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The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music is a collection of previously unreleased demos and two live tracks by The Smashing Pumpkins which was originally created as a mix tape by Billy Corgan and passed to a fan with instructions to distribute the songs to other fans.^[1]

Composition and distribution

In April 2000 while touring in support of the first Machina album, Billy Corgan gave an online fan a 60-minute cassette with explicit instructions to circulate the recordings. The songs overran the end of each side of the cassette, so "Here's to the Atom Bomb" and an untitled instrumental are cut short.^[2]

The online distribution was so successful that when Virgin refused to release the follow up to Machina due to poor sales, Corgan made the decision to follow the previous route of the original Friends & Enemies and released Machina II in a similar manner.

Track listing

All songs written by Billy Corgan, except where noted.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Glass" (listed as "Glass' Theme")	1:57
2.	"The Everlasting Gaze" (listed as "Disco King", an early working title)	4:33
3.	"Dross"	3:23
4.	"Blue Skies Bring Tears" (Arising! Tour version)	4:09
5.	"If There Is a God"	2:15
6.	"Le Deux Machina" (Mike Garson version)	5:44
7.	"Heavy Metal Machine"	5:51
8.	"Here's to the Atom Bomb" (cut, appears full-length on Try, Try, Try single)	2:20

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Real Love" (appears on Rotten Apples and Machina II)		4:07
2.	"Money (That's What I Want)" (live)	Janie Bradford/Berry Gordy	3:21
3.	"X.Y.U." (a live medley, including "The Ethers Tragic", "Never Say Never" and "Where Boys Fear to Tread")	"Never Say Never" by Romeo Void	12:02
4.	"Once Upon a Time"		4:22
5.	"Crestfallen"
6.	"[untitled Siamese Dream-era instrumental]"		1:39

Alternate versions of "Blue Skies Brings Tears", "Glass Theme", "Dross", "If There Is a God", and "Le Deux Machina" would surface on Machina II. This version of "Le Deux Machina" was also used in portions in the middle section of "Ghost and the Glass Children" from Machina/The Machines of God. "Real Love" would appear on Machina II and Rotten Apples. "Here's to the Atom Bomb" appears here for the first time. A full-length version would appear as a B-side on the "Try, Try, Try" single. An alternate version of "Atom Bomb" appears on Machina II. "Once Upon a Time" and "Crestfallen" are demo versions of the songs that appear on Adore.

Footnotes

^ All Music, "The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music". Accessed July 15, 2008.
^ "Friends & Enemies of Modern Music". The Smashing Pumpkins Fan Collaborative Bootlist (SPFC.org). Retrieved 2007-03-04.

[1] All Music, "The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music". Accessed July 15, 2008.

[spfc-2] "Friends & Enemies of Modern Music". The Smashing Pumpkins Fan Collaborative Bootlist (SPFC.org). Retrieved 2007-03-04.

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 ==Track listing==
-#"Glass Theme" – 1:57
+All songs written by [[Billy Corgan]], except where noted.
-#"[[The Everlasting Gaze]]" (Disco King) – 4:33
-#"Dross" – 3:23
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-#"Blue Skies Bring Tears" (Arising! Version) – 4:09
-#"If There Is a God" – 2:15
+| headline        = Side one
-#"Le Deux Machina" ([[Mike Garson]] Version) – 5:44
-#"Heavy Metal Machine" (Version I) – 5:51
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+| note1           = listed as "Glass' Theme"
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-#"[[Money (That's What I Want)]]" [Strong] (Live) – 3:21
-#"X.Y.U." (Live) – 12:02
+| title2          = The Everlasting Gaze
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+| note2           = listed as "Disco King", an early working title
-#"[[Crestfallen]]" (Demo)
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-#"Instrumental" – 1:39
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+| title4          = Blue Skies Bring Tears
+| note4           = Arising! Tour version
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+| title5          = If There Is a God
+| length5         = 2:15
+| title6          = Le Deux Machina
+| note6           = [[Mike Garson]] version
+| length6         = 5:44
+| title7          = Heavy Metal Machine
+| length7         = 5:51
+| title8          = Here's to the Atom Bomb
+| note8           = cut, appears full-length on [[Try, Try, Try]] single
+| length8         = 2:20
+}}
+{{tracklist
+| headline        = Side two
+| writing_credits = yes
+| title1          = Real Love
+| note1           = appears on [[Rotten Apples]] and [[Machina II]]
+| length1         = 4:07
+| title2         = [[Money (That's What I Want)]]
+| note2          = live
+| writer2        = Janie Bradford/Berry Gordy
+| length2        = 3:21
+| title3         = X.Y.U.
+| note3          = a live medley, including "The Ethers Tragic", "[[Never Say Never (song)|Never Say Never]]" and "Where Boys Fear to Tread"
+| writer3        = "Never Say Never" by [[Romeo Void]]
+| length3        = 12:02
+| title4         = Once Upon a Time
+| length4        = 4:22
+| title5         = Crestfallen
+| note5          =
+| length5        =
+| title6         = [''untitled ''[[Siamese Dream]]''-era instrumental'']
+| note6          =
+| length6        = 1:39
+}}
 Alternate versions of "Blue Skies Brings Tears", "Glass Theme", "Dross", "If There Is a God", and "Le Deux Machina" would surface on ''Machina II''. This version of "Le Deux Machina" was also used in portions in the middle section of "Ghost and the Glass Children" from ''[[Machina/The Machines of God]]''. "Real Love" would appear on ''Machina II'' and ''[[Rotten Apples (The Smashing Pumpkins album)|Rotten Apples]]''. "Here's to the Atom Bomb" appears here for the first time. A full-length version would appear as a B-side on the "Try, Try, Try" single. An alternate version of "Atom Bomb" appears on ''Machina II''. "Once Upon a Time" and "Crestfallen" are demo versions of the songs that appear on ''Adore''.