Rotten Apples

Rotten Apples
Greatest hits album by The Smashing Pumpkins
Released	November 20, 2001
Recorded	1991–2000
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	73:51 (U.S.) 75:54 (International)
Label	Virgin
Producer	Billy Corgan, Ted de Bono, Flood, James Iha, Alan Moulder, Bjorn Thorsrud, Butch Vig, Howard Willing, Brad Wood
The Smashing Pumpkins chronology
Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music (2000) Rotten Apples/Judas O (2001) Zeitgeist (2007)
Singles from Rotten Apples The Smashing Pumpkins: Greatest Hits
"Untitled" Released: 2001

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
NME	[2]

Rotten Apples (The Smashing Pumpkins - Greatest Hits as titled on the album's cover) is a greatest hits compilation album by alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. In the US, it was released in 2001 along with a bonus disc titled Judas O. The album's concluding track, "Untitled", was the Pumpkins' final recording before their breakup.^[3] Completed in the days leading up to the band's farewell concert at the Metro in Chicago, it was also released as a single. Another notable track is "Real Love"; while previously released on Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music, this was taken from the factory master tapes and, as a result, lacks the pops and clicks inherent in all copies of Machina II (which is vinyl sourced).

The title of the album is the namesake of a B-side that was released on the "Tonight, Tonight" single. Peaking at number 31 in the U.S.,^[4] the album sold 77,000 units in its first week of being released.^[5]

Track listing

There exists two versions of Rotten Apples; one is exclusive to North America and includes the song "Landslide", which is replaced by "Try, Try, Try" in the international version.

All tracks written by Billy Corgan, except where noted. 

US version
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Siva" (Gish (1991))		4:21
2.	"Rhinoceros^a" (Gish)		5:53
3.	"Drown^b" (Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992))		4:30
4.	"Cherub Rock" (Siamese Dream (1993))		4:59
5.	"Today" (Siamese Dream)		3:22
6.	"Disarm" (Siamese Dream)		3:18
7.	"Landslide" (Pisces Iscariot (1994))	Stevie Nicks	3:06
8.	"Bullet with Butterfly Wings" (Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995))		4:18
9.	"1979" (Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness)		4:23
10.	"Zero" (Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness)		2:41
11.	"Tonight, Tonight" (Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness)		4:15
12.	"Eye" (Lost Highway soundtrack (1997))		4:54
13.	"Ava Adore" (Adore (1998))		4:21
14.	"Perfect" (Adore)		3:22
15.	"The Everlasting Gaze" (Machina/The Machines of God (2000))		4:02
16.	"Stand Inside Your Love" (Machina/The Machines of God)		4:13
17.	"Real Love" (Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music (2000))		4:10
18.	"Untitled" (Rotten Apples)		3:51

^a "Rhinoceros" is misprinted as "Rhinocerous" on the back cover and the disc. Also, the version on the compilation is the version off the Lull EP where the last 30 seconds of the original recording (some guitar noise) is cut off.
^b The last half of "Drown" is also cut getting rid of the extended guitar solo.

International version
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Siva"	4:21	4:21
2.	"Rhinoceros"	5:53	5:54
3.	"Drown"	4:30	4:30
4.	"Cherub Rock"	4:59	4:58
5.	"Today"	3:22	3:22
6.	"Disarm"	3:18	3:17
7.	"Bullet with Butterfly Wings"	4:18	4:17
8.	"1979"	4:23	4:24
9.	"Zero"	2:41	2:40
10.	"Tonight, Tonight"	4:15	4:16
11.	"Eye"	4:54	4:54
12.	"Ava Adore"	4:21	4:20
13.	"Perfect"	3:22	3:23
14.	"The Everlasting Gaze"	4:02	4:02
15.	"Stand Inside Your Love"	4:13	4:13
16.	"Try, Try, Try" (Machina/The Machines of God)		5:09
17.	"Real Love"	4:10	4:10
18.	"Untitled"	3:51	3:53
Total length:			76:10

Personnel

The Smashing Pumpkins

• Jimmy Chamberlin – drums
• Billy Corgan – vocals, guitar, programming, mixing, production, art direction
• James Iha – guitar
• D'arcy Wretzky – bass guitar

Additional musicians

• Matt Walker – drums on "Ava Adore"
• Joey Waronker – drums on "Perfect"

Technical staff

• Ted de Bono – production on "Landslide"
• Bon Harris – additional programming on "Ava Adore" and "Perfect"
• Butch Vig – production on "Siva", "Rhinoceros", "Drown", "Cherub Rock", "Today", and "Disarm"
• Flood – production and mixing on "Bullet with Butterfly Wings", "1979", "Zero", "Tonight, Tonight", "Perfect", "The Everlasting Gaze", "Stand Inside Your Love", "Real Love", "Untitled", and "Try, Try, Try"; additional production and mixing on "Ava Adore" and "Perfect"
• Roger Lian – digital editing
• Alan Moulder – production and mixing on "Bullet with Butterfly Wings", "1979", "Zero", and "Tonight, Tonight"; mixing on "The Everlasting Gaze", "Stand Inside Your Love" and "Real Love"
• Jennifer Quinn-Richardson – production coordination
• Howie Weinberg – mastering
• Brad Wood – additional production on "Ava Adore"

Art

• Danny Clinch – photography
• Lynne Fischer – photography
• Lisa Johnson – photography, cover photo
• David LaChapelle – photography
• Michael Lavine – photography
• Melodie McDaniel – photography
• Greg Sylvester – art direction
• Yelena Yemchuk – photography

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Chart (2001) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 4 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 22 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 15 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] 37 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[10] 5 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[11] 25 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 28 Italian Albums (FIMI)[13] 15 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[14] 5 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[15] 11 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[16] 31 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 40 UK Albums (OCC)[18] 28 US Billboard 200[19] 31

Certifications Region Certification Certified units/Sales Australia (ARIA)[20] Gold 35,000^^ Canada (Music Canada)[21] 1× Platinum 100,000^^ United Kingdom (BPI)[22] Gold 100,000^^ United States (RIAA)[23] Gold 500,000^^ ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

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18. "The Smashing Pumpkins | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved November 24, 2016.
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