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{{Infobox album
| name       = Lull
| type       = EP
| artist     = [[the Smashing Pumpkins]]
| cover      = SmashingPumpkins-Lull.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = November 1, 1991
| recorded   = 1991, except "Bye June" (1989)
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Alternative rock]]
| length     = 14:17
| label      = [[Caroline Records (US)|Caroline]], [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
| producer   = [[Billy Corgan]] and [[Butch Vig]]
| prev_title = [[Gish (album)|Gish]]
| prev_year  = 1991
| next_title = [[Peel Sessions (The Smashing Pumpkins EP)|Peel Sessions]]
| next_year  = 1992
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{allMusic|class=album|id=r18283|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|accessdate=20 August 2011}}</ref>
| rev2 = [[Robert Christgau]]
| rev2score = {{Rating-Christgau|neither}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=smashing+pumpkins |title=CG: Smashing Pumpkins |last=Christgau |first=Robert |publisher=RobertChristgau.com |accessdate=20 August 2011}}</ref>
}}

'''''Lull''''' is an [[Extended play|EP]] by American [[alternative rock]] band [[the Smashing Pumpkins]],<ref>{{Cite web|title = Lull - Smashing Pumpkins {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/lull-mw0000274998|website = AllMusic|accessdate = 2015-10-25}}</ref> released November 1, 1991.<ref>{{cite magazine |author1=Russell, Deborah |title=Grass Route |magazine=Billboard |date=9 November 1991 |volume=103 |issue=35 |page=48 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-11-09.pdf |access-date=7 May 2025 |publisher=BPI Communications Inc. |location=New York, NY, USA |language=English |issn=0006-2510 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127021231/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-11-09.pdf |archive-date=27 January 2021 |quote=Look for the Pumpkins' new new 'Lull' EP, released Nov. 1}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Upcoming Releases |journal=CMJ New Music Report |date=25 October 1991 |volume=28 |issue=7 |page=104 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/CMJ/1991/CMJ-New-Music-Report-1991-10-25.pdf |publisher=Haber, Robert |location=Great Neck, NY, USA |language=English |issn=0890-0795 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927004739/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/CMJ/1991/CMJ-New-Music-Report-1991-10-25.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2021 |quote=November 1}}</ref>

== Background ==

"Rhinoceros" was taken from ''[[Gish (album)|Gish]]'' (but the feedback ending is cut here), "Blue" later appeared on ''[[Pisces Iscariot]]'' and an acoustic version later appeared on the bonus disc for the 2011 reissue of ''Gish.''<ref>{{Cite web|title = Pisces Iscariot - Smashing Pumpkins {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/pisces-iscariot-mw0000626353|website = AllMusic|accessdate = 2015-10-25}}</ref> A live version of "Slunk" later appeared on ''[[Vieuphoria]]'' and its soundtrack album ''[[Earphoria]]'' with alternate lyrics (the line "Sister above" is changed to "You talk shit like a chump").<ref>{{Cite web|title = Slunk - Smashing Pumpkins {{!}} Song Info {{!}} AllMusic|url = http://www.allmusic.com/song/slunk-mt0002904005|website = AllMusic|accessdate = 2015-10-25}}</ref> As well, a demo version of "Slunk" exists with Jimmy Chamberlin on vocals with alternate lyrics called "Chump", (the line "Sister above" is changed to "You suck dick like a chump"). "Blue" and "Slunk" were outtakes from the ''Gish'' sessions.

"Bye June" is a 1989 recording from the ''Reel Time Studio Sessions'', originally released on the ''Moon'' demo.

The liner notes include partial lyrics for the song "Obscured", written in cake frosting like the album cover. The song would eventually be released as a [[B-side]] on the single for "[[Today (The Smashing Pumpkins song)|Today]]" in 1993 and then on the B-side collection ''Pisces Iscariot'' in 1994. "Obscured" was originally intended by [[Billy Corgan]] to be on ''Lull'' but was dropped for reasons that are unclear.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Pisces Iscariot - Booklet Notes|url = http://www.steve-hemming.co.uk/www.smashing-pumpkins.net/discography/piscesnotes.htm|website = steve-hemming.co.uk|accessdate = 2015-10-25|publisher = [[Virgin Records America]]}}</ref>

In the liner notes for ''Pisces Iscariot'', Corgan wrote:<ref name=":0" />
{{cquote|"Obscured" is old because it was originally supposed to be on the ''Lull'' EP which was really supposed to be a single but they tricked me.}}

==Track listing==
All songs written by [[Billy Corgan]].
# "[[Rhinoceros (song)|Rhinoceros]]" – 5:57
# "Blue" – 3:22
# "Slunk" – 2:49
# "Bye June" – 2:09

==Personnel==
;The Smashing Pumpkins

*[[Billy Corgan]]&nbsp;– vocals, guitar
*[[James Iha]]&nbsp;– guitar, vocals
*[[D'arcy Wretzky]]&nbsp;– bass, vocals
*[[Jimmy Chamberlin]]&nbsp;– drums

;Production
*[[Butch Vig]]&nbsp;– production

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