The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish (RSD Essentials) [Exclusive Splatter Vinyl]

• Available May 29th, 2026
• Ship orders that include this title will be held back

Celebrate the 35th Anniversary of The Smashing Pumpkins’ spiritual debut album Gish with this exclusive splatter vinyl edition. Regarded as one of the best rock albums of the 1990s, it features the singles “Siva”, “I Am One” and “Rhinoceros”.

Arriving several months before Nirvana's Nevermind, The Smashing Pumpkins' debut album Gish, which was also produced by Butch Vig, was the first shot of the alternative revolution that transformed the rock and roll landscape of the '90s.

While Nirvana was a punk band, The Smashing Pumpkins and guitarist/vocalist Billy Corgan are arena-rockers, co-opting their metallic riffs and epic art-rock song structures with self-absorbed lyrical confessions. Though Corgan's lyrics fall apart upon close analysis, there's no denying his gift for arrangements. Like Brian May and Jimmy Page, he knows how to layer guitars for maximum effect, whether it's on the pounding, sub-sabbath rush of "I Am One" or the shimmering, psychedelic dream-pop surfaces of "Rhinoceros". Such musical moments like these, as well as the rushing "Siva" and the folky "daydream", which features D'arcy on lead vocals, demonstrate The Smashing Pumpkins' potential.

Exclusive GRAY / PINK / PURPLE SPLATTER vinyl produced EMI / Virgin Records in 2026 for the 'RSD Essentials' campaign.

TRACKLISTING:

1. I Am One
2. Siva
3. Rhinoceros
4. Bury Me
5. Crush
6. Suffer
7. Snail
8. Tristessa
9. Window Paine
10. Daydream