Reviews (page 4 of 14)
Classic
I didn’t love this one
I feel as this album has a unique soft scent to it and im in love with the vibe of it. To top it off, the lyrics are really meaningful.
That was a nice listen. This project has basically just become an exercise in nostalgia for me. I have this album and haven't listened in forever, like many albums I have. There are a couple of great tracks, I always adored 'Queer', it doesn't really sound like anything else. I've enjoyed these memories.
lll
Pretty good ngl
I wasn’t expecting a ton from both an album and band called “Garbage” but this was anything but garbage. Killer riffs and great lyrics, very pleasantly surprised.
I really like her voice!
chadore cet album..
This is more complex than I expected. It almost reminds me of something Mike Patton could be involved with. There are a ton of great sounding songs here. I expected less. This is pretty great.
This has a lot of the right ingredients, some good song construction. For me the audio quality is very of the time and hurts it. Not really for me. I did listen to this on a rainy depressing day which lined up.
too punk for me
Good songs, would revisit top song: As wide as heaven
Great album.
Es demasiado largo, pero más allá de eso, el género no me gustó para nada. Creo que es rock alternativo. Escuché la primera parte de un par de temas y no escuché más.
A new facet of rock for me, something like Radiohead but more feminine, and it's good. "Only Happy When It Rains" is a good song, in my opinion. "A Stroke of Luck" is good too. I didn't know this band, but I really sympathized with her an i like it The last song, Milk, it was pretty nice and cool
typical 90s alt rock
interesting, surprisingly - would be a high 3/5 if that existed - but i doubt i'd listen to the album again anyway
Femme grudge? I'm down.
already knew i liked this a lot honestly. better than i remember it.
Aptly named album. “Vow” almost bumped this to a 2 star, but the bad songs are so bad 90s…
This album is garbage.
Not my favorite
Garbage.
Really liked this a lot! I don't know if I had ever heard this album all the way through before, but I liked it more as the the day went. It had a little early-NiN industrial vibe going on with it as well. Really great songs all the way through.
First time listen. Liked it a lot.
#5 9th April 2026 Never heard of this album or band before, but an actual wonder to listen to. The guitar, the drums, the vocals!! track mentions; my lover's box milk a stroke of luck
I liked the sound on this one, as well as the blend of everything the alternative scene of the 90s had to offer — from gentle and dark trip hop to powerful grunge. However, it was a bit boring for me. Seems like I need to listen to it for a couple of times to truly like it, but my rating is based on the first listen, so for now it is what it is.
Very well-produced. It's mostly not my vibe but I respect it.
Solid album from a solid band! Great writing and production on these albums. Love the sound and the feel of this album, a bit dark but a gorgeous sound!
First song is really good Very good listen best album I have listened to on here so far!!
ok
I don't get the hype on this one. This album feels very synthetic and dull. Meh.
Tää löytyy omasta hyllystä ja tätä tuli ysärin puolivälissä kuunneltua. Eipä hirveesti enää sen jälkeen. Muutama todella hyvä biisi.
I think it doesnt have a breaking point in any song but it's good
Milk şarkısı güzeldi meh işte bella swansal
ME gusta la mezcla 90s/00s
Fun album, few standout individual tra ks which isnt per se necessary in a great album but doesnt help. The albums is also incredible bloated at 21 tracks with many hitting 5 plus mins feels a slog in places to get through. Overall however i do love the 90s alt rock vibe of the album and respect the influence the front woman had on what would go on to be some of my fave artists... Paramore, evanescence, Florence. Personally however barring the female front woman i dont feel this brings much of unique value to set it apart from contemporaries
Garbage is allways bien
Highlights: Supervixen, Only Happy When It Rains, Vow Nothing special, it has that typical rough sound combined with edgy lyrics. It tries so hard to get that 90s alternative kool. I liked it musically, but the lyrics made it too edgy for my taste so I can't say that I find this worth listening to again. Was it really essential listening? Not really, I feel like the Sonic Youth records were more trailblazing than this and that they were better too. This was a cheap radio friendly copy (almost threw up on Fix Me Now).
Not for me, quite 90's slow indy/rock. Slightly cool but just not my kind of cool.
Sounds like a viper hypnotizing someone
This was some solid 90s rock I hadn’t heard of before. Always appreciate a women led band of this era. It was good but no real standouts. High 3, probably a 4 if I spend more time with it
Good '90s alternative rock. A couple of big hits land really well and the rest of the material is very good.
This rocked. Funny album cover too.
It's ok, going to go back and listen more so that says something ...
A pleasant listen
Mindblown this is a sonic youth and portishead its a perfect album not one single bad song.
Cool bad with cool roots. First I’d heard of them. Nice female lead voice too!
I like it. It's grunge, not so much my style but is good
Better than average 90s alternative. Even few really good songs. not a 4 though. 3.5.
fun album loved their vibe apparently this was their first album would listen more for sure fav songs: Queer, As heaven is wide, Milk
Pretty good
A few familiar ones that I enjoyed. Not bad, not outstanding
Pretty dang good! Perfect 90s sound and lots of great songs. Turns out I like this band a bit more than I thought.
fav songs: queer only happy when it rains stupid girl milk confident, sleek, moody 70/100
It's a good rock album from the '90s, very similar to what P!nk is.
Album #66: Garbage Genre (W): Alternative rock, dance-rock, power pop Singles: Vow, Only Happy When It Rains, Queer, Stupid Girl, Milk I have not listened to this album before. Thoughts?: I really loved the blending of electronic music with rock music, it makes for such an interesting sound that I’m all in for. I also love the vocal performances of the songs, and the dark lyricism. Favorite songs: All of it!!
Really good album. You really don’t need to be very subtle with your lyrics when you make everything sound so cool
Pretty good! Faves were Supervixen and ofc, Only Happy When It Rains!
Holy moly this is their debut album?? It's incredible! Amazing, couldn't fault it. So many bangers and such an amazing sound for the 90s era. I could never. I've definitely saved this album for future listens. No notes.
As a toddler I had this album imprinted into my brain. Revisiting it now for the first time in 30 years and it really explains a lot of how I ended up this way
I bought this CD at the time. I also traded it in shortly thereafter. My opinion hasn’t changed. It’s a snoozer.
Rock garbage
особо не расслушала (хотя половину реально знаю и опять задумалась, как синглы оказываются на радио, кто кому платит), поэтому всё показалось в среднем одинаковым и чрезмерно готичным
Supervixen Only Happy When it Rains Fix Me Now 3 1/2
The queerest of the queer
Has not aged well. Feels so dated and cringe
first listen fun but nothing special
Supervixen - 3/5 Queer - 2/5 Only happy when it rains - 3/5 As heaven is wide - 1/5 Not my idea - 4/5 A stroke of luck - 3/5 Vow - 3/5 Stupid girl- 2/5 Dog new tricks - 4/5 My lover's box - 3/5 Fix me now - 3/5 Milk - 4/5
Memories of pseudo-goths dancing poorly in a dark club. Mid-tier mid-90s.
The album title and band name sum it up perfectly
Hard shoegaze? Lo-fi pop rock? When you want something that looks a bit like a pink band, but also that you can have a nap during?
For the most part, this album is largely forgettable. You've got the three hits: "Queer", "Only Happy When It Rains", and "Stupid Girl". Thank you MTV. Outside of those three, most of it all kinda blends together. Crunchy guitars, electronic mixed in, a little edgy, but not quite enough to bite in. Then you get to "Milk", where Shirley floats in this trip-hop bliss, enticing you to vibe with her. They could have made a whole album of just this and I would have been happy. Butch, you screwed the pooch on this one. My Rating: 3/5
90's alternative was just a whole lot of blah. Not horrible, not great, just melodic heavy guitars not doing anything particularly interesting, and paired with moody lyrics. It was a formula that worked okay on the song level, but led to albums that were competent but not great. Record labels saw $$$ in repeating this formula. "Alternative" was mainstream, not like the 80s where college radio stations played bands that commercial radio saw as having little potential. Not to pick on Garbage, there are some decent songs on this album, but it fits this 90s alternative formula to a tee.
I love me some punk. It's got such a good edge to it that grabs and holds your attention
This, Elastica Try to spot the difference Not much. That's OK
My superficial rating base on sound. Track 1 - five. Track 2 - six. track 3 - five. Track 4 - nine. Track 5 - seven. Track 6 - seven. Track 7 - six. Track 8 - five. Track 9 - nine. Track 10 - six. Track 11 - seven. Track 12 - six.
8/10 otro de los super 90s. Canción favorita: Stupid girl
I love Shirley's voice. Really very good songs on here.
Wish it was more "snotty"
Know the band garbage Have the Album Garbage Know all the songs. This is a great album. Shirleys vocal and lyrics are excellent. The production is excellent. They kind of mix industrial, trip hop (pretty early on), rock and pop into a great sound.
Meh. Average 90s grunge
This is a pretty cool-sounding album. It fuses traditional alternative rock with pop and noise elements and tad bit of industrial music. Shirley Manson's vocals are top notch even if some of the songs instrumentally are a bit boring. I am fan of noisy music with solid pop hooks, so this one was easier than most new music to listen to. I believe this just yet another of those albums where it will grow on you. Highlight Song/s: "Supervixen", "As Heaven is Wide", "Not My Idea" and "Vow"
I liked this one!
Yes, garbage
alt-rock spice girls.
The 90s are often stereotyped as neons and smiley faces and see through technology, but listening to this album…this is really what the 90s sounded like. It was alternative and a grunge. It wasn’t really what I was personally listening to in that decade, but I heard this and was instantly transported back to 1995.
Just sound so.. cool, don't they? Overall decent album and consistent style, Stupid Girl is an all-time classic
I’m glad I gave this album a second chance. I enjoyed the listen but unsure I can quite identify the mood where I’d want to revisit it in the future. Cool sound if no discernible ‘bangers’ identified.
Managed to listen to the whole thing without registering it. Really wanted to talk about the rain in one song. That’s all I recall.
Sounds great honestly
La verdad q nada. No me gusto, no le genero nada kcy. Osea nonte digo q una poronga pero tampoco nada que volveria a escuchar. Por ahi es el mood, y tendría que darle otra posibilidad
SO GOOD
If only I found this during my introduction to shoegaze era. From the first track you can feel the impeccable sense of timing. It leads to deeply hypnotic melodies and songs that are endlessly replayable. Faves: Supervixen, Only Happy When It Rains, Stupid Girl, Not My Idea, Vow, Queer, My Lover’s Box
Garbage
I remember being a little underwhelmed when this was released and that’s still true after listening to it again. It’s fine, but the songs all feel the same to me, 2+ stars I suppose.
On paper I don’t hate this album. But in reality the album's songs sound almost all same. Really needed some change of pace songs I think. The singles are pretty good, but even then both are similar (stupid girl/ only happy when it rains). Overall, nothing really stands out about this album for me.
took me a while to get thru this one for some reason. the first half of it is solid enough, nothing i'd pick out as a favourite but i enjoy the crunchy guitars, the vocals are great and there's enough variation to avoid entirely fading into the background. ...and then i heard "as heaven is wide". "stupid girl" aside, the entire back third of this album feels like the soundtrack to a cancelled shadow the hedgehog sequel which was somehow released a decade before the original. and yeah, it fucks. the tracks take on a harder, darker and more industrial vibe and i love it a lot, especially "as heaven is wide" and "queer". if the whole album was this it might honestly be a 5. unfortunately its not. but does 4 tracks of "shadow the hedgehog music" on a 12 track album that was otherwise destined for a (strong) 3-star rating justify bumping it up to a 4? of course it does. are you fucking kidding me?? shadow the hedgehog is so fucking cool dude.
This was surprisingly good, but also strange. The dissonant lead lines and changes between sections in seemingly different keys took away from what is a really cool sounding album. The guitar tones, the production, all very good and complex. I can hear a lot of my bloody valentine and nine inch nails in some of this, but the production definitely elevates it above what other grunge acts were doing at the time.
I have almost zero opinion of this album. It's fine
I bought this a little while ago on a mate's insistence, having never heard it for myself. I gave it a single spin and liked it, but I've not returned until today, which is a shame as this is a very good listen indeed. It provides a seductive, well-balanced fusion of noisy industrial power pop, alt rock and psychedelia, benefitting from some excellent production where layers of instrumentation combine and distort into one another fantastically well. It's also an emotionally dextrous effort, where the overarching mood is one of darkness, but the way in which it is revealed to the listener varies from outright vulnerability to a slight arrogance and edginess that is substantiated.
El disco me ha parecido bastante bueno y con canciones bastante pegadizas, no llega a las 3 estrellas basándome en las puntuaciones que he estado dando, pero me parece un gran trabajo y muy sólido
Happy When it Rains and Stupid Girl got played a lot and are not bad. Another not great, but not terrible album
Pretty great for a debut album from 1994. I particularly like the synth choices and guitar. I do want a bit more from it, however. The poppier songs would be pretty fun and easy to try at karaoke, but also I enjoy the moody atmosphere it projects overall quite a bit. I wonder if I would prefer the non-remastered version. omg I just noticed they remastered the album image for it too. Anyway, a for sure pick if I ever got the urge to collect cassettes. Stupid Girl is my favorite, like most other people.
ich kenn sicher es paar songs vo garbage aber ich chönt kein sege. und trotzdem weissi genau wies töned. no witzig. so die verzerrig die zogne vocals und halt de drumsound. krass dass das goht. d stops im erste song sind suuuper. as heaven is wide het so de muse type bass vor muse und lounge akkörd und nervösi drums. interessant. chli streng zum lose haha. text chli heavy haha. as far from god as angels can fly haha. bisschencringe. stupid girl kenni! scho biitz en banger.
d shirley manson gseht iwie mega cool uus supervixen hihihihihihihi oke no en coole ahfang aber isch auchli ah mier verbii queer isch denn grad chli andersch uhhh d gitarre im refrain vo stroke of luck isch sehr coolio ouh scho fertig das seit vlt gnueg uus hahahaha milk isch na cool gsi zum abschluss aber jaa bö? chan wenig degeg aber au wenig defür sege
Another album that was just fine. Did I really need to listen to it? Not really.
totally my kind of album, took a couple listens but loved it
Edgy lyrics and vocals in this debut album. Kinda grungy but with production?
Does not do anything for me - it never did. I know the singles from back when they were released but they were never my favorite and the rest of the album is more of the same.
Decent 3,5
Not exceptional but not offensive either.
Oh I liked this way more than I though I would - very 2000s cool tv show vibes
Not too bad.
Loved it! Great vibe
The definitive sound of the 90s a groundebreaking album fell in love with it when i heard it
interesting. obviously very 90s. dog new tricks was my fav
I like this. Good female vocalist. I’ll listen again.
Oh man, this takes me back. I played this over and over when I was younger. Maybe nostalgia is at play here but this album still really rocks. Shirley Manson has it going on, for sure. Still think my favorite song from this album is “Only Happy When It Rains.” Album 15, 13 March 2026
Repetitive and just not really enjoyable to listen to in my opinion
I really liked this album.
I did not record my thoughts on this album as i listened, but i thought it was fine. A three star 5/10 this time. My favorite track was the fifth one.
Pleasant enough but mostly unoriginal alterna-stuff. At least it's in a genre that I usually like? The songs that verge on trip-hoppy have potential, at least, but still, nothing really grabbed me. I thought this was going to be a fun listen because they had a catchy emo-Portishead kinda song on the radio at the time ("#1 Crush"). But nope, not on this record: it was the B-side of one of these singles. So since the only Garbage song from that year that keeps my attention isn't on this record: 3 stars
A pretty good album, I liked Only Happy When It Rains and A Stroke Of Luck the most.
great
This is a great album. I only knew the singles, but the entire album is strong. I'm partial to Queer, Supervixen and As Heaven Is Wide.
Not my genre, but have some interesting moments like a breaking beat
That's not my taste in music - But some pleasant songs
No. 381/1001 Supervixen 4/5 Queer 3/5 Only Happy When It Rains 3/5 As Heaven Is Wide 3/5 Not My Idea 3/5 A Stroke of Luck 4/5 Vow 4/5 Stupid Girl 3/5 Dog New Tricks 4/5 My Lover's Box 3/5 Fix Me Now 4/5 Milk 3/5 Average: 3,42 Pretty good album.
Great production quality, decent music but nothing groundbreaking. 3 - deserves to be on this list
3.5
Good
Not for me
This is really really good, right up my alley. Almost no skips, but not exactly no skips 4.5/5
amazing album i loved it
It was a nice listen. A bit more electronic/synth sounds than I expected. I almost liked the vocals more to the instrumentals.
I went into this with low expectations and while I don’t love every song, I was pleasantly surprised by how many I did like. This album was popular in my formative years, and I think I was turned off by the high rotation of “stupid girl” and “only happy when it rains” which, now I really liked! Also, recognizing the bass and drums in Stupid Girl as a sample from Train in Vain was fun.
I was only familiar with one song before listening to this and I wasn't a fan of it. However this album has pleasantly surprised me and was much better than anticipated. 4/5
Dude. This album rips. Now I'm questioning why I slept on this band for so long... one of the most refreshing 90s albums I've come across in a long time. Shirley Manson is a vocal powerhouse, and this flavor of rock/pop has a timeless quality to it. What a wild blending of genres.
Très girlsband 90's, fidèle à son époque Kinda sounds like Madonna at times
Très joli caillou
Не впечатлил
It was ok. Better than other femrock for sure.
Some bangers on here. Drags in spots, but Vow, Stupid Girl, and Only Happy When it Rains are such heaters. 3.8/5
I've been meaning to check this album out since I was like 17-years-old, when I was in my peak grunge/90s rock discovery phase. Butch Vig (drums, loops, effects) was on the boards/credited Producer for some massive albums in the years leading up to Garbage's initially releases, including Nirvana's "Nevermind," Smashing Pumpkins' "Siamese Dream" and "Gish," Sonic Youth's "Dirty," etc. etc. dude was crucial in helping Billy Corgan achieve those huge My Bloody Valentine-influenced guitar sounds on Siamese Dream, so I had high hopes to hear some swirling noise trickery going into Garbage. they do not disappoint. this thing is moody af, still fun, and rocks. the band sound amazing, and Shirley Manson's vocal performance delivers cool confidence across all the songs. "Queer" is like a precursor to a decent chunk of St. Vincent's songs; "Stupid Girl" approaches dance music. a lot of highlights here, some which will be on repeat for me for a while, and I'm now excited to go check out their follow-ups.
The first three songs had me pretty excited. The rest were good and with plenty of great moments, but largely tipped a bit too much into the Cranberries side of the alternative spectrum. Calling that song “Not My Idea” where they crib the opening guitar riff from “Soon” is diabolical. But a lot of what I liked about this album seemed inspired by British indie pop of the 80s and early 90s.
Liked this one more than I was expecting to. Thought I might get tired of the style before the end of the album, but there was enough variation to keep me interested the whole way. Not sure if I'll return to it, but I did enjoy it. Fav song: Only Happy When it Rains Least fav: As Heaven Is Wide
I like the grungeyness a bit but didn’t do it for me. Specific rating - 3.8 Fav song- stupid girl Least fav - milk
This isn't the first time this album has been recommended to me, a teacher said it was his favourite in an assembly once and I mostly remember us making jokes about the name, not sure I even listened to it then. Some songs I really like but a whole album of it was a bit much. Favourite song: Only Happy When It Rains Least: As Heaven Is Wide
When Butch Vig was getting a band together, I was always going to check it out. I was less curious when I heard he’d recruited a singer from Goodbye Mr Mackenzie, a band who had never excited me. Once they started to release music, I was basically out, and while I would hear all the singles on the radio, I never bought any of it. I couldn’t understand why they had decided that Garbage would sound the way they did. It just seemed like it was already dated, seemed that basically everything they did was derivative of something else. Musically I thought they didn’t do much that Curve hadn’t already done better, I didn’t think Manson’s vocals were particularly notable, nor did I feel that they were doing much more lyrically than peddling angst to vulnerable goth-curious youths. This is the first time I’m hearing the debut album in full and it’s…fine. The best things I can say about it are that it wasn’t particularly annoying to listen to, and the quality of the album tracks was actually decent rather than a major drop off from the singles. So, a competent album of pop dressed as alt rock but in no way innovative like I would have been expecting with Butch Vig involved.
Solid alternative rock effort. Has it's length unfortunately.
So near me liking it. Female vocalist, garage rock adjacent sound but I was mostly quite bored.
Fuckin fire, 5ish possible here. Ngl when I saw the band I was no thrilled but loved this top to bottom. Such emo, metric, dirty vibes, sinister almost. Very cool Also it's like all bangers and hits, I know like half the songs
Sounds ahead of its time slightly. Solid rock-pop, 7/10
Very strong album with iconic songs
Oh, so good.
Tired baddie
The grunge era could have benefited from more baddies.
They've got a sound aesthetic and execute it well. Butch vig shit.
I can't believe this album is over 30 years old - it sounds like "modern" music to me but it was as close to the Beatles early stuff as it is to the current day. Some fun tunes and I really liked the very heavy guitars on a pop-rock thing they have on some songs.
Garbage, that is one killer debut. Familiar with several of the hits, but the “B” cuts are incredible - not a bad track on the album. Great musicianship, thought provoking lyrics, dark female vocals over well crafted guitar riffs and driving drum beats. Queer and As Heaven Is Wide musta pissed off the conservatives. (4.9*s) That’s an impressive alt rock, techno pop effort, will check out more Garbage.
Plenty of radio play for Garbage back in the 90s. The debut album is not garbage...it's pretty standard grunge but with some extra personality having female lead. A couple hit songs and other decent tracks. I can see why this makes the list but it's nothing that is going to get a super high rating from me. Still, Makes sense they toured with Smashing Pumpkins and my rating fits along the same vein as their records. I liked it enough for a 2.35 stars.
I cannot nail down my thoughts on Garbage. They are equal parts fascinating and frustrating. They really go for it when they meld heavy electronics with rock music and dark vocals. Some of it threads the needle and is actually pretty good and interesting. Other parts of it are confusing and a little irritating. Their production is over the top and Shirley Manson seems to exude a certain attitude that makes this album feel like it is tied to a specific time period. It's a little try-hard but something about it mostly works here on their debut album I guess. They are a maligned artist for me but I can't really explain why without just throwing out random thoughts and seeing what sticks. I would totally understand hearing someone hated this just as much as I would get why someone absolutely loved this. I wouldn't say that the album Garbage went down smoothly but I think I mostly enjoyed it for what it was. In a certain sense I feel like I should check them out further, but at the same time I think additional exposure will have diminishing returns and any enjoyment I get from them would wane. I'll always have respect Garbage as one of the strangest selections for a Bond theme ever so at least they have that going for them. They'll get constant listens from me for The World Is Not Enough which might be just about the amount of Garbage I need in my life. 2.89 stars
Supervixen - nice jams, too soft, doesn't take off. Queer - moody, nice. OHWIR - smooth punk. As Heaven Is Wide - PS1 futuristic game intro-ahh song, but it turns into a very interesting melody. Great for some atmospheric neo-noir or cyber-noir. Not My Idea - the twang and tune of the song is a bit heavier/rawer, which I like. A Stroke of Luck - continuing with peak cinematic OST-vibes. No seriously i hope the next Batman uses this song or something. Vow - came and went. Stupid Girl - alright, same as above. Dog New Tricks - from the first notes, knew it was good. Didn't quite live up to my internalized hype, but still prolly the most likable. My Lover's Box - it's aight, some nice tones in parts of the melody that stood out, not enough. Fix Me Now - meh, although the instrumental side is interesting and nostalgic. (extra tracks from the Super Deluxe version) Milk - melancholic. Subhuman - not particularly interesting. Should be edgier... Girl Don't Come - fun instrumental track, goes down easy, timeless tunes. Sleep - barely a song but definitely vibes, again, cinematic. Driving Lesson - if this wasn't in some late 90s PS1 racing game then what is the point of it all? Trip My Wire - feels like a key change from the previous song, idk, i wish it was heavier (my common reaction to most rock). Kinda catchy, but eh. #1 Crush - the actual song has a good balance of melody, lyrics and heavier tones. Evocative. Sus noises. Butterfly Collector - I love it when the song's mood instantly matches what I imagined from the name... Alien Sex Fiend - definitely moody and esoteric tune, the vocals/singing/lyrics are not the most inspired tho. Kick My Ass - works as a somber or melancholic outro song, i suppose, nothing special.
i am only vaguely familiar with this record, excited for this one due to that vague familiarity also the album cover matches my aura 15 seconds in ok I can tell ima like this one curse my weakness towards blonde haired rocker chicks with an attitude just fast paced enough this album is just so quality, I didn't get bored of a single track
I really like Shirley Manson. She was really good live. I liked this recording.
Forgettable.
Much more varied than I was expecting from the lead singles. This was actually pretty rad!
This is a great album. It is difficult to quantify just how different this was at the time and how quickly a lot of it was copied. That being said I can totally understand how someone could truly dislike this, it isn't for everyone. The best tracks are far and away the less commercial (though it could be said the polish on the production is that it is in fact incredibly commercial for the time period) non single tracks. A masterpiece? God no. A really good album? Eff yeah.
Not for me
Some songs I knew but otherwise it wasn’t anything special to me.
I see why it’s a classic but I likely won’t revisit
“The queerest of the queer” yeah that’s you lol 😂 This band really lived up to their name with this one… nah not terrible haha but nothing memorable for me here personally. Thinking closer to 1.5
Garbage
Just scratched in a 3 but tempted to give it a 2. Its mid at best
I actually kinda liked it until for some reason random beeps and boops started playing out of rhythm in the last few songs. I thought I was going crazy
Pretty fun album, that sadly suffers from those standard 90s issues. Which means vocals which feel like intentionally poorly done, and absolutely atrocious mixing. They did some cool things added some industrial guitar sounds which was pretty neat to hear.
God I hate hearing this on the radio
jeg er ikke kjent med garbage i det hele tatt!! // gøy, dette er det jeg assosierer med mallpunk. hva nå enn det betyr. høydepunkt: Queer, A Stroke of Luck, Stupid Girl,
Classic grunge for me.
I’d give a 6 rating if it was possible. Favourites: Milk, Not My Idea, Vow
The 90s production maybe makes it sound a bit dated, but let’s be honest, that was a better time so I can live with it. Plus I had such a thing for Shirley Manson… 💕
Really expected to like this a lot more considering "Only Happy When It Rains" is a 90's alt rock classic. That being said, pretty much everything on here other than a couple songs here and there was very forgettable. Most of it wasn't "bad", just boring and made me feel nothing. Oh well.
Eu possivelmente teria feito um álbum assim se eu fosse talentoso e tivesse uma banda na década de 90
Loved this! A solid tracklist with some incredible sounds. Manson's deep voice with the album production is so cool and exactly the kind of vibe I needed to power through some university work whilst listening. Rating: 4.
Not a fan
Rock, Pop, Indie,m Grungey masterpiece. Starts off really strong and stays that way throughout. The production is really great on here as well. I like a bunch of the songs on here, Supervixen, Only Happy When It Rains and As Heaven As Wide are all great IMO. Towards the end a few of the songs interest me a bit less and it does rely a bit on the strength of the singles, but a really good listen nonetheless.
Halfway through the opening song I thought I was going to hate it, instead I'm obsessed. Totally agreed Classically Trained, love the clean production, the menacing guitars & drum, the whispering snarling don't-give-a-fuck vocals. The movie in my head is jaded trenchcoat spies lurking in permanent grey cold war Berlin.
First thoughts: I enjoy how eclectic Garage's sound is. Alt rock guitar, breakbeats, electronic/synthesized sounds, and all kinds of other influences somehow come together to sound surprisingly poppy. Each track sounds really well-produced to me, with plenty of little bursts of refreshing new sounds. The fuzz/grunge on the guitar in "Only Happy When It Rains" is so rich!
It was not garbage, but I probably won’t listen again. A few good tracks.
This album has a very cool vibe.
Definitely not garbage, more along the lines of recycling or compost in my opinion. Enjoyed it, but a little forgettable. Some stick outs were Only Happy When it Rains, and Stupid Girl.
Not horrible, bit I didnt care for it
This definitely sounds like an album made by a band of record producers. I remember hearing Garbage a lot on modern rock radio when I was a kid, and I thought they were very cool but this was back when you needed to buy the CD if you really wanted to get into a band. If I had bought this CD any time between 5th and 8th grade, I think I would have fallen in love with Garbage. Now, as an adult, they sound like a pretty good representation of hi fidelity 90s radio rock, but I don't have the ability to fall for their angsty cool anymore. Overall, some good rock songs on here with a healthy dose of experimental special fx and drum loops -- and some plodding mid songs that don't really go anywhere.
Not for me. Couple of decent tracks but mostly uninspiring.
❤️
nie sadzilem, ze poczuje sie tak gleboko poruszony kontentem na albumu smieciowym od smieci
Me gusta el tono de rock, definitivamente este album me ha gustado mas, una excelente recomendacion ya que nunca habia escuchado a Garbage.
I remember such a dense sounding album coming out in '95 felt slightly abnormal at time, or kind of against type. A lot of the grunge or other alternative stuff was loud, sure, but you knew what instrument was doing what. The production on this one is not an audiophile's dream where each instrument is set to the proper volume to blend in with everything else like a wonderfully crafted Steely Dan record. No, everything is maxed out and bleeds together and in your face. And I'm good with that style too! This is a record where every song is good, with a few great ones sprinkled in. Like "Vow" is such a mean track, and "Stupid Girl" feels like the Clash's "Train In Vain" turned sideways. (Edit: just found out they sampled the drum loop from them. Go figure.) Definitely a damn good album.
Better than I remember!
Garbage is a gateway drug to Nine Inch Nails (complimentary)
Lindo, movido. No me pareció una locura
8/10 me gustó mucho vow
The songwriting propels it above a lot of its contemporaries of the time. Some killer tunes.
I sometimes wonder if some of these albums catch me on bad days! The problem I have here is that electronic pop and rock is my genre. It's what I like and I've not seen enough of it in the 1001. I was surprised when this popped up as my next listen - I remembered Stupid Girl and Happy When It Rains. They were OK singles. There are a few more reasonable songs such as Supervixen and A Stroke of Luck, but I'm just listening to the definition of unremarkable here. Depeche Mode, Gary Numan, New Order, they all released better albums that won't make this list, so why am I listening to this? A low 2.
Garbage (1995) - Supervixen (7.9/10) - Queer (8.9/10) - Only Happy When It Rains (6.8/10) - As Heaven Is Wide (7.1/10) - Not My Idea (8/10) - A Stroke Of Luck (5.8/10) - Vow (8/10) - Stupid Girl (7.5/10) - Dog New Tricks (7.5/10) - My Lover's Box (5/10) - Fix Me Now (5.4/10) - Milk (6.8/10) Overall: Very 90s! I like, I do not love... Sound got a little tiring. Grade: C Liked: 4/12 were added to library!
Very cool album! Played it through twice. Loved most of it with some songs that are absolute favorites.
This album is fine, it's nothing special. 2.9/5
not GOOOD not bad
Album- Garbage (1995) Favorite song from album- Supervixen and Milk Album Rating- 9/10 5 Songs added to playlist
hell yeah
We have to stan. Except for the singular track that set off my tinnitus. Stellar overall!
It's okay, very mid
no strong thoughts. felt alternative but in a kind of commercial way, although i still enjoyed
Pretty decent.
I would say this is pretty classic and Shirley is a bad a$$ is the best possible way. Their sound is hard and rough but in ways that make it great. Do I want to listen to this everyday, no. But when a day is tough or I am angry at the world I can turn this on love every minute of it.
This is a perfect slice of 90’s nostalgia. I had this instantly in ‘95 and remember that it didn’t stack up to what I was really into at the time but I still enjoyed it. It’s Butch Vig’s band and he was red hot from producing Nirvana’s Nevermind and Siamese Dream and Gish by Smashing Pumpkins. Listening now, these songs are far richer and more electro than I recall. Vow and Stupid Girl have always been massive highlights. I’d say Stupid Girl is the ultimate 90’s song…it still sounds like the quickening heartbeat of arousal. Supervixen rips the band aid off with a drum beat homage to My Bloody Valentine. A Stroke of Luck and Milk (and non-album hit #1 Crush) are dark sensual perfection. They sound as it would feel to run your fingers through the hot pink feathers on the cover. As Heaven Is Wide is electro trash house. God does that song hold up! I think this albums only fault is that its weakest songs (to me) are the beginning three. They’re not bad at all, they just don’t reach later heights. Once it gets rolling, it’s an absolute thrill ride. This record is perfectly produced and it still sounds hot. 4.5/5
This album is super rockin' from start to finish. Shirley has a cool factor that feels very unique to her. I love the dark edges she brings to her music, while still making it totally accessible and catchy. Not a bad song in the bunch, it's hard to believe this is a debut. I'm a big fan!
Pretty good.
Really enjoyed
I love this!! Great chill 90s grunge, and great cadence for running or spin bike. Repeat listen!!
This reminds me of a hungover Sunday lunchtime at someone's house after a party in a dreary town in the north of England - I imagine that's because that was where I heard it before. I don't particularly want to return to a 90s hangover up north and so I would prefer not to listen to this album again. It's a good album but a bit melancholic for me.
I think I might be a fan!
🎶I’m only happy when this album is over 🎶
AYYYY I KNOW THIS ONE!!!
A really solid album, I was surprised how the lead-in to super vixen, the first track, came right back to me. I probably haven't listened to this full album since it came out, but a lot of it holds up. My preference now is for a tighter experience, so I'd probably skip a few consistently
Ive already listened to this album. I love Garbage. Fantastic album, no skips on this one. 10/10
great album, composed well with an interesting range of sounds
Nice vibe
This was good! There were more tracks that I recognized off of this album than I was expecting. Solid grunge/alt rock, but not all-time good.
I really enjoy the layered soundscapes on this album. Shirley's vocals on top of the industrial noise and distorted guitars is a fun contrast. It IS sort of a lot to take in all at once, so it'd be difficult to listen to more than one of their albums in a row. I'm not bringing that up as a negative, however Milk was something I hadn't heard before (or remembered), but really loved the dreamy sounds and Shirley's vocals
I rate this album 1/5 beach balls. Fuck Shirley Manson and her lame ass band.
Pretty great all the way through. An anytime listen.
Una banda con éxito enorme, de la mano de Butch Vig el hombre de Nevermind (y Dirty) entre otros y el carisma de Shirley Manson. La duda es si este es mejor que el segundo el 2.0 otro disco buenísimo. Abre con Supervixen, influido por My bloody Valentine. Queer es otro temazo y sigue la racha con otro de sus clásicos: Only Happy When It Rains. Otro buen tema es Not My Idea, como A stroke of luck que conducen a Vow uno de sus primeros temas, y muy bueno, en la línea de Smashing Pumpkins. Stupid Girl es otro imprescindible. Una producción que en su momento estaba bastante lejos de las medianías del BritRcok y que les puso a la vanguardia de la música popular, con el tiempo se sostiene el disco. Milk es un cierre magistral. 5 millones de discos vendidos y el mundo rendido a sus pies.
It'd be funny if the album was bad and I could be like, "At least they got the name right!" But no, it's good.
I would describe this album as a steady state of listenable. The instrumentals go just far enough to be slightly interesting and the singing is imperfect in an intentional manner. Nothing truly popped out to me. I enjoyed the fuzzy guitars and reverb laced samples. Nonetheless, I feel that Garbage is just a watered down version of MBV.
Eh, it's probably closer to 2.5 stars. It's unique to the 90s, which gives it nostalgia points for me. It has it's moments musically. I like her voice. But it gets very dull at points, and the lyrics make my eyes roll. Not for me.
By definition a true Alternative album. Is it rock, pop, techno? Yes. Dark brooding lyrics and sounds that weave between songs. At times it make me want to light candles and reapply black nail polish. Then I want to hit a club and dance until I don't feel feelings anymore. This is right in the sweet spot of high school nostalgia. Supervixen Queer Only Happy When It Rains Stupid Girl
This is my wife's favorite band and they and this album have greatly grown on me over the past 15 years.
Not my taste
Very solid pop rock album. Whenever I started drifting from it another catchy track would pull me back. Fave Tracks: Supervixen, Not My Idea, Stupid Girl, Fix Me Now 3.9/5
2.5 stars I actually enjoyed this more than I thought I would, although I was expecting to be utterly bored. I was somewhat into Garbage when their second album came out, although never enough to listen to en entire album. I thought it would be dated and repetitive. But the melodies weren’t too bad, and it wasn’t super repetitive. I wouldn’t say I loved it but I wouldn’t hate listening again.
3 out of 5. This album has aged well, and from the last song on this album I can see how they got the chance to do a James Bond opener a few years later.
Garbage is the debut studio album by American rock band Garbage. It was released on August 15, 1995, by Almo Sounds. The album was met with critical acclaim upon its release, being viewed by some as an innovative recording for its time. It reached number 20 on the US Billboard 200 and number six on the UK Albums Chart, while charting inside the top 20 and receiving multi-platinum certifications in several territories.
I think this album is what would happen if you put every popular 90s genre in a blender just to see what happens. The songs that lean towards grungy pop rock are pretty good. The ones that are more electronica aren't. 3.5
angry girl music of the alt rock persuasion
I guess it's been at least 20 years since I listened to this. There was a chance that this sort of music wouldn't have become stadium rock, but that's what it is.
Garbage, this was not. Thoroughly enjoyed this album - this is what happens when your musicians are also producers, and there's a clear vision for your sound. The whole thing is slick despite its grungy feel. If this is what electronic grunge is, sign me up. Also, Manson's vocals are just so, so good. Unrelated to my rating, but someone else in these reviews said that Butch Vig "went onto produce Nirvana's Nevermind album", which I cannot stress enough was four years before this.
There's something a bit calculated about Garbage that makes them hard for me to love, but those calculations did result in a couple of bangers.
banger after banger.. i especially love "queer" and "only happy when it rains"
Love this album. Favorite songs: A Stroke of Luck, My Lover's Box, Vow
Garbage
Naporno do jaja 1/5, 1/10
Schön ein wenig Backlog zu haben auf dieser Liste wegen späteren Einsteigens, so kann ich bei Nachholen einfach auch mal gute Sachen anmachen. Das ist insgesamt einfach cool. Musik, Stimme, Vibe.
I really liked this album and I had no idea I would
7/10 – Good
Haven't listened to this album in years. Brilliant, punchy, confident in their own sound. Stupid Girl is still my favourite track on this record.
Detritus
It’s ok, couple good songs
Nostalgic but that doesnt mean I like it
Good energy
ghbrjkmytymrj
Fun trip down memory lane. Almost every song was good, if maybe not great.
Aiighhhyyyh
sounds like something i would listen to in 9th grade!
Over produced indie by numbers
Sooooo 90s. I liked the vibes.
Fun, cohesive listen! I love women in music
Very good album kinda riot girl but more vocalized and clean.
Well, well... I didn't know what to expect, and I didn't really expect much, honestly, but this has been much much better than what I thought it would be. This album is a very good one! Some songs are not much of my cup of tea, but others are quite good.
Wow - talk about a sound for a very specific time and place! This is one of the most mid-90s things you'll ever run into in your life. Garbage were ahead of the curve a bit in the US, I think. In the post-grunge environment there weren't many bands mixing electronica and heavy rock. There is also quite a bit of pop, but that's undercut by Shirley Manson's dark lyrics. Speaking of which. Another reviewer referred to her as Garbage's version of Courtney Love. AS IF COURTNEY LOVE COULD TIE SHIRLEY MANSON'S THIGH HIGH DOC MARTEN'S. Give me a break. The singles here are great, though I find "Queer" to be annoyingly repetitive. And a couple of the album tracks are nice - but - what was shocking to me is the quality of the bonus tracks (yes, even after listening to this over-long album I still gave the bonus tracks a shot). Why some, if not MOST, of these were left off in favor of whats on the album I have no idea. "#1 Crush" is excellent, as are most of the others. My frustration with this album came with hearing several different versions of "Only Happy When It Rains," instead of something new, and the b-sides provide that in spades. I wish I could give this 4 stars, but I can only manage THREE STARS
I expected this to be more memorable, as it's a classical band from my childhood. I guess my sister never listened to them and the songs didn't stick with me?
I find most of this to be boring. There are a couple interesting and fun tracks but most is just trying to hard to be alternative NIN with some grunge and rock dance beats. Not an album I would listen to again.
Not for me
3 stars - 90s ambient sad girl music, i like very much. several great songs
Not garbage, but nothing to write home about. 2.5/5
I like her voice but I wish the instrumentals were a bit bolder. I liked the songs that leaned more into the moody, alt rock style but then there are dance-y pop songs after it which kinda ruins the vibe. I really liked a Stroke of Luck, Not My Idea, and Milk but not really any others
I didn't listen to the whole thing
Turns out Garbage is not, in fact, Garbage. Man this was great. Alt, moody, but still musical and totally catchy. Loved every single song on this album. Edit: more repetitive than I thought. Still great. Gets harder and harder to sit down and listen to the full album at once.
Nada de especial. Acho que as primeiras 3/4 músicas são as melhores do álbum. Tornou-se um bocado chato quando cheguei a metade. Não deixa de se ouvir bem e não deixa de ser interessante a mistura de rock/grunge com pop.
The name speaks for itself, its honestly kinda garbage. Very generic grunge-y pop that just got stale really quick.
women!
Smells terrible.
There's some promise but it never really delivers
Eu não esperava muito deste álbum, porém ele acabou me surpreendendo bastante. Seu estilo musical varia bastante, porém o gênero que prevalece é o alternativo. Gostei bastante deste disco, ele superou todas as minhas expectativas!
Listening session: january 29th, while commuting from and to internship Listened to before: heard one song before Thoughts: this feels like the soundtrack to a 90s edgy teen movie Favourite tracks: Queer, Not My Idea & Stupid Girl
Garbage wasnt actually so garbageish, BUT the mix of the first track was indeed hot shit garbage. I am not sure if it's remaster's fault or not but fortunetaly it was better in the rest of the album. It was nice, but quite long. I am not sure about some of the tracks too. Some great, some quite boring.
I just don't really enjoy most 90s music it seems.
Good, well made. After one listen hard for it to stand out but it’s cool.
Great production and some really nice hooks and general sounds throughout.
3/5 ok grunge stuff need more listen
Didn't expect much, only knowing I'm "Only Happy When it Rains", but the album was overall a pleasant surprise. 7/10
3.5 (50:51, 12 tracks, debut, 1995) Alternative, USA (WI) I love Butch Vig – who couldn’t. Producer of among others Niravana, Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins; however, I always found his band Garbage a bit overproduced (I mean he is a producer). However, their debut track was all killer, no killer. Spawning 5 radio hits and 2 more alt radio frequent plays. Lean hard towards 4 as it is just so good throughout - I just don't feel like it's genre defining or even necessarily an album anyone needs to listen to before they die. The majority of the album is a tongue in cheek mockery of the grunge scene at the time becoming all about being dark and depressed. Butch Vig producer and owner of Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin cofounded Garbage. Scottish born Shirley Manson was contacted to be the lead vocalist of the band, she didn't know who Vig was and was urged to check the credits on Nirvana's Nevermind. Garbage work on their debut album delayed by Vig's work producing Soul Asylum's Let Your Dim Light Shine. Given Vig "got bored spending so many years recording really fast, straightforward punk records", the band "didn't want to approach the Garbage record from the angle of a band playing live", making their songs out of samples that would be processed and reworked in a Wall of Sound process "to create something that sounded fresh." A major part of the work involved Manson rewriting the song lyrics, which Vig said the band attempted to "write from a woman's perspective and I think, initially, some of them were a little pretentious. But as soon as Shirley came on board, she simplified the lyrics so that they were a lot more subtle and worked better as songs." The lyrics on the record were described by the band members as "a collaborative psycho-therapy session wherein personal demons of various sizes and importance are exorcised, vilified, taken revenge upon and laid to rest." Vig said they tried to deal with "dark themes that I think a lot of people can relate to in some way or another", which included voyeurism, hedonism, perversion, obsession and "the art of self-destruction." "The initial idea was to make this a dark lyric with a shiny, happy, pop sensibility. You could be singing this really catchy line and realize the lyrics were totally wacked." Manson revealed that "Fix Me Now" was originally titled "Chris Cornell", because she was obsessed with the lead singer of Soundgarden. 'Stupid Girl' that was initially a mistake, it didn't fit Shirley's range, but when we slowed it down, actually fit the timbre and pace of the song and became the hook." Vig stated that the band had no initial plans to tour as "not going on the road would really free us up to record tons of stuff." As the band members realized "that if we were going to have a successful record we'd have to go out on tour and promote it.' They enjoyed playing live to record the "Vow" video, they decided to perform to audiences as well. To perform the complex and layered tracks live, the band hired Los Angeles bass player Daniel Shulman for the tour, and figured out ways to trigger samples on stage, such as having Marker play a keyboard along with his guitar. Garbage set off on a 17-date headline tour of North America. Garbage then supported Smashing Pumpkins on their North American arena tour from June 25, although the tour was cut short after the death of Smashing Pumpkins keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin on July 12. Garbage was named the 71st greatest album of all time by The Guardian in 1997. Favorite Song: Supervixen **Singles from Garbage 1. "Supervixen" 3:55 2. **"Queer" 4:36 3. **"Only Happy When It Rains" 3:56 4. "As Heaven Is Wide" 4:44 5. "Not My Idea" 3:41 6. "A Stroke of Luck" 4:44 7. **"Vow" 4:30 8. **"Stupid Girl" (Garbage, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones) 4:18 9. "Dog New Tricks" 3:56 10. "My Lover's Box" 3:55 11. "Fix Me Now" 4:43 ("Chris Cornell") 12. **"Milk" 3:53 Total length: 50:51 "Queer" contains a loop from "Man of Straw" by Single Gun Theory. "Not My Idea" contains a loop from Headless Chickens. "Stupid Girl" contains a loop from "Train in Vain" by The Clash. Garbage is: Shirley Manson – vocals, guitar Steve Marker – guitars, bass, samples, loops Duke Erikson – guitars, keyboards, six-string bass, fuzz bass Butch Vig – drums, loops, noise, EFX Additional musicians Clyde Stubblefield (Drummer for James Brown)
*Talking to the 90s George Bush* Sir, there's been a second singer named Manson *George throws up in my lap*
Cool sounds but feels kind of dated. I feel shallow for thinking it, but there's something very nineties about it and I can't seem to get over that. At times it feels a little bit country rock in a way that I don't appreciate. All that said - some of the beats built on this record sound awesome
!!!!!
still as good as i remember <3
I nearly wore this album out when I got it. That Butch Vig sound -- realized, expanded and encapsulated -- shimmers darkly with this album. It's one that swerves dangerously without wrecking: The slight edge of electronics without veering too far into industrial; the smoky, strong presence of Shirley Manson -- vocals, inviting but controlled and always commanding -- run sultry without slipping into sleaze; and tracks that are pop-aware but slap your hand away at any notion of cheap accessibility. 4.5 -- we'll round it up.
Inoffensive but generic