beautifulgarbage

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studio album
First released:
Sep 25 2001
Also known as:
  • Beautiful Garbage

Overview Edit

Beautiful Garbage (also typeset beautifulgarbage) is the third album by alternative rock group Garbage. It was released worldwide in October 2001 and was the followup to the band's multi-platinum album Version 2.0. The foundations of the album began from tracks written in 1999 for a canceled B-sides album, and it was written and recorded over the following year, when lead singer Shirley Manson chronicled their efforts weekly online, becoming one of the first high-profile musicians to keep an internet blog.

Released three weeks after the September 11 attacks, the album suffered from lack of promotion, mixed reaction from critics and fans alike, and the failure of its lead single "Androgyny" to achieve high chart positions. Despite faltering in major markets, Beautiful Garbage debuted at #1 on Billboards Top Electronic Albums chart where it stayed for 8 weeks topped the album charts in Australia, and was named one of Rolling Stones "Top 10 Albums of the Year".

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Record label:
Catalog number:
0694931152
Release dates:
  • Oct 1 2001 in Australia
  • Oct 1 2001 in Lithuania
  • Oct 1 2001 in Mexico
  • Oct 1 2001 in Russian Federation
  • Oct 1 2001 in Singapore
  • Oct 1 2001 in South Africa
  • Oct 1 2001 in Taiwan
  • Oct 1 2001 in United Kingdom
  • Oct 2 2001 in Belgium
  • Oct 2 2001 in United States
  • 2004 in Korea (South), Republic of
  • Jan 9 2004 in Belgium

Genres

Alternative, Alternative Rock, Rock. Vote on Genres

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5 stars Garbage once again prove they are not Garbage
Being a big Garbage fan, this album was long anticipated for me. Although it was slightly different from what I expected, I was not disappointed. Beautiful Garbage contains a lot of things that Garbage has not done before, but it still retains that typical Garbage sound.

1) Shut Your Mouth - a nice aggressive opener that could be straight off the previous album. But beware: this is not Version 2.0: Version 2.0 (if you follow me).

2) Androgyny - I'm sure everyone already knows this song, and they…
Written by Iain
2 stars YIKES!! What happened to the band I once loved?
The first album was a little raw in a very good way, then came the greatest Garbage song from the soundtrack of Romeo and Juliet - #1 crush - and even though the second album didn't have any songs quite in that league, it seemed like they were getting in a groove and coming close, so i figured the next album would be monster. Now the next album is here, and it is... this??? What the heck is this???

I'm all for experimentation, good musicians do go in different directions, sometimes working, some…
Written by Danielle Monsch

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Credits Edit

  1. design

    1. Garbage [Art Direction]
    2. Warwick Saint [Photography By]
  2. engineer

    1. Scott Hull [mastering]
  3. performer

    1. Daniel Shulman [bass guitar]
  1. producer

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beautifulgarbage 13 tracks format: 1 x CD
catalog number: 493115
release dates: Oct 2 2001
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beautifulgarbage 14 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Interscope Records
release dates: Sep 27 2002 in Japan
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beautifulgarbage 15 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Interscope Records
release dates: Sep 27 2001 in Japan, Nov 27 2001 in Japan
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beautifulgarbage 13 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Warner Bros UK
release dates: Jan 13 2008
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13 tracks format: 1 x cassette
record label: Interscope Records
release dates: Oct 2 2001
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beautifulgarbage 13 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: Oct 1 2001
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beautifulgarbage 13 tracks format: 1 x vinyl
record label: Interscope Records
release dates: Sep 25 2001
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beautifulgarbage 15 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: Dec 18 2001
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