The Smashing Pumpkins' first album of new material since 2000 - ‘Zeitgeist’ (Martha's
In the U.S., ‘Zeitgeist’, selling nearly 150,000 copies in its first week of release, is the #1 new release of the week and debuted at #1 on the digital albums chart. The album features the first single "Tarantula," now positioned at #2 on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart and #9 on the publication's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Last week the band appeared twice on the Late Show with David Letterman, performing "Tarantula" July 9 and then closing out the week July 13 with another ‘Zeitgeist’ highlight "That's The Way (My Love Is)."
Nate Chinen, in the New York Times, said: "...drone-laden and distortion-jacked, it sounds about as tough as anything this band has produced," and Glenn Gamboa in Newsday noted: "Zeitgeist should return Corgan and Smashing Pumpkins to the forefront of mainstream rock where they belong."
Writing about opening night in the Los Angeles Times, Richard Cromelin observed: "...the musicians played everything with an enveloping, epic force that demanded full and immediate attention" (7/17/07).
After the Fillmore residency concludes August 1, the band will return to Europe for 10 headlining and festival shows.
Your Talkback on this Story