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Earphoria
Earphoria cover
Live album by The Smashing Pumpkins
Released 1994 (promo), 2002
Recorded 1992–1994
Genre Alternative rock
Length 75:41
Label Virgin
Producer Butch Vig
Professional reviews
The Smashing Pumpkins chronology
Pisces Iscariot
(1994)		 Earphoria
(1994)		 Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
(1995)

Earphoria is a live CD soundtrack of the Smashing Pumpkins' Vieuphoria. While the video has been widely available since its initial release, the CD was only released in a limited number (~1000) of promo CD copies in 1994, and was subsequently heavily bootlegged.[1] In 2002, Vieuphoria was reissued on DVD and Earphoria was finally given commercial release.[1]

The CD contains the audio to all of the performances seen in Vieuphoria, and also includes extended versions of the music used in the video interludes. An exception is the performance of "Silverfuck" - Earphoria includes the tease of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" while Vieuphoria edits it out, possibly due to prohibitive licensing costs.[1]

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Billy Corgan, unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Sinfony" – 0:55
    • Siamese Dream outtake[2]
  2. "Quiet" – 3:44
    • Recorded live in Atlanta, 1993-11-10
  3. "Disarm" – 2:56
    • Recorded live on English TV, September 1993
  4. "Cherub Rock (Acoustic)" – 4:24
  5. "Today" – 3:38
    • Recorded live in Chicago, 1993-12-09
  6. "Bugg Superstar" (James Iha) – 1:29
  7. "I Am One" (Corgan/Iha) – 7:55
  8. "Pulseczar" – 2:27
    • Siamese Dream outtake[3]
  9. "Soma" (Corgan/Iha) – 6:32
    • Recorded live in London, 1994-02-24
  10. "Slunk" – 2:37
  11. "French Movie Theme" – 1:50
    • From the "Cherub Rock" single
  12. "Geek U.S.A." – 4:49
    • Recorded live on German TV, 1993-09-03
  13. "Mayonaise (Acoustic)" (Corgan/Iha) – 4:23
    • Recorded live outside the BBC Studios in London, 1993-07-03
  14. "Silverfuck"/"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" (Harburg/Arlen)/"Jackboot" – 13:30
    • Recorded live in London, 1994-02-24
  15. "Why Am I So Tired?" – 15:15
    • Gish outtake[4]

[edit] Personnel

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Dahlen, Chris. "Smashing Pumpkins: Earphoria: Pitchfork Record Review". 2002-12-12. Accessed on 2007-12-30.
  2. ^ spfc.org : songlist : Sinfony
  3. ^ spfc.org : songlist : Pulseczar
  4. ^ spfc.org : songlist : Why Am I So Tired?
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