WIKIPEDIA:

“ Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is the third album by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, released October 24, 1995 on Virgin Records. Produced by frontman Billy Corgan with Flood and Alan Moulder, the twenty-eight-track album was released as a two-disc CD and triple LP. The album features a wide array of styles, as well as greater musical input from bassist D'arcy Wretzky and second guitarist James Iha.
Led by the single "Bullet with Butterfly Wings", the record debuted at number one on the Billboard charts, the first and only such occurrence for the group. The album spawned five more singles—"1979", "Zero", "Tonight, Tonight", the promotional "Muzzle", and "Thirty-Three"—over the course of 1996, and has been certified nine times platinum by the RIAA. Praised by critics for its ambition and scope, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness earned the band seven Grammy Award nominations in 1997.

Recording and production
After the thirteen-month tour in support of The Smashing Pumpkins' second album Siamese Dream (1993), Billy Corgan immediately began writing songs for the band's next record. From the outset, the band intended the new record to be a double album, partly inspired by The Beatles' White Album. Corgan said, "We [......] ”

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MUSICMOZ:

“ After months of work, and over 60 songs written and decided on, Smashing Pumpkins released this extremely popular two CD set. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness entered the top 200 Billboard charts at #1 on October 24th, 1995. Release on as "Dawn to Dusk" and "Twilight to Starlight" the two CDs had dramatically different feels. "Dawn to Dusk" represented life contained heavier rock and generally more upbeat songs with a lot of energy. In contrast "Twilight to Starlight" representing death contained slower ballads and retrospective songs.

When looking at the evolution of the band it could be said that "Dawn to Dusk" represents a culmination of their previous works, resulting in a number of hit singles. Where as "Twilight to Starlight" is a hint of the style of music seen in their next release "Adore". ”

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