Machina II: The Final Album / Friends and Enemies of Modern Music — The Smashing Pumpkins

A defiant and gritty farewell that finds beauty in distortion and creative chaos.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks · 2h 33m

If There Is a God (piano/vox)

2:28

Glass Theme

1:50

Try, Try, Try (alt. music/lyrics)

4:11

Heavy Metal Machine (version I/alt. mix)

6:28

Real Love

4:01

Let Me Give the World to You

4:00

Innosence

2:28

Blue Skies Bring Tears

3:14

White Spider

3:33

If There Is a God (full band)

2:08

Lucky Lad

2:39

Here’s the Atom Bomb

3:42

Glass Theme (spacey version)

2:40

Cash Car Star (different lyrics)

3:36

Speed Kills

4:38

Moments Worth Listening For

The transition from the fragile piano version of If There Is a God into the jagged, motoric energy of Glass Theme.

The overwhelming wall of distorted fuzz that swallows the melody on White Spider.

The way Real Love captures a shimmering, classic Pumpkins pop sensibility through a thick layer of tape hiss and grit.

Where This Album Departs

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