this is just the 20 songs i would put on a cd, hypothetically.
1. sun
2. spiteface
3. rhinoceros
4. crush
5. snail
6. geek usa
7. mayonaise
8. plume
9. ode to no one
10. here is no why
11. thru the eyes of ruby
12. love
13. the last song
14. infinite sadness
15. pug
16. for martha
17. the crying tree of mercury
18. soot and stars
19. pale scales
20. farewell and goodnight

do you mean to give to someone to get them into it or just for yourself. If it was for someone else it would depend alot on the person, i would try to have a nice balance of material though.

These are in no Particular order.....

1.Soma
2.Obscured
3.Pug
4.Crush
5.The Last Song
6.We Only Come Out At Night
7.There It Goes
8.Eye
8.Blank Page
9.Love
10.Set The Ray To Jerry
11.Hummer
12.Starla
12.Today
13.The Aeroplane Flies High
14.Smiley
15.Tales of a Scorched Earth
16.Ava Adore
17.Spaceboy
18.In My Body
19.Jennifer Ever
20.Dreaming (blondie cover)

whoops thats 21 I did 12 twice....

I refuse to take one off the list.

I guess if I were making a CD for myself with my favourite Pumpkin songs on it, it'd probably go like this...

1. I Am One
2. Tonight, Tonight
3. Geek USA
4. By Starlight
5. Cash Car Star
6. Disarm
7. Muzzle
8. Rhinoceros
9. Soma
10. Bullet With Butterfly Wings
11. I Of The Mourning
12. An Ode To No One
13. Zero
14. Silverfuck
15. Today
16. 1979
17. XYU
18. Ava Adore
19. Snail
20. The Everlasting Gaze

yeah, would be for myself, if someone put a gun to my head and told me i can only listen to 20 sp songs for the rest of my life... but if i was giving someone it, it would have to be a double album, for rock songs, and "headphone" songs

This list may change at a later date, depending on my mood.

1) 1979
2) Age of Innocence
3) Bullet With Butterfly Wings
4) Bodies
5) Cherub Rock
6) East (alternate)
7) Heavy Metal Machine
8.) Here's To The Atom Bomb (Judas 0)
9) Mayonaise
10) Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
11) My Dahlia
12) Not Worth Asking
13) Perfect
14) Stand Inside Your Love
15) Starla
16) The Everlasting Gaze
17) There It Goes
18) Today
19) Tonight, Tonight
20) Whir

yeah, it all depends on mood for me

usually I wouldn't have whir and xyu on the same cd...it goes by mood

no particular order just off the top of my head

1.rhinocerous
2.by starlight
3.daphne decends
4.set the ray to jerry
5.ava adore
6.in my body
7.blank page
8.spaceboy
9.quiet
10.ugly
11.age of innocence
12.lily
13.saturnine
14.ava adore
15.behold! the nightmare
16. the aeroplane flies high
17.slow dawn
18.thru the eyes of ruby
19. we only come out at night
20.shame

Okay if all you fans could make the perfect Smashing Pumpkins greatest hits, or mix, record what songs would you include? The limit (maxium) amount of songs is 21 and the songs can span from Gish-Zeitgeist. B-Sides and Pisces tunes are fine too.

1. I am One
2. Bodies
3. 33
4. Stand Inside Your Love
5. Try, Try, Try
6. Starz
7. To Forgive
8. Geek U.S.A.
9. Mayonaise
10. Bring the Light
11. Rhinoceros
12. Muzzle
13. Soothe
14. That's the Way (my love is)
15. Siva
16. 7 Shades of Black
17. Tonight, Tonight
18. Stumbleine
19. Disarm
20. Stellar
21. With Every Light

mine would be all the aggressive songs. i love the slow stuff too, but i always end up coming back to these kind of tunes:

1. Slunk
2. Mouths of Babes
3. The Aeroplane Flies High (turns left, looks right)
4. Quiet
5. God
6. Lucky 13
7. Frail & Bedazzled
8. Geek USA
9. Girl Named Sandoz
10. La Dolly Vita
11. Doomsday Clock
12. Fuck You (An Ode to No One)
13. Tales of a Scorched Earth
14. Hello Kitty Kat
15. The Everlasting Gaze
16. Bodies
17. X.Y.U.
18. United States
19. Silverfuck
20. White Spider

and my top 3 honorable mentions (b-sides, if you will...)

21. Starla
22. Pug
23. Bury Me

I've made a list like this a few times before. The only new addition to it would be 'Steller'. But here ya go!


Sinfony • Blue • Steller • Untitled • Spaceboy • Drown • Lucky 13 • Snap • Here Is No Why • The Aeroplane Flies High (Turns Left, Looks Right) • 1979 • Blissed and Gone • Daphne Descends • Glass and the Ghost Children • Let Me Give the World to You • Mayonaise • East • Tonight, Tonight • Tristessa • Obscured

In no order

Snail
The End is the Beginning
Bullet
Fuck You
Love
Tonight Tonight
Jellybelly
1979
Today
Hummer
Wound
Heavy Metal Machine
Stand Inside Your Love
Soma
Mayo
Bodies
Thru the Eyes
Ava
By Starlight
Cherub

glad you dug this up koz, i was happy too see what my top 20 from almost a year ago were... i forgot about soot and stars...

id ad bleeding the orchid, bring the light, and starz to that... somewhere

No Particular Order

1. Geek USA
2. Starla
3. Age of Innocence
4. Cherub Rock
5. Starz
6. Rhinoceros
7. Gossamer
8. United States
9. Stand Inside Your Love
10.Zero
11.Fuck You (An Ode to No One)
12.Where Boys Fear to Tread
13.Mayonnaise
14.Hummer
15.Rocket
16.Snail
17.Thru The Eyes of Ruby
18.The End is the Beginning is the End
19.Bury Me
20.Tarantula

I definitely like the harder Pumpkins songs.

Again, in no order:

1.Mayonaise
2.Behold! The Night mare
3.Hummer
4.Shame
5.Galapogas
6.Bodies
7.Thru the eyes of Ruby
8.Stand inside your love
9.This Time
10.Thats the way
11.I of the Mourning
12.In the arms of sleep
13.Blissed and gone
14.Once in a while
15.Waiting
16.To Sheila
17.Jelly belly
18.By Starlight
19.Pennies
20.Geek USA

Although, If i had to write it again it would probably be slightly different...

This should be fun... my top 20 in order.

1. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
2. Tonight, Tonight
3. I Am One
4. Geek USA
5. Jellybelly
6. Zero
7. Bullet With Butterfly Wings
8. Thru the Eyes of Ruby
9. Bleeding the Orchid
10. To Sheila
11. Thirty-Three
12. Mayonaise
13. Soma
14. Rocket
15. Love
16. Siva
17. Fuck You (An Ode to No One)
18. X.Y.U.
19. Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
20. Zeitgeist

B-Sides:
Quiet
Silverfuck
Muzzle