Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music
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Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music is an independently released, final-era Smashing Pumpkins album known for its raw production, free online distribution, and status as a cult favorite among fans.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6500236 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music Context triple: [The Smashing Pumpkins, studioAlbum, Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music]
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A.
Machina
Machina is a local government area and town in northeastern Nigeria’s Yobe State, near the border with Niger.
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B.
The Disquieting Muses
"The Disquieting Muses" is a poem by Sylvia Plath that explores themes of alienation, creativity, and haunting maternal figures, inspired by Giorgio de Chirico’s surrealist painting of the same name.
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C.
Strange and Sacred Noise
Strange and Sacred Noise is a percussion-focused contemporary classical composition by American composer John Luther Adams, known for its exploration of rhythm, timbre, and the natural soundscape.
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D.
The Hissing of Summer Lawns
The Hissing of Summer Lawns is a 1975 studio album by Joni Mitchell that blends jazz, pop, and experimental elements in a series of lyrically complex, character-driven songs.
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E.
This Mortal Coil
This Mortal Coil was a 1980s British musical collective formed by the 4AD label, known for its ethereal, atmospheric reinterpretations of songs and rotating lineup of alternative and dream pop artists.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music Target entity description: Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music is an independently released, final-era Smashing Pumpkins album known for its raw production, free online distribution, and status as a cult favorite among fans.
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A.
Machina
Machina is a local government area and town in northeastern Nigeria’s Yobe State, near the border with Niger.
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B.
The Disquieting Muses
"The Disquieting Muses" is a poem by Sylvia Plath that explores themes of alienation, creativity, and haunting maternal figures, inspired by Giorgio de Chirico’s surrealist painting of the same name.
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C.
Strange and Sacred Noise
Strange and Sacred Noise is a percussion-focused contemporary classical composition by American composer John Luther Adams, known for its exploration of rhythm, timbre, and the natural soundscape.
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D.
The Hissing of Summer Lawns
The Hissing of Summer Lawns is a 1975 studio album by Joni Mitchell that blends jazz, pop, and experimental elements in a series of lyrically complex, character-driven songs.
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E.
This Mortal Coil
This Mortal Coil was a 1980s British musical collective formed by the 4AD label, known for its ethereal, atmospheric reinterpretations of songs and rotating lineup of alternative and dream pop artists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
album
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studio album ⓘ |
| artist | The Smashing Pumpkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsTrack |
Blue Skies Bring Tears (version)
ⓘ
Cash Car Star NERFINISHED ⓘ Dross NERFINISHED ⓘ Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ Glass Theme NERFINISHED ⓘ Glass and the Ghost Children (alternate version) NERFINISHED ⓘ Heavy Metal Machine (alternate version) NERFINISHED ⓘ Here Is No Why (live) NERFINISHED ⓘ Home ⓘ If There Is a God NERFINISHED ⓘ In My Body ⓘ Let Me Give the World to You NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucky 13 NERFINISHED ⓘ Real Love NERFINISHED ⓘ Saturnine NERFINISHED ⓘ Slow Dawn NERFINISHED ⓘ Speed Kills (But Beauty Lives Forever) NERFINISHED ⓘ Try, Try, Try (alternate version) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| distributionChannel |
fan-run websites
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file-sharing networks ⓘ |
| distributionMethod | free online distribution ⓘ |
| era | final era of original Smashing Pumpkins lineup ⓘ |
| fanReception | cult following among Smashing Pumpkins fans ⓘ |
| follows | Machina/The Machines of God NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
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rock ⓘ |
| hasPart |
EP 1
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EP 2 ⓘ EP 3 ⓘ EP 4 ⓘ LP ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
cult favorite
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lo-fi sound ⓘ raw production ⓘ |
| isSequelTo | Machina/The Machines of God NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSongwriter | Billy Corgan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being released for free online by The Smashing Pumpkins
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being the final major release of the band’s original run ⓘ |
| performer | The Smashing Pumpkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Billy Corgan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | none (self-released) ⓘ |
| releaseFormat |
digital audio files
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vinyl ⓘ |
| releaseMethod | independent release ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music Description of subject: Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music is an independently released, final-era Smashing Pumpkins album known for its raw production, free online distribution, and status as a cult favorite among fans.
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