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Release date: 05 April 2005

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The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish: Wikipedia Album Entry

Recorded December 1990 - March 1991 at Smart Studios, Madison WI.
Produced by Butch Vig and Billy Corgan.

Released 1991/05/28 by Caroline Records
Remastered Edition released 1994/08/10 by Virgin

Lineup -
Billy Corgan - guitar, vocals
James Iha - guitar
D'Arcy Wretzky - bass, vocals on Daydream
Jimmy Chamberlin - drums

Gish was recorded to analog 16-track. To cut costs, each instrument was recorded separately - drums, bass, then guitars

Three of the tracks on Gish are re-recordings of songs the Smashing Pumpkins had previously released; I Am One, Tristessa, and Rhinoceros. Daydream was remastered from the original 1989 demo. A studio version of Bury Me also existed before the Gish sessions.

Siva, Rhinoceros and I Am One (respectively) were released as singles.

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..."

Billy constantly wore bells around his neck during the Gish recording sessions. They are visible in the album's artwork, and are audible in some parts of the album, especially in Daydream.

The album art is arranged by D'arcy.

"Bugg Superstar", the dog pictured in the liner notes (on the record sleeve in LP editions) belonged to James, and is featured in Vieuphoria.

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