MACHINA II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music
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Template:Album infoboxMACHINA II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music is an album by The Smashing Pumpkins that was released for free on the Internet in 2000. It is sometimes considered the band's sixth and final album, and is the sequel to MACHINA/The Machines of God. It consists of three EPs full of B-Sides and alternate versions, and one LP being the actual album. Both MACHINA albums are concept albums.
MACHINA II was released independently; Virgin Records were unwilling to release it so close to the first (and commercially unsuccessful) MACHINA. Originally, the songs were intended to be the second disc of a double album instead of two seperate releases. Virgin declined a double album from the band as they felt its release was too close to 1995's Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
The Pumpkins performed a track from the album ("Cash Car Star") on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, which also ended up being the band's final television appearance. The performance was a rarity as "Cash Car Star" was not a single in any way, and MACHINA II was unavailable for purchase. Also, the band was technically unsigned at the time.
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Track listing
EP 1
- "Slow Dawn" - 3:07
- "Vanity" - 4:00
- "Satur9" - 3:53
- "Glass/Alternate Version" - 2:46
EP 2
- "Soul Power" - 2:55
- "Cash Car Star Version 1" - 3:34
- "Lucky 13" - 3:07
- "Speed Kills But Beauty Lives Forever" - 4:38
EP 3
- "If There is a God (piano/vox)" - 2:30
- "Try/Version 1" - 4:21
- "Heavy Metal Machine (version I alternate mix) - 6:28
LP
- "Glass" - 1:48
- "Cash Car Star" - 3:16
- "Dross" - 3:26
- "Real Love" - 4:09
- "Go" - 3:44
- "Let Me Give the World to You" - 4:05
- "Innosence" - 2:30
- "Home" - 4:22
- "Blue Skies / Version Electrique" - 3:15
- "White Spyder" - 3:32
- "In My Body" - 6:42
- "If There is a God (full band)" - 2:08
- "Le Deux Machina (synth)" - 1:49
- "Here's to the Atom Bomb" - 3:50
Had the album been crystallized as an "offical" pressed release, the song "Let Me Give the World To You" was considered as a single. Produced by Rick Rubin, it was originally written and recorded for Adore.
Personnel
- Mike Garson - Keyboards
- Jimmy Chamberlin - Drums
- Billy Corgan - Guitar, Vocals
- James Iha - Guitar, Vocals
- Melissa Auf der Maur - Bass
Download sites
- Billy-Corgan.com (http://www.billy-corgan.com/downloads/mp3/machina2/)
- MetroChicago.com (http://www.metrochicago.com/smashingpumpkins.html)
- BeZip.de (http://bezip.de/smash.php3)