Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.48)
- Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."Rolling Stone (9/16/93, p.67)
- 3.5 Stars - Very Good - "...rarely a bum note in this tidy wash of styles....SIAMESE DREAM is a strong, multidimensional extension of GISH that confirms that Smashing Pumpkins are neither sellouts nor one-offs..." Rolling Stone (9/16/93, p.67)
- 3.5 Stars - Very Good - "...rarely a bum note in this tidy wash of styles...SIAMESE DREAM is a strong, multidimensional extension of GISH that confirms that Smashing Pumpkins are neither sellouts nor one-offs..." Spin (9/99, p.131)
- Ranked #23 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s." Spin (8/93, p.82)
- Highly Recommended - "...SIAMESE DREAM takes up and expands nicely where 1991's impressive GISH left off; it's got all the feisty, fuzzy passion of that record and even more inventiveness. Smashing Pumpkins have an enormous bag of tricks..." Spin (8/93, p.82)
- Highly Recommended - "...SIAMESE DREAM takes up and expands nicely where 1991's impressive GISH left off; it's got all the feisty, fuzzy passion of that record and even more inventiveness. Smashing Pumpkins have an enormous bag of tricks..." Entertainment Weekly (8/6/93, p.54)
- "...If anyone will be burdened with the dreaded mantle of `next Nirvana,' it'll be this Chicago band....the great lost link between alternative, pop and metal....may have stumbled upon a whole new stance: slackers with a vision..." Rating: B Entertainment Weekly (8/6/93, p.54)
- "...If anyone will be burdened with the dreaded mantle of 'next Nirvana,' it'll be this Chicago band....the great lost link between alternative, pop and metal....may have stumbled upon a whole new stance: slackers with a vision..." Rating: B Q (12/99, p.76)
- Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s." Q (1/94, p.87)
- Included on Q's list of `The 50 Best Albums Of 1993.' Q (8/93, p.96)
- 4 Stars - Excellent - "...SIAMESE DREAM is something of a white-knuckle, rollercoaster ride, leavened by moments of sometimes quite staggering beauty....Smashing Pumpkins are so exciting, it's patently obvious that they're a (if not the)
Next Big Thing..." Q (12/99, p.76)
- Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s." Q (1/94, p.87)
- Included on Q's list of 'The 50 Best Albums Of 1993.' Q (8/93, p.96)
- 4 Stars - Excellent - "...SIAMESE DREAM is something of a white-knuckle, rollercoaster ride, leavened by moments of sometimes quite staggering beauty....Smashing Pumpkins are so exciting, it's patently obvious that they're a (if not the)
Next Big Thing..." Melody Maker (1/1/94, p.77)
- Ranked #32 in Melody Maker's list of the `Albums Of The Year' for 1993 - "...there's no denying the Pumpkins injected a peculiarly fluid, febrile grace into their brand of neo-psychedelic rock..." Melody Maker (1/1/94, p.77)
- Ranked #32 in Melody Maker's list of the 'Albums Of The Year' for 1993 - "...there's no denying the Pumpkins injected a peculiarly fluid, febrile grace into their brand of neo-psychedelic rock..." Musician (9/93, p.74)
- "...the 13 tracks ring out as a triumph of dynamics and atmosphere, and serve as gold settings for the fragile charm of [Billy] Corgan's emotive vocals..." Musician (9/93, p.74)
- "...the 13 tracks ring out as a triumph of dynamics and atmosphere, and serve as gold settings for the fragile charm of [Billy] Corgan's emotive vocals..." Village Voice (3/1/94)
- Ranked #11 in the Village Voice's 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll. Village Voice (3/1/94)
- Ranked #11 in the Village Voice's 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll. Kerrang (Magazine)
(p.51)
- "[With] guitar solos from heaven, wall upon wall of lushly textured sound, and grand, epic vision." Q (Magazine)
(p.122)
- "[A]n album that draped its influences -- Cheap Trick, Led Zeppelin, New Order -- in a fuzzy haze, suggesting heavy metal played by a group coming down from an acid trip. It's a high-water mark from the era." NME (Magazine)
(12/25/93, p.66)
- Ranked #6 in NME's list of `The Top 50 LPs of 1993' - "...The rediscovery of the guitar as motorbike and also one of the year's most emotionally punishing efforts..." NME (Magazine)
(12/25/93, p.66)
- Ranked #6 in NME's list of 'The Top 50 LPs of 1993' - "...The rediscovery of the guitar as motorbike and also one of the year's most emotionally punishing efforts..." | 
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