Lull (EP)

1991 EP by the Smashing Pumpkins

Lull

EP by

the Smashing Pumpkins

Released| 5 November 1991 (1991-11-05)
Recorded| 1991, except "Bye June" (1989)
Genre| Alternative rock
Length| 14:17
Label| Caroline, Virgin
Producer| Billy Corgan and Butch Vig
The Smashing Pumpkins chronology
| Gish
(1991)  | Lull
(1991)  | Peel Sessions
(1992)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Robert Christgau| [2]

Lull is an EP by American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins, released in 1991.[3]

## Background

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"Rhinoceros" was taken from Gish (but the feedback ending is cut here), "Blue" later appeared on Pisces Iscariot and an acoustic version later appeared on the bonus disc for the 2011 reissue of Gish.[4] A live version of "Slunk" later appeared on Vieuphoria and its soundtrack album Earphoria with alternate lyrics (the line "Sister above" is changed to "You talk shit like a chump").[5] As well, a demo version of "Slunk" exists with Jimmy Chamberlin on vocals with alternate lyrics called "Chump", (the line "Sister above" is changed to "You suck dick like a chump"). "Blue" and "Slunk" were outtakes from the Gish sessions.

"Bye June" is a 1989 recording from the Reel Time Studio Sessions, originally released on the Moon demo.

The liner notes include partial lyrics for the song "Obscured", written in cake frosting like the album cover. The song would eventually be released as a B-side on the single for "Today" in 1993 and then on the B-side collection Pisces Iscariot in 1994. "Obscured" was originally intended by Billy Corgan to be on Lull but was dropped for reasons that are unclear.[6]

In the liner notes for Pisces Iscariot, Corgan wrote:[6]

> "Obscured" is old because it was originally supposed to be on the Lull EP which was really supposed to be a single but they tricked me.

## Track listing

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All songs written by Billy Corgan.

1. "Rhinoceros" – 5:57
2. "Blue" – 3:22
3. "Slunk" – 2:49
4. "Bye June" – 2:09

## Personnel

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The Smashing Pumpkins

* Billy Corgan – vocals, guitar
* James Iha – guitar, vocals
* D'arcy Wretzky – bass, vocals
* Jimmy Chamberlin – drums

Production

* Butch Vig – production

## References

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1. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. Lull at AllMusic. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Smashing Pumpkins". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
3. ^ "Lull - Smashing Pumpkins | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
4. ^ "Pisces Iscariot - Smashing Pumpkins | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
5. ^ "Slunk - Smashing Pumpkins | Song Info | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
6. ^ a b "Pisces Iscariot - Booklet Notes". steve-hemming.co.uk. Virgin Records America. Retrieved 25 October 2015.

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The Smashing Pumpkins

* Jimmy Chamberlin
* Billy Corgan
* James Iha

* D'arcy Wretzky
* Melissa Auf der Maur
* Lisa Harriton
* Ginger Pooley
* Jeff Schroeder
* Mike Byrne
* Nicole Fiorentino

Studio albums|

* Gish
* Siamese Dream
* Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
* Adore
* Machina/The Machines of God
* Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music
* Zeitgeist
* Oceania
* Monuments to an Elegy
* Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.
* Cyr
* Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts
* Aghori Mhori Mei

Extended plays|

* Lull
* Peel Sessions
* American Gothic

Live albums|

* Earphoria

Compilation albums|

* Pisces Iscariot
* Rotten Apples

Box sets|

* The Aeroplane Flies High

Singles|

* "I Am One"
* "Tristessa"
* "Siva"
* "Cherub Rock"
* "Today"
* "Disarm"
* "Rocket"
* "Mayonaise"
* "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
* "1979"
* "Zero"
* "Tonight, Tonight"
* "Thirty-Three"
* "The End Is the Beginning Is the End"
* "Ava Adore"
* "Perfect"
* "The Everlasting Gaze"
* "Stand Inside Your Love"
* "Try, Try, Try"
* "Untitled"
* "Tarantula"
* "That's the Way (My Love Is)"
* "G.L.O.W."
* "Freak"
* "The Celestials"
* "Panopticon"
* "Being Beige"
* "Drum + Fife"
* "Run2me"
* "Solara"
* "Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)"
* "Cyr/The Colour of Love"
* "Beguiled"
* "Spellbinding"
* "Sighommi"

Promotional singles|

* "Rhinoceros"
* "Drown"
* "Muzzle"
* "Eye"
* "Crestfallen"
* "Doomsday Clock"
* "Widow Wake My Mind"
* "Owata"
* "One and All"

Other songs|

* "Soma"
* "Landslide"
* "Let Me Give the World to You"
* "FOL"
* "A Song for a Son"
* "Quasar"

Promotional releases|

* The Smashing Pumpkins 1991–1998

Videos|

* Vieuphoria
* Greatest Hits Video Collection (1991–2000)
* If All Goes Wrong

Tours|

* The End Times Tour
* Shiny and Oh So Bright Tour

Touring personnel|

* Kenny Aronoff
* Katie Cole
* Dennis Flemion
* Mike Garson
* Stephen Hodges
* Jonathan Melvoin
* Mark Stoermer
* Sierra Swan
* Mark Tulin
* Matt Walker
* Kiki Wong

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