Teargarden By Kaleidyscope: Vol. 1 [EP]
by The Smashing Pumpkins
User Score
6.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 37 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 37
  3. Negative: 7 out of 37

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  1. Joris
    Jun 7, 2010
    6
    Song For A Son is classic, and contains one of Corgan's better solos since Mellon Collie but besides that track the other 3 ones are a let down. I applaud what he is doing anyhow here, it's unique and a big f*** you to radiofriendly rock but in general the songs just lack (for the first time in Pumpkins' history. So let's wait for the next EP
  2. centurysleuth
    Sep 30, 2010
    5
    So I listened to some early Smashing Pumpkins, then some old. And I'd place this in neither catagory, but it's not terrible. So I'm hoping this develops into something good. I just hate being patient for artists. But it must be tough, having created both Siamese Dream & Mellon Collie. Set the bar a little high Billy?
  3. thisname
    Nov 11, 2010
    5
    2 good songs came out of this "Song For A Son" and "A Stitch In Time" and two very wrong songs "Astral Planes" and "Widow Wake My Mind". Both of those songs should have not seen the light of day! I am very disappointed in this, I hope the best if yet tom come.
  4. 7dogguy
    Apr 13, 2012
    5
    eh these songs on this are ok but there not memorable at all nor is this even close to what the smashing pumpkins are about luckly even though it doesnt really sound like them there is one good song and one decent song and the other 2 are horrible
  5. CalR
    Feb 19, 2012
    5
    It's sort of a step in the right direction after Zeitgeist, but Billy forgot that when people complained that he was trying to hard, that it didn't mean to take your full foot of the pedal and drive in the opposite direction. Structurally and lyrically there is zero substance here, but the vocals at times commit better to the music than the wreck of Zeitgeist. Fortunately the promise ofIt's sort of a step in the right direction after Zeitgeist, but Billy forgot that when people complained that he was trying to hard, that it didn't mean to take your full foot of the pedal and drive in the opposite direction. Structurally and lyrically there is zero substance here, but the vocals at times commit better to the music than the wreck of Zeitgeist. Fortunately the promise of 'Oceania' already looks set to redeem a decade of poor choices.… Expand

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Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Kerrang!
    60
    It has one or two fine songs, A Song For A Son is probably Billy's best since Adore in 1998 but , decent though it is, it's not a Smashing Pumpkins record. [5 Jun 2010, p.50]
  2. Chicago Tribune
    63
    Without Chamberlin's freight train roaring behind him, the hurtling "Astral Planes" never quite achieves liftoff. And one can only imagine how Chamberlin might've combusted the six-minute "Son of a Sailor," which sounds like a promising sketch for a "Stairway to Heaven"-style epic. Corgan's at his best when he takes a lighter tack and develops two of his more engaging melodies on the remaining tracks.
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  3. Drowned In Sound
    50
    He only truly nails it on one track out of four doesn't bode especially well, but as I say, there's some reason to hope, and if you really don't have anything better than the Pumpkins to pin your musical hopes onto, you probably shouldn't be too nervous about checking out the next EP.
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