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Garbage by Garbage

Garbage

Garbage

1995
3.39
Rating
29271
Votes
1
4%
2
13%
3
37%
4
34%
5
13%
Distribution
Genres: Rock, Electronica Styles: Alternative Rock, Pop Rock, Synth-Pop

Reviews (page 3 of 14)

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Probably my favorite female rocker. Lots of variety and like the blend of alt rock and electronic. Few songs didn’t connect for me but overall a great album.

Not my cup of tea. Having said that, I understand the praise, and there are some songs in the album which are absolute bangers

You know what, this slapped. Can’t believe they’re not in the zeitgeist more. 4.5 stars

Essential 90s album!

I loved "Supervixen" -- what an incredible guitar lick. Not every song was that catchy but I was pleasantly surprised how much I liked "Garbage."

Good rock/pop

Didn’t pay too much attention to this when it came out. I was missing out.

great grooves for a "shoegaze" record

Fine alt rock 90s pop.

1:Supervixen- 4/10 Nice melody and very stylistic. don't like the empty gaps though, wouldn't listen to daily 2:Queer- 8/10 nice melody and development 3: Only happy when it rains- 5/10 like the chorus, the verses not so much. wouldn't listen to again 4: As heaven is wide 4/10 nice start. didn't really like it as it progressed 5: not my idea 4/10 nice start. just don't like how it sounds after a few minutes 6: a stoke of luck- 5/10 like the start again. sounds cool and moody. not a fan of the chorus So far i think i like the base/ ideas behind the songs, but the execution is not for me 7: vow- 7/10 like this one at the beginning.ike the more rock vibe compared to the others. still not a fan of chorus. may not listen to again 8: Stupid girl- 8/10 nice start 1:20 love it now so funky got me moving. the piano line is amazing. sounds like the bridgestone song tho lol 9: dog new tricks- 2/10 cool start. not a fan, but tacky in my opinion 10: my lovers box- 4/10 nice start once again like the chorus and harmonies. not a big fan though. 11: fix me now- 5/10 cool start. like the verses and chorus. don't know if i would listen to again though 12: Milk- 4/10 took a minute to grow on me (more like 3) chorus is good, not sure about verses Overall Cool and mysterious vibe, grungy. Like how full the album is, although there was at least one thing i didn't like about every song, so good but not perfect for my own music taste. What would i listen to again? Queer and stupid girl were great.

Made up band by a producer, a good looking woman as frontperson and songs in different styles to harvest as many hits as possible. Again, I wonder why this album is chosen for this book, there are better and more important albums from the 90ties

A very solid album, really liked it. I was between a 3 and a 4. Favorite track(s) Supervixen Only Happy When It Rains A Stroke of Luck

ya ok sure

solidan album. distorzijski alternativni rok s dobrim ženskim vokalom. prva pjesma vjerojatno najslabija, sredina solidna, a nažalost tek bih zadnju stvar, pjesmu »milk«, mogao opisati kao baš dobru. stoga jedna lijepa trojka

this was great! listened to it on the tube home and i have to say i thoroughly enjoyed it i think i recognised maybe one song ? but i can’t remember which lol either way! good bit of rock(?) music, always love a female artist - i’m biased what can i say

Garbage were fairly big over here in the post Nirvana days, their radio friendly sound and lady vocals more palatable to the Radio 1 crowd. Not scary enough to be put off by, not heavy enough to turn off the listeners also hoping to hear Wigfield and BoyzIIMen. Aside from the two big singles, there's not much here. They're not big fans of melodies, are they? There were a lot of female fronted similar bands around this time. On this evidence I'm not sure why this lot outlasted most of the others.

Surprisingly not garbage

I kind of loved this. I'll be back to listen again for sure. It's interesting to feel such a contrast in my feelings towards this after the last two albums I couldn't really get into at all. I can't quite put my finger on what's different and better here, is it just that we've finally had a female artist? There's emotional clarity in the lyrics and music maybe, I feel at the end of the album like I understand something about the people who created it. There are some genuine catchy hooks and bangers on here. The trip hoppy vibes mixed with distorted punky guitars and moody vocal performance are just up my street. Whole thing feels full and vibrant and I had a good time listening, the second listen being more of a "going back for more" rather than "giving it another chance" situation. Standouts: As Heaven is Wide, Queer, Milk

not for me. grunge but too sad

I know and love the hits, but have never listened to Garbage before. Nice, varied record.

I never really got into this when it was released, just felt a bit too Polished and poppy but in registering I think it has grown on me a little. Milk is a great track and what I seen as sterile in the 90’s has sort of transformed to competence and quality. It’s not an essential for me bit I can now understand why it went platinum 3.3

It's fine. Good tracks but not really my thing

It's not my favorite Garbage album, which just goes to show how good Version 2.0 is, but it's a remarkable debut album. That dense style of production really hadn't been used before, but the tunes (the singles in particular) and vocals show this is far from style over substance. I had no idea at the time how much strong female voices were needed in the 90s, and Shirley Manson had certainly never been shy to speak out.

Thank god. This is good. A much needed palate cleanser after feeling gross reading about Axl Rose. Did I know Shirley Manson was from Edinburgh? Perhaps at some point. Loved her Key Change episode. She talks about Garbage forming the day Kurt Cobain died, and connecting with the others over Siouxsie and the Banshees. “Pour your misery down on me” 💀

When I first heard Garbage’s self-titled debut album in 1995, I thought the name was a bit over the top, but somehow it hit the nail on the head. I’ve since realized that my taste in music has changed in this regard over the past 30 years, and today I find “Garbage” quite tolerable. I also remember that Garbage sounded a bit like the Smashing Pumpkins to me, and I can partly confirm that impression. Aside from the obviously different vocal styles, however, the two bands differ in the way they create boredom: While the Smashing Pumpkins simply layer so many tracks on top of each other until everything sounds the same, the Garbage sound simply lacks any sense of tension. In summary, this is a very mediocre alternative rock album.

cooiiiooool

Solid 90s rock female lead vocals

i enjoy a loooot

i love when women rock out

If I was a homeless man and I needed some peak garbage to burn I would use this cause it’s straight heat.

I am aware of and slightly familiar with Garbage - and have 4 songs by them liked on Spotify. 2 of those are from this album - "Only Happy When it Rains" and "Stupid Girl". I've never dug deeper than some of the radio hits. So I'm definitely interested in discovering more. Thoughts after listening 3 times ... Oh yeah, I recognize "Queer" also from the radio back in the day. Pretty good. "As Heaven is Wide", "Stroke of Luck", "Vow", "My Lover's Box" are all pretty good. The keyboard part of "Milk" reminds me of Talking Heads. I like that one. The whole time I was listening I kept thinking that Poe from the 90s did this kind of music better. I still wonder why Poe never got the acclaim and popularity. I know she had some major legal issues but it seems like the stuff she did release should be more popular. I ended up liking 8 of the songs - all of the ones mentioned above. Excited that I got to add 6 more "new to me" songs because of this project. I will add, all of these songs are "pretty good" but none of them would be considered my favorite songs or anything like that - but I will enjoy them when they come up on my playlists. Liked songs on Spotify: 8/12 Rating: 3/5

Very unique sound for the time, to my knowledge at least. Good mix of electo and alternative. The first half is better than the second, but half 2 isn't bad at all. Highlights-Supervixen, Queer, Only Happy When It Rains, As Heaven is Wide, Not My Idea, Stupid Girl, and Milk.

1. Supervixen (★★★⯨☆) 2. Queer (★★★★☆) 3. Only Happy When It Rains (★★★★★) -Fav 4. As Heaven Is Wide (★★★☆☆) 5. Not My Idea (★★★⯨☆) 6. A Stroke of Luck (★★⯨☆☆) 7. Vow (★★★⯨☆) 8. Stupid Girl (★★★★★) -Fav 9. Dog New Tricks (★★★☆☆) 10. My Lover's Box (★★⯨☆☆) 11. Fix Me Now (★★★⯨☆) 12. Milk (★★★⯨☆) -TOTAL = ★★★⯨☆ (3,5)

Cool they’ve got some funky off normal beat stuff; nothing jumped out as needing to save though

w sumie spoko pasuje do mojego gustu moze warto dac 5 patrzac ze wiekszosc tu mi sie nie podoba tych albumow

The day after I went to their concert! Perfect

Short but full of personality

I liked those more than I expected, and the lead singers vocals were awesome. I really love the way the first song’s melody drops off for a half second before continuing, that was really cool. Some slower and less memorable songs throughout there, but the highlights are really good.

I was not excited when I saw this was the album of the day, as I was not a fan of this band back in the day. The hits from this album were played constantly on MTV and radio and I got sick of them pretty quickly. Before listening yesterday, I was trying to figure out what I didn't like about them and I decided I think I am just not a fan of Shirley Manson as a frontwoman. [One hour later...] I liked this album a lot more than I thought I would! Whatever it was that bothered me in 1995-97 does not seem to bother me anymore.

Well I’ll be fucked. I liked garbage by garbage. I truly despise alternative 90s rock so I’m not sure what happened here. Might be the lean into that girl power pop sound? Lyrics are too edgy for me but I’m so surprised that we’ll round up

Wanted to roll the eyes at yet another 90s alternative rock album but As Heave Is Wide made me sit up in my seat. Also loved the use of the Train in Van drums on Stupid Girl. Wikipedia says they wanted to make unpalatable sounds palatable and they mostly succeed at it. Solid 3.5, this era of rock inexplicably continues to grow on me.

I was ready to make trash jokes, but the album has its merits. They find a nice balance of pop, rock, and sleaze without feeling overproduced. It was decent (2.5+)

stupid giiiiiiiiiiirl...

5/10 I didn’t care about it at all nothing caught my attention but it could be a cool background song in a movie

I always kind of regarded this as a very-of-its-era 90s pop album. It is exactly what I thought it would be: a mostly mediocre 90s pop album with some rock and shoegaze influences. This is incredibly commercial by nature, with a strong emphasis on hooks and that feminine angst that was incredibly popular for a brief moment in the 1990s(see Alanis Morrisette for another example of this). I guess it belongs on the list as an example of the musical mainstream of the 90s, and it does have some legitimately good songs towards the back half, but it's ultimately just an example of the popular sound of its era. The band is more or less a footnote in modern music, and this didn't really have any staying power. This album is the #7 ranked album of 22 1995 albums. Other 1995 albums rated by me: The Bends(1/22)-4 What's the Story Morning Glory(2/22)-4 Jagged Little Pill(3/22)-4 Foo Fighters(5/22)-4 Different Class(6/22)-2 Me Against the World(11/22)-3 Exit Planet Dust(13/22)-3

A delightful romp with the band through some excellent punk/ pop, love how it sounds before the more produced sound they got known for as their popularity blossomed

This whole thing is a slick gimmick, courtesy of Butch Vig, who commodified his production, added a female voice akin to Courtney Love and sold millions of records to brainless drones who loved the sound he helped create on classic grunge albums that actually meant something. Hot Garbage, indeed.

I've seen Garbage live twice and lived through their 90s heyday when this came out and I still can't seem to rate them any higher than a 3. I do appreciate what Shirley Manson did and how it affected current music. There is no Billie Eilish without Shirley Manson.

Überdurchschnittlich guter 90s pop

Gar kein Müll.

Had always loved it

Had only heard the singles, but this was really good! It has a vibe and a mood and I like it

Opener at my first concert. Pretty good.

See now this is what I'd prefer over something like Sonic Youth. Definitely in the same genre but more melodic and I can relate to the themes more.

I Think I'm Paranoid went triple platinum in my house due to Rock Band. Otherwise I only had a passing knowledge of Garbage. But this is great! Wish I'd checked them out sooner.

Another hidden gem discovered among all the albums! I had zero expectations going into this and came out very surprised at how much I liked the album. This felt like an iteration of the Yeah Yeah Yeah's in a way. The guitar is killer and the production of the songs scratches my ear. The vibe is well curated and executed. Favorite tracks: Queer Vow A Stroke of Luck Stupid Girl My Lover's Box

This Is Not My Idea Of A Good Time 1001 Albums Generator 307 (6/7/2026) Favs: Supervixen Only Happy When It Rains Vow Least Fav: Dog New Tricks

supervixen: i love grunge, so this is right up my alley! though, i wasn’t super fond of it initially, i LOVE the pauses and the refrain, “bow down to me”. i think it beautifully straddles grunge and a more poppy sound. queer: SO FUN! “the queerest of the queer, the lamest of the lame”, damn. i don’t exactly know what this is about, and so the fact that it’s up for interpretation makes it so much more interesting! a son who comes out to the father/parent in a brothel? prostitution for possible conversion? weirdness and out of the norm? only happy when it rains: sounds like how i would expect music from the 90s to sound like, but it’s still enjoyable. the guitar solos are choppy and chaotic. cool lyrics, “i only smile in the dark.” as heaven is wide: ooh, i wasn’t expecting that intro. easily a favourite from all that i have heard yet, i like the industrial atmospheric spookiness. also, it’s a scary sounding song, especially towards the end. not my idea: what an intro! a song that i would definitely use on my stories, “this is not my idea of a good time.” it’s anthemic and the “do-do-do…” is v impactful. a stroke of luck: ooh, goes deep and the elements are interesting. v spooky and futuristic sounding, but in a basement with pipes and water and clinical white lights. i like how it fades out. vow: the intro overstimulated me and i could barely hear her, but this sounds more grunge and punk. “i can’t use what i can’t abuse” is such a killer lyric. i can feel the frustration and the desire for vengeance, but it’s not necessarily violent. i like the joan of arc and jesus christ references. stupid girl: DAMN, i feel called out and how. joe strummer songwriting credit? train vain by the clash? orange crush by rem? LOVE THIS SONG. dog new tricks: what are these lyrics: so so so so god. reminds me of a boygenius song or somebody from that band? the name of the song? the “everyone i know has gone away, died or left, or just forgot to stay…” my lover’s box: ehh, not my favourite musically? v cool lyrics though, i just watched city of angels, and they could have played this from meg ryan’s pov. fix me now: i can hear the rawness and the desperation and the sass, i think that’s hard to do and really cool. v badass. “catch me on a better day.” milk: i see why massive attack made a remix, it’s the perfect OG song. amazing lyrics, v descriptive and evocative. the “i’m waiting, i’m waiting, i’m waiting for you…” is so haunting, especially because she says, “i’m aching for you”. overall: fun, v nice grungey pop album which sounds like the 90s, might not be as relevant as hole or l7, but i still like it! crazy stuff for a debut album + v emblematic of its time. great lyrics. there’s a longer remaster album with more songs, i heard the 20 years celebratory 2015 remaster with 12 songs. need to hear the massive attack remix of milk. and need to read more about them! so cool overall, because i had never heard of this band let alone the album, and i found out something new today! LOVELY.

Great for being released on my birthday, as well as being a fun grungy 90's rock record.

Very 90s sounding rock music here, quite thin guitars and some experimental sounds mixed with female vocals. “Vow” was my favourite here, and overall I quite liked the album.

While Garbage’s self-titled debut serves up an intriguing, punkish attitude driven by earworm guitar tension and standout panning effects on tracks like "Vow" and "As Heaven is Wide," the album ultimately buckles under the weight of its own production. Heavy-handed compression frequently muddies the sonic landscape, leaving Shirley Manson's vocals feeling recessed and emotionally detached when they should be cutting through the noise. Aside from a few catchy hooks, memorable bridges, and decent closer moments like "Milk," a vast portion of the tracklist stumbles into mediocre, goofy, or structurally uninspired territory—further plagued by questionable mixing choices like the jarring snare work on "Fix Me Now." It is an album brimming with raw potential that is ultimately stifled by poor engineering, making a disappointing amount of the record live up to the band’s literal name.

3.5 some banger ass songs but the popular ones were the worst lwk

Like most alternative albums from the 90's it's boring and wears out its welcome pretty quickly. The vocals are decent the rest is forgettable. The band name fits because the music here is pure ass.

Pretty good. Don't have that much to say but I like the mix of 90s electronic with rock. I can't really think of many others doing that There are some parts where I wish it was a bit noisier in a shoegaze way like Stupid Girl. That would've completed the fuzzy bass on tracks like Dog New Tricks quite well 3.5 Highlights: Only Happy When It Rains, A Stroke of Luck

This was a staple in the late nineties. I forgot how good it was. Absolutely no Garbage here.

I only know the tracks “Only Happy When It Rain" and "Stupid Girl", but the rest of the album is actually quite nice too. Two stars...

Olipa hyvä albumi, tykkäsin. Hyvää poprockia

Jeesus mitä bängereitä listalla. Only happy when it rains on aivan tajuton kappale. Erinomaista musiikkia. Erittäin vahva 4/5

Pretty much what I remember from when it came out: a couple of really good tracks and the rest is decent enough.

I mean, it’s fine. There’s a song I knew on it. But no better than fine

Love the hits

Why would they name themselves Garbage? Are they stupid?

LOVE ITTT YEAHGH, didnt think i would like this, but surprisingly being half conscious and listening to this feels realll good so yup

Band name makes a lot of sense, nothing really special about the album in my opinion.

p753. 1995. 4 stars Quality 90s rock, packed with quality songs, only let down by occasional filler. What's not to like?

This is certainly not garbage. It’s actually really bloody good. I’m a huge fan of the 90s alternative/grunge style here, and the production on this record is super impactful & well designed. It creates a haunting atmosphere that adds weight & depth to the songwriting. The hits & catchier songs are fantastic too. It definitely has 2-3 songs that fade into the background slightly, but overall this is a very strong album.

Good memories.

Not particularly unique or adventurous but solid music. I wouldn't rate this as one of my favorite albums but it's fun enough to be worth a listen.

Неплохо. Слышал его не раз до. Но не 5 звёзд.

This was garbage for sure.

I didn't love it, but it's definitely solid. Just doesn't really ever do much. Perfectly fine album. I wouldn't mind listening to this album again.

very boring

Luisterde garbage nooit omdat ik het neppe zooi vond dus ging er al me redelijk wat vooroordelen in. Luisterde dit album terwijl ik aan het koken was en vond het meteen weer kut. Toen afgezet. Ochtend erna in de trein de realisatie dat ik dit album nog niet had afgeluisterd dus begon mijn dag weer kut. Toch maar besloten om het opnieuw te luisteren vanaf het begin. En toen klikte het ineens. Kon het waarderen. Vooral hoe sterk de verschillende stijlen zijn gecombineerd. Hazy tonen en Shirley Manson echt heel goed in het switchen tussen stijlen. Klasse album.

Verassend vermakend

A more pop oriented alternative rock album; Not as loud as some of the alt rock bands of the time, but more accessible; The kind of album that you can play without skipping any tracks.

Having a hard time getting myself to listen to this all the way through, which says something. A couple of big hits for them here. Very Pop candy, even when talking about misery. The wall of sound leaves me feeling tired, even on the songs I enjoy.

Quite enjoyable but no great shakes

Really good 90s album. My Lover's Box and Not My Ideas were cool new tracks for me, and Only Happy When it Rains holds up well (even if the Doughboys Doubles over the years have changed its meaning a bit for me). Came close to 4 stars, but didn't get all the way there.

mayas correct takes 😼 dont have time for proper notes today eekkkk #1 liked the first track very 90s girl rock #2 LESBIAN ROCK HECK YEAHHHHHHHH i love this so much #3 this cuteeeee kat stratford vibes you get that reference now!! i actually heavily fw this album how was i sleeping on this #4 this is so good wtf i like it so much i dont even have anything to say this is great music i love the guitar also #5 amazing. dude where has this been i love this so much five stars from me so far #6 this is hot. actyally love this song dude i literally dont even ahve enough notes for this album because its so good #7 this is amazing. so good holy cow i actually have nothing to say i AM listening to this again #8 im obsessed its dramatic the drums are fire everything. i like how theh dont do too much but still get everything across like its harccore but fairly chill im actually in love with this GUITAR SOLO VOCALS EVERYTHING STUPDI GIRL HELL YES #9 not my favorite track but still exceptionally good like yes this is my jam love the chorus on this one side note i will say that even though the songs are similar they do an amazing job making them feel different and unique #10 this feels so high school so do all of them but this one especially like nighttime high school party with low lights and everything in love this is the kind of music they need to play at parties wonderful #11 also a great track like fix me NOW am i right i think this is very cutesy #12 HOLYYYYYY COWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW EXCEPTIONAL ALBUM ENDER THIS IS WONDERFUL THIS IS EVERYTHING THIS IS AMAZING KINDA CREEPY BUT SO GOOD BEST WAY THEY COULDVE ENDED THIS ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I WOULD GIVE IT SIX IF I COULD

❤️‍🩹

I mean, it’s excellent from start to finish.

- really vibing with the first song - we love to,see women in rock bands! - i'm not paying a lot of attention to the lyrics but i'm really enjoying the melodies and the vibes - 7.5/10

4.5 Loved! Already knew the top 3 tracks off this album, but really enjoyed getting to hear the full project. Loved the lyrics and the vocals. Debating a 5, but for now I will settle with 4.5 Favorite song: vow and only happy when it rains

Everything was alright. But then the trip-hop Milk hit me at the end. What a great finish.

I really liked some of this album, I do remember Garbage - Shirley Manson rings a bell, not sure what I was into at the time, 🤔

Apt description - garbage

I recognized Only Happy When it Rains which still holds up. I also enjoyed Queer and Vow.

Maybe a little better than a 3.

Very nice, listened under a heavy sky

I actually like this on a lot

zzz, generico

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Un groupe qui porte (vraiment) mal son nom Playlist pick : Stupid Girl

Not bad I guess. Wouldn't queue for them

I liked the vocals and production, although it felt a little repetitive/boring at times

Love this album

This was way poppier and dance-y than I expected. Having never really listened to them much outside of a few singles, I had thought Garbage were closer to grunge, punk, or heavier alt rock than they are on here. The songs are still fairly solid, but suffer from that for me. I think my main issue is that the whole thing seems to lack depth. It's like they wanted to make something cool, so they went with what they thought would have that effect for each track rather than making something more real or inspired. And yeah, some of it is cool. A lot of the songs are catchy and have a fun hook. But they often feel shallow and uninteresting to me. It's a little too pop-like for my taste, and it doesn't really pull me in. Like it's something to enjoy with your brain disengaged rather than something to put your attention into. All that said, it was still a decent listen for the most part. I don't think it needed to be 50+ minutes long, but there wasn't really anything I'd call bad here. It just wasn't anything special to me. Overall: 2.8/5

I was born in the late 80’s, so this is what I think of when I think of cool music. I hate that it sounds dated, because 13 year old me would have called it cutting edge.

Decent. Queer is amazing.

it is indeed 12 y o girly music. cringy lyrics a stroke of luck is a great track tho 3/10

I grew up listening to Garbage on indie rock radio (no pun intended), fantastic singles, lead my to buy Version 2.0, which was clearly a better album than this one. Happy when it Rains and Stupid Girl might top their fame and discography, but this album is really a debut, looking forward to what they'll do in the future kinda experience for me. The sound is impecable of course thanks to the collective experience of their producer bandmates, but the songcraft needed a little more polishing. I would've placed their next album in this list.

I remember this record meaning a lot to girls in my high school at the time. And honestly, it’s really solid. The production is top notch; it sounds amazing. I’d also say that most of the songs are at least a little catchy. It turns out, I like this record a good deal better than I originally thought. But honestly, I’ll never come back to it. It IS a solid record, and there are at least a handful of songs I’d happily listen to again. But it didn’t change anything for me in terms of long term appreciation. I love the nostalgia of listening to it, but I’m cool after a spin. Solid, but not amazing, unfortunately. 7.5/10

sounded how i expected after glancing at their spotify. nice bit of girly pop grunge

I don't know why I never went back to Garbage. I love a female 90s grunge vocal and I did not appreciate this enough until now. Loved it

That was fun!

se sintió subliminal, no diré más

estuve en un limbo entre si era una banda genérica o si tenían propuesta, la que más me gustó fue milk

Не знаю. Не мое.

90 s rock. One of the same

Not remarkable ,it was background music to me

Enjoy the production but not engaging enough from a pop standpoint.

OK music, forgettable though. Maybe in 1995 this was very fresh, but for my current 2026 palette it's just not interesting enough to stand out. I'd have loved for this to completely suck, just so I could sign off with 'this was garbage'.

Really solid album. Never really paid much attention to Garbage but will definitely come back.

I don't know - this one just didn't land well on my ears.

Banger of an album. Such sneery, joyful anger and ennui. Some I've known for a while but didn't know were theirs.

-Rock -kreative Motive -schöne Vocals

the entire album kinda blends together, all the songs sound the same. Still a relic of the 90s and it deserves a place at the table

Wanted to like this but it did very little for me. Some songs were pretty good.

Lovely stuff! Bit cheesy in parts, but very enjoyable. Love 'Only Happy When It Rains' and 'Milk'

very 90s

Women in STEM is great, but women in rock? This is what our economy needed to kickstart us all on our sad commutes to work. Shirley Manson’s breathless effortless lyrics on some classic songs like Stupid Girl, Queer and Only Happy When it Rains remind you that a woman does not need to scream to provide the perfect vocals to a catchy rock album. There’s some semblance of the Cardigans in the guitar and bass, kooky and dark at times but still melodic. I enjoyed As Heaven is Wide, Not my Idea, Vow and My Lover’s Box in particular, and will definitely be coming back to this album and more of Garbage’s work.

I've been listening to stuff like this independently for the past few months so this hit pretty good

Some bangers here Fave track: Stupid Girl

Very misleading Artist and Album name. 4.5/5

Kan något åldras sämre? Som en parodi på 90-talet

Det här var dåligt. En etta får det bli, men kanske min starkaste etta hittills. Nästan tvåa, men inte riktigt.

Några ganska bra låtar men som helhetsalbum tyvärr ganska svagt.

Riktig MTV2-feeling. Hann bara lyssna en vända men spontant tråkigare än jag trodde och hoppades, även om det finns vissa höjdpunkter.

Vald till 71 bästa albumet någonsin år 97 hmmmmkey En till skiva som skulle kunna tightats till en aning. Andra halvan betydlig sämre än öppningen. Tyckte också albumen blev sämre den andra lyssningen vilket är typ första gången det hände. Med det sagt. Rätt skoj! Svag trea.

Som ett visst cp är inne på är det rätt hyfsat till en början och jag fattar grejen. Sen blir det bara sämre. Den överdrivna obrydda coolheten blir tröttsam, musiken enformig och texterna fantasilösa: "I can't use what I can't abuse" eller "I am weak, but I am strong"

Probably need to review my rating system. This is a solid three, but I think I need to downgrade some 60s rock that I was actually bored by.

An enjoyable listen, some songs I quite liked. But nothing exceptional as a whole album.

Not garbage. Some gold, but also lots of beige

I recall these songs in the background playing on the radio a lot. Never got too close to them, but fun hear them them again.

There's a fair amount of 90s alternative rock I like, but a lot of it can feel like a slog to get through. Here, Garbage comes through with one of the most fun takes on the genre I've ever heard. They take the standard heavy guitars and snarling angst typical of the decade and make it dance-floor ready through fuzzy guitar feedback, delirious electronic effects, and driving drum beats. The drums in particular give this album a real sense of motion that makes it such a joy to listen to. I really appreciated the variety of moods that Garbage brings to the table, from the more angry tracks like As Heaven is Wide, to upbeat bangers like Stupid Girl, to lowkey, almost trip-hop adjacent cuts like Milk. Shirley Manson is an excellent vocalist, bringing a palpable simmering anger to the table that still retains the fun of the instrumentation. Her lyrics are very blunt, but that bluntness serves the tone of the album really well. This was one of the biggest surprises on this list so far, given I hadn't heard of this band before, but it won me over in a big way.

Good for what it is. Some classic '90s jams well executed

Banger all-timer album. Only Happy When It Rains is a beloved classic for a good reason. I actually think As Heaven Is Wide is my favorite coming out of this. However, besides those two, Queer, Not My Idea, Vow, and Stupid Girl are all bangers as well. Garbage is not garbage (not a surprise).

Pensé lo iba a disfrutar más porque es un álbum icónico de los 90s pero la verdad se me hizo denso. Demasiado monótono y un estilo que se queda a medio camino entre ser ruidoso y algo aplacado. Es como un grito en silencio el sonido que tiene el álbum. 4/10

not really my kinda music

I never really got the appeal of grunge but there is so much great music that clearly followed in its wake. I feel like 'post-grunge' seems to have been applied too unimaginatively to very cookie-cutter alt rock acts when the likes of Garbage took it into interesting new territory. Took the grunge sound and augmented it with electronica, more up-front vocals and a wider musical palette. I listened to this A LOT in my teenage years but haven't heard 80% of it in decades (Stupid Girl and Only Happy... have a habit of turning up from time to time even today) and it was a really welcome jaunt down memory lane. I also enjoyed busting out the follow-up but I think they lost their way a bit after that.

A brooding, but up beat 90s alternative album that has some hits on it. Enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Highlights: "Only Happen When it Rains" and "Stupid Girl"

Basic pop rock with basic female vocal. Not great but not terrible as well

I didn't really get Garbage at the time, and I'm not sure I do now. This was ok

lgbt rock. no other words. im rating it low bc its not my sound, i am not homophobic

In 1995, Alt Rock was absolutely dominated by angry young women. This albums sits right up there with Alanis Morrissette, Hole, PJ Harvey and Bjork as the very best.

This is a weird one. I never owned this album, but listening to it here, I knew every song. This band was everywhere back in the day. You don't hear these songs much anymore, but if you were around in the 90s, you'll remember them.

Man, this is dope :) So grungy, so 90’s

The singles from this album were in heavy rotation on the local rock station so most of this album was already familiar to me. I enjoy Shirley Manson's vocals and the whole band feels cohesive. It was fun to revisit the tracks I knew and hear the ones that were new.

Garbage is a band I had always heard about, but never really heard (except the briefly-popular "Only Happy When It Rains"). It's not quite what I expected, but I like it. "Queer" and "Not My Idea" are catchy. Overall it has a bit of a Vampire: The Masquerade club scene vibe, but not in the annoying way that a lot of that music has. A pleasant surprise.

Album 196. Garbage (https://open.spotify.com/album/3gcPVCFXfShcfVtFdMBXNG?si=4Fogx58LTmezI50bQQwfLQ) — Garbage (1995) Unexpectedly solid alternative rock album, but not outstanding. 3/5 Liked: — Only Happy When It Rains — A Stroke of Luck

It's okay, some good songs, a lot of filler, very average 90s post grunge music

This is the type of shit I’m here for dude this album slapped. Who knew up-tempo trip hop would be exactly my jam. Crazy cool instrumentals, great vocals, I literally have nothing to complain about. (Maybeee you could drop “Fix Me Now”)

I like them, never listened for some reason Will I listen to again: 80%

Another for my list of favorite debut albums. Good example of this 90s time period of music. Lots of good, catchy songs, and it takes me back.

Range within one album is insane. From shoegaze to pop rock and disco to grunge-one collection had it all. Incredible work

90s nostalgia from my childhood couldn't make me like this. Early britpop which feels pretty boring now and hasn't aged that well

I felt like a bad bitch listening to this album 💅

Not good but also not bad?

I mean it wasn't terrible, but this album didn't bring anything interesting to the table either. Bland, generic noise alt rock gets a meh, and it doesn't help that this felt like corporate manufactured music meant to churn out hits. This album hasn't aged well nor is it interesting, leaving it as a mediocre meh. At least it wasn't actual garbage as badly as I want to call it that.

This band was truly ahead of its time, pioneering the sound of AI-generated music nearly 30 years before the prevalence of ChatGPT. Their songs are so bland and generic that I could easily be convinced that they are an algorithmic amalgamation of every popular rock band from the 90's, but kept reminding myself that no AI would willfully conceive of a band name as terrible as "Garbage" for its own creation. For their sonic breakthroughs in the slop rock genre, Garbage exceeds all expectations by offering nothing of even the slightest novelty and truly lives up to the expectations set by their own name!

Feels like my youth. Love this album.

I was in Middle School when this album came out, and I had both this and their 2.0 album. So, I'm a little biased, but I think they're pretty good. There's nothing outstanding happening here, but it's just good alternative rock and very 90s.

Enkele klassiekers

Dit is SUPER!!!! Ik ben echt aan het genieten van elk lied

I'd file this under "Catchy, pleasant, & disposable POP rather than 1001 greatest"...dont take lead singer Shirley to the beach either #beachball ...and yes his is a hill I will die on...but...I'm dead grumpy to see this is on the list when (the similar vintage) Throwing Copper by Live isnt

One of the Best albums of 1995

Really good album with no skips. I’ve been missing out for a long time on this one. Maybe not a perfect album but this is worthy of a 5.

Mega vet, leuke ontdekking

Title is false advertisement 1/5 There’s some bangers on here, Only Happy When It Rains is great and pokes fun at the trend of the angsty whiny lyrics that started getting popular around this time, which I loathe lol. I really like the singer’s vocals, I think she does a great job putting energy into songs while not being too over the top (taking another shot at Sonic Youth). Those guitar parts are also pretty incredible, love the sound of some of those instrumental parts and how they’re tuned There’s a couple songs in here that I didnt really like at all, I think some songs are just a bit too messy for my taste. Everyone once in a while they’ll be a sequence that’s just a little hard on the ears; while not skipworthy or anything it does bring it down a tad. Also there’s a couple of songs that don’t sound bad but are just kinda boring (not a fan of that last song) Either way this one continues a really strong run from 1001, another album that I would almost certainly not have listened to without this list but is without a doubt a signature staple of the 90s

If I was a lesbian in high school I would blast this all the time

Garbage by garbage kind of sounds like garbage, but I kind of like the sound of the garbage. I don't know how to rank this album, it sounds bad, but yet I still enjoy it on some level.

Solid enough debut album from Garbage. It's a bit on the forgettable side though. The vocals fall pretty flat for me, guitars sound generic and there's nothing truly adventurous here. I mean, it sounds good, but not terribly exciting. Even the singles off this album are just "ok." This one gets a 3, some ok songs but I'm really just not interested.

Listened to on my Apple AirPods Max. Much like my last listened to album, 'Graceland', which saw Paul Simon attempt to fuse his pop folk style with the sounds of South Africa to an effect I found myself not too fond of, I too feel a similar attitude towards Garbage's first album here. On this album, the band takes on the alternative rock of the 90s with a glossy, high production sheen, heavy sample usage for an electronic feel, and rhythms that feel very danceable and, for lack of a better term, poppy. Unfortunately, I did not find myself gelling with the mix of these disparate styles, and in fact I found the album to feel as if it were a effort to put forth the most commercial ready, "play this in your counterculture store that's conveniently located two doors down from the Auntie Anne's in the mall" alternative rock I've yet to hear. This idea takes a while to build though. At first, it's novel in it's combination of alternative rock with this more electronic and dance sound, and the lyrics that accompany these tracks definitely have a darkness to them, both in content and in delivery by lead singer Shirley Manson, who often presents this sultry and moody sound that seems a perfect match for the overall brooding feel of the writing. However, it doesn't take too long for things to start sounding the same, and deeper immersion into the album left something to be desired, as guitar riffs failed to excite and lyrics often conveyed simplistic, on-the-nose ideas that lack a real edge or bite to it. It just becomes plain boring. Much of the album doesn't necessarily sound grating or obnoxious, but I did start getting a headache towards the end with all of these full swirling chords and sampling that added very little to the actual songs other than cheap flair. Honestly, it feels like the opposite of something like Portishead's Dummy, which also presents an interesting fusion, though this time hip hop beats and sampling slowed to a crawl with skinny, frail, and ghostly female vocals. Unlike this album, that one blows me away in it's raw energy, whether from the bold and present samples that dominate a track rather than appear for show, or the vocals, which takes the dark writing of the lyrics and combines it with haunting delivery that feels so devastated and dissociated. Still, there are moments when this album can come together in compelling ways. Of particular note were 'Vow' and closing track 'Milk', which are elevated by the emotive vocal deliveries and the lyrics that stand at opposing ends of the best of Garbage's ideas, with the former being a very straight-on dive into a cruel, toxic person in a relationship that feels aggressive and mean, and the latter being this spacey, interpretive pleading and longing in a relationship that deviously inserts manipulation into those feelings. On the whole, however, I don't find myself to invested into this work. Tracks like those mentioned in the last paragraph highlight the potential of Garbage's style, but unfortunately stick out as outliers rather than parts of a complete realization of that vibe.

Pretty fun, not great but solid.

It ws better then i gave it credit for in 90 whatever. Its fine.

It's all in the name

i mean peak grunge, incredibly well done but dunno if its a repeat play for me

Based on my limited knowledge of music, I think this album represented a turn in alternative rock, where it took a more poppy, dance-rock direction. I thought from the band that they'd be more grunge/punk, but I found myself head bopping to a lot of the tracks here.

Больше вкатила вторая часть с ремиксами.

Good album, but not sure I see it being top 1001 of all time though.

I most definitely have a bias for 90’s Rock. Enjoyed every track.

Hits all over the place

Brings me back to mid 90’s and 🔥🔥 Shirley Manson . Solid album

Solid record. The hits stand out from the rest of the pack, but enjoyed most of this.

Oh this one brings back so many memories .. blaring on my tape deck while Killer opening track sets the scene with hard driving electric guitars and electro synth sounds with a relentless electronic drum track creating an absolute assault on your listening senses. More than equal led by the electric storytelling and ferocity of delivery that is Shirley. She tapped some really subversive subject matter right from the get go diving into bdsm culture from the pov of the dominatrix , continuing the story with The second track Queer (before that was even a LGBTIQ I’d). ‘Come round to my house stick a stone in your mouth. You can always pull out if you like it too much. But you could get the sentiment with or without the leathers! The other standout is the final track Milk which is provides some contrast as a delicate and vulnerable yet strong with possibly a melotron backing track giving it a smooth dreamy texture. ‘I am lost and I am cruel .. but I’d be love and sweetness if I had you. I’m waiting I’m waiting for you’. In the middle there are songs for the lost: only happy when it rains, fix me now; songs for the spurned: dog new tricks, not my idea of a good time and songs for the vengeful: Vow. ‘I came to cut you up, I came to knock down I came around to tear your little world apart!’ Bottled up 20- something angst … covered in some pink feathers. Perfect five!

Britpop?

A great album mixing genres and driven by Shirley Manson's slightly scary lyrics and style. It flowed against the mid-90s indie tide and great to listen again.

Is forgotten what a banging album this is. Some great tunes throughout

Shirley Manson is the 90s Debbie Harry. Oozing sensuality. And for that it's 4*

Strange one, at times it’s very easy to get lost in the noisy grooves and dirty guitar tones, but it also can come across as a rather cynical commercial construction. Still it’s mostly fun and energetic and does a good job of occasionally having some moodier tracks as well like “Queer” and “A Stroke of Luck”. In general the album is very solid, the vocals are decent, the instrumentals sound great and are interesting enough. I think thought that it’s all a bit generic? There’s nothing that really stands out enough to make me want to come back to it, despite it being generally enjoyable. Strong 3

Surprisingly good, enjoyed the music & vocals mix. Good listening experience.

Tough one. It’s not a 3 but it’s not a 4. This seemed like a real exercise in “steal like an artist.” It wasn’t offensively derivative of anything necessarily, but almost every song reminded me of another artist. I just don’t think this album offers anything that a playlist of Pumpkins, MBV, Sonic Youth, Hole etc wouldn’t cover.

# Album Name: Garbage # Artist: Garbage # Rating: 4/5 # Comments: Takes me back to the 90s. Good solid album # Top Tunes: Queer / Happy when it rains / Stupid Girl / Milk # Would I listen to it again? Yes, most of it.

Another one I already know and love! Recently re-listened to this one and man, I don't give it enough credit for just how many bangers are on here. It's a welcome surprise to see this album make it on the list; a hodge-podge of genres with rock at its centre, but all of it comes together to create something very charming.

They got the right title 1

Solid enough debut album from Garbage. It's a bit on the forgettable side though. The vocals fall pretty flat for me, guitars sound generic and there's nothing truly adventurous here. I mean, it sounds good, but not terribly exciting. Even the singles off this album are just "ok." This one gets a 3, some ok songs but I'm really just not interested.

Right off the bat.. It's interesting. I'm spoiled by "better" music in this genre and from this time period, but I don't hate it. I wouldn't call it anything better than good. It has emotion, but it's just.. bland.

I was hoping this album would be bad so i could say its name is spot on for the quality of the music but, it’s not :P Really good album, very diverse.

Some good singles but the rest of the album wasn't as good as I hoped. 3/5

Really wanted to like this one bc I love a good female rocker. But alas... the 90s.

Always cool to hear those female-fronted rock bands. This one is pretty unique. It's some alt-rock with a lot of attitude that goes sometimes loud, sometimes quiet, and also has a lot of dance elements. Closest comparison would probably be Primal Scream but this is not really the same. Anyways, no need to compare it to anything, it's very good on its own.

I really like. Love the harmonica

Muddled vocals and poor audio mixing made this just a bunch of noise.

A good antidote for that shite from Genesis. Thank god for some actual rock and compelling beats. A bit "busy" for my likes but in general it works and the music/voice definitely compelling. Some songs have an (almost) cinematic drive. Most excellent. Not perfect, but these ears are happy. 4 "happy to be rid of that Genesis dreck" stars.

Very nice album. I really enjoyed a lot of the songs.

Um álbum com uma pegada meio eletrônica (vários efeitos utilizados tem essa pegada)?? não entendi muito bem, mas gostei… Achei que misturou bem o grunge com um rock meio alternativo e muito da musica eletrônica, o álbum tem a cara dos anos 90. 3.5/5

Garbage – Garbage (1995) On Day 134, I stepped into a darker, more noir atmosphere. It was definitely the Lynchian vibe, the album has a distinct mood that is both "glitchy and tuff. While I wasn't feeling every single track enough to call it a masterpiece, it was a "good listen" with some high-level technical chemistry. The tracks that really stood out were "Vow," "My Lover's Box," and "Fix Me Now." Those are definitely ones I'll be revisiting. It’s a slick production that did its thing, earning a solid 4/5 and keeping the momentum high as I head into the next day.

This was a solid album. I got a little bored halfway through, but I added a few to my playlists. I wouldn't mind listening to it again.

Ganska ointressant nittitalsindie. Ingen låt sticker ut. Bra sound, bra sång, men var är låtarna ... Typ. En trea

It's an interesting album, to say the least. It blends a lot of different genres, but it's primarily alternative rock. It's a good album, but the album cover makes me feel weird for some reason. Great album, though.

Awesome. Lots of S-tier hits.

Not Garbage, but also not that interesting. Lots of indie fuzz and an overall grungey sound but basically it was slightly edgy/melancholic pop music with a load of fuzz over the top. Not a huge fan of the vocals, just sounded like the singer would rather be elsewhere. Had some moments, and a couple of tracks were decent jams as background, but a whole album of it was kinda boring. Listenable though so going to go with a 3.

I enjoyed this album. I would have given it a 4 if each song did something more interesting or were shorter. Each song feels distinct but with each of them being 4 minutes I hoped they'd figure out something in their runtime rather than repeating flat melodies. No song has that moment where they manage to build on the individual pieces and make something special Solid 3

very fun recording... good synths. supervixen is so funny. yeah ok we'll do 1 bar then stop. make a whole new religion!!! i will be your religion!!!!!!! i love the flip flopping between two genres. very spiderbait very good lyricism. well its fine but it has a lot of emotion in very few words these are the kinds of songs people would make trigun amvs to im only happy when it rains was a song yester recognised. banger. IT WAS IN X FILES. ITS SATIRE....... as heaven is wide could fit right in on neon white i hauve a bonar listening to this album makes me feel like im in 7th grade on deviantart making amvs in my head. i can imagine a story to each of these songs highlights: can i say the whole album is that ok. as heaven is wide. stroke of luck

Great album!!! LOVE that it weaved in trip-hop and industrial influences whilst still keeping up that hard rock at the core. If I have anything negative to say, it's that it is very much a product of its time and that knocks it down a star for me. But the songs are fantastic, the production is fantastic and Shirley and the band show who they are from the get-go. Fantastic album! Highlights: Queer Only Happy When It Rains As Heaven Is Wide Stupid Girl

A bit trashy. Try hard gweny stef or just me

I'm pretty sure I had this CD back in the day. Solid alt rock! Only Happy When It Rains, Queer, Stupid Girl - bangers. The rest were decent too. (4)

This sound is so specific to its time. Listening made for a fun nostalgia trip, and it was a great album to follow up The Smiths. Manson's vocals are a sneering, sarcastic, and sometimes predatory answer to Morrissey's whine.

not my thing pero chulo

✌️ pretty neat ngl lmao. didn't even know about it before this and i feel like i should have. idk what emoji for this either bc it's pretty diverse.

Lowkey kinetic.

The Good: We are getting a hint! The Bad: That the hint wasn’t something nice… The Ugly: Realizing that there are people who do like garbage… Let it be said that this is one of the better album covers out there. It is instantly recognizable, from almost a mile away, which I find impressive to say the least. What I find odder is the fact that, had someone asked me the origin of this band, then I would’ve said UK… to find out they are not… ’95… Summer… I am uncertain if this was the summer that I ended up getting second degree sunburn during a quick weekend get-a-way… ’95 was a great time though… However, there was a slight shift in the music scene, where the “indy” music had fully started to push out what was left of Rock and/or Grunge. It also marked the moment when music started to embrace the more pop-sounding music from the likes of Blues Traveler, Hootie and the Blowfish, Better Than Ezra… And the absolute domination of Hip-Hop/modern R&B and other assorted shit like that… For me, Garbage always sounded like the soundtrack for a late ‘90s videogame that you would be playing on your playstation, or maybe x-box… There are, obviously, two songs on this album that anyone who was breathing in the ‘90s will have heard more than ones, which isn’t exactly a good thing… as Garbage was being shoved down people’s throats at a certain point… So why is this album here, and Blues Traveler’s Four isn’t? And are Hootie and the Blowfish represented, or Matchbox 20? Once again Mr Dimery has been able to show us that he is a twat… 2*

I liked this album, but PERSONALLY it has a huge problem, Shirley Manson's voice is horrible, TO ME, she doesn't sing well. As I was listening to it, the sound of the project was becoming progressively more and more "dirty". I think that these are all my thoughts, maybe the more I listen to this album, the more of a fan I'll become, idk, maybe it's just not for me at all.

it was okay 3.5

Not bad, but not really that into it either. If I could give 2.5 stars, then I would.

A few good songs on this but not the best rock record I’ve had in the list. I did like Queer, Not my Idea and Stupid Girl is my favourite on the album

I’ve never been a fan of Garbage. I’m still not, but I enjoyed this way more than I thought I would.

now this is my cup of tea

Not my genre but not horrible

Ya ya ya saya setuju

I was a pretty big fan of Garbage's first couple of albums in the 90s but haven't listened to this one in probably 20+ years. I went back and forth between wanting to give a 3-star and 4-star rating for this; at the time it was a pretty novel, catchy blend of styles/sounds, and Shirley Manson remains a very compelling front woman, but there are some real clunkers among the deep cuts, and a lot of the lyrics were pretty cringy even back when this came out. I settled on 4 stars because I always appreciate a confident, guns blazing debut like this.

Good stuff. Kinda runs long and gets a little repeaty but good sound.

Not garbage at all.

Nostalgic.

Interesting album, I liked the production but not a surprise considering Butch Vig is so heavily involved. Definitely will return to this album.

very much not my style of music, it seems like it was game changing at the time but not for me

4/24 Meh

This album has aged well. Shirley Manson is at her best here, and you can't deny that "Only Happy When It Rains" is a classic.

One of those albums that just feels like the 90s in music form, like Portishead but pop?

Decent 3/5

It reminds me of that one scene in Scott Pilgrim where Ivy and her band play Black Sheep. Most of all, that scene has always struck me as someone doing a stellar job at appearing cool, sexy and mysterious, but not per se at making stellar music. After all, I'm the type of dork who would prefer Crash and the Boys. Anyway, this band is all Black Sheep and zero Crash and the Boys, and I definitely prefer my alt-rock to be more Crash-y.

Hey! The album gave itself its own rating!

Ni slabo

Oh hey! My mom likes this band! And I see why she likes them now that I'm listening to this album for myself. While much alt-rock of this time was much more, for lack of a better term, basic-sounding, this really does something interesting with its sound and influences it takes from. A lot of obvious dance-ey moments that I really appreciate, really noisy and lo-fi too, and really well-rounded. Obviously "Only Happy When It Rains" is a classic, but songs like "Supervixen," "As Heaven Is Wide," "Not My Idea," "Stupid Girl," and a few others all stand out as really great songs off of this album. Overall this album really stands out among the albums I've heard on here as a great example of great 90's music that uses its influences in ways that I really love and appreciate! 8.3/10

This isn’t bad. I really like her voice and the music is decent but it feels a little dated. It’s probably about as good as The Black Album.

this is my mum’s fav so of course i’m obligated to rate it highly. i’m not mad about that either this slaps

Overall, this is pretty paint-by-numbers for the post-grunge MTV era. Everything homogenized. They had some Top 40 hits off this record. But Stupid Girl is the only, really good song. 2/5

Didn't really capture my attention.

Here’s a band from the US that has a Scottish singer. They were so popular for a time that they were selected to do the theme song for a James Bond movie. This is their debut album, which had a couple of singles (“Stupid Girl”, “I’m Only Happy When it Rains”). I think they could have eliminated two or three of the weaker tracks to make the album better, but still I think it’s just good enough for four stars.

You're really asking for criticism naming yourself Garbage. Also, this album cover. Yikes. You would think I would like a 90s female-fronted rock band, but I didn't ever like any of their singles. I'm willing to revise my judgment though. I do like that 'Stupid Girl' reminds me of the Cold song by the same name, which is peak Rock Countdown material (not to say it's good). The album was fine. No opinions revised. Highlight: 'Fix Me Now'

Solid. Easy to listen to but with an edge.

soO good. milk is my favorite song by them but the whole album is good as a whole as well. the lead singer has such a beautiful and haunting voice. i love how unmistakably 90's it is.

Такое мне нравится

Fav songs: Queer and Fix Me Now

A solid sort of rock album. It’s pretty 90s. Which is cool you know I didn’t like it back then now that I’ve listened to the whole thing it’s just not my type of music whatever I don’t care.

Garbage (band & album name) this was (is?). Garbage (bad music) this was not.

Decent album. I’d heard a few tracks in the past, but never the full album. It sounds like a mix of Pink and Smashing Pumpkins. Pretty good overall.

What a pleasantly surprising album, seriously one of the most underrated albums ever. The vocal delivery is pristine, the instrumentation is noisy and the entire ensemble just exudes energy throughout. Not to mention the album oozes cool at every point. Such an underrated album, 10/10.

Highlights: Supervixen, Queer, Only Happy When It Rains, As Heaven Is Wide, Vow, Stupid Girl, My Lover's Box, Milk

I remember the song Milk back from 20 years ago as my mom loved it. Can’t fully understand the genre of the band, but some melodies were quite nice.

Nothing wrong with this, but nothing great about it either. I could not listen to this more than this album though. Even this was perhaps one or two songs too many for me.

Yeah fine I guess. Very plain white bread

I swear, my newsfeed is continually occupied by soundbites from Shirley Manson of Garbage, an outsize presence from a band that had one of two adequate alt-crossover bar-n-grill muzak hits 30 ears ago. Her PR team is peerless. Cool guitar sounds in semi-tuneless tunes. Carefully punctuated stop-starts in case you missed the subtle points.

This album plays like an encapsulation of ‘90s alternative — grunge, trip-hop, indie guitar rock, electronica, etc. There are some good tracks — I like the slinky riff of “Queer,” and “Vow” has a nice groove — but overall it doesn’t grab me by the lapels and yank me in close.

Would have given it a 2 but I love rain and Only Happy When It Rains is one of my top-five rain songs (up there with Famous Blue Raincoat and Paranoid Android) (lol)

I'd only heard the hits, so didnt know what to expect. Pretty solid, though of its era.

Favorite track(s): Supervixen, Queer, Only Happy When It Rains, Milk Not usually my thing, but far from being garbage.

Favourite Songs: Queer As Heaven Is Wide Vow Stupid Girl Dog New Tricks My Lover's Box Milk