Studio Album · No. 3
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Songwriting Credits by The Smashing Pumpkins
Produced by Alan Moulder, Billy Corgan, Flood · Engineered by Billy Corgan, James Iha, Barry Goldberg, Howie Weinberg
Holds writing credit on 28 of 28 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 28 / 28 documented
Scored across the 28 tracks with documented writers, by whether The Smashing Pumpkins carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 28 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
Twenty-eight tracks and Corgan writes 27 of them, with James Iha taking two. Nothing on either disc carries an outside writer. It is the longest of the 1990s albums, and it is written the same way as the ten track debut.
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness came out on Virgin in October 1995 as a two disc set, sold 4,900,000 in the United States and is certified diamond. "1979" reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100.