This is my favorite part about the whole Deluxe Edition of ‘Siamese Dream.’
Since Siamese Dream celebrated a birthday this week, I figured I'd dig into the Deluxe Edition of the Smashing Pumpkins classic, released in 2011. I did the same for Gish earlier this summer; check that out here.
Siamese Dream Box Set cover
There they are! Ali Laenger and Lysandra Roberts, forever immortalized.
Siamese Dream Box Set back
Or is it "bottom?"
Siamese Dream Box Set Disc 1
The remastered version of the full album.
Siamese Dream Box Set Disc 1 tracklist
The original 13 songs. Fun fact: if you bought the Japanese import CD back in the day (like I did), you got a 14th song: "Pissant."
Siamese Dream Box Set Disc 2
Here's where all the good stuff lives: b-sides, demos, rarities...
Siamese Dream Box Set Disc 2 track list
I love that they didn't just throw the 'Siamese Dream'-era b-sides on here; as a fan, I have those already. There's some real, rare gems on here.
Siamese Dream Box Set Disc 3
Gotta throw in a live set from the era, right?
Siamese Dream Box Set Disc 3 track list
Live at the Metro, in their hometown of Chicago, the year the album dropped. And on DVD!
Siamese Dream booklet cover
Hey, pixie, weren't you on the cover of Disc 2?
Siamese Dream liner notes
Billy Corgan giving you the background, then walking you through the album track-by-track is worth the price of admission.
Siamese Dream lyrics
These are the singalong lyrics. There are better lyrics still to come.
Siamese Dream credits
Because you need to know who did what where.
Cherub Rock
This is my favorite part about the whole Deluxe Edition of 'Siamese Dream.'
Quiet
It's a postcard for each of the album's 13 songs.
Today
Billy Corgan gathered these old-timey photos for use in the original artwork for 'Siamese Dream.'
Hummer
Look closely: Billy wrote the lyrics for each of the songs on and around the photos.
Rocket
Some of the postcards get little Billy-doodles, too.
Disarm
When I first bought 'Siamese Dream' in late summer of '93, I picked it up on cassette tape.
Soma
All of these cool little lyric postcards were in the tape's fold-out artwork, but they were so tiny!
Geek U.S.A.
It took me a few years, but I tracked down a Japanese import version of the album at Tower Records on Newbury Street that had a booklet with a page for each image. I paid a pretty penny for it, but it was worth it.
Mayonaise
Imagine my surprise when I cuffed a copy of the 'Siamese Dream' Deluxe Edition and found reprints of the actual postcards!
Spaceboy
It was a 'Siamese Dream' come true!
Silverfuck
For real, this box set is a dream come true for Pumpkins fans who adore this album.
Sweet Sweet
I thought I remembered reading once that some of these photos are of Billy's family members, and that this is a picture of baby Billy with his mom. Fuzzy memory; cannot confirm.
Luna
In any event, I can't think of a better batch of album artwork.
Siamese Dream insert
I'd join the club, but I already have everything!
