Hey, didn't the Smashing Pumpkins break up, like, two years ago? Yeah, we thought so, too. But you'd never know it from the way they keep putting out product.

Last year -- coincidentally, just in time for Christmas -- we had a two-CD greatest hits set with a bunch of extra tracks, not to mention a greatest-hits video and DVD collection.

Now, here's Earphoria, another retrospective compilation of rare and previously unreleased fare, mostly in the form of live recordings from their 1993 and '94 Siamese Dream tours. And most of them are admittedly pretty enjoyable -- Billy Corgan's sneering whine and the band's snarling wallop are in full effect on grunge favourites such as Quiet, Today and Disarm, while acoustic versions of Cherub Rock and Mayonaise offer a nice bit of shelter from the storm.

The lengthy, searing versions of I Am One, Soma and Silverf**k -- which allow Corgan and James Iha to flex their guitar-god muscles -- even manage to breathe some new life into these tunes. Hell, even the one-riff studio jam Why am I So Tired isn't unlistenable.

Pity Billy and co. weren't this attentive to their archives while they were still around. (More on Smashing Pumpkins)

Track Listing
1. Sinfony
2. Quiet - Live in Atlanta, 1993
3. Disarm - Live on English TV, 1993
4. Cherub Rock (acoustic) - Live on MTV Europe, 1993
5. Today - Live in Chicago, 1993
6. Bugg Superstar
7. I Am One - Live in Barcelona, 1993
8. Pulseczar
9. Soma - Live in London, 1994
10. Slunk - Live on Japanese TV, 1992
11. French Movie Theme
12. Geek U.S.A. - Live on German TV, 1993
13. Mayonnaise (acoustic) - Live Everywhere, 1988-1994
14. Silverfuck - Live in London, 1994
15. Why Am I So Tired