Oceania
by The Smashing Pumpkins
  • Record Label: EMI
  • Release Date: Jun 19, 2012
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 118 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 102 out of 118
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 118
  3. Negative: 9 out of 118
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Awards & Rankings

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#36 Most Discussed Album of 2012
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#75 Most Shared Album of 2012

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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 32
  3. Negative: 0 out of 32
  1. Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
    Aug 29, 2012
    70
    Oceania lacks the emotional force that it needed to transcend what it is: a former rock star trying to sound vital again.
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  2. Uncut
    Aug 2, 2012
    70
    The loss of drummer Jimmy Chamberlain smarts, but "Quasar" and the :The Celestials" recall the Pumpkins' '90s heyday with out coming over as retread. [Sep 2012, p.86]
  3. Austin Chronicle
    Jul 19, 2012
    78
    Forget that it's probably the middle part of some overblown epic song set and enjoy it for what it is: 13 songs that try to break new ground, and generally succeed, while managing to sound like the Pumpkins we know rather than plastic studio production.
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