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Zeitgeist
Rock · 2007 · 12 tracks · 52m

Zeitgeist

The Smashing Pumpkins

A high-decibel reunion record defined by massive guitar stacks and hyper-active drumming. It captures a sense of modern anxiety through dense, metallic alternative rock.

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It's the Pumpkins at their loudest and most technical, trading 90s dreams for 2000s fire.

A relentless, confrontational energy with moments of exhausted tenderness.

Zeitgeist · vs · The Smashing Pumpkins
Social Commentary+4.0σ

The writing leans far further into social commentary than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 52m
01
Doomsday Clock
3:45
02
7 Shades of Black
3:17
03
Bleeding the Orchid
4:04
04
That’s the Way (My Love Is)
3:49
05
Tarantula
3:51
06
Starz
3:43
07
United States
9:53
08
Neverlost
4:21
09
Bring the Light
3:41
10
(Come On) Let’s Go!
3:19
11
For God and Country
4:25
12
Pomp and Circumstances
4:20
Moments Worth Waiting For
The relentless, machine-gun snare rolls that propel the opening of Doomsday Clock into a wall of fuzz.
A sprawling, feedback-drenched guitar solo in United States that stretches toward the ten-minute mark.
The sudden shift to a shimmering, almost pop-oriented synth texture on That’s the Way (My Love Is).
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