'''''The Aeroplane Flies High''''' is a five-disc [[box set]] released by American [[alternative rock]] band [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] in 1996. It contains expanded versions of the five [[single (music)|singles]] from their album ''[[Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness]]'' and also included a 44-page booklet with pictures and writings by the band's lead singer [[Billy Corgan]], as well as lyrics. A limited edition release, the box reached number 42 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' charts, and sold 300,000 units (1.5 million discs in all), generating a platinum disc for the band.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} Originally intended to be limited to 200,000 copies, [[Virgin Records]] produced more after the original run sold out due to overwhelming and unexpected demand.<ref>{{cite web |author=MTV News staff |year=1996 |title=Pumpkins' "Collectors" Set Has Mass Appeal |format=http |work=MTV.com |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434226/12161996/smashing_pumpkins.jhtml |accessdate=August 30, 2006 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070509181516/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434226/12161996/smashing_pumpkins.jhtml |archivedate=May 9, 2007}}</ref>
'''''The Aeroplane Flies High''''' is a five-disc [[box set]] released by American [[alternative rock]] band [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] in 1996. It contains expanded versions of the five [[single (music)|singles]] from their album ''[[Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness]]'' and also included a 44-page booklet with pictures and writings by the band's lead singer [[Billy Corgan]], as well as lyrics. A limited edition release, the box reached number 42 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' charts, and sold 300,000 units (1.5 million discs in all), generating a platinum disc for the band. Originally intended to be limited to 200,000 copies, [[Virgin Records]] produced more after the original run sold out due to overwhelming and unexpected demand.<ref>{{cite web |author=MTV News staff |year=1996 |title=Pumpkins' "Collectors" Set Has Mass Appeal |format=http |work=MTV.com |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434226/12161996/smashing_pumpkins.jhtml |accessdate=August 30, 2006 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070509181516/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434226/12161996/smashing_pumpkins.jhtml |archivedate=May 9, 2007}}</ref> The album was remastered in 2013 and rereleased on vinyl and as a CD/DVD box set.
The Aeroplane Flies High is a five-disc box set released by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins in 1996. It contains expanded versions of the five singles from their album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and also included a 44-page booklet with pictures and writings by the band's lead singer Billy Corgan, as well as lyrics. A limited edition release, the box reached number 42 on the Billboard charts, and sold 300,000 units (1.5 million discs in all), generating a platinum disc for the band. Originally intended to be limited to 200,000 copies, Virgin Records produced more after the original run sold out due to overwhelming and unexpected demand.[5] The album was remastered in 2013 and rereleased on vinyl and as a CD/DVD box set.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Billy Corgan, except where noted
The "Pastichio Medley" is a medley of riffs from a variety of sources recorded after Siamese Dream and before the completion of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. It features: "The Demon", "Thunderbolt", "Dearth", "Knuckles", "Star Song", "Firepower", "New Waver", "Space Jam", "Zoom", "So Very Sad About Us", "Phang", "Speed Racer", "The Eternal E", "Hairy Eyeball", "The Groover", "Hell Bent for Hell", "Rachel", "A Dog's Prayer", "Blast", "The Black Rider", "Slurpee", "Flipper", "The Viper", "Bitch", "Fried", "Harmonia", "U.S.A.", "The Tracer", "Envelope Woman", "Plastic Guy", "Glasgow 3am", "The Road Is Long", "Funkified", "Rigamarole", "Depresso", "The Streets Are Hot Tonite", "Dawn At 16", "Spazmatazz", "Fucker", "In the Arms of Sheep", "Speed", "77", "Me Rock You Snow", "Feelium", "Is Alex Milton", "Rubberman", "Spacer", "Rock Me", "Weeping Willowly", "Rings", "So So Pretty", "Lucky Lad", "Jackboot", "Milieu", "Disconnected", "Let Your Lazer Love Light Shine Down", "Phreak", "Porkbelly", "Robot Lover", "Jimmy James", "America", "Slinkeepie", "Dummy Tum Tummy", "Fakir", "Jake", "Camaro", "Moonkids", "Make It Fungus", "V-8", and "Die".
"Rachel" bears a similar sound to, and is apparently an early version of, the Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness song "X.Y.U.".[6] As well, "Disconnected" is an, as yet to be completed, instrumental version of "The Aeroplane Flies High (Turns Left, Looks Right)".[7]
A full version of "U.S.A." was released on 2011's reissue of Siamese Dream, full versions of "Feelium", "Knuckles," "New Waver," "Zoom," "Phang," "Blast," and "Speed" were released on 2012's reissue of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, and full versions of "Milieu", "Jackboot", "Rings", "The Groover", and "Star Song" were released on 2013's reissue of The Aeroplane Flies High.
"Tonite Reprise" is a solo acoustic version of "Tonight, Tonight" with slight alterations to the lyrics. It also appeared on the vinyl version of Mellon Collie.
As part of EMI Music's extensive reissue campaign, a special edition of the album was released on 26 July 2013. The 6-CD disc set consists of the five original EPs, each now with added bonus tracks, as well as an additional CD of live material. In total the discs feature 90 tracks. The package also includes a DVD consisting of a live show in Belfort, France from 4 July 1997. The set was also released on vinyl as a 5 LP box set.
