Garbage

Some good songs on here but always thought it was overly produced.

Super solid. Not a lot of range but some of the songs ruled, her voice and style is great and obv butch vig records sound incredible

Chock full of essential bangers that no 90's revival party should be without.

Full of alternative sensibility from the 90s

норм, но через чур мрачновато

Esperaba un poco más de locura. No termina de despegarse de otros actos. Nota: 3.0

Super average

somewhat familiar with this. Never really loved it

This is a fun album, not the greatest. I'd only heard 'Stupid Girl' before playing this record.

This is quite a good album, definitely. Only Happy When it Rains is amazing and Stupid Girl is also a great song.

Very much the 90s album, portishead vocals mixed with Nirvana riffs. Decent 3.5*

good

Neutral on this one. Not adding any of their songs to my playlist but can let most play through. Maybe.

This was actually more interesting than I thought it would be going into it. I enjoyed it.

This is... odd. Although, I just generally don't like the vibes or sound of most 90s music. It has some really good moments, though! Other than its good moments, it's just a fine 90s rock album with some heavy produced moments. It doesn't really feel like anything special, though. Favorite Song(s): Queer

Made me feel like I was browsing in Spencer’s Gifts all over again.

Enjoyed this beyond the singles.

has a vibe but not engaging

Don't have anything to really say here. Just an overall solid if a bit unmemorable album. 6/10

A little more tuneful and a little less raucous than your average ‘90s crankiness, but perhaps a little less clever and a little less memorable than the best, as well.

3.4 2x orig 51m and 1x 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition/Remastered 1h24m

++: Queer, Stupid Girl, My Lover's Box +: Supervixen, As Heaven Is Wide, Not My Idea, Vow +-: Only Happy When It Rain, A Stroke of Luck, Dog New Tricks, Fix Me Now, Milk 7,0/10

I liked it. Not mingblowing but certainly was nice to listen to.

I like the female lead singer a lot. It’s definitely grungey and not the most uplifting music ever which would make it hard to listen to on a consistent basis.

I should like everything about this, but it doesn’t really connect for some reason. It reminded me of The Smashing Pumpkins and Hole, but I would prefer to listen to those bands instead. It’s well made and I would never complain to hear songs from it, but it wouldn’t be my first choice. Favorite songs were Supervixen, Only Happy When It Rains, Not My Idea, and Stupid Girl.

Alright album

3.5

Such a huge album at the time, everyone had it and it was all over the radio. A cool chick fronting a loud grunge band with a hooky but not a sellout sound, perfect mix in 1995. Influential, a little groundbreaking and still getting airplay today. Hits "Supervixen", "Only Happy When It Rains", "Stupid Girl", "Vow" & "Queer" owned the radio that year. It's been years since I listened to this album, it was nice to re-hear "Not My Idea" which is a unique tune. The production on this album is so good, not surprising with Butch Vig on the boards. Too much of it sounds similar but it was their signature sound. Staying power, hits, influence on the sound at the time & the mark that Shirley Manson left on the industry all point to this being a T1001 album.

Took me back to my late teens early 20s. Great singles

The singles off this are pretty great; I especially like Stupid Girl. The rest isn't quite as strong and doesn't hold my attention as much. An upper three.

Solid, dependable 90's alternative, though not something I'll go back to often. 3.5/5

Jeg synes ikke det kommer helt ud over og bidder sig fast. Helt ok rock og kan godt lide post-punk elementerne, eller ved ikke om man skal kalde det det, men den der metalliske jangly guitar lyd. Ellers er det stilmæssigt mere standard indie måske lidt garage rock

It sounds interesting but I can’t get super into it.

With 90s music it's very hit or miss for me. This album is kind of in the middle. Maybe I missed the boat on this kind of moody rock music but it's a little slow for me. I tend to go more on the indie and alt rock side and this wasn't my favorite but I think the talent is definitely there on this project. The composition was interesting and the vocals were great. Decent project to me.

Meh. middle of the road, not bad, but didn't grab me

Garbage - Garbage Actually not garbage. This is quite a neat punk-esque rock album to listen. It gets a little bit inconsistent in the middle of the album, but at the end it goes back on track. The songs on it sound really bloomy and nostalgic, in a good way to be honest. Overall, it's a really fun album to listen and, this is good! 1.- Supervixen = 8/10 2.- Queer = 8/10 3.- Only Happy When It Rains = 8/10 4.- As Heaven Is Wide = 7/10 5.- Not My Idea = 7/10 6.- A Stroke of Luck = 9/10 7.- Vow = 7/10 8.- Stupid Girl = 9/10 9.- Dog New Tricks = 7/10 10.- My Lover's Box = 9/10 11.- Fix Me Now = 8/10 12.- Milk = 8/10 FINAL SCORE: 7.9/10

Supervixen 3.5 Queer 3.2 Only Happy When It Rains 4 As Heaven Is Wide 3.1 Not My Idea 3.2 A Stroke of Luck 3.4 Vow 3.2 Stupid Girl 4.2 Dog New Tricks 3.4 My Lover's Box 3.3 Fix Me Now 3.5 Milk 3.3 Score: 3.441666667

Albumi #135, 15.12.2024 Garbagen esikoisalbumi oli kovassa kuuntelussa ilmestyessään inttivuotena.

Mm, I'unno about this one. I was excited to get into this 'coz I really liked "I Think I'm Paranoid", the big single from their next album, but listening to their debut here... It's just not doing it for me, honestly? A bit more of it than I like just kinda flew by me. I've been tryna pin down what it is. Well, I've seen this album labelled as dance-rock... Maybe this is the wrong kind of dance music for me? 'Coz I've loved my fair share across its many different flavors. But here, it can be a little too... "Trip hop" for my tastes? A little chill and trance-like; not the kind of thing that regularly grabs my attention. Really, it doesn't surprise me that my favorite tracks ("Only Happy When It Rains", "Stupid Girl" — of course I gravitate towards the singles) sounded way more rockin' to my ears — an', heck, from what I read, "I Think I'm Paranoid" isn't even dance-rock, so what does **that** tell yah, eh? Frankly, it's those two songs that're pulling this thing up to a 3. It's just not my thing. Like, I was really comin' in here thinkin' I was gonna be the trash man, eatin' up Garbage — and for a couple songs, sure. But on the whole, I'm good.

Read the lyrics. So good

Not entirely garbage. Actually, very OK. 3/5

Never heard the album before. Okay album with some noteworthy hits. Otherwise not that remarkable.

It has a splattering of good songs interspersed with pretty average songs. It is neither great nor terrible. I would listen to it again but never really seek the album out. Somewhere between a 3 and a 4 but not worthy of 4 stars

The music was fine, but not memorable, even the hit. 3.5

Unremarkable and inoffensive.

Garbage findi jetzt biz übertribe. Aber de classic, biz softi 90er Jahr Rock isch für mich au nüm das Genre woni am liebste lose. D instrument findi bi paarne tracks no recht ahsprechend aber overall wirdi das album nüm us em chübel fische sobalds mal det inne landet. Pluspünkt gits für "Stupid Girl - Todd Terry Remix" woni nach 8 Jahr vonnere centimeter-dicke Staubschicht han müsse befreie und biz nostalgischi gfühl i mir usglöst het. drü 35 lyter Bebbi Sägg macht gern 69 Frangge bytte.

So so Endli wiedermal biz es anders genre als 1970er popi könntry. Hauts mi us de söcke, nöd mega. Würs mi us de gummistiefel chneble, ja vlt scho wenni im schlamm ihgsunke wär und mir öper e schubs wür geh. No Garbage, no master class Tres hermaños für garbage by garbage

gar nöd garbage gsi! grundsätzlich chan mer aber sicher säge, dass weni luscht uf so musig han dasi de itch dur es paar anderi bands wo mer no besse gfalled würd scratche wenn jedes lied so guet wär wie "milk" würs sicher es 4i wenn nöd sogar es 5i gäh aber s‘hed für mich doch es paar skips dinne… us dem grund und wahrschinli au will fritig gsi isch nume 3 bebbisägg id tonne

Not bad

Another one that I owned on cd in middle school

First listen. Ok.

It was OK, a bit of a dirge...

Queer was almost like a gay anthem but i think its more homophobic than that. Unless you like being called like weird ig? Oh these are some sad songs, Dog New Tricks sure is good bad sad

Favorite Track: Only Happy When It Rains

Blast from the past! Enjoyed revisiting this album

I have always kind of wrote off Garbage so I wasn’t expecting much from this album, but I may been wrong. Enjoyed this more than I thought I would.

Solid debut. A few bangers.

Production consistently amazing. Songwriting dips in quality a LOT. Still pleasant and fun tho

3.5

Bueno

Listening to the album has kind of cemented Garbage as the sort of band that occupies the middle ground of 90s britpop*. Also-there's. Nothing is terrible. There are a couple of big hits. But they're music is never going to be something at the forefront of my mind. *I know they're American with Shirley ... but that's never how they were marketed.

Not a one word review using the band name. If more songs hit me like #1 Crush, I'd put this at a 4. But they did not not. And I'm not clear if that was on the original release. Either way, some good stuff, but not 3nough for me to seek out more.

Plastical, artificial, sexy, materialistic, often awfully cheesy but more often catchy as hell. Predicted Marilyn Manson‘s sound of „Chemical Animals“. An essential 90‘s thingy - still often to be found on fleamarkets.

I do like the singer she has a great bad ass presence. The music borders on sounding like commercial heavy rock a bit too much. I bet they may be good live.

Thank you for the new band I’m gonna obsess about for a month.

Vissa bra, vissa meh

25/10/24 Average listen.

Когда-то я даже видел эту группу живьем, и это было довольное большое событие в тех краях. Тогда я был странным образом удивлен, сколько *взрослых* на концерте, и что у людей за 20 есть жизнь. Возможно, концерт был так давно, и поэтому у меня нет никакого мнения по их музыке, но если бы группа Garbage выступала где-то в непосредственной близости, сегодня я бы не пошел. Лучшая песня - Only Happy When It Rains.

It was a good album for the time, though not very great

Good production for a puesdo grunge sound, I wouldn’t play it again tho!

It’s okay, not really my thing. Some stand outs but nothing did a whole lot for me instrumentally or vocally.

Overall: 6/10 Pretty decent alt rock from the 90s, nothing stood out as amazing to me but it does a good job of blending rock with some electronic elements and the songs are consistently fun to listen to. Fav Song:Queer Least Fav Song: Supervixen

Fairly bland, found myself falling asleep. I don't doubt that people who like this kind of music will think this a cracking album, but it was all a bit moist for me.

Nothing remarkable but a fun listen nonetheless. 3/5.

nice pop rock

Pure 90s rock/grunge/pop combination. Parts of it are reminiscent of Prodigy, with its upbeat dance rhythms with electronic instrumentation. The overall vibe is pretty good and reminds me of my yesteryears, but this wasn't a group I was particularly drawn to while younger and I can't say that feeling is any different now. This record, and band, has its place in music history but it's nothing too memorable from my perspective.

það er eitthvað þarna

hmmm, interesting. Stoked to check this out. I do know a couple of tracks off this album. I know these guys are pretty legendary, not really my type of music. I do enjoy the tracks I do know, the singles.

this was the first album i ever ripped onto a computer and copied for a friend #limewire

Fun album, but a bit repetitive by the end.

Album is not holding up particularly well over time. I think it is the lyrics that truly need more work.

Wijs album. Only Happy When It Rains en Stupid Girl zijn echt wel schijte goeie nummers. Na dit te beluisteren, zijn Queer en Vow ook wel best goed. 3.4

90er halt.

I hear a lot of influences on this album. Especially from the 80s, like Talk Talk, the Cure and Killing Joke, but the result sounds very 90s. The album starts of with a couple of big hits. The middle is... I wouldn't say garbage, but not as good. Towards the end it gets better again. Favorite song: Queer.

Definetely not my kind of jam. There are a few tracks that i may save in my Spotify account, but didn'd really enjoy the album. I didn't pay much attention to the lyrics though, so i didnt get into the album rythm and ethos if such rythm and ethos exist. Great to have playing during work, but i didn't find anything remarkable about it. Songs that i liked: Track 9 - Dog New Tricks Track 10 - My Lover's Box Songs that i didn'd like: Track 1 - Supervixen Track 2 - Queer

Garbage is good for the most part but I only really like it in places. Songs where she mumbles in an attempt to be seductive or whatever and then gets into full voice at the chorus don't really appeal to me, but when they get into a groove from the start and let go a bit, Vow, Only Happy When it Rains, Stupid Girl, they're a lot better. A solid 3, just some of the stylistic choices aren't my favourite.

Not garbage, quite good actually. Milk sounded vaguely familiar, but I hadn't heard the rest before. It's pretty solid female-fronted electro rock, more PJ Harvey than No Doubt in the most part. It's pretty catchy, lyrics are in the most part worth listening to, high 3. Probably would've been a 4 if I had any nostalgia for it.

a comfy listen albeit unmemorable. i feel like this is more impressive as a pop album than a rock album

indie Pop/Rock, 1995 -> 3

It was just OK

næntís blanda af raftónlistarbítum og indírokki. mjög misjafnt að gæðum. bestu lögin skemmtileg, of langt. þarf ekki meira.

Queer Only Happy When It Rains Vow Stupid Girl

Alternative bands from the 90s with one word names tend to blend into one for me and I initially struggled to remember anything from this one apart from Stupid Girl. However, I was pleasantly surprised by some of the more down tempo tracks on this that edged into shoegaze/trip hop territory, with the highlight for me being A Stroke of Luck with Shirley Manson’s voice flowing like warm honey. Lovely stuff.

It’s another one of ‘those’ albums (I’ll have to think of a name for them) that are nice to play in the background, and are representative of their genre, but do not go much further past it. I’m positive if I paid more attention rather than just putting it on whilst I did work then it’d be more interesting. But how much more interesting? It really does seem like average, inoffensive alt-rock, perhaps a product of its time, perhaps timeless. I’m not sure of the specifics. What I do know is that it’s at least ‘alright’.

"Dad, what did music in the late 90s sound like?" This is actually like a 3.5.

The through line of a band or musician breaking into the mainstream, often building on risk-takers who came before, that then result in a dozen market-driven copy-cats is as reliable as the sun coming up every day. Pixies --> Nirvana --> Silverchair X-Ray Specs --> Sleater Kinney -->Avril Lavigne While I'm sure Shirley Manson has loads more autonomy than the average boy-band member, there's still something so slick and market-ready about Garbage. Sure, the music is catchy (if dated) with vaguely subversive lyrics - but I just don't *buy* any of it. Like, when PJ Harvey sings 'you leave me dry,' or Courtney Love screams 'when they get what they want, and they never want it again,' I *believe* it. With Garbage's music, not so much.

A nice sound, an album of it too much but sprinkled on a playlist all songs welcome.

Interesting, a bit funky. Not bad.

Pretty solid ‘90s alt rock with noisier elements thrown in sometimes. It doesn’t blow me away and it goes a bit from one ear to another but nothing bad. The stops in the first song were a bit distracting. 3 stars.

Good rock! Has a little punk to it

3.5

Solid but inessential 90s alt-rock. 3.5/5

Released in 1995 when the alternative rock boom was winding down and it wasn't clear what the next big trend in rock was going to be. As result, it incorporates some sounds that were big at the time, but ultimately feels very dated. "Vow" is great, and the other big singles are decent, but as a whole the album is just okay. 3.5 stars.

Pretty dated production with lots of slightly limp techno dance beats and gimmicky effects particularly on the first track with the harsh, sucking gated gaps of silence. There a few pretty good songs and I do like Shirley’s suave, slightly snarly Madonna vocals but really it is just Stupid Girl that is the standout for me. 6.0

I liked it. But not my favorite.

SOOOOO 90's. After Kurt Cobain died it was like every band started using those trip hop drumbeats and synths. Crazy, mang. I actually kind of like the whole "dark neo noir"-ish aesthetic they have going on here, and some of the arrangements are quite nice, but besides that it's pretty standard angsty alt rock affair with some electronic influence. I guess the occasional tonal turns that mix major and minor modes (like "Not My Idea") are pretty cool too? But too same-y and not captivating enough to be great.

Didn’t hate it, but nothing really stood out to me.

Stupid Girl I've heard before, just didn't realize it was Garbage! Interesting alt rock pieces.

Pretty good album, I liked her rock songs more than the other stuff she was playing though.

This album was mid. Was pleasantly surprised from my lower expectations.

It was fine.

Thoughts before listening: Garbage is one of those bands where I like their hits, but in general its not for me. I think with multiple producers in the band their sound just comes off as too polished and overproduced. I'm sure I'll add the hits to my playlist though. Review: Yep, just how I remember this band. The hits are definitely catchy, but its just too "perfect". There is no grit to their music which sounds exactly like what it is: a bunch of people who make a living producing alt-rock hits getting together to write their own album. With this coming a day after getting Public Image Ltd, I can say that for the most part, I prefer this sound to PiL which was trying very hard to be anti-pop music. Although I will say that I prefer PiL's 2 best songs to anything I heard here...maybe its the shock value of finally hearing something enjoyable on that album as opposed to Garbage where everything basically sounds the same. Anyway, this is a 3-star album.

Nice work. I think I liked stuff from other albums of theirs better.

Like the album, Some are a bit melancholic

Classic alternative album. Doubt I’ll listen to again. I’ve heard stupid girl a ton on the radio but there’s a reason I’ve never chosen to sit and listen to it and actually seek it out

For an album called garbage by a group called garbage, it isn't garbage.

Honestly a really well made and produced album. I really enjoyed it. Reminds me of being in 5th grade and hanging out with Billy and Carls older sisters

didn't hate it or love it. a lot like PJ Harvey IMO 3/5.

3.5 rounded down just didn’t connect w this one idk highlights: queer, only happy when it rains, stupid girl (aug 16 2024)

Not bad really. It holds up.

Some good songs. Wasn't a massive fan back then and I haven't been converted I'm afaraid.

There are tracks on this album that sound too much like an American version of triphop, which I don't like. At other times, it's *painfully* 90s. But it gets a small ratings bump for still somehow not sounding like much else at the time. That said, it felt like a racing game soundtrack.

I’m Only Happy When it Rains. very 90’s.

Vocals didn’t age wel, nor did the synth drums but overall enjoyed it. The last 4 tracks could have just been cut.

Okay debut from Garbage.

Bowie’s good of course, kinda bores me half the time though

5/10, я не понял, но вроде норм

Didn’t like it. Poor audio production.

Average alternative Rock. Okay to listen to.

that 90s edge is going on full here

Hot girl vibes

Quintessentially 90s sounding indie rock. The hits are the strongest tracks for me, and whilst a nice nostalgia trip, I probably won't be listening on repeat

Good album. It feels very 90s post-grunge with some really cool arrangements and good pop sensibility from the vocals, etc. It's got some techno-ish stuff, which feels very of that time. There's many really solid songs, but, as a whole, it doesn't feel or sound exceptional to me. ***

Not entirely garbage as the name suggests.

Overall this album is full of cool rock music, however I found the end of many songs to just repeat the same line a bunch. Liked Songs: Supervixen, Queer, Stupid Girl, Only Happy When It Rains I'll consider this a high 3/5.

My mum used to listen to this so there's a bit of nostalgia. It sounds very dated now, and you can definitely hear the smashing pumpkins influence.

Good in parts

This album had a nice blend of different sounds and styles. It combines the quirkiness of alt rock with the catchiness of pop (and other genres) which gave it a decent amount of bangers.

Very 90s, takes me back! Enjoyed it.

The mix sounds like a first album. I was always more of a 2.0 guy but there are some solid tracks here that hold up.

supervixen - 8/10 so original sounding to me I liked that queer - 7.5/10 ngl she has a hot af voice only happy when it rains - 6.5/10 nice but not a standout really as heaven is wide - 7/10 solid baseline not my idea - 6.5/10 also nice but lyrics r boring a stroke of luck - 8/10 such a vibe vow - 6.5/10 vibe but not as much stupid girl - 7.5/10 it's a bop dog new tricks - 7.5/10 gorgeous song my lovers box - fix me now - 8.5/10 sheesh banger milk - 7/10 I like her singing here overall thoughts - very different to what i regularly listen to (this album is like alt rock/indie) but i really liked this. guitars great and like the lead vocalists voice but im no glazer so tbh i do think it's not an album that sounds out too much amongst what i think are great albums, but i still like this.

I should love this as a child of the 90s, and yet I still can't get behind this kind of a rock sound. A couple of tracks were interesting, but I found most of it unoriginal and a bit too similar to other stuff I've heard from that decade. The closer was really nice, though. 3 stars

When I was 15, I wrote an erotic (porno) story that involved myself and Shirley Manson. My sister who was younger found it screwed up in my wastepaper bin and tried to blackmail me with it. Anyway, great album but meant more as a moody teenager with a high libido.

this is not garbage in the slightest, some great alt rock with dance and electronic influence. lots of forward thinking lyrics that are hidden within the deeper cuts of this album, worth a listen simply to listen.

A good album that represents a specific time well. Some good tracks

Mostly not garbage. A mix of bangers and boring stuff

I wouldn't call it garbage. Some sounds like Prodigy with a female lead, others just run of the mill 90s alt rock to me.

Reverby Good vocals Not garbage

2 1/2 (y)

Great album

Good not great

Was surprised at how familiar it was. Must have owned it at some point, but also played it a fair bit. Overproduced, but pretty good all told. Poppy, cool and arch. I liked it, might listen to some tracks again soon.

Brought back a lot of memories. Saw Garbage last year and the band was just as tight. Shirley Manson is a real star.

More about the zeitgeist than the music. Good enough though.

welcome to the 90s. perfect for a chill, sunny sunday afternoon spent drinking and playing d&d

not garbage

Een verrassend leuk album! Niet iets wat ik echt eerder had gehoord, doet me een beetje denken aan Paramore als in dat het rock-achtig is met sterke vrouwelijke vocals er in. Ik vind dit echt veel vermakelijker dan ik dacht, het is een beetje een rock-pop album. Vermakelijk, niet wereldschokkend. Ik zou het 3,5 ster geven. Dat kan niet, dan krijgen ze er 3, simpelweg omdat je met 4 sterren op mn profiel staat en ik natuurlijk niet kan hebben dat mensen denken dat ik alleen maar van garbage houd. FAVO: Onyl happy when it rains, Vow, stupid girl, Milk

Haven't listened to Garbage in years, not my favourite from back in the day some good tracks though. - stupid girl - Milk - Queer

This was some perfectly fine alt-rock. Didn't love it, but it was solid. 3.3

A few bangers but the other songs sound too noisy for me. Nostalgic.

Had a lot of fun with this, I could definitely see it growing on me over time - no major complaints, just nothing in it that blew me away!

Fun and good vibes but not a lot of staying power for me

Pretty solid but ultimately not my style!

I don't know if it's because they've had an outsized impact or what but listening to it in 2024 the album sounds cringe and derivative

solid stuff, unfamiliar with the hits/singles but I liked most of em. they've got a cool ass sound and the sheer 90sness of it all adds to the charm a lot but in some places is a bit obnoxious imo. overlong as well imo. great voice tho with some good tracks. Probably won’t rly return to this though. 6/10

Pretty solid stuff here from garbage. Didn’t enjoy everything but enjoyed most of it.

Huh. Wasn’t expecting this to be on the list. It’s a solid album, but i don’t recall it being the “innovative” Album so many did, especially given what the early 90’s produced. This seemed almost tame and ultra-accessible after loads of breakthrough, genre defying and defining albums and bands. Garbage was a safe band one could tap their foot to while proclaiming your “alt” cred.

I found the album to be nothing special relative to the music coming out at the same time.

3/5 - I get it, but it’s not my thing

It rocked

Tönt interessant aber packt mich nicht. Vielleicht auch alles zu seiner Zeit.

More like recycling because it was fine

Best nice

Nostalgia and good

Strong album and very representative of the era. Not groundbreaking but solid. Love Shirley Manson on vocals.

Yep. This one was in the repertoire but not on too much repeat. Half good, half not.

Good

Typical 90’s alt rock

Instantly recognisable. Love the guitar drones / moody riffs Sounds very of its time with the electronic sounding drums and production style but it’s a banger

Consistently enjoyable alternative rock record with some electronic and gothic elements sprinkled in. I do wish it was a little bit more ambitious in its production, but I really enjoyed the songs ‘Queer’ and ‘Only Happy When it Rains’

Wow this is garbage. The band, I mean! This was an enjoyable album, classic 90's fare. Also Only Happy When It Rains was used in the period film, Captain Marvel so that was cool. This felt like the album Liz Phair was trying to make yesterday, a really good brooding alternative album. That underground garbage.

5/10

Favourites: supervixen, queer, only happy when it rains, not my idea, vow, milk. Not bad but not my favorite. 3/5

Bless up Big Youth laying it down with Facts of Life. Riddim is Delano Stewart's That's Life. Big Youth does the business 🔥🔥

Very middle of the road. Wannabe pixies and hole.

It started off a bit slow and I thought this would be an album I would be a bit ambivalent towards, but it really picks up after a couple of songs and by the end is quite an engaging listen.

3.5/5

Probably deserves a better listen, but as of now. 2.5/5

it’s not garbage

Was fun and futuristic, not as good as the followup album but pretty good.

Мусор 7/10

I wanted to dislike this because a bad review for Garbage by Garbage writes itself. Unfortunately, I didn’t mind it. A little repetitive; not a lot of variety of tone or feel, but they do miserable and dreary very well.

Not garbage, but not amazing either. Simpsons: No

# 222 : There a reason why its called garbage… Not bad, absolutely fine to have playing during work. But there's nothing remarkable about it either. There’s some solid music here but I still feel kind of meh about it Favourite Track : Stupid Girl

29 years!

Some of it sounds a little dated but still holds up well

This album is a first for me and while I'm familiar with the singles, it was a refreshing listen. I never realized how much electronic and trip hop was a part of their sound. Kudos to them to reaching past what was expected of a rock band and I think they do it quite tastefully. Thematically the angst rings authentically and there are some concepts explored that you don't hear all the time, so that's nice. Good listen.

Pretty familiar with this album and liked it a lot when it came out. I still like it but I think I’ve both over-listened to a few of the tracks and it has aged a bit. Listens: 1 Fave Track: Stupid Girl Rating: 3

Some cracking songs on here, also others that sound very dated.

Liked some of it, nostalgic but has a surprisingly dated sound.

This album has grown on me, worth it for a couple songs. The rest is alright

Something I vaguely remember hearing when I was young, enjoyed despite my general apathy towards all this random 90s bands were getting

Surprisingly enjoyable to listen to despite the name 🗑️

Solid 3 album. Definitely feel the grunge vibe and a better representation than some that we have had come up in here. I like

not garbage. we have been getting a lot of 90s alternative lately but this one sounded more listenable and distinct than some of the others. Also I went the whole day thinking the lead singer was Courtney Love

Unfortunately, Garbage, for me, equals that one rain song. They do have solid stuff besides that, which is why I’m bumping it up to a 3, it’s just not really for me

Hooks and enjoyable noise.

Гарбаге знаю, много чего гоняю. Но, взглянув на трек-лист дебютника, не увидел ничегот знакомого. Послушал и понял почему: чет все перегружено слишком

on dirait juste de la pop de 2012 genre

This was Not My Idea but can’t Fix Me Now. That was Garbage. ;)

B- Supervixen 3 Queer 3 Only Happy When It Rains 3 As Heaven Is Wide 3 Not My Idea 3 A Stroke Of Luck 3 Vow 4 Stupid Girl 3 Dog New Tricks 3 My Lover's Box 3 Fix Me Now 3 Milk 4 Lesbian music. My favorite.

Hmm

This just isn’t my jam. I was going to give this a 2, but I thought the last two songs saved it.

Solid 90’s alt rock album. A bit calculated in its production but generally enjoyable all around.

3.5 I was very young when Garbage was a cool bad to like, but in my mind they were significantly more grungy than this. This album is quite pop-y when you listen to the whole thing. Not surprising it was so successful. Queer and Vow are new to me and going on the playlist. Like the intro to Milk too

Better than I thought it would be.

It was cool at the beginning but after some of the songs it started to feel like it’s all the same.

Helt deecent

I was already familiar with Only Happy When It Rains. But after listening, Queer and Stupid Girl were familiar as well. The album overall is pretty decent. It is squarely 90s rock in feel and sound, not that that's a bad thing. For me personally, I'd be happy listening to a couple songs and maybe not seek out the full album so much.

Fínasta rokk. Aukastig fyrir trommusamplið í Stupid girl. 3,5.

I recognized more songs than I expected since I've never listened to Garbage on purpose, so I have inadvertently heard their music. Nothing spectacular, though there are a couple of really good songs on here, but it isn't something I would seek out. The nice thing about this list is to make you aware of either music you have never heard before or force you to listen to music you avoided for whatever reason in the past. Garbage is a band I avoided and listening now I admit the album is worth a listen. They were an important band to come out of the 90's, but their sound isn't unique enough to pick them out of a crowd of other mid-90's female-led bands.

Good memories

The grunge and pop bits are very interchangeable with almost any other post-1990 group, but when the band are exploring different ideas the album is excellent. Somewhere between 3 and 4 stars. 3.0/5.0: Good

It wasn't garbage though

An alright album Top tracks: Only Happy When It Rains

I guess this is fine. The singles are quite catchy. I don't hate it. It seems much of it's time. You know, sure, whatever.

Nice to revisit this….

Well it's...

fun intro to post-grunge, a little emo for my taste but some gems in here.

Enjoyable

Good, I suppose. I wasn't expecting to get too much out of this - it feels like it's very of its time really. But actually, there was more going on than I'd have given them credit for; in particular there are some really good, almost metal, guitar parts on Not My Idea, and she has a really instantly recognisable singing style. It's not earth-shattering, but it's pretty good.

Never heard of this group before but they're definitely not garbage. I did like a lot of this album but it was long and I started getting tired of it.

The songs all start to sound the same....just a tab bit too much distortion

Not bad. First time listing all way through.

One of the better 90's bands and a good solid album, not something I would actively seek out but a welcome change from the crap that's regularly being served up.

Better than expected but nothing that blew me away.

Solid album. Not much that blew me away. But classic 90s sound.

Solid Rock; a little bit too 'indie' for me >3

Lot of nostalgia. Mid 90s rock vibe gives it another half point. It’s such a familiar sound.

An easy 3* because that was a good album.

Some good songs that stand out (queer, im only happy when it rains) but most of the rest sort of blends together, not that its bad by any means, its just a pretty standard pop-oriented alt rock album.

Didn't expect this to be so pop-oriented. It's alright. There are some sounds I like on here that remind me of post-punk bands like Siouxsie and the Banshees & Echo and the Bunnymen.

More like a 3.5

Not bad, absolutely fine to have playing during work. But there's nothing remarkable about it either.

Very frog coded album, no I will not elaborate

Fantastic album but I do feel like it has 2 songs on it and 90% of the album is either a stupid girl clone or an only happy when it rains clone

Dit album klinkt wel heel erg als de jaren 90. Paar nummers leuk, paar niet. Weinig over te zeggen

Not bad, but nothing really stood out to me

- Fand ich irgendwie richtig cool. Vor allem der erste Track hat mich gleich direkt aus der Kalten abgeholt - Die grungigen Stücke fand ich alle ziemlich geil. Immer wenn es in so eine Pop-HipHop Richtung ging, hat mich die Platte immer etwas verloren. War also ein stetiges hin-und-her. - Stimme super, tolle Ideen dabei aber um mich richtig zu begeistern leider etwas zu schwanken in der Qualität. 3,25/5

Soild 90’s alternate rock, worth its place on the list but not an album I’ll rush back to.

Pleasantly surprised by this album as a whole, 3.5 si podría

Lovely and cool

Ikke tittelen til albumet eller bandet, men ikke gull heller

Itse asiassa oikein kiva. Hyvää grungea, mutta tässä on myös persoonaa eikä vain kolinaa ja äänenvoimakkuudenvaihdoksia. Erilaisa biisejä mutta kokonaisuus, hyvät poppisvibat välillä, esim. Queer-biisissä.

Bändissä on sympaattinen laulaja, joka keksii kivoja, simplistisiä melodioita, ja kolme vähemmän sympaattista jätkää, jotka kehittelevät 90-lukua historian loppuna pitäviä instrumentaalibreikkejä. Vaikka kaikista biiseistä voisi pätkäistä minuutin lopusta, niiden ensimmäiset 180 sekuntia ovat yleensä kuulemisen arvoisia. (Saatanan metronomi!!)

Kivaa sitä ysäri naisvetoista rockia. Parhaat: Happy Only When It Rains, Queer

An interesting album with some catchy songs and fun ideas. Truly a fun bending of genres and influences but in a way that is stuck in a time capsule. A product of the 90's in that sense, and also with a long runtime probably due to the evolution of the CD as the main format for albums.

Decent queer punk. VERY dramatic in a good way

At first I got reallll excited to revisit this album. To a young, impressionable biscuit boi, nobody was cooler than Shirley Manson crooning dirty little things. The accessibile, industrial sounds felt fresh and daring. The things that made this album special in the 90s has lost its lustre for me in 2024. There are some notable standouts (Queer, Stupid Girl, Supervixen) but they're sandwiched between what feels like over-produced filler. Maybe these were songs that had more soul to them before record execs smoothed out the edges.

I wanted to love this more. Some classic bangers but not incredibly memorable aside from the big ones. Would say more like 3.5 than a 3

The album can be appreciate for what it is for that era when it came out. Not my taste in music but I can see the range of sound in the album and can appreciate it.

Such a fun album! "Queer" is maudlin, and "Happy When It Rains" still slaps. I'm not sure what else they were shooting for on this album but it remains a very fun listen.

Solid alt rock album that pulls on trip-hop, grunge, and Britpop to create a unique sound led by Shirley Manson’s silky gravel vocals and Butch Vig’s shiny production. Some standouts include Vow, Only Happy When it Rains, and Not My Idea. Nothing monumental or innovative about this, but it’s a well written and honestly delivered debut worthy of a listen.

Not garbage. Low 3. Everything after the opener is pretty good.

Much like Jagged Little Pill, this record is extremely 90s. Hell, it has Butch Vig of all people on it. That being said, I have no idea why it's an album I should hear before I die. It's not bad per se, but it's not the classic that its inclusion on the list might indicate.

3-

alright

Fun, not my choice but obviously the main hits are great Happy when it rains

Some nice riffs. Good production. 3 stars

I wish this was actually bad so I could make a pun about the title being accurate.

Quite alright. Metric vibes.

It's fine. It was funky and had some interesting songs. Nothing spectacular but not bad. It's worth the listen once.

es paar nice lieder, aber weniger mis (ussert only happy when it rains <3)

I liked it but no song that really stood out

Garbage by Garbage. didn’t have high expectations, thought it was gonna be grunge or super heavy punk. but it was more in the vain of lighter riot grlll and was actually really good. not sure if it was a low 4 or a high 3 - think i’ll go 3 for safety

I would give 3.5 if that were an option

Gran ritmo

It’s just ok

Ok, but I thought I was going to enjoy it more than I did

A bit different, but not something i could listen to over and over

much nostalgia

Tunnistettavat vuosituhannen lopun soundit. En tiiä häiritsikö ne vai, loiko ne tunnelmaa. Biisit osittain tuttuja poprock renkutuksia joissa muutama ihan tarttuva koukku. Annetaan nyt heikko kolmonen. 3/5

Actually not garbage. Decent stuff. Has some bops. Didn't know they'd sung Stupid Girl. Will probably listen again.

Top of line for 1995 and still sounds pretty sharp and tight today, though pretty canned and quite tame, reflecting the the then-mainstreaming of indie. Dark? A bit, more shadowy, one would say, and certainly not "darker than the deepest pits of hell" (come on, editors, what do you take us for?). The hits mostly deliver the goods and the whole thing is generally likable, but feels tired, defanged if it ever really had fangs. One of those records where one questions whether or not it needs a 20th Anniversary edition; in contrast, one's mind is fully made up (in the negative) as to the point of whether it also needed a 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition and (AND!!!) a 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition. The derived-from-MBV factor is quite high; see opening of “My Lover’s Box,” first few bars of which promise to be a cover of “soon” and get nowhere near to that level of quality, engagement, etc. One wonders if one of the editors had/has a crush on Shirley M.

Really fun.

Känner ju igen några låtar. Inga som jag gillat särskilt mycket tidigare. Pop-rockiga utan större finess (tex only happy when it rains). Känns mer generiskt i lurarna. Jag går inte igång på det. (Är det ett problem med en kvinnlig röst. Man vill ju inte vara misogyn i onödan). En tvåa känns onödigt lågt. Men en trea känns lite väl generöst. Men hellre fria än fälla.

Has the classic 90s grunge rock sound that is enjoyable but pretty unmemorable. Not bad but not great.

I dig Shirley Manson's pre-emo/post-grunge vocal stylings. Garbage has always been a band that will turn up on the radio and I have no complaints. I forgot about the song "Queer" which is a good one as well. 3.9

Shirley Mason is bad ass, but I will still stick to the couple of 90s classics here (Happy When it Rains and Stupid Girl)

What I think I know about this album going into it: I know this is the band featuring producer Butch Vig on drums and fronted by Shirley Manson. Vig produced Nirvana’s Nevermind and Smashing Pumpkins’ Gish. I only know two songs from this album: Only Happy When It Rains, and Stupid Girl. I was an in-studio intern in the summer of ‘96 on the morning show at WHFS in Washington DC and we played Stupid Girl A LOT. Like, A LOOOOtTtT. (Also, just to date myself more, we used CDs!) While listening: - In Supervixen I hear how huge Pixies’ influence was on the 90s sound. If you’re not familiar with Pixies I’m sure you’ll hear them on this list. - “I’m riding high upon a deep depression” - This line kind of sums up 90s alternative music. - As major key as the 80s were, the 90s were so minor key. - Not My Idea - I think I know this song too! Kind of a cool song, I like the instrumental between the chorus and verse or outro. - OMG I never realized how much of 90s alternative music was about flat-out refusing to be happy. But … jeez. Looking back at it …. - A Stroke of Luck - Hey, this is a COOL 90s sound that I forgot about. Reminds me of Sneaker Pimps’ “6 Underground” which I’ll never stop thinking is cool af. - My God, Stupid Girl really transports me to a point in time when I was young, carefree, and stupid lol. - My Lover’s Box - Beastie Boys sounding intro. - Fix Me Now - Well this is clearly the worst song on this album. - Wait! Milk wants to be considered … Nope, def Fix Me Now wins. - Overall: Can’t believe how this album’s vibe brought me back to the 90s even though I’ve never heard most of these tracks. Not bad though. Honestly, better than I expected.

like this alot

Study times. Still remember them but even back then thought they were so so.

I really want to give this a 4- it's a good album (strong debut!), it has a cohesive sound, I enjoyed listening to it, no problems with lyrics or production really, and some songs really did stand out. But man, there's just something a bit too unconvincing about it? Sorry Shirley :(

I won't say it's garbage, but it's very unremarkable besides having a female singer (maybe it's on the list for more female representation?). I only knew I'm Only Happy When It Rains. I never loved that song, nor did I love any of the other songs. It's a low 3/5 for me.

Some of the tracks were a great surprise and the mix is amazing. Sounds industrial but really polished, everything feels in place and awesome sound design. Great lyrics - lots of questioning faith, humanity and sexiness everywhere. Loved some of the tracks, “Only Happy When It Rains” is a banger. - Queer - Only Happy When It Rains - A Stroke of Luck - Vow

Excellent first part. The last tracks feel all samey. Classic tunes here

I listened to this album a lot as a teenager. My tastes have evolved a bit since then, but this still mostly holds up and is a good nostalgia trip.

Not too bad.

This album felt like it should've been more impactful than it actually was for me. Lots of catchy stuff, full of 90s edge, but at the end of it all I don't think there was a single song that stood out among the rest for me, bad or good. It fell into the same rut that a lot of other 90s albums have fallen into for me with repetitive choruses and dated vibes. Still not a bad listen though.

Dark and melodic with a surprisingly dancey industrial underpining from the bass & drums that I hadn't really picked up on when this was all over the radio. Dense production ala Smashing Pumpkins - the sound is really full across all the channels - very little breathing room. The hits have really catchy hooks and instantly recognizable line delivery, but the rest is a lot less memorable - fades into the morass of decent mid 90s alt rock.