(cu)rate that :: the smashing pumpkins best of

On my way to work today I planned out my best of album for The Smashing Pumpkins. Here's how it looks:

TITLE:
The World is a Vampire

TRACK LISTING:
01. "Zero" (from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness CD 1 (Dusk to Dawn))
02. "1979" (from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness CD 2 (Twilight to Starlight))
03. "Disarm" (from Siamese Dream)
04. "Geek USA" (from Siamese Dream)
05. "Ugly" (from 1979 single)
06. "Today" (from Siamese Dream)
07. "Plume" (from Pisces Iscariot)
08. "Cupid de Locke" (from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness CD 1 (Dusk to Dawn)
09. "Silverfuck" (from Siamese Dream)
10. "The Aeroplane Flies High (Turns Left, Looks Right)" (from Thirty-Three single)
11. "Appels + Oranges" (from Adore)
12. "Ava Adore" (from Adore)
13. "Stand Inside Your Love" (from Machina/The Gods of Music)
14. "Rhinoceros" (from Gish)
15. "Try, Try, Try" (from Machina/The Gods of Music)
16. "Landslide" (Fleetwood Mac cover) (from Pisces Iscariot
17. "Soothe" (from Pisces Iscariot)
18. "Tonight, Tonight" (from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness CD 1 (Dusk to Dawn))
19. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" (from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness CD 1 (Dusk to Dawn))
20. "Rock On" (David Essex cover) (from Rotten Apples CD 2 (Judas Ø))
21. "Cash Car Star" (the alternative take) (from Machina II/The Friends And Enemies Of Modern Music)
22. "The End is the Beginning is the End" (from Batman & Robin: Music From And Inspired By The 'Batman & Robin' Motion Picture)

If I could also release a bonus addition I would add:

BONUS TRACKS:
23. "Soul Power" (James Brown cover) (from Machina II/The Friends And Enemies Of Modern Music)
24. "Annie Dog" (from Adore)
25. "Untitled" (from Rotten Apples CD 1)

What would your Smashing Pumpkins best of be?


(cu)rate that is an ad hoc column on listen to the music playing in my head. It is a hypothetical space where I have been given the clearances to curate whatever compilations I want.

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