The Tower Records store on Piccadilly Circus celebrated the release of The Pumpkins', 5th album – Machina - by placing a CD copy at the front of each of their racks, giving the impression that they sold nothing else. It was probably more than the record deserved but still an appropriate tribute to a band who seldom created on anything other than an epic scale. Siamese Dream - the second in a staggered reissue program - is an exercise in ostentation, from the garish metallic overhaul of the original artwork, to the weighty box containing a pair of CDs, a live DVD and copious postcards. From the outset the band seemed more ambitious than their early 90s peers, willing to buck trends by seeking out a more refined sound. The lead single - Cherub Rock - gradually assembles itself from military drum roll, a hanging bass line and a crunchy guitar riff, before settling into a static, head-nodding tempo that confers a studiously disengaged aura of cool upon anyone in its vicinity.