Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music is the sixth studio album by the American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins.

Plans for a standard physical release, bundled with the first part Machina/The Machines of God, were revealed to happen sometime in 2013,[2] but was postponed due to legal setbacks.

Near the conclusion of the Machina sessions, it was Billy Corgan's wish to release a double album of material, but Virgin Records was unwilling to do so following the disappointing sales of Adore.

A few of the 25 copies were shipped to prominent fans in the online community with instructions to rip and redistribute the album on the Internet free of charge.

The Pumpkins performed a track from the album ("Cash Car Star") on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, which also ended up being the band's final television appearance until their 2007 revival.

[5] A previous live performance of the song, in an earlier and slightly different-than-final-version form, had been broadcast as a portion of Kiss' 1998 Psycho Circus Halloween special, where The Smashing Pumpkins served as the opening act.

Club stated that Machina II reflects "Corgan's obsession with dream-pop, Cure- and Depeche Mode-styled synth-goth, and glam-tinged heavy metal.

Songs like "Glass' Theme", "Cash Car Star", "Home", and the B-side "Speed Kills" are related to Corgan's story.

The first three songs ("Glass' Theme", "Cash Car Star", and "Dross"), considerably more intense than much of the Pumpkins' other releases,[7] are a hearkening to the earlier, famous Smashing Pumpkins sound, blending dream pop with arena rock,[8] while "Let Me Give the World to You" has a melodic, radio-friendly sound.

[8] AllMusic stated that "As a high-class artifact and a gift to a loyal fan base, Machina II is a winner.

"[14] All tracks are written by Billy Corgan, except where notedA number of a release sources exist for Machina II.

A select number of people involved in the Smashing Pumpkins online fan community received one of the 25 releases.