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The Smashing Pumpkins: Atum: A Rock Opera In Three Acts

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On November 15, 2022, “Martha’s Music” and “Thirty Tigers” labels released “Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts”, the twelfth Smashing Pumpkins (The) studio album. The album was released in three separate installments of 11 songs – “Atum: Act One” was released on November 15, 2022, “Atum: Act Two” was released on January 31, 2023, and “Atum: Act Three” was released on May 5, 2023. It was recorded 2020 – 2022, and was produced by Billy Corgan.

Personnel:

  • Billy Corgan – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards
  • James Iha – guitar
  • Jeff Schroeder – guitar, keyboards
  • Jimmy Chamberlin – drums
  • Katie Cole – backing vocals
  • Sierra Swan – backing vocals
  • Linda Strawberry – backing vocals
  • Matt Walker – additional incidental programming

Track listing:

Atum: Act One

  1. Atum
  2. Butterfly Suite
  3. The Good in Goodbye
  4. Embracer
  5. With Ado I Do
  6. Hooligan
  7. Steps in Time
  8. When Rain Must Fall
  9. Beyond the Vale
  10. Hooray!
  11. The Gold Mask

Atum: Act Two

  1. Avalanche
  2. Empires
  3. Neophyte
  4. Moss
  5. Night waves
  6. Space Age
  7. Every Morning
  8. To the Grays
  9. Beguiled
  10. The Culling
  11. Springtimes

Atum: Act Three

  1. Sojourner
  2. That Which Animates the Spirit
  3. The Canary Trainer
  4. Pacer
  5. In Lieu of Failure
  6. Cenotaph
  7. Harmageddon
  8. Fireflies
  9. Intergalactic
  10. Spellbinding
  11. Of Wings

Zodeon at Crystal Hall

  1. Simmatar
  2. Magdalena
  3. Saffron
  4. Zope
  5. Huzzah
  6. Automation
  7. Mary Q
  8. Burr
  9. Excelsior
  10. Necromance

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard: K.G.

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On November 20, 2020, “KGLW” (band’s own label) released “K.G.” (subtitled Explorations into Microtonal Tuning, Volume 2), the sixteenth King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Stu Mackenzie.

Personnel:

  • Stu Mackenzie – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, percussion, keyboards, flute, sitar, synthesizer, clavinet, xylophone, violin, vibraphone, horns, Mellotron, clarinet, organ, recording, mixing
  • Cook Craig – guitar, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, sitar, percussion, clarinet, flute
  • Ambrose Kenny-Smith – vocals, harmonica, keyboards, percussion, synthesizer
  • Joey Walker – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, juno, bağlama, synthesiser, Elektron Digitakt, percussion
  • Lucas Harwood – bass guitar, percussion
  • Michael Cavanagh – drums, percussion
  • Bella Walker – backing vocals
  • Joey Walker – recording, mixing 
  • Michael Cavanagh – recording
  • Cook Craig – recording
  • Joseph Carra – mastering
  • Jason Galea – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Stu Mackenzie, except where noted.

  1. K.G.L.W.
  2. Automation
  3. Minimum Brain Size – Joey Walker
  4. Straws in the Wind – Stu Mackenzie, Ambrose Kenny-Smith
  5. Some of Us – Cook Craig, Stu Mackenzie
  6. Ontology
  7. Intrasport – Joey Walker
  8. Oddlife – Stu Mackenzie, Ambrose Kenny-Smith
  9. Honey
  10. The Hungry Wolf of Fate