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    <reviewbody>As a longtime Pumpkins fan, I can only BEGIN to express my delight at finding this available, freely, as intended by Billy... and even though it has attained a kind of Lou Reed-"Metal Machine Music" cult following, there ARE commercially viable songs on here, which Virgin was foolish not to believe in enough to have worked with the band on promoting.&#13;
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* Cash Car Star, although deemed "not commercial" was, indeed, a hugely popular performance piece, and I hope it is brought back in the recent reformation of the band, for their touring set lists.&#13;
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* Let Me Give the World to You is as "commercial" as the Pumpkins might ever have been, and this soung could easily have made the transformation into some movie soundtrack; a beautiful composition.&#13;
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* Real Love was likely my least favorite, as they took the lo-fi groove to a whole new, and "lowest" level... it sounds as if they intentially ran nails across the vinyl, before releasing it.&#13;
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* White Spyder sounds like so many other Pumpkins songs - - "comfortable"... I felt as if I'd known this song all my life, even though I'd never heard it before. It is Classic Pumpkins, and You NEED to have this in your library...&#13;
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Hell, you need to have this ENTIRE ALBUM in your library, for that matter... it is a beautiful thing, that it was released freely to the public, and any fan of Smashing Pumpkins would be proud, of its sonic adventureousness, as well as the quality of the songwriting.&#13;
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Welcome Home, Pumpkins!-- We missed ya'!!!</reviewbody>
    <reviewtitle>Outstanding Find!</reviewtitle>
    <reviewer>ByTor: King of the Ice and Snow</reviewer>
    <reviewdate>2007-09-14 12:01:48</reviewdate>
    <createdate>2007-09-14 12:01:48</createdate>
    <stars>5</stars>
  </review>
  <review>
    <reviewbody>If there is a God sent chills down my spine.  Billy's done it again for me.  This is just the type of thing I needed to hear at just right time.</reviewbody>
    <reviewtitle>If there is a God</reviewtitle>
    <reviewer>White Esper</reviewer>
    <reviewdate>2008-02-04 07:39:16</reviewdate>
    <createdate>2008-02-04 07:39:16</createdate>
    <stars>4</stars>
  </review>
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