

CD 2: 1979

1 1979 Billy Corgan Billy Corgan 4:28
2 Ugly Billy Corgan Billy Corgan 2:52
3 The Boy James Iha James Iha 3:04
4th Cherry Billy Corgan Billy Corgan 4:02
5 Believe James Iha James Iha 3:15 Was on the B-side compilation

Judas-O used.

6th Set The Ray To Jerry Billy Corgan Billy Corgan 4:10

CD 3: Zero

1 zero Billy Corgan Billy Corgan 2:39
2 God Billy Corgan Billy Corgan 3:09
3 Mouths of Babes Billy Corgan Billy Corgan 3:46
4th Tribute to Johnny Billy Corgan / James Iha Instrumental 2:34
5 Marquis in Spades Billy Corgan Billy Corgan 3:17
6th Pennies Billy Corgan Billy Corgan 2:28
7th Pastichio Medley Billy Corgan / James Iha / Darcy Wretzky / Jimmy Chamberlin Instrumental 23:00 Medley compilation

from several riffs from the

Siamese Dream and MCIS era (see below)

CD 4: Tonight, Tonight

1 Tonight, Tonight Billy Corgan Billy Corgan 4:15
2 Meladori Magpie Billy Corgan Billy Corgan 2:41
3 Rotten apples Billy Corgan Billy Corgan 3:02
4th Jupiter's lament Billy Corgan Billy Corgan 2:30
5 Medellia of the Gray Skies Billy Corgan Billy Corgan 3:11
6th Blank Billy Corgan Billy Corgan 2:54
7th Tonite recapitulation Billy Corgan Billy Corgan 2:40 Included on the 3 LP vinyl edition by MCIS

CD 5: Thirty-three

1 Thirty-three Billy Corgan Billy Corgan 4:10
2 The Last Song Billy Corgan Billy Corgan 3:55
3 The Airplane Flies High Billy Corgan Billy Corgan 8:31
4th Transformer Billy Corgan Billy Corgan 3:25
5 The Bells James Iha James Iha 2:17
6th My Blue Heaven Walter Donaldson / George A. Whiting Billy Corgan 3:20 A pop song from 1924 with the

Paul Whiteman and Gene Austin both

Had a number one hit in 1927

The Pastichio Medley

The "Pastichio Medley" is a medley of riffs from various pieces recorded after Siamese Dream and before the completion of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness . It contains the following tracks: "The Demon", "Thunderbolt", "Dearth", "Knuckles", "Star Song", "Firepower", "New Waver", "Space Jam", "Zoom", "So Very Sad About." Us "," Phang "," Speed ​​Racer "," The Eternal E "," Hairy Eyeball "," The Groover "," Hell Bent for Hell "," Rachel "," A Dog's Prayer "," Blast "," The Black Rider "," Slurpee "," Flipper "," The Viper "," Bitch "," Fried "," Harmonia "," USA "," The Tracer "," Envelope Woman "," Plastic Guy "," Glasgow 3am "," The Road Is Long "," Funkified "," Rigamarole "," Depresso "," The Streets Are Hot Tonite "," Dawn At 16 "," Spazmatazz "," Fucker "," In the Arms of Sheep "," Speed ​​"," 77 "," Me Rock You Snow "," Feelium "," Is Alex Milton "," Rubberman "," Spacer "," Rock Me "," Weeping Willowly "," Rings ", "So So Pretty", "Lucky Lad", "Jackboot", "Milieu", "Disconnected", "Let Your Lazer Love Light Shine Down", "Phreak", "Porkbelly", "Robot Lover", "Jimmy James" , "America", "Slinkeepie", "Dummy Tum Tummy", "Fakir", "Jake", "Camaro", "Moonkids", "Make It Fungus", "V-8", and "Tue e ".

"Rachel" sounds similar to the Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness song "XYU" and is apparently an early version of it. In addition, "Disconnected" is an instrumental version of "The Airplane Flies High (Turns Left, Looks Right)" that has yet to be completed.

The full versions of "Feelium", "Knuckles", "New Waver", "Zoom", "Phang", "Blast" and "Speed" were released on the 2012 release of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness .

"Milieu", "Jackboot", "Rings", "The Groover" and "Star Song" appeared in full versions on the 2013 re-release of The Airplane Flies High .

The James Iha song "So So Pretty" was released as a full version on the unofficial German edition of Machia II - Friends And Enemies Of Modern Music.

Reviews

According to Rolling Stone, The Airplane Flies High is " Anthology 1 " of the Smashing Pumpkins, a counterpart to Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness , which offers a glimpse into the extraordinary creative outbursts of Corgan. "Mellon Collie" was a transforming experience for the band and " Airplane " shows how ready the pumpkins are to take artistic risks. Even the practice of anthologizing this material is megalomaniac. But the ballads are as beautiful as anything Corgan has ever written.

"The box also contains small, thought-provoking pieces with a touch of guitar riffs from the corporate rock of the 70s." - Tom Moon, Rolling Stone

occupation

  • Billy Corgan - vocals, guitars, piano, production
  • James Iha - guitars; Singing on "... Said Sadly", "A Night Like This", "The Boy", "Believe", and "The Bells"; production
  • D'arcy Wretzky - bass, vocals on "Dreaming" and "The Bells", production
  • Jimmy Chamberlin - drums

Session musician

  • Keith Brown - piano
  • Bill Corgan, Sr. - guitar solo on "The Last Song"
  • Nina Gordon - vocals on "... Said Sadly"
  • Chris Martin - piano
  • Eric Remschneider - Cello on "The Bells"
  • Adam Schlesinger - piano on "The Bells"
  • Dennis Flemion - instruments on "Medellia of the Gray Skies"
  • Jimmy Flemion - instruments on "Medellia of the Gray Skies"

production

  • Andy Chase - sound engineer
  • John Craig - Illustrations
  • Paul Eledge - Photography
  • Flood - production, sound engineer, mix
  • Jeff Lane - mix
  • Tommy Lipnick - sound engineer
  • Jeff Moleski - sound engineer, mix
  • Tommy Moleski - sound engineer
  • Alan Moulder - production, mix
  • J. Nicholas - Mix Assistant
  • Frank Olinsky - design
  • Neil Perry - mix
  • Claudine Pontier - sound engineer
  • Russ Spice - sound engineer
  • Howie Weinberg - Mastering
  • Martin White - sound engineer
  • Yelena Yemchuk - photography, "Zero" cover

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pumpkins' "Collectors" Set Has Mass Appeal. In: www.mtv.com. MTV, December 16, 1996, accessed March 17, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Smashing Pumpkins' 'Airplane Flies High' Nears Infinity With 104-Track Reissue. June 5, 2013, accessed March 17, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e The Smashing Pumpkins - The Airplane Flies High. Retrieved March 17, 2020 .
  4. ↑ pastichio Medley. In: spfc.org. Retrieved March 17, 2020 .
  5. ↑ The Smashing Pumpkins - Machina II: The Final Album / Friends And Enemies Of Modern Music. Retrieved March 17, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Tom Moon, Tom Moon: The Airplane Flies High. In: Rolling Stone. December 12, 1996. Retrieved March 17, 2020 (American English).