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Machina II/the friends and enemies of modern music by The Smashing Pumpkins
Machina II/the friends and enemies of modern music is an album by The Smashing Pumpkins, released in 2000. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Cash Car Star”, on 1 list with a best position of #76.
Machina II/the friends and enemies of modern music, the Smashing Pumpkins' sixth studio album, came out in 2000 not in shops but free on the internet, released on Constantinople Records with Corgan producing. It's the second half of the Machina saga, a loose concept story about a rock star losing his mind, and it came as a double LP packaged with three EPs of B-sides and alternate versions, with artwork by Carlos Segura.
Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin and Melissa Auf der Maur, who had stepped in after D'arcy Wretzky left partway through the Machina sessions, sound raw and restless, the guitars roaring and the moods swinging between heavy, glam-tinged stomps and moody atmospherics. "Cash Car Star" is a snarling fist-pumper. It was the band's last studio album before they broke up, and the last with Iha until his return in 2018. The two Machina albums finally got a remastered box set on September 5, 2025.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Machina II/the friends and enemies of modern music on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cash Car Star | 1 | #76 | – | 2000 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.