Smashing Pumpkins

Pisces Iscariot is a collection of B-sides and rarities that, unlike most B-side collections, is comprised of songs so good, you can't help wonder why they never made it onto an album. Fans/collectors will appreciate insight into some of Billy Corgan's influences (Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide"), while casual listeners will simply appreciate the excellent music.

Record companies have been going to ever more cynical lengths to squeeze as much
product as they can out of their successful acts. From pointless MTV Unplugged sets (like
Arrested Development's low-voltage remake of their first album) to box sets for acts whose
greatest hits could fit on a 45 (was anyone really waiting for the Split Enz box?), it's enough
to make you wonder if anyone has heard the word overexposure. So you could... More >