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
- Atum
- Butterfly Suite
- The Good in Goodbye
- Embracer
- With Ado I Do
- Hooligan
- Steps in Time
- When Rain Must Fall
- Beyond the Vale
- Hooray!
- The Gold Mask
Atum: Act Two
- Avalanche
- Empires
- Neophyte
- Moss
- Night waves
- Space Age
- Every Morning
- To the Grays
- Beguiled
- The Culling
- Springtimes
Atum: Act Three
- Sojourner
- That Which Animates the Spirit
- The Canary Trainer
- Pacer
- In Lieu of Failure
- Cenotaph
- Harmageddon
- Fireflies
- Intergalactic
- Spellbinding
- Of Wings
Zodeon at Crystal Hall
- Simmatar
- Magdalena
- Saffron
- Zope
- Huzzah
- Automation
- Mary Q
- Burr
- Excelsior
- Necromance