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Zeitgeist by The Smashing Pumpkins
Zeitgeist is an album by The Smashing Pumpkins, released in 2007. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 25 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Tarantula”, on 16 lists with a best position of #9.
Zeitgeist, the Smashing Pumpkins' seventh album and their first since the band's 2006 reunion, came out on Reprise in July 2007, and it's really a two-man show: Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin recorded the whole thing between them, co-producing with Roy Thomas Baker and Terry Date.
What they built is a wall of noise, Corgan's guitars stacked sky-high over Chamberlin's thundering, fill-happy drumming. "Tarantula" leads the charge, a heavy, riff-mad blast that sounds like the old Pumpkins cranked to eleven, while "That's the Way (My Love Is)" and "Bring the Light" ease off toward something sweeter. It opened at number two on the Billboard 200, but reviews were mixed and sales cooled fast. For the tour, Corgan and Chamberlin brought in Jeff Schroeder, Ginger Reyes and Lisa Harriton, and Schroeder stuck around to become a full member.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Zeitgeist on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarantula | 16 | #9 | – | 2007 | |
| 2 | That's the Way (My Love Is) | 7 | #59 | – | 2007 | |
| 3 | Bring the Light | 2 | #29 | – | 2007–2008 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.