124. Smashing Pumpkins - friends and enemies of modern music

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I love the idea of this album: a sequel to Machina, released by the band for the fans on vinyl to be distributed online. But then you hear the sound quality, crappy because we are going from vinyl to mp3. downloaded and passed onto a ton of people. Why couldn't the band have just posted mp3's for everyone? You know five years from now it will be released by some label. The double cd contains alternate versions of songs from Machina and tracks that were later released on Rotten Apples/Judas-O. If you are a big fan this is a must have - stronger in my opnion to Machina. Somehow the album, although all over the place, holds itself together better than Machina. If the sound quality were better I would have given it a better rating.

8.5 out of 10