Studio Album..
Adore is all emotions a tortured human could have. The direction of the band was a great move. I believe every song was carefuly thought out. My personal favorite was For Martha, because even though my mother had left me and my father to fend for ourselves, I cried and missed my mother at the words "if you have to go don't say goodbye..." she wasn't dead, but she had left.

The Daphne descends drum beat reminded me of a song off of the 88-89 demos, I think its "Holiday" I think id mention it.

This album helped me through times I didn't know what to do. Thank you Billy.

Annie-Dog; one of my favorite from this album, not often mentioned but for me, hits the spot. A nice lazy groove thing going.

give it only 4 stars?

1 - poor
2- fair
3- good
4- excellent
5- is an ultimate! a classic!! Something to bring on your desert island!

Well, that's what Adore is to me. I've learned how to play EVERY song from this album at one point or another in my life, so all of the lyrics had seeped into me. I even learned for Martha on piano and I don't even play piano. I even learned Blissed + Gone and let me give the world to you (and they're not even on the album!)

It's a masterpiece.

ps- i learned the live version of stumbleine too from the adore tour *snicker*
Sp4life.

This albulm is so uniqe and diffrent from anything else and i guess thats the reason why its hated on.Overall every song has its own taste and style.Its so easy to listen to and i love the artwork

Adore is truly a beautiful, emotionaly filled, album. I am very satisfied with the sound Adore holds, even though it is different than the Pumpkin's usual sound. This album is at the tops of my list for sure.

i was really disappointed when i got this album i was expecting the same formula that was used on previous albums.this album bores me to tears.no one song really stands out and they all kinda sound the same.worth a listen but definately not one of their best albums.

this album is gorgeous and holds a lot of emotion. for martha is my favourite track. when i read that it was supposed to have been written for billys mum (kida obvious if i had thought about it really! duh) i couldn't stop crying and tortured myself by playing it over and over again! i find that the climax up to the incredible solo towards the end of the song is like a celebration of her life! beautiful, beautiful song and album.

this album is definately a sudden, dramatic change in direction for the smashing pumpkins. i admire that they had the courage to try it. it was a shame this album didnt do as well as their previous albums. but even tho it wasn't their best (in my opinion) it shows an interesting side of billy corgan i had no idea existed.

When i first heard this i must admit i was a bit shocked, but it soon grew on me. I think it harks back to where the 80's left of with electronica and alt rock but fuses it with the 90's alt rock sound to make something truly unique, this is especially apaparent in Ava Adore. I'd listen to Ava Adore and watch the vid for that over and over and over again!!!!! To me it's their best track, don't ask me why, but i love it and it makes me feel great listening to it, that and i love the psychadelic goth look, really creepy but mesmerising.

I only bought this yesterday, but I really like it. "Daphne Descends" and "Ava Adore" are my favorites, although I also like "Pug" and "For Martha" quite a bit. I'm usually not into music that's electronic, but this very nice! I can't wait to get into the other songs as well.

This album is one of the most beautiful and personal work of theirs. Unfortunately, it is also one of the most unappreciated. But still, its very good. Long Live SP!!!

for me, Adore is the death of Smashing Pumpkins. No, I don't think BC and JC are zombies but the SP i knew, died at this album. Despite the funeral atmosphere, there's such a BEAUTIFUL album. I don't like all the songs, but i like TO MUCH some of them like For Martha, Perfect, Ava Adore, Shame, Blank Page, Dusty & Pistol Pete, Daphne Descends, Appels + Oranjes and Pug.

i had just finished absolutely thrashing Mellon collie when i first picked up Adore and was not expecting it to be half the album as mcis was. i had heard the mixed reviews and listend to my bro when he said it was disappointing. admittedly when i first played it, as i quickly skipped through each song trying to analyse the album i was confused. but not because i was expecting siamese dream or mcis. i was completely taken back by the maturity and individuality of the music and lyric i was lisening to. i immediately fell in love with every song on this album, each for its own unique narrative beauty. i love how billys poetry takes you to another place, seemingly enchanting yet never too far from reality. you can hear every ounce of loss, pain and redemption in his voice. Adore is nothing short of a masterpiece. listen to it!

There's nothing to say.
This album's surely the best album of SP.
And Blank Page's best song.

This was my first SP album and is still my favourite
I randomly picked it up one day when I was just going through a music shop found this CD and thought they had the coolest band name ever. I'd never even heard of them before.
So I bought it and took it home.
I put it on and To Sheila came on and it was so beautiful I nearly cried then if that wasn't enough it went straight into Ava Adore then into Perfect.
I was only into punk then and I was astounded that they could have so many different styles and sounds right next to each other. They could do beautiful, then angry and heavy and then something else. And it would all fit.

I've never gone back to punk