Rotten Apples | ||||
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Released | November 20, 2001 | |||
Recorded | 1991–2000 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 73:51 (US) 75:54 (International) | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
Producer | Billy Corgan, Ted de Bono, Flood, James Iha, Alan Moulder, Bjorn Thorsrud, Butch Vig, Howard Willing, Brad Wood | |||
The Smashing Pumpkins chronology | ||||
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Singles from Rotten Apples The Smashing Pumpkins: Greatest Hits | ||||
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Rotten Apples (The Smashing Pumpkins – Greatest Hits as titled on the album's cover) is a greatest hits compilation album by alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. In the US, it was released on November 20, 2001, along with a bonus disc titled Judas O. The album's concluding track, "Untitled", was the Pumpkins' final recording before their breakup.[3] Completed in the days leading up to the band's farewell concert at the Metro in Chicago, it was also released as a single. Another notable track is "Real Love"; while previously released on Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music, this was taken from the factory master tapes and, as a result, lacks the pops and clicks inherent in all copies of Machina II (which is vinyl sourced).[citation needed]
The title of the album is the namesake of a B-side that was released on the "Tonight, Tonight" single. Peaking at number 31 in the US,[4] the album sold 77,000 units in its first week of being released.[5]