Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule abakwaSmashing Pumpkins bakhiphe ingoma entsha, 'Ukuba yi-Beige', umsebenzi oholele ekucabangeni ukuthi into entsha yeqembu laseChicago (USA) kuzobuyela emsindweni wemisebenzi yabo yokuqala. Le ngoma entsha iyingxenye ye-albhamu yakhe elandelayo ethi, 'Monuments To An Elegy', i-albhamu ezophuma ngomhlaka 9 kuZibandlela.
'Izikhumbuzo Zomuntu Onamandla' Kuzoba yi-albhamu yesishiyagalombili yeSmashing Pumpkins, umsebenzi okhishwe eminyakeni emibili ngemuva kwe-albhamu yabo yokugcina, i- 'Oceanía' (2012). I-albhamu yaqoshwa ngokuphelele eChicago kanye nomshayi wesigingci uJeff Schroeder (eqenjini kusukela ngo-2007) kanye nomshayi wesigubhu sikaMötley Crüe, uTommy Lee. Ikhiqizwe nguWoward Willing, owaziwa ngokuqala ukusebenza neqembu ngezikhathi ze-'Adore ', kanti uCorgan noSchroeder uqobo nabo basebenzisana kulo mkhiqizo.
'I-Monuments To An Elegy' ixutshwe nguDavid Bottrill futhi yenziwa kahle nguHowie Weinberg, naye osebenzisane nokusebenza kwezinye zakudala ezingakhohlwa Smashing Pumpkins kusukela ngawo-XNUMX. Le albhamu entsha kuzoba ngeyokuqala kokukhishwa okubili iqembu ebelihlelile ezinyangeni ezizayo, njengoba ekuqaleni uCorgan wayefuna ukukhipha i-albhamu ephindwe kabili, kodwa ekugcineni wakhetha ukwenza izinhlobo ezimbili ezihlukene.