Lull [EP]

Smashing Pumpkins

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 11, 1991)
• Original Release Date: November 5, 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.com Sales Rank: #92,926 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Rhinoceros

2. Blue

3. Slunk

4. Bye June [Demo Version]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Calm before the storm, May 10, 2000

By	Sal Nudo (Champaign, Illinois) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars pretty good, February 2, 2002

By	Neel Aroon "jaroon7648" (Lexington, KY United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Lull an EP just really of the material that did not make it on to gish. However, the album is not just not something to disregard. The four songs on here are still good in their own right. It really seems that these songs should have been added onto gish in the first placed to make the album more complete.

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 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