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June 2, 2011

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Smashing Pumpkins have unveiled the track listing for their ninth studio album Oceania, which is set for formal release later this year.

The band's frontman Billy Corgan, wrote on Twitter: "I'm assuming those that are Smashing Pumpkins fans in the crowd wouldn't mind me putting up a tentative tracklisting of the Oceania' album?" He then wrote the running order.

The tracks have been released as part of the band's ongoing Teargarden By Kaleidyscope project, which sees the band releasing new songs online in batches and then making them available for download.

Corgan has indicated recently that though he feels the format of an album isn't particularly relevant, he believes the songs set to feature on Oceania are "supposed to go together."

He said in a video on the band's Facebook page: "I still stand by my view that I don't think albums are particularly relevant at this time. That may change. But as far as making music, from a writing point of view, it's really going to focus me to put a group of songs together that are supposed to go together."

The track listing is as follows:

'O/'
'Pale Horse'
'Panopticon'
'The Chimera'
'Four Winds Chime'
'Glissandra'
'Inkless'
'My Love Is Winter'
'Special K'
'Pinwheels'
'Oceania'
'Violet Rays'
'Quasar'

'O/'

Oh gee.

I'll give Billy another chance, of course. Hopefully Zeitgeist gave him a few indicators on what's going to work these days.

All I really want myself is another Zwan. Mary, Star of the Sea was a damn good record.

novabrkr said:

'O/'

Oh gee.