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8.0
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8.0 |
NME
Billed as a sequel to their classic album 'Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness', this sci-fi-inspired epic is ambitious and complex
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8.0
133913
8.0 |
All Music
There's a pleasing flow and emotional arc to the collection that draws you deeper in the further you go, in much the same way that Smashing Pumpkins' most beloved albums were such all-encompassing experiences
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8.0
133914
8.0 |
No Ripcord
The Pumpkins might not sound like they used to, and certainly not how you'd like them to either; let's call a spade a spade here. Still, Corgan somehow achieved the impossible: a genuinely likable, odd, and even inclusive album that sounds like nothing else in 2023
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7.0
133915
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
ATUM is clearly meant to be the kind of record that requires your full attention, and Act Three makes for a nicely trippy conclusion to the whole project, as well as an intriguing listening experience in and of itself
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6.3
133916
6.3 |
Pitchfork
The Smashing Pumpkins’ new album is a trilogy-completing, podcast-augmented three-part intergalactic techno-libertarian rock drama!
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6.0
133918
6.0 |
musicOMH
Billy Corgan’s 33-track rock opera monster is finally offered up in its complete form. But when taken in individual pieces it works much better
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5.2
133917
5.2 |
Beats Per Minute
ATUM is the most controversial and strangest of all Smashing Pumpkins albums: a record that defies expectations but often disappoints in how prosaic and calculated it is.
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