1/5 NEVER RECEIVED MY ORDER..
  by Marcus Von Wedeking
I ordered from this company and they never sent me the DVD. DO NOT ORDER FROM THEM.... RIP OFF.. BEWARE RIP OFF

5/5 The Best DVD in My Collection
  by J. Orsillo (Bothell, WA United States)
I will start off by saying I knew of a few of there songs and knew I liked them but never saw the videos on MTV except for "tonight, tonight" or I cant remember the rest of them. This DVD is packed with so many extra's but the quality of the videos are amazing. My wife and I were watching this for the first time the day we got it from amazon and we were saying to each other of about 12 of 20 songs "they did this song, oh I love that song...." plus 3 songs I'm sure I have never heard before are causing me to start searching amazon for there CDs. I have about 40 music DVD's and this one has moved to the top of the list.

Don't get me wrong I did know some of the songs already and bought there live cd a few years ago and was so rough sounding and raw I was not impressed at all and kind of forgot about them. I love live concerts but even in this DVD the live concert videos musically don't work for me, the concert was very interesting to watch with the clowns helping out!!

Call me a wimp but its just to raw "punk" for me,

5/5 SMASHING PUMPKINS VIDEO COLLECTION
  by gypsy (virginia usa)
I purchased this DVD for my son who has wanted it for some time. He is thoroughly enjoying it. It helps him to pass the time while he is serving with the Army!

5/5 Farewell and Goodnight
  by Blueberry (Graduate School :))
The Smashing Pumpkins as they existed during the height of their greatness (i.e. NOT 2008 and on) remains to be my favorite band. Luckily, the pumpkins were able to produce beautifully relevant videos that were able to perfectly complement their music. This band in both the visual and audio sense, has been able to acheive greatness. I can honestly say I love all their videos. My favorites include: Tonight,Tonight, thirty-three, and stand inside your love. Also, some of the commentary is quite funny. Love it love it :)

5/5 "As the curtain falls we bid you all goodnight."
  by Graeme Wallis (Newcastle, England)
Released as a companion piece to the greatest hits CD Rotten Apples, the Pumpkins' video collection showcases the promotional music videos for all of the bands' commercial singles during their first period of activity, between 1989 and 2000 (with the exception of `The End is the Beginning is the End') with a dose of extras to boot.

Although the medium of music video continues to be viewed with antipathy by some (most notably Pearl Jam during the 90s), the videos of the Smashing Pumpkins for the most part succeed in exposing the specious rationale of many elitists. Although admittedly far too few bands approach the medium with a mindset of wishing to expand upon or enhance the emotional content and/or ideological implications of the actual song itself, this is not a charge that could be levelled at the Smashing Pumpkins, and despite some of their formative videos (`Siva' and `Rhinoceros' from 1991's Gish [itself titled in homage to silent film star Lilian Gish]) lacking the sufficient funding and scope to adequately elucidate their artistic aspirations, they quite deliberately distanced themselves from the intentionally artless approach of their peers.

As many believe to be the case with his songcraft, Billy Corgan's aptitude for visuals and narrative appear to reach zenith around the Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness-era (1995/96) - abetted by Virgin's financial backing following the success of Siamese Dream (1993) - with the band flouting the poverty/decadence dyad in the diamond mine-set video for `Bullet With Butterfly Wings'; or wryly espousing the transitory, conformist rebellion of adolescence in `1979' (and it's sister-song `Perfect' from 1998's Adore); or tracing the processes of cinema back to it's theatrical beginnings in the monumental Méliès-inspired video for `Tonight, Tonight'; to dismantling the very apparatus of film for `Thirty-Three' which is comprised entirely of photographic stills. The gothic video for `Ava Adore' (Adore) is perhaps the most technically and stylistically impressive however, shot to a huge budget ($1million+, which was ultimately exceeded) in what is apparently a single take though incorporating both speeded up and slowed down sequences that demanded the band (minus drummer Jimmy Chamberlin following his drug-enforced exile) appearing to lip-sync in time with the song.

The preceding videos (from Siamese Dream) include the iconic surrealist-Americana `Today' and psychedelic `Cherub Rock', as well as a non-commercial release promo for `Rocket'; whereas Corgan cathartically throws caution to the wind in the face of the band's imminent demise on the Salomé (Oscar Wilde, 1891)-inspired `Stand Inside Your Love' from 2000's MACHINA/The Machines of God, alluding in particular to Aubrey Beardsley's illustrations of the play (1894) in terms of aesthetic.

Although you can't beat the sound and image quality of the DVD, the rise of YouTube now means that the videos are far more accessible than they originally were, meaning that not many will now approach this set having not seen the videos in years. The commentary tracks however, are engrossing with both his own remarks and the testimony of various directors consolidating the celebrated image of Corgan as an auteur. As ever, Billy is refreshingly honest about the highlights and disappointments of each of the videos, avoiding tedious diplomacy (a trait which has seen him constantly labelled an egomaniac throughout his career) but also shouldering his share of responsibility for certain failings. Disappointingly, bassist D'arcy has no involvement in the commentaries but Jimmy Chamberlin and (second guitarist) James Iha colour Corgan's more analytical observations with amusing asides and unassuming critique.

The highlights of the DVD extras include a ferocious performance of `An Ode to No One' from the `final' Metro show and a hidden candid in-studio montage video for `Untitled' (accessible by selecting `Extras' from the main menu and pressing the Left button on your DVD remote, and also through Windows Media Player), as well as the fact that there are a multitude of alternative ways to view and listen to each video (original/outtakes/documentary). One negative is that the Jonas Åkerlund short film `Try' (an extension of the `Try, Try, Try' video) is a tepid inclusion of little consequence to the set, but hey - if the DVD set out to please everyone it would be no good at all.