Judas O

Judas O
The cover of Rotten Apples, which Judas O was packaged with.
Compilation album by The Smashing Pumpkins
Released	November 20, 2001 (2001-11-20)
Recorded	1995–2000
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	70:12
Language	English
Label	Virgin
Producer	Kerry "Mango" Brown, Billy Corgan, Ted de Bono, Flood, James Iha, Alan Moulder, Bjorn Thorsrud, Butch Vig, Howard Willing, and Brad Wood
The Smashing Pumpkins chronology
Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music (2000) Judas Ø (2001) Zeitgeist (2007)

Judas O (also known as Judas Ø) is a collection of B-sides and rarities by The Smashing Pumpkins. It was packaged as a bonus disc in a limited-edition printing of the greatest hits collection Rotten Apples. The songs are largely from the Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Adore, and Machina/The Machines of God recording sessions, and some tracks can be found on The Aeroplane Flies High, and Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music. Judas Ø is considered to be the sister album to Pisces Iscariot, a collection of B-sides and rarities from the Gish and Siamese Dream era. Music critic Jim DeRogatis commented that Judas Ø is "superior to the rarities collection Pisces Iscariot because it reflects the tremendous musical and lyrical growth of the group from Adore through its untimely demise."

Track listing

All tracks written by Billy Corgan, except for "Believe" written by James Iha and "Rock On" written by David Essex.

#	Track	Previously unreleased	Notes	Length
1	"Lucky 13"	*	from Machina II	3:09
2	"Aeroplane Flies High"		edited version, originally B-side from "Thirty-Three" single	7:53
3	"Because You Are"	*	Adore outtake	3:46
4	"Slow Dawn"	*	from Machina II	3:12
5	"Believe"		B-side from "1979" single	3:12
6	"My Mistake"	*	Adore demo	4:00
7	"Marquis in Spades"		B-side from "Zero" single	3:12
8	"Here's to the Atom Bomb"		B-side from "Try, Try, Try" single, a different version is also available on Machina II	4:26
9	"Sparrow"	*	Adore demo	2:56
10	"Waiting"	*	Adore outtake, released on the Untitled Machina Promo	3:48
11	"Saturnine"	*	Adore outtake	3:49
12	"Rock On"	*	David Essex cover, live recording of a song that was often played during the Sacred and Profane tour	6:06
13	"Set the Ray to Jerry"		B-side from "1979" single	4:09
14	"Winterlong"	*	Adore demo	4:59
15	"Soot and Stars"	*	Adore demo	6:39
16	"Blissed and Gone"		Adore outtake, released on the promotional EP Still Becoming Apart	4:46

Personnel

The Smashing Pumpkins

• Melissa Auf der Maur – bass guitar on "Rock On"
• Jimmy Chamberlin – drums
• Billy Corgan – vocals, guitar, piano, producer, art direction
• James Iha – guitar, vocals, producer on "Believe"
• D'arcy Wretzky – bass guitar

Additional musicians

• Matt Cameron – drums on "Because You Are"
• Bon Harris – additional squeaks and plonks on "Saturnine"
• Rick Nielsen – additional guitar on "Blissed and Gone"
• Matt Walker – drums on "My Mistake"

Production

• Kerry "Mango" Brown – production on "Believe"
• Danny Clinch – photography
• Eric Ferris — executive producer
• Lynne Fischer – photography
• Flood – production on "Lucky 13", "Here's to the Atom Bomb", and "Set the Ray to Jerry"
• Lisa Johnson – photography, cover photo
• David LaChapelle – photography
• Michael Lavine – photography
• Roger Lian — digital editing
• Melodie McDaniel – photography
• Jennifer Quinn – production manager
• Greg Sylvester – art direction
• Howie Weinberg - mastering
• Yelena Yemchuk – photography