Adore is the fourth album by American
alternative rock band
The Smashing Pumpkins, released in June 1998 by
Virgin Records. After the multi-platinum success of
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and a subsequent yearlong world tour, follow-up
Adore was considered "one of the most anticipated albums of 1998" by MTV. Recording the album proved to be a challenge as the band members struggled with lingering interpersonal problems and musical uncertainty in the wake of three increasingly successful
rock albums and the departure of drummer
Jimmy Chamberlin. Frontman
Billy Corgan would later characterize
Adore as "a band falling apart".