Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is the third studio album by American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins. Virgin Records released the album on October 24, 1995 in the United Kingdom, and was released one day later in the United States. Billy Corgan produced the album with Mark Ellis and Alan Moulder. The album has 28 songs in it. It has many different types of music, such as heavy metal, alternative rock, and grunge.^[1]

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Studio album by the Smashing Pumpkins
Released	October 24, 1995 (1995-10-24)
Recorded	March–August 1995
Studio	Pumpkinland, Sadlands & Bugg, Chicago Recording Company The Village Recorder
Genre	Alternative rock grunge alternative metal art rock heavy metal
Length	121:39 (CD, cassette, and 2012 vinyl version) 128:06 (original)
Label	Virgin
Producer	Alan Moulder Billy Corgan Flood
the Smashing Pumpkins chronology
Vieuphoria (1994) Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995) The Aeroplane Flies High (1996)
Singles from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
"Bullet with Butterfly Wings" Released: October 16, 1995 "1979" Released: January 23, 1996 "Zero" Released: April 23, 1996 "Tonight, Tonight" Released: May 6, 1996 "Thirty-Three" Released: November 11, 1996

The album was number one on the Billboard 200 music chart.^[2] In one week, over 240,000 copies of the album were sold.^[3] One of the most popular songs from the album was "Bullet with Butterfly Wings". It was the first single from the album. The album had four other singles: "1979", "Zero", "Tonight, Tonight", and "Thirty-Three". The RIAA gave the album a diamond certification.^[4] The album was nominated for seven Grammy Awards.^[5]

The band recorded many songs when they were making the album. They did not put all of these songs onto the album. They used many songs that they made for Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness on other albums.^[6][7] Many music critics liked the album, and said that it was one of the band's best albums.^[8][9][10]

Track listing

Disc one – Dawn to Dusk
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" (Instrumental)	2:52
2.	"Tonight, Tonight"	4:14
3.	"Jellybelly"	3:01
4.	"Zero"	2:40
5.	"Here Is No Why"	3:45
6.	"Bullet with Butterfly Wings"	4:18
7.	"To Forgive"	4:17
8.	"Fuck You (An Ode to No One)"	4:51
9.	"Love"	4:22
10.	"Cupid de Locke"	2:50
11.	"Galapogos"	4:46
12.	"Muzzle"	3:44
13.	"Porcelina of the Vast Oceans"	9:21
14.	"Take Me Down"	2:52
Total length:		57:54

• Track 8 is named "An Ode to No One" on some versions of the album.

Disc two – Twilight to Starlight
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Where Boys Fear to Tread"	4:22
2.	"Bodies"	4:12
3.	"Thirty-Three"	4:10
4.	"In the Arms of Sleep"	4:12
5.	"1979"	4:26
6.	"Tales of a Scorched Earth"	3:45
7.	"Thru the Eyes of Ruby"	7:38
8.	"Stumbleine"	2:54
9.	"X.Y.U."	7:07
10.	"We Only Come Out at Night"	4:05
11.	"Beautiful"	4:18
12.	"Lily (My One and Only)"	3:31
13.	"By Starlight"	4:48
14.	"Farewell and Goodnight"	4:22
Total length:		63:50