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Freak (The Smashing Pumpkins song)

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Wikipedia article




"'Freak'" (also titled

as "'Freak U.S.A.'") is the second single from The Smashing Pumpkins's 34-track music project, 'Teargarden by Kaleidyscope', and the first song released for the second accompanying EP 'The Solstice Bare'. Like all other songs on the EP, "Freak" was released as a free download on their official website. The song was first played live on July 24, 2009, at the first Spirits in the Sky show in memoriam of Sky Saxon. It was performed live by the Pumpkins throughout their 2010 tours.[http://www.spfc.org/tours/song.html?song_id=1046 spfc.org : tour info - "Freak"].

Critical reception



Spin praised the song, noting that "the catchy chorus of bright guitars and cheerful na na na na nas recall his short-lived pop-rock side-project Zwan; the heavy, distorted bass lines revisit the goth-rock moments of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness; and his lyrics are all early-Pumpkins." PopMatters's reviewed that "Freak" "largely explores and builds on The Smashing Pumpkins earlier, mid-1990s sound while also very subtly hinting at the newly pointed and cultish, lysergic musical atmosphere."

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Category:2010 songs

Category:2010 singles

Category:The Smashing Pumpkins songs

Category:Songs written by Billy Corgan

Category:Song recordings produced by Billy Corgan


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