Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream (CD)

Released during a period when Corgan was battling severe depression and the band was fracturing internally, Siamese Dream was largely recorded with Corgan and James Iha playing nearly every instrument themselves. That tension and isolation is audible in every layer of its dense, heavily overdubbed guitar sound, which producer Butch Vig helped shape into something that felt simultaneously massive and deeply personal.