Aeroplane Flies High Boxset

Album Details

As part of the continuing series of re-issues of THE SMASHING PUMPKINS' acclaimed catalog via Virgin/UME, the iconic alternative band presents a fully remastered box set of their platinum-selling 1996 release THE AEROPLANE FLIES HIGH. The original THE AEROPLANE FLIES HIGH was a five-disc box set that featured expanded versions of singles from their acclaimed 1995 double album MELLON COLLIE & THE INFINITE SADNESS including 'Bullet With Butterfly Wings,' '1979,' 'Zero' 'Tonight' and 'Thirty-Three.' This new box set of THE AEROPLANE FLIES HIGH contains the original 33 track version across five, 180 gram LPs, and is re-mastered by Bob Ludwig. It also features unique packaging with embossed foil wrap and twinkle stock for jackets. Commenting on the set, Corgan writes: "What I like about The Aeroplane Flies High is that it's almost the existential backwater of the Mellon Collie album. Listening to the music gathered here is a little bit like seeing what goes on behind the walls of Disneyland...At least for me, the behind the scenes feel heard on The Aeroplane Flies High represents something revealing not found on the main album. In retrospect, it's a nice document of how we arrived at the apex of Mellon Collie – and also what standing on that apex did to us personally."