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1st single, the title track "Adore," goes to multiple radio formats, with video hitting MTV and regional outlets the beginning of May. The Smashing Pumpkins are confirmed to appear on the covers of Rolling Stone, Alternative Press and Ray Gun and features are already confirmed in Time, Newsweek and Details among others. TV appearances include a heavily promoted MTV Ultrasound special the Sunday before album release; Letterman and Conan O'Brien are also scheduled.Reviews:
''Adore'' is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, released by Virgin Records in the United States on June 2, 1998.
After the multi-platinum success of ''Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness'' and a subsequent yearlong world tour, follow-up ''Adore'' was considered "one of the most anticipated albums of 1998" by MTV. Recording the album proved to be a challenge as the band members struggled with lingering interpersonal problems and musical uncertainty in the wake of three increasingly successful rock albums and the departure of drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. Frontman Billy Corgan would later characterize the album as "a band falling apart."
The result, a much more subdued, electronica-tinged affair that Greg Kot of ''Rolling Stone'' magazine called "a complete break with the past," divided the fan base, selling only a fraction of the previous two albums. However, the album was well received by critics, and became the third straight Pumpkins album to be nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance. After a brief tour and promotional window, Chamberlin rejoined the band and work began on a new album, ''Machina/The Machines of God''. - Wikipedia
