Product Details

• Audio CD (December 4, 2012)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Virgin

Editorial Reviews MELLON COLLIE AND THE INFINITE SADNESS is being released in multiple physicaland digital configurations, including an expanded 5CD+DVD Deluxe Box Set (alsoavailable digitally) and the remastered original album in 4LP Vinyl, 2CD, anddigital formats. The Deluxe Box Set’s 5 CDs include 64 bonus tracks ofpreviously unreleased material or alternate versions of MELLON COLLIE erasongs, and its DVD features a live show filmed at the Brixton Academy, London(1996) and bonus performances from the German music television show Rockpalast(1996). It all comes housed in a 12 x 12 lift-top box with magnetic closure,reimagined cover art and velvet-lined disc holder. The package includes 2books containing personal notes, lyrics, new collage artwork, plus a Decoupagekit for creating your own scenes from the MELLON COLLIE universe. The bonuscontent and special features were curated from the band’s archives by CORGAN,and have been painstakingly remastered for the first time from the originalmaster tapes by Bob Ludwig. Originally released October 24, 1995, MELLON COLLIE AND THE INFINITE SADNESSwould debut at 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and was certified 9x platinum bythe RIAA. It yielded major hits like “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” the band’sunlikely first Top 40 hit the exquisite “1979” and epic “Tonight, Tonight” aswell as a thoroughly inspired series of videos. Produced by BILLY CORGAN,Flood and Alan Moulder, the album would also earn a Grammy Award (1996 BestHard Rock Performance for “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”) as well as sevennominations. Beyond the more obvious hits, though, MELLON COLLIE is a songcycle of unusual depth and considerable range. It is a collection ofstunningly beautiful moments when everything lined up–a moment in time that’sstill here to be treasured.