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| Length = | Label = EMI/Caroline Distribution/Martha's Music | Producer = | Last album = ''Teargarden by Kaleidyscope'' (2009-present) | This album = ''Oceania'' (2012) | Next album = ''Oceania: Live in NYC'' (2013) | Misc = }} ''Oceania'' is the eighth studio album by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, released on June 19, 2012 on EMI and Martha's Music. Produced by Billy Corgan and Bjorn Thorsrud, the album is part of the band's ongoing 44-song box set, ''Teargarden by Kaleidyscope''.〔(Smashing Pumpkins Unveil Album Cover for Oceania ). Press release. 2012-04-30.〕 As of September 2012, ''Oceania'' has sold over 102,000 copies in the US. A live performance of the album, ''Oceania: Live in NYC'', was released on September 24, 2013. ==Background and recording== On April 26, 2011, in a video on the band's Facebook fan page, frontman Billy Corgan announced plans to release ''Oceania'' as "an album within an album," relating to ''Teargarden by Kaleidyscope'' which involved releasing songs one by one, for free on the Internet from late 2009, and then releasing them in EPs – after claiming that albums are a dead medium. While ''Oceania'' may appear to contradict that, Corgan explains: Corgan later admitted that they switched back to the album format because he "...reached a point where I saw that the one-song-at-a-time idea had maxed itself out...I just saw we weren't getting the penetration in to everybody that I would have hoped." The band finished mixing the album on September 18, 2011. ''Oceania'' was the first full-length album recorded with guitarist Jeff Schroeder, and the only album recorded with drummer Mike Byrne and bassist Nicole Fiorentino. The band was supplemented in-studio by an unnamed session keyboardist.〔"(Billy Corgan Smashes Back )". MSN Music. 2012-06-19.〕 Fiorentino had this to say about her role in recording ''Oceania'': Guitarist Jeff Schroeder also hinted that the album may be less heavy than past albums, stating "In this day and age, with what’s going on politically and socially, it just feels right to play something that’s a little more spacey and dreamy. We want music to move people on an emotional level." In November 2011, the album's release date was pushed back to spring 2012 and announced via Twitter. Corgan has said that ''Oceania'' is the Pumpkins' "best effort since ''Mellon Collie''". Comparing it to his previous works, he said, "it is the first time where you actually hear me escape the old band. I'm not reacting against it or for it or in the shadow of it." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oceania (The Smashing Pumpkins album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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