What is Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness?
{{Infobox album | name = Mellon Collie and the<br />Infinite Sadness | type = studio | artist = [[the Smashing Pumpkins]] | cover = | alt = | released = {{start date|1995|10|24}} | recorded = March–August 1995 | studio = {{flatlist| * Pumpkinland, Sadlands & Bugg, [[Chicago Recording Company]] * [[The Village Recorder]] }} | genre = * [[Alternative rock]] * [[grunge]] * [[alternative metal]] * [[art rock]] * {{nowrap|[[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]}} | length = {{flatlist| *{{duration|m=121|s=39}} (CD, [[Audio cassette|cassette]], and 2012 [[Gramophone record|vinyl]] version) *{{duration|m=128|s=06}} (original) }} | label = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]] | producer = * [[Alan Moulder]] * [[Billy Corgan]] * [[Flood (producer)|Flood]] | prev_title = [[Vieuphoria]] | prev_year = 1994 | next_title = [[The Aeroplane Flies High]] | next_year = 1996 | misc = {{Singles | name = Mellon Collie and the<br />Infinite Sadness | type = studio | single1 = [[Bullet with Butterfly Wings]] | single1date = October 16, 1995 | single2 = [[1979 (song)|1979]] | single2date = January 23, 1996 | single3 = [[Zero (The Smashing Pumpkins song)|Zero]] | single3date = April 23, 1996 | single4 = [[Tonight, Tonight (The Smashing Pumpkins song)|Tonight, Tonight]] | single4date = May 6, 1996 | single5 = [[Thirty-Three (song)|Thirty-Three]] | single5date = November 11, 1996 }} }} '''''Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness''''' is the third studio album by American [[alternative rock]] band [[Smashing Pumpkins|the Smashing Pumpkins]]. [[Virgin Records]] released the album on October 24, 1995 in the [[United Kingdom]], and was released one day later in the [[United States]]. Billy Corgan [[Producer|produced]] the album with [[Flood (producer)|Mark Ellis]] and [[Alan Moulder]]. The album has 28 songs in it. It has many different types of music, such as [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]], alternative rock, and [[