Smashing Pumpkins / Gish reissue

Smashing Pumpkins will mark the 35th anniversary of their debut album Gish with a single LP reissue.

On its May 1991 release, Gish set Smashing Pumpkins apart from the grunge crowd. In Billy Corgan they had a frontman with instantly recognisable vocals – nasal and tangy, perfect for the insular, bratty lyrics he spat or cooed – and as capable of writing savage, bludgeoning riffs as he was massive choruses and dreamy, psychedelic diversions. Producer Butch Vig (months away from recording Nevermind with Nirvana) and powerhouse drummer Jimmy Chamberlin gave Corgan’s songs the heft they required (the singer apparently recorded most of the guitar and bass parts himself) and Gish became a sleeper hit, teeing the band up perfectly for the giant leap forward of 1993’s Siamese Dream.

Unsurprisingly, considering the arena-filling years that followed, Gish has been reissued regularly over the years. The most comprehensive treatment came in 2011, with a 2CD+DVD box set including the original album plus the 18-track Trippin’ Through The Stars B-sides, demos and outtakes collection alongside the Live At The Metro, 1990 DVD. More recently, 2021’s 180g gatefold vinyl single-LP reissue served vinyl collectors well.

It’s a shame then, that the 35th anniversary edition of Gish doesn’t include bonus material – perhaps they’re thinking fans are still getting through last year’s 8LP, 80-track Machina set. This new edition is a straightforward reissue of the original album in “original 1991 packaging” (so no gatefold) available in either black 180g vinyl or indies-only grey 180g vinyl “accented with pink and purple splatter”. There is no word yet on whether the album has been remastered. Likewise, whether ‘secret track’ I’m Going Crazy’ will follow ‘Daydream’, as on previous vinyl releases.  

Gish is out 29 May 2026 via UMR.

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Tracklisting

Gish Smashing Pumpkins / 35th anniversary

• Vinyl LP

  • Side One

    1. I Am One
    2. Siva
    3. Rhinoceros
    4. Bury Me
    5. Crush

    Side Two

    1. Suffer
    2. Snail
    3. Tristessa
    4. Window Paine
    5. Daydream