Garbage - Version 2.0
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Free Music Review: Three Years On... Still Incredible
Hit: 5 Stars
When this album was released, I was unsure whether or not it could match the beauty and brilliance of their debut. Version 2.0 not only met the challenge of matching their debut, it exceeded the challenge. This album still amazes me every time I hear it - and I must have heard it at least 10,000 times! It didn't leave my CD player the summer or autumn of 1998. The sound is so warm and inviting, while also being full of shimmery, icy sounds. What's more, most of the songs better those on the debut. "Temptation Waits" opens the album with a crash and a bang. "I Think I'm Paranoid" builds dynamically on a crunching guitar riff. "Special" blends two Pretenders songs and finds Shirley doing a note perfect impression of Chrissy Hynde. "Medication" is a delicate, lilting melody laid overtop of a gorgeous arpeggio. "The Trick Is To Keep Breathing" takes Kate Bush's classic 1985 hit, "Cloudbusting" and inverts it into a dreamy landscape of lush synthesizer and chilly vocals. "You Look So Fine" is the most beautiful song the band has recorded to date. A haunting piano riff begins and ends the track, leading into Shirley's most personal lyrics ever..."You look so fine/I want to break your heart/ A give you mine." If any other band got ahold of this lyric, it would melt into a smarmy ballad, but Garbage keep it just scary enough to make you hold your breath while Manson entices you into inviting her inside.
What lays instore for Garbage is anyone's guess. Their third album, "Beautiful Garbage" is due late this summer. One can only hope that it will be as consistently thrilling as "Version 2.0." For my money, Garbage nudges out Radiohead as the best band of the '90s.
Free Music Review: The trick is to keep breathing
Hit: 5 Stars
I am a huge fan of Garbage. I became a bigger fan when I recently saw them live in concert where I live. The band played a lot of songs from their recent album "Beautiful Garbage" and "Version 2.0", with a few songs from their self-titled debut thrown in. Shirley Manson is perhaps my very favorite female vocalist. Her Scottish accent is so thick it adds another layer to the band's songs. I don't know which is my very favorite Garbage album between the three albums. All are very good. It is too difficult to pick a favorite. I recently popped in "Version 2.0" for the first time in months. I almost forgot just how good this album is. The band's self-titled album introduced us to a Scottish lass named Shirley Manson. "Version 2.0" shows the progress the band has made since their eponymous debut album. The production is less muddled and more clean and crisp yet with a raw edge to it, allowing the music to sound organic despite the synthesizers used to add another layer to the band's blend of pop, rock, techno music. I think Shirley sounds the sexiest during "Wicked Ways". The song has that snappish beat that adds an alluring edge to Shirley's vocals. Hearing "Temptation Waits" brings back memories of Garbage's concert at First Avenue back in May. My favorite song on this album (other than "Wicked Ways"), has to be the slow ballad "Medication". Very trip hoppy. The song is very soothing. Almost like "Milk" (from "Garbage"). I absolutely adore the singles "Special", "When I Grow Up", "Push It", and "I Think I'm Paranoid". I consider those songs my personal theme songs. "Version 2.0" is definitely a big improvement from the band's debut album (as good as it is). It is also a reminder to why I love this band so much, lyrically and musically.Free Music Review: Garbage Goes At It Again
Hit: 5 Stars
Ok, let's try and describe this beaut in 1,000 words or less. Temptation Waits-Is very interesting, I like the rythm and the hook of the chorus. Really original. 5 I Think I'm Paranoid-Now this is pure brilliance, I love the guitars and the singing in this. They're well combined and are pleasant (in Garbage's way) to listen to. 6 When I Grow Up-This is so catchy it can get over-listened to. The voice alteration is catchy too. 5 and a half Medication-This is really haunting, mellow until the chorus a bit. So I love the chorus. 4 Special-Ooh, I LOOOVE this song! It's really well recorded and mixed and EVERYTHING. THe lyrics are top-notch, and the guitars are haunting, really. 5 and a half Hammering It In My Head-Very, very disturbed. Like the great madam Shirley, but it's a GOOD disturbing. The instruments get my ears ringing, though. 3 and a half Push It-This song is a brilliant rock song, the borrowed lyrics are mixed in pleasantly and the chorus is striking. Bravo! 5 Trick Is To Keep Breathing-Eerie and calm, almost too much for my liking. Not really enough beat for me. But good lyrics, melody. 4 and a half Dumb-I like the lyrics here, I.E. 'I feel small, climbing the walls'. The guitars pound, though. 4 and a half Sleep Together-Eh, uh, well-it just makes me feel naughty. The lyrics are well placed, the riffs as well. Eerie. 4 Wicked Ways-The chorus is SOOOO immensely catchy, I've heard it mills from skipping to it. Read-s-k-i-p-p-i-n-g. Good song, though, just not as up to par with some. 4 and a half You Look So Fine-A real gem, haunting and beautiful. It puts me at a loss for words. The music is just BRILLIANT.Keep it up, Garbage! I'm sure this is an album many will enjoy.
Free Music Review: The Best CD Ever Made in the History of Music!
Hit: 5 Stars
I first heard Garbage on the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards when they were nominated for 8 seperate catagories for their video "Push It". Yet they did not win one single one of those nominations. That sucked. Then they lost Album of the Year to Lauryn Hill. I bought Version 2.0 shortly after those VMA's along with the Beastie Boys CD, "Liscensed to Ill". WHAT A COMBO! I liked the album and then I liked the first 7 songs and the rest I just thought were weird. But as I kept on listening and listening to the album I find something new to like about the album. That's a good quality in an album. That was one of the first albums that I truely enjoyed the whole shabang. I also liked this album so much because of how I could relate like I know some people who always agree with me and sometimes have no opinion of their own. That's what the lyric's in "Special" say. "Do you have and opinion, a mind of your own..." "The Trick Is To Keep Breathing" is the best song on the album because of the emotion. That's probobly the best thing about Garbage, their emotion. I mean Shirley Manson's voice is emotional but the band also makes their instruments (especially guitar) sound so emotional, like their saying something to you or for example in "Special" The guitar somehow sounds like it's crying. That is a rare skill and talent that deserves an award. But they lost at the Grammy's and the '98 VMA's, what's left? Well they did finally win a Video Music Award for Best Special Effects in a Video for "Special" in 1999. That makes Version 2.0 the best CD ever made in the history of music. Now, when is Version 3.0 going to come out?Free Music Review: An excellent pop/rock/dance album
Hit: 5 Stars
Garbage salvages sounds from everywhere that they can find them and manage to pull them together to create extraordinary music that has a great glam-rock feel to it. These songs are all so energetic and fun to listen to. Here's what I think about them: 1.TEMPTATION WAITS - This is a great opening song with an awesome chorus that just jumps out of your stereo. 2.I THINK I'M PARANOID - One of my favorite songs. Yet again, the music builds up to the heavy, beating chorus. 3.WHEN I GROW UP - Off the Big Daddy soundtrack, this song is so cool! Dangerously catchy song! 4.MEDICATION - The first ballad on the album, this song is pretty sullen but still very likeable. 5.SPECIAL - A real upbeat, fun song. Just picture Shirley in that spaceship 'cause that's what the song is like. (If you haven't seen the video you won't understand that! :) 6.HAMMERING IN MY HEAD - Another upbeat song. Shirley's growl dominates the verses. This is a really messed up song! 7.PUSH IT - This is an EXCELLENT song! I just can't even describe it. I will never get tired of it. 8.THE TRICK IS TO KEEP BREATHING - The second ballad. This is a pretty sad song but, as always, very catchy. 9.DUMB - Another great song. It sounds like one that they would play in a club or something. 10.SLEEP TOGETHER - Kind of an ominous, scary song. Shirley's vocals on the chorus part are really cool. 11.WICKED WAYS - Another great song. This is one of my favorites. The beat is so cool and dramatic. 12.YOU LOOK SO FINE - A ballad. It's pretty average but still good as always.