This album is very special and important because it raised the bar in the grunge era from strong and angst  albums to fully realized rock art pieces. The depth and texture hidden around corners on this record arw once in a generation. There are iconic radio hits, Shakespearean fairytales, ballads, and longform epic jams. Whatever inroads siamese dream created, MCIS cemented the pumpkins in their own, singular world. I bought this record the day it came out and still listen to it fairly regularly. There are times when I’m away from it for a while and miss songs like old friends. The clearest memories it brings back are living in a shoebox dorm room in the UK in 1996 with MCIS as my only record.