Temptation Waits
I Think I’m Paranoid
When I Grow Up
Medication
Special
Hammering In My Head
Push It
Trick Is To Keep Breathing, The
Dumb
Sleep Together
Wicked Ways
You Look So Fine
’’Special’’ was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance By A
Duo Or Group With Vocal.
Those of you who found yourselves mysteriously drawn to the dark sound of Garbage’s
debut might not get what you expect from their follow-up--at least at first. But a closer
listen reveals that VERSION 2.0 is actually much closer to the true Garbage sound. The
reason: Where GARBAGE was already more or less completed when Shirley Manson
signed up, 2.0 allows her much more freedom to control the group’s sound. The distorted
guitar hooks, loops and industrialized production that defined Garbage’s sound on their
debut are still present, but tempered by Ms. Manson’s strong pop sensibilities. If you listen
closely, you can even catch hints of Blondie and the Pretenders. (They quote the
Pretenders ’’The Talk Of The Town’’ in ’’Special’’.) And while it isn’t exactly the Spice
Girls or Hanson, 2.0 is a much more upbeat, happy-sounding album. Instead of appealing
to the brooding, listen-alone-in-your-room-with-the-lights-out crowd, 2.0 is aimed straight
at the dance floor.
Garbage: Shirley Manson (vocals); Butch Vig, Duke Erikson, Steve Marker.
Additional personnel: Jon J. Vriesacker (violin); Michael Masley (cymbalom); Daniel
Shulman (bass); Todd Malcolm Michiles (scratches).