Rotten Apples


Rotten Apples is a greatest hits compilation album by alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. In the US, it was released in 2001 along with a bonus disc titled Judas O. The album's concluding track, "Untitled", was the Pumpkins' final recording before their breakup. Completed in the days leading up to the band's farewell concert at the Metro in Chicago, it was also released as a single. Another notable track is "Real Love"; while previously released on Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music, this was taken from the factory master tapes and, as a result, lacks the pops and clicks inherent in all copies of Machina II.
The title of the album is the namesake of a B-side that was released on the "Tonight, Tonight" single. Peaking at number 31 in the US, the album sold 77,000 units in its first week of being released.

Release and reception

Rotten Apples was released on November 20, 2001. According to Dan Tallis, writing for BBC, this album was " rare pleasure these days, a collection of tracks that span a band's career that can actually justify the Greatest Hits title." Regarding the Judas O disc, Tallis wrote, "he Judas O B-sides and rarities collection will satisfy Pumpkin obsessives with its outtakes from the Adore and Machina sessions, but it simply cannot compete with its sister CD. 'Here's to the Atom Bomb', 'Waiting' and 'Rock On', stand out from the others, which at worst slip into incoherent rock ramblings."

Track listing

There exists two versions of Rotten Apples; one is exclusive to North America and includes the song "Landslide", which is replaced by "Try, Try, Try" in the international version.
"Rhinoceros" is misprinted as "Rhinocerous" on the back cover and the disc. Also, the version on the compilation is the version off the Lull EP where the last 30 seconds of the original recording is cut off.

The last half of "Drown" is also cut, getting rid of the extended guitar solo.

Personnel

The Smashing Pumpkins

Weekly charts

Certifications

''Judas O''

Judas O is a collection of B-sides and rarities by The Smashing Pumpkins. Initially released as free downloadable tracks by the band, it was ultimately packaged as a bonus disc in a limited-edition printing of the greatest hits collection Rotten Apples. The songs are largely from the Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Adore, and Machina/The Machines of God recording sessions, and some tracks can be found on The Aeroplane Flies High, and Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music. Judas Ø is considered to be the sister album to Pisces Iscariot, a collection of B-sides and rarities from the Gish and Siamese Dream era.

Track listing

All tracks written by Billy Corgan, except for "Believe" written by James Iha and "Rock On" written by David Essex.
#TrackPreviously
unreleased		NotesLength
1"Lucky 13"
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from Machina II3:09
2"Aeroplane Flies High" Edited version, originally a B-side from the "Thirty-Three" single7:53
3"Because You Are"
*
Adore outtake3:46
4"Slow Dawn"
*
from Machina II3:12
5"Believe" B-side from the "1979" single3:12
6"My Mistake"
*
Adore demo4:00
7"Marquis in Spades" B-side from the "Zero" single3:12
8"Here's to the Atom Bomb" B-side from the "Try, Try, Try" single, a different version is also available on Machina II4:26
9"Sparrow"
*
Adore demo2:56
10"Waiting"
*
Adore outtake, released on the untitled Machina promo3:48
11"Saturnine"
*
Adore outtake, a different version is also available on Machina II as "Satur9"3:49
12"Rock On"
*
David Essex cover, live recording of a song that was often played during the Sacred and Profane tour6:06
13"Set the Ray to Jerry" B-side from the "1979" single4:09
14"Winterlong"
*
Machina demo4:59
15"Soot and Stars"
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Machina demo6:39
16"Blissed and Gone" Adore outtake, released on the promotional EP Still Becoming Apart4:46

Personnel

The Smashing Pumpkins