Earphoria

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Earphoria is a live album by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. It is the soundtrack of the band's Vieuphoria video. While the video has been widely available since its initial release, the CD was initially released as a limited number (under 1000) of promo copies in 1994, and was subsequently heavily bootlegged.<ref name="pitchfork">Dahlen, Chris. "Smashing Pumpkins: Earphoria: Pitchfork Record Review Template:Webarchive". 2002–12–12. Accessed on 2007–12–30.</ref> In 2002, Vieuphoria was reissued on DVD and Earphoria finally earned a commercial release.<ref name="pitchfork"/>

The CD contains the audio for all the performances in Vieuphoria, and includes extended versions of the music used in the video interludes. An exception is the performance of "Silverfuck" – Earphoria includes the tease of "Over the Rainbow" while Vieuphoria edits it out, possibly owing to prohibitive licensing costs.<ref name="pitchfork"/>

Critical reception

"While a live document of the Pumpkins' farewell tour would have been very palatable," opined Classic Rock, "this mix-and-match collection of (mainly) live material from the full breadth of their career is far more imaginative. It's also vastly superior to their previous odds-and-sods compilation Pisces Iscariot."<ref name="auto"/>

Track listing

All tracks written by Billy Corgan, except where noted. Template:Track listing

Personnel

• Jimmy Chamberlin – drums
• Billy Corgan – vocals, guitar
• James Iha – guitar, vocals
• D'arcy Wretzky – bass guitar, vocals, percussion on "Mayonaise"