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Garbage ~ Garbage

I was excited to see this album come up, its been a favorite since it was released. I enjoy the overall production on it, taking the distortion of grunge but putting putting some clear edges on it made for a very distinct sound at the time if that makes sense, and there is enough going on with layers of instruments & vocals to really keep my ears interested. Great hooks throughout - like the bassy-synth line on "As Heaven is Wide".

I never heard the Shirley Manson / Beth Gibbons comparison before - while they both went in a 'cool' direction, I think Shirley's delivery is much more aggressive and she's definitely a captivating front woman. 4/5.
 
I was actually excited to see the Garbage album come up because I'm a big fan of 90's alternative and this is an album I've never listened to it. That being said.... it left me a little disappointed. The singles are good but nothing else really stood out to me.

Edit: To be fair, I typed this about 3/4 of the way through the album. There were some better songs towards the end.
 
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Hemotep said:
For me Shirley Manson put a unique stamp on the music and on women fronted rock. They were one of a very few woman fronted mainstream alternative bands that broke through the male dominated rock scene in the 90s without being one of the Lilith Fair types
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I think Skunk Anansie are another standout for female fronted rock at that time. I think they tend to get forgotten but he first couple of albums were really great
Edit: and to kinda quote a wise man: they were more political than you remembered
 
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Bohnjaggs said:
It sounds like your love of this album really depends on if you've listened to it since the 90's or are just discovering it now. If I made a top albums of the 90's list it would definitely be somewhere in the top 25.
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I heard it for the first time in college (around 2008 probably) but I guess to your point I was already familiar with it prior to it coming up on this list.
 
Bohnjaggs said:
It sounds like your love of this album really depends on if you've listened to it since the 90's or are just discovering it now. If I made a top albums of the 90's list it would definitely be somewhere in the top 25.
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Nah, I was around Garbage’s music throughout the 90s and am completely lukewarm to this album. It’s not bad or good it just exists.
 
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I should clarify my Manson/Gibbons thing... I didn't mean that Manson wanted to be Gibbons insomuch as Manson wants to be that singer that you will always remember, the Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Beth Gibbons, Bjork type singer. That sort of defines their thing... if that makes sense. But they are of the same sort of exudes sexiness type singer to me. And again, not a knock on her talent, just a statement that she doesn't really achieve that status for me, although it is clear she does for some of you....
 
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