Gish

Gish is the debut studio album by American rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. It was released on May 28, 1991.

Gish
Studio album by the Smashing Pumpkins
Released	May 28, 1991 (1991-05-28)
Recorded	December 1990 – March 1991
Studio	Smart (Madison, Wisconsin)
Genre	Alternative rock grunge shoegaze dream pop hard rock stoner rock art rock
Length	45:45
Label	Caroline Hut
Producer	Butch Vig Billy Corgan
the Smashing Pumpkins chronology
Early 1989 Demos (1989) Gish (1991) Lull (1991)
Singles from Gish
"Siva" Released: August 19, 1991 "I Am One" Released: August 24, 1992
Alternate cover

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Billy Corgan, except "I Am One", written by Corgan and James Iha. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Am One"	4:07
2.	"Siva"	4:20
3.	"Rhinoceros"	6:32
4.	"Bury Me"	4:48
5.	"Crush"	3:34
6.	"Suffer"	5:10
7.	"Snail"	5:10
8.	"Tristessa"	3:33
9.	"Window Paine"	5:51
10.	"Daydream"	3:08[a]
Total length:		46:13

All tracks are written by Corgan, except where noted.

2011 Reissue bonus CD – Trippin' Through the Stars
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Starla" (2011 mix)	11:01
2.	"Siva" (Peel Session)	4:49
3.	"Honeyspider" (Reel Time Demos/2011 mix)	2:54
4.	"Hippy Trippy" ("Crush" Music Box demo)	3:33
5.	"Snail" (live radio performance)	5:48
6.	"Plume" (2011 mix)	3:34
7.	"Bury Me" (Reel Time Demos/2011 mix)	4:18
8.	"Daydream" (Old House demo)	2:05
9.	"Tristessa" (Sub Pop single/2011 mix)	3:48
10.	"Girl Named Sandoz" (Peel Session) (Eric Burdon & The Animals cover)	3:35
11.	"Jesus is the Sun" (Apartment demo)	2:55
12.	"Blue" (Gish sessions demo)	4:07
13.	"Smiley" (Gish sessions demo)	3:36
14.	"I Am One" (Reel Time Demos/2011 mix)	4:21
15.	"Seam" ("Suffer" Apartment demo)	4:09
16.	"La Dolly Vita" (2011 mix)	4:18
17.	"Pulseczar" (Gish sessions demo)	2:32
18.	"Drown" (alternate guitar solo)	8:17

2011 Reissue bonus DVD – Live at the Metro (August 25, 1990)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Am One"
2.	"Snail"
3.	"Rhinoceros"
4.	"Bury Me"
5.	"Tristessa"
6.	"Window Paine"
7.	"Razor"
8.	"Sookie Sookie" (Steppenwolf cover)
9.	"Godzilla" (Blue Öyster Cult cover)
10.	"Crush" (filmed in Billy's living room, July 27, 1993)

Personnel

Those involved in the making of Gish are:^[1]

The Smashing Pumpkins

• Billy Corgan – vocals, guitar, bass, production
• James Iha – guitar
• D'arcy Wretzky – bass, vocals on "Daydream", layouts
• Jimmy Chamberlin – drums

Additional musicians

• Mary Gaines – cello on "Daydream"
• Chris Wagner – violin and viola on "Daydream"

Production

• Bob Knapp – photography
• Michael Lavine – photography
• Butch Vig – production, engineering
• Doug "Mr. Colson" Olson – engineering
• Howie Weinberg – mastering (1991 and 1994 releases)
• Evren Göknar – mastering (2011 remaster bonus CD)

Charts

Chart performance for Gish

Chart (1991)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	195
US Billboard Heatseekers Albums	6
Chart (1994)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart[2]	51
New Zealand RIANZ Top 40	40
Chart (2011)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[3]	146
US Billboard Top Pop Catalog Albums	20

Certifications

Certifications for Gish

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[4]	Silver	60,000^
United States (RIAA)[5]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Notes

1. "Daydream" ends at 1:57. A hidden track called "I’m Going Crazy" starts at 2:07