Ava Adore [Single, Import]

Smashing Pumpkins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 7, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single, Import
• Label: Emi
• ASIN: B00000APQ2
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #406,776 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

SMASHING PUMPKINS Ava Adore (1998 UK 3-track CD single taken from the album Adore includes Czarina & Once In A While complete with picture sleeve HUTCD101)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It ALMOST surprised me, March 16, 2000

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J. M. Corriveau (chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ava Adore / Czarina / Once in a While (Audio CD)

I was almost caught off guard by how good the other songs were...then I just remembered "hey, this is the Pumpkins we're talkin about here". But really, I already had Adore when I bought this so I knew how good Adore was. I had also heard Czarina and I thought it was pretty good so I decided to buy it. Then when I got it I listened to Once In a While...that song is really good. So if you like the Disarm/To Forgive less heavy type of songs, or you're a pumpkin fan you NEED to buy this.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Achingly beautiful; really grabs you!, February 29, 2000

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"dorianrex" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ava Adore / Czarina / Once in a While (Audio CD)

This is why I like the Smashing Pumpkins! The title track of course is the savage "Ava Adore", but the real reason, as all the reviews below say, to buy this CD is the 2 bonus tracks. "Czarina" and "Once In A While" are absolutely amazing love songs which, were it not for Billy's nasal voice, would not sound one bit like Pumpkins' songs! It's that ability to morph into new forms which makes them, in my opinion, THE best rock band of the 1990's. Grab this CD while you can!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice to hear a single again from the Pumpkins, August 19, 2005

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Zen Station "http://www.rateyourmusic.com/~so... (The Graceful Swans of Never) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ava Adore (Audio CD)

And it's from the last album where they would actually release a commercial single stateside. The album starts with the amazing "Ava Adore" which anyone who comes here has also heard. I have heard this single before; I'm probably going to buy it sometime when I get the cash. I have heard both of the B-sides though.

Neither are actually spectacular, but they are both pleasant. "Czarina" is a nice fingerpick acoustic track from the Pumpkins and "Once in a While" is nice to hear. It's interesting that there are a couple of B-sides in this era that had James Iha whenever none of the songs that made the album were even co-penned by him.