Smashing Pumpkins - Gish - 1991 Original US Pressing LP - Caroline Records

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Smashing Pumpkins - 1991 (Original US Release) "Gish" 12" LP Track listing: 1. "I Am One" 2. "Siva" 3. "Rhinoceros" 4. "Bury Me" 5. "Crush" 6. "Suffer" 7. "Snail" 8. "Tristessa" 9. "Window Paine" 10. "Daydream" "I'm Going Crazy" (hidden track) Fun Facts About Gish: 1. Gish was recorded from December 1990 to March 1991 by Butch Vig. 2. The album's sessions, lasting 30 working days, were brisk by Pumpkins' standards, largely because of the group's inexperience.[4][6] The recording sessions put an intense strain on the band, with bassist D'arcy Wretzky later commenting that she did not know how the band survived it, and Corgan explaining he suffered a nervous breakdown. 3. The album is about pain and spiritual ascension. People ask if it's a political album. It's not a political album, it's a personal album. In a weird kind of way, Gish is almost like an instrumental album—it just happens to have singing on it - Billy Corgan 4."I Am One", "Rhinoceros", "Daydream", and "Bury Me" were previously recorded as demos by the band in 1989. All four songs were re-recorded for Gish. 5. The album was named after silent film icon Lillian Gish. In an interview, Corgan said, "My grandmother used to tell me that one of the biggest things that ever happened was when Lillian Gish rode through town on a train, my grandmother lived in the middle of nowhere, so that was a big deal..."[2] Later, Corgan joked that the album was originally going to be called "Fish", but was changed to "Gish" to avoid comparisons to jam band Phish. 6. The first mastering of Gish on CD was from Digital Audio Tape and appeared on Caroline Records, a subsidiary of Virgin Records. In 1994, after the success of follow-up Siamese Dream, the album was given a slight remaster and redesign and was reissued on the Virgin label.[30] Both editions credit Howie Weinberg as mastering engineer. In 2008, The Smashing Pumpkins announced a 17th anniversary box set re-release of the album that would include older bonus material, but this set experienced delays.[31] After finally negotiating the rights, Gish was re-issued in November 2011, being remastered on CD and Vinyl with extra tracks and packaging.