Garbage - Absolute Garbage (2007)

Garbage - Absolute Garbage (2007) (Special Edition- 2 Disks)

Taking inspiration from little known British band Curve, the formula behind Garbage was simple enough: Industrial strength beats, grungy guitars and ice queen vocals. But in Scottish fireball Shirley Manson the three middle-aged studio whizzes from Wisconsin not only found a muse but a front woman whose infinite charisma and wicked sense of humor--as evidenced by the title of this greatest hits set--gave even No Doubt a solid run in the hits race. For a few years, the group ruled the charts with shiny metallic pop gems like "Queer," "Stupid Girl," and "Only Happy When It Rains," hampered only by some remedial lyrics and a penchant for cribbing other bands' melodies (see: The Pretenders aping "Special"). There's a discernible dip in quality midway through this collection, when at the turn of the millennium Garbage seemingly lost its fire, but at least the group's token James Bond theme, "The World Is Not Enough," is more Shirley Bassey than Sheena Easton. Fans who are already up do date with the originals will want to pick up this special edition set that features a bonus disc of remixes by some of the biggest players on the '90s electronic music scene, including Massive Attack, The Crystal Method, and Unkle. --Aidin Vaziri, amazon.com

Description:

Four albums and seven Grammy® nominations later, Garbage has its first best of collection Absolute Garbage. Along with the new track Tell Me Where It Hurts, Absolute Garbage features 17 songs of extreme and intense emotion, from Stupid Girl, Queer and #1 Crush to Special, Bleed Like Me and Why Do You Love Me.

The special limited edition 2-CD set adds to the original CD a bonus disc of remixes by some of the world s most renowned DJs, including U.N.K.L.E., Massive Attack, Todd Terry, Crystal Method, Fun Lovin Criminals, and Felix Da Housecat.

Absolute Garbage offers the best of a band that, to quote a lyric from Queer, has been the strangest of the strange, the coolest of the cool.

• Disc 1/2

1. Vow 4:32
2. Queer 4:37
3. Only Happy When It Rains 3:47
4. Stupid Girl 4:19
5. Milk 3:50
6. #1 Crush 4:45
7. Push It 4:03
8. I Think I'm Paranoid 3:39
9. Special 3:47
10. When I Grow Up 3:24
11. You Look So Fine 5:22
12. The World Is Not Enough 3:58
13. Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go) 3:13
14. Shut Your Mouth 3:27
15. Why Do You Love Me 3:53
16. Bleed Like Me 4:01
17. Tell Me Where It Hurts 4:11
18. It's All Over But The Crying (Remix) 3:49

• Disc 2/2 Garbage Mixes (Limited Edition with a bonus disc of remixes!)

1. The World Is Not Enough (Unkle) 5:01
2. When I Grow Up (Jagz Kooner) 5:23
3. Special (Brothers In Rhythym) 5:15
4. Breaking Up The Girl (Timo Maas) 5:19
5. Milk (Massive Attack) 4:31
6. Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go) (Roger Sanchez) 5:01
7. Androgony (Felix Da Housecat) 5:29
8. Queer (Rabbit In The Moon) 5:04
9. I Think I'm Paranoid (Chrystal Method) 4:25
10. Stupid Girl (Todd Terry) 3:47
11. You Look So Fine (Fun Lovin' Criminals) 3:38
12. Push It (Boom Boom Satellites) 5:22
13. Bad Boyfriend (Garbage Remix) 5:04