The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music
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| The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music | |||||
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| Compilation album by The Smashing Pumpkins | |||||
| Released | April 2000 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||
| Length | 1:01:01 | ||||
| Producer | Billy Corgan | ||||
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The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music is a collection of previously unreleased demos and two live tracks by The Smashing Pumpkins which was originally created as a mix tape by Billy Corgan and passed to a fan with instructions to distribute the songs to other fans.[1]
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[edit] Album name
This album should not be confused with the similarly titled Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music, which is a fully realized album and the follow-up to Machina/The Machines of God.
[edit] Origin
In April 2000 while touring in support of the first Machina album, Billy Corgan gave an online fan a 60 minute cassette with explicit instructions to circulate the recordings. The songs overran the end of each side of the cassette, which is the reason why Here's to the Atom Bomb and an untitled instrumental are cut short.[1]
[edit] Distribution
The online distribution was so successful that when Virgin refused to release the follow up to Machina due to poor sales, Corgan made the decision to follow the previous route of the original Friends & Enemies and released Machina II in a similar manner.
[edit] Track listing
- "Glass' Theme" – 1:57
- "The Everlasting Gaze" (Disco King) – 4:33
- "Dross" – 3:23
- "Blue Skies Bring Tears" (Arising! Version) – 4:09
- "If There Is a God" – 2:15
- "Le Deux Machina" (Mike Garson Version) – 5:44
- "Heavy Metal Machine" (Version I) – 5:51
- "Here's to the Atom Bomb" (cut) – 2:20
- "Real Love" – 4:07
- "Money (That's What I Want)" [Strong] (Live) – 3:21
- "X.Y.U." (Live) – 12:02
- "Once Upon a Time" (Demo) – 4:22
- "Crestfallen" (Demo)
- (untitled SD-era instr) (cut) – 1:39
Alternate versions of "Blue Skies Brings Tears", "Glass Theme", "Dross", "If There Is a God", and "Le Deux Machina" would surface on Machina II. This version of "Le Deux Machina" was also used in portions in the middle section of "Ghost and the Glass Children" from Machina/The Machines of God. "Real Love" would appear on Machina II and Rotten Apples. "Here's To the Atom Bomb" appears here for the first time. A full length version would appear as a b-side on the "Try, Try, Try" single, as it's cut short on this release. An alternate version of "Atom Bomb" appears on Machina II. "Once Upon a Time" and "Crestfallen" are demo versions of the songs that appear on Adore.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b Friends & Enemies of Modern Music. The Smashing Pumpkins Fan Collaborative Bootlist (SPFC.org). Retrieved on 2007-03-04.
