“The Tale of Dusty and Pistol Pete” by The Smashing Pumpkins

"The Tale of Dusty and Pistol Pete" is tucked into Adore, the fourth Smashing Pumpkins album, which Virgin released on June 2, 1998. Billy Corgan wrote it alone, produced it and mixed it with Flood, and with Jimmy Chamberlin gone, Matt Walker plays the drums.

Corgan later described Adore as the work of a band falling apart: old tensions among the members, doubts about where to go after three ever-bigger rock records, and, for Corgan, a divorce and the loss of his mother during the sessions. What came out was hushed and electronica-tinged, a sound Greg Kot of Rolling Stone called a complete break with the past. The album split the fan base, but critics were kind, and it has since picked up a cult following.

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