Garbage: Garbage 1995 - Deluxe Edition 20th Anniversary 2015

 

American alternative mainstays Garbage merge edgy rock with electronic, beat-driven production,

cementing a sound that have made them a distinct force since their early '90s debut. Headed by iconic frontwoman Shirley Manson, the quartet built upon the sonic landscapes of My Bloody Valentine, Curve, and Sonic Youth, adding a clear sense of accessible pop songcraft that would help push them beyond cult fandom into the international sphere through multi-platinum releases Garbage (1995) and the Grammy-nominated Version 2.0 (1998).
                        

Garbage is an American rock band formed in 1993 in Madison, Wisconsin. The band's line-up

consisting of Scottish musician Shirley Manson (vocals) and American musicians Duke Erikson (guitar, bass, keyboards), Steve Marker (guitar, keyboards), and Butch Vig (drums, percussion) has remained unchanged since its inception. All four members are involved in songwriting and production. Garbage was the brainchild of producers Butch Vig, Duke Erikson, and Steve Marker. 
                       

According to Vig, the team drew inspiration for its name from a hostile early comment, when a

friend of the band heard recording material said, "This shit sounds like garbage!" However, according to This Is The Noise That Keeps Me Awake, an autobiography of the band, Vig wrote in his 1993 studio journal about the creative process; of working for long periods of time, "without coming up with anything cool... and when you least expect it, it all falls into place." The name derives from the last line of this entry: "I hope that all this garbage will become something beautiful!".
                     

After a brief stylistic shift on the pop-influenced Beautiful Garbage in 2001, the band hit a chart peak with 2005's no-frills Bleed Like Me. Despite an extended hiatus that threatened to end the band, they

returned in the 2010s, settling into established veteran roles with the self-released, rock-focused efforts Not Your Kind of People (2012) and Strange Little Birds (2016). They entered the 2020s with their politically-charged sets, No Gods No Masters (2021) and Let All That We Imagine Be The Light (2025), which opted for hope (however tempered) in the face of the global turmoil and personal upheavals experienced between albums.  
                              

Garbage – Garbage
Label: Almo Sounds – AMS4736495, UMe – AMS4736495
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Deluxe Edition, Stereo, 20th Anniversary
Country: US
Released: Oct 2, 2015
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock
                             

CD1.  GARBAGE 1995            

                                    

01. Supervixen
02. Queer
Clarinet – Les Thimmig
Drums [Additional] – Clyde Stubblefield
03. Only Happy When It Rains
04. As Heaven Is Wide
Bass [Fuzz] – Mike Kashou
05. Not My Idea
Drums [Additional] – Clyde Stubblefield
06. A Stroke Of Luck
07. Vow
08. Stupid Girl
09. Dog New Tricks
10. My Lover's Box
11. Fix Me Now
12. Milk

EXTRA TRACKS

13. Subhuman
14. I Crush

Flac Size: 452 MB

CD2.  G-SIDES            

                      

01. Subhuman
02. Girl Don't Come
03. Sleep
04. Driving Lesson
05. Trip My Wire
06. #1 Crush
Engineer [Mix Engineer] – Jim Abbiss
Programmed By [Additional Programming] – Marius de Vries
Remix – Nellee Hooper
07. Butterfly Collector
Written-By – Paul Weller
08. Alien Sex Fiend
09. Kick My Ass
Written-By – Vic Chesnutt

Flac Size: 236 MB

LINE - UP

                     

Bass – Daniel Shulman (tracks: 2-1 to 2-9), Mike Kashou (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3, 1-5, 1-8)
Drums, Loops, Noises, Effects [efx] – Butch Vig
Guitar, Bass, Sampler, Loops – Steve Marker
Guitar, Keyboards, Bass [Fuzz], 6-String Bass – Duke Erikson
Guitar, Vocals – Shirley Manson
Percussion – Pauli Ryan (tracks: 1-3, 1-5, 1-8, 1-10)
Written-By – Vig (tracks: 1-1 to 2-6, 2-8), Erikson (tracks: 1-1 to 2-6, 2-8), Garbage (tracks: 1-1 to 2-6, 2-8), Manson (tracks: 1-1 to 2-6, 2-8), Marker (tracks: 1-1 to 2-6, 2-8)

NOTES

                            

Loop from Queer (track 1-2): from Man of Straw by Single Gun Theory, appears courtesy of Nettwerk/I.R.S. Records.
Loop from Not My Idea (track 1-5): from Headless Chickens, courtesy Flying Nun Records.
Loop from Stupid Girl (track 1-8): from Train In Vain by The Clash, used by arrangement with Sony Music.