Lull [EP]

Smashing Pumpkins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 11, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP
• Label: Caroline
• ASIN: B000000HRY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,996 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #53 in Music > Indie Music > Alternative Rock > Rock

Track Listings

1. Rhinoceros

2. Blue

3. Slunk

4. Bye June [Demo Version]

Editorial Reviews

SMASHING PUMPKINS Lull (Original and now scarce 1991 US Caroline 4-track CD EP featuring Rhinoceros Blue Slunk and Bye June full colour picture sleeve CAROL1465-2)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't let the # of tracks fool you, this CD is great, February 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Lull (Audio CD)

This is a great CD, showing completely different sides of the Pumpkins in each song. Rhinocerous, which should be a classic to any pumpkin fan, showing the mellow rock. Slunk, which unleashes the anger & harshness of songs like pissant and tales of a scorched earth. and Bye June, which is a simple, yet great tune that gives the empty, and sad feeling with just Billy & his acoustic. This CD has it all, and is a must for any kind of Pumpkin fan

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Essential for some, unnecessary for others, July 8, 2003

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"poormansprophet" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lull (Audio CD)

True pumpkins fans should bear in mind that two of the four tracks can be obtained elsewhere, however, the remaining two are early pumpkins gold. To those who are only occasional fans and mostly favor the more conemporary stuff anyway, this is not really for you. Personally this music just takes me back to a different time and those two extra little tracks are essential.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Calm before the storm, May 9, 2000

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Sal Nudo (Champaign, Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lull (Audio CD)

This is kind of a nostalgic little EP for us Generation Xers. It's Gish-era material and B-sides that would do any Pumpkins fan proud. After "Lull," the Smashing Pumpkins upped the ante and ran away with their success, making these simple songs that much more of a treasure. Gish's "Rhinocerous" mixes a dreamy start to buzzsaw guitars that later take over, almost nullifying the heartfelt but sappy lyrics. The short "Blue" starts with quiet wind chimes and a belching bass, which gives way to thumping drums, quiet interludes and a bizarre bridge that peters out. "Blue" foreshadows some of the future pop the Pumpkins would delve into, whereas "Slunk" contains wild guitars and snotty lyrics, properly leading off this era of music, stuff that rivaled even Nirvana's. Finally, "Bye June" is as tender as "Slunk" is rambunctious. The song features spacey lyrics and an acoustic guitar, nothing more. It's pure magic from a band just beginning to tap into its abandonment and potential. Unfortunately, because of its length, "Lull" is nothing spectacular. The songs are good, a few borderline great, but my understanding is that this band had many more great unreleased tunes from 1989. Now that's scary.