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Machina/The Machines of God
Studio album by The Smashing Pumpkins
Released	February 29, 2000
Recorded	November 1998 – October 1999 at Sadlands, Pumpkinland, Chicago Recording Company
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	73:13
Label	Virgin Records
Producer	Billy Corgan and Flood
Professional reviews
Allmusic link NME (6/10) link Pitchfork Media (4.2/10) link Robert Christgau (C+) link Rolling Stone link
The Smashing Pumpkins chronology
Adore (1998) Machina/The Machines of God (2000) Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music (2000)
Singles from Machina/The Machines of God
"The Everlasting Gaze" Released: December 9, 1999 (promo only) "Stand Inside Your Love" Released: February 21, 2000 "I of the Mourning" Released: June 2000 (promo only) "Try, Try, Try" Released: September 11, 2000

Machina/The Machines of God is The Smashing Pumpkins' fifth studio album, released on February 29, 2000. A concept album, it marked the return of drummer Jimmy Chamberlin and was intended to be the band's final official LP release prior to their first breakup in 2000. A sequel album—Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music—was later released independently via the internet.

As with Adore, Machina represented a drastic image and sound change for the band. Nonetheless, Machina, like its predecessor, failed to reconnect the Pumpkins with chart-topping success. However, the band's tours in support of Machina, entitled Resume the Pose and The Sacred + Profane, were far more successful than the Adore tour, as fans responded to the return of Chamberlin and setlists that included far more of the Pumpkins' back catalog.