TheFutureEmbrace

Occupation

  • Vocals, Electric Guitar: Billy Corgan
  • Voice, violin: Emilie Autumn
  • Vocals, Electric Guitar: Robert Smith
  • Drums: Jimmy Chamberlin

TheFutureEmbrace is the first and only studio album by Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins and Zwan the founder. The album on 21 June 2005, only single release from the album was released was walking Shade.

Background

After the dissolution of Zwan in September 2003, Corgan announced his intention to be active in the future only as a solo artist. In 2004 he published a book of poems titled Blinking with Fists and began work on his debut album, he was assisted by producer Bjorn Thorsrud and Bon Harris ( Nitzer Ebb ). The work on the album called Corgan as similar to those with the Smashing Pumpkins since he had virtually made ​​in the past, everything in the studio alone. As a guest musician is Robert Smith of The Cure in To Love Somebody to hear a cover version of the Bee Gees. Smith, who also contributed some guitar tracks to the song, Corgan initially held crazy when the latter asked him about his involvement with the result, the musicians showed, however, satisfied. The album title The Future Embrace (English: The Future hug ) means for Corgan faith in the present, because he " believe in it, that the day will be worth it ."

Reviews

The album garnered mixed reviews. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic notes that the album was part of the spiritual and creative rebirth Corgan after the end of the Smashing Pumpkins and Zwan. He had turned away from the sound of his past musical bands and put instead on drum machines, synthesizers and brittle guitars. The lyrics of the album are more dramatic and emotional than anything Corgan have been published. Criticizes Stefan Friedrich von laut.de that TheFutureEmbrace " total but dahinplätschere a little inconsequential ." While Corgan had already produced similar music in the late 1990s, however, lacked the songs " the punchy Something that transformed the songs into hits ." Thomas Kerpen by Ox- Fanzine sees the album parallels to the Smashing Pumpkins album Adore (1998) and classifies the music as " morbid, psychedelic dream pop ."

Track list

  • With Robert Smith of The Cure
  • Jimmy Chamberlin & Emilie Autumn
Record label Genre Singing Robert Smith (musician) Adore (The Smashing Pumpkins album)
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