The Smashing Pumpkins Gish album cover for the RSD Essential 180g gray swirl pink purple splatter vinyl LP
The Smashing Pumpkins Gish packshot for the RSD Essential, 180g gray swirl with pink and purple splatter vinyl LP available at ToucanRecords.com
The Smashing Pumpkins Gish album cover for the RSD Essential 180g gray swirl pink purple splatter vinyl LP
The Smashing Pumpkins Gish packshot for the RSD Essential, 180g gray swirl with pink and purple splatter vinyl LP available at ToucanRecords.com
The Smashing Pumpkins

Smashing Pumpkins - Gish [RSD Essential, 180g Splatter Vinyl]

SKU: 0199957244329
$32.98

Product Details

  • Artist Collection The Smashing Pumpkins
  • Genre Collection Alternative
  • Genre / Style Alternative Rock / Grunge / Psychedelic Rock
  • UPC 0199957244329
  • Record Label Virgin Records
  • Edition RSD Essential
  • Format LP
  • Disc Quantity 1
  • Vinyl Color Gray, Pink & Purple
  • Vinyl Special Effects Splatter
  • Vinyl Size 12"
  • Vinyl Weight Heavy, 180g
  • Additional Info 35th Anniversary, Limited Edition, Indie Exclusive, Pink & Purple Splatter Over Gray Swirl Vinyl.
  • Release Date 5/29/2026

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The Smashing Pumpkins build Gish from heavy guitar layering, dream-pop influence, and Billy Corgan's high, urgent vocal lines, placing the debut between late-80s alternative rock and the heavier direction that followed. Produced with Butch Vig, the record uses thick guitar overdubs, rhythmic drive, and songs that shift between short hooks and longer instrumental passages. This 35th Anniversary RSD Essential 180g vinyl record uses gray swirl with pink and purple splatter.

"I Am One" opens with a driving bass line and a chorus built from pressure and insistence, setting up the album's heavier side before "Siva" pushes the guitars into a faster, more explosive shape. "Rhinoceros" moves more slowly, using a quiet beginning before expanding into a larger guitar section. "Bury Me" keeps the pace forceful, while "Snail" stretches into one of the album's longer performances. "Daydream" closes the LP with D'arcy Wretzky on lead vocal, giving the record a softer final turn.

The album's contrast comes from how quickly the band moves between heavy riffs, quiet vocal sections, and extended guitar passages. Corgan's writing uses desire, frustration, and spiritual language without turning the album into a fixed concept. The 180g vinyl record is remastered for this RSD Essential edition and includes the original 1991 packaging used for the LP album presentation.

  • Format: Vinyl Record LP
  • Standout tracks: "I Am One," "Siva," "Rhinoceros," "Snail"
  • Pressing details: RSD Essential, 35th Anniversary edition, 180g gray swirl with pink and purple splatter vinyl, original 1991 packaging
  • Genre/style: Alternative Rock, Grunge, Psychedelic Rock
  • UPC: 199957244329

Gish remains important because "I Am One," "Siva," and "Rhinoceros" show the band forming its early language before Siamese Dream. This splatter pressing gives the debut a distinct RSD Essential presentation for the original 10-song album program.


* The Spotify track list may not exactly represent the tracks and audio of this LP edition.

Track List:

Side A:

  1. I Am One
  2. Siva
  3. Rhinoceros
  4. Bury Me
  5. Crush

Side B:

  1. Suffer
  2. Snail
  3. Tristessa
  4. Window Paine
  5. Daydream