Esordio dei Garbage datato 1995.

Inno all'era della plastica, al glam, all'elettronica, al rock, alla sensualità tutta femminile della vocalist Shirley Manson; il tutto mischiato senza nessun criterio apparente, come accade nelle migliori discariche. Buste di plastica nere, apparentemente in disordine, ma in realtà messe in modo tale che l'osservatore le veda proprio in quel determinato modo. E uno strano odore nell'aria, sembra plastica bruciata, o è un profumo da donna che si è rovesciato?

Butch Vig, già produttore di "Nevermind" dei Nirvana, decide di produrre il debut album di un gruppo che già dal nome fa capire le sue intenzioni: sì, perché i Garbage giocano sporco; fingono spudoratamente di voler essere ricercati di voler produrre delle "piccole sinfonie pop", ma la loro musica è tutt'altra; è una miscela molto accattivante di power pop, rock, elettronica, il tutto immerso in atmosfere che spaziano con disinvoltura dal glam al dark. I Garbage non saranno mai più così cupi, tranne qualche isolato episodio nei lavori successivi. Il tutto sembra soffocato dalle numerose sovraincisioni: ma è solo un' impressione perché i ritornelli emergono traditori all'improvviso e ti si appiccicano in testa, e quel senso di appiccicaticcio ti resta addosso per tutta la giornata. I Garbage riescono ad essere fastidiosi e piacevoli allo stesso tempo in questo lavoro: come una macchia di rossetto su una camicia bianca.

Nonostante la diversità e l' apparente inconciliabilità delle atmosfere proposte, l' album presenta una grande coesione senza mai annoiare però . Gran parte del merito va alla voce di Shirley Manson: carezzevole, persino dolce a tratti, per poi diventare cupa, quasi minacciosa, e poi ancora sarcastica e ironica; è la voce di Shirley a dare il tratto distintivo ad ogni pezzo.

Si passa dallo chic-dark di "Queer" (sfruttatissima negli spot pubblicitari come molti altri pezzi del gruppo), alle atmosfere più cupe di "As Heaven Is Wide", "Dog New Tricks", dai pezzi più ironici e sarcastici come "Only Happy When It Rains", "Vow", "Stupid Girl", a quelli più riflessivi e romantici come "A Stroke Of Luck" e la finale "Milk", l'unica ballata vera e propria del disco.

Buonissimo esordio per i Garbage, tante promesse; quasi nessuna delle quali poi però è stata mantenuta.

Anche se sembrano in ripresa ultimamente. . .

"Hey boy, take a look at me
Let me dirty up your mind
I' ll strip away your hard veneer
And see what I can find"
("Queer")

 

Elenco tracce testi e samples

01   Supervixen (03:55)

00:00
00:00

Come down to my house, stick a stone in your mouth
You can always pull out if you like it too much

Make a whole new religion:
A falling star that you cannot live without
And I'll feed your obsessions
There'll be nothing but this thing that you'll never doubt

It is hard to resist and I never have missed
I can take you out with just a flick of my wrist

Make a whole new religion:
A falling star that you cannot live without
And I'll feed your obsessions
There is nothing but this thing that you'll never doubt
This thing you'll never doubt

And I'll feed your obsessions
The falling star that you cannot live without
I will be your religion
This thing you'll never doubt
You're not the only one
You're not the only one

Bow down to me...

now i want it too much.
now i want it to stop.
now i'm looking like a falling star just fell over me. (repeat 2x)

02   Queer (04:36)

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00:00

Hey boy, take a look at me
Let me dirty up your mind
I'll strip away your hard veneer
And see what I can find

The queerest of the queer
The strangest of the strange
The coldest of the cool
The lamest of the lame
The numbest of the dumb
I hate to see you here
You choke behind a smile
A fake behind the fear
The queerest of the queer

This is what he pays me for
I'll show you how it's done
You learn to love the pain you feel
Like father, like son

The queerest of the queer
Hide inside your head
The blindest of the blind
The deadest of the dead
You're hungry 'cause you starve
While holding back the tears
Choking on your smile
A fake behind the fear
The queerest of the queer

I know what's good for you (You can touch me if you want)
I know you're dying to (You can touch me if you want)
I know what's good for you (You can touch me if you want)
But you can't stop

The queerest of the queer
The strangest of the strange
The coldest of the cool
The lamest of the lame
The numbest of the dumb
I hate to see you here
You choke behind a smile
A fake behind the fear

The queerest of the queer
The strangest of the strange
The coldest of the cool
You're nothing special here
A fake behind the fear
The queerest of the queer

I know what's good for you
I know you're dying to
I know what's good for you
I bet you're dying to

You can touch me if you want
You can touch me if you want
You can touch me
You can touch me
But you can't stop

03   Only Happy When It Rains (03:56)

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00:00

I'm only happy when it rains
I'm only happy when it's complicated
And though I know you can't appreciate it
I'm only happy when it rains
You know I love it when the news is bad
Why it feels so good to feel so sad
I'm only happy when it rains

Pour your misery down
Pour your misery down on me

Pour your misery down
Pour your misery down on me

I'm only happy when it rains
I feel good when things are going wrong
I only listen to the sad, sad songs
I'm only happy when it rains

I only smile in the dark
My only comfort is the night gone black
I didn't accidentally tell you that
I'm only happy when it rains
You'll get the message by the time I'm through
When I complain about me and you
I'm only happy when it rains

Pour your misery down
Pour your misery down on me

Pour your misery down
Pour your misery down on me

Pour your misery down
Pour your misery down on me

Pour your misery down
You can keep me company
As long as you don't care

I'm only happy when it rains
You wanna hear about my new obsession?
I'm riding high upon a deep depression
I'm only happy when it rains

Pour some misery down on me
I'm only happy when it rains

Pour some misery down on me
I'm only happy when it rains

Pour some misery down on me
I'm only happy when it rains

Pour some misery down on me
I'm only happy when it rains

Pour some misery down on me
I'm only happy when it rains

Pour some misery down on me
Pour some misery down on me
Pour some misery down on me
Pour some misery down on me
Pour some misery down on me
Pour some misery down on me
Pour some misery down on me
Pour some misery down on me

04   As Heaven Is Wide (04:52)

Nothing that you say will release you
Nothing that you pray will forgive you
Nothing's what your words mean to me

Something that you did will destroy me
Something that you said will stay with me
Long after you're dead and gone

If flesh could crawl my skin would fall
From off my bones and run away from here

As far from God
As heaven is wide
As far from God
As angels can fly

If holy is as holy does
This house would burn straight down to hell
Take it's conscience with it as it falls

Nothing said could change the fact
My trust was blind, you broke the pact
If God's my witness, God must be blind

If flesh could crawl my skin would fall
From off my bones and run away from here

As far from God
As heaven is wide
As far from God
As angels can fly

I wish
I wish
I wish
I wish

Take it back, I dare you, take it back
No you can't, you should have thought of that
What's inside a man that's goes so wrong?

Choke on guilt that's far too good for you
Say one word, I'll laugh and bury you
Leave you in the place where you left me

If flesh could crawl my skin would fall
From off my bones and run away from here

As far from God
As heaven is wide
As far from God
As angels can fly

I wish I could fly
As angels can fly

I wish...

05   Not My Idea (03:41)

06   A Stroke of Luck (04:43)

Hanging by threads of palest silver
I could have stayed that way forever
Bad blood and ghosts wrapped tight around me
Nothing could ever seem to touch me

I lose what I love most
Did you know I was lost until you found me?

Stroke of luck or gift from God?
Hand of fate or devil's claws?
From below or saints above?
You come to me

Here comes the cold again
I feel it closing in
It's falling down
And all around me, falling

You say that you'll be there to catch me
Or will you only try to trap me?
These are the rules I make
Our chains were meant to break, you'll never change me

Here comes the cold again
I feel it closing in
You're falling down
And all around me, falling

Stroke of luck or gift from God?
Hand of fate or devil's claws?
From below or saints above?
You come to me now

Don't ask me why
Don't even try

Stroke of luck or gift from God?
Hand of fate or devil's claws?
From below or saints above?
You come to me

Here comes the cold again
I feel it closing in
It's falling down
And all around me, falling

Falling...

07   Vow (04:30)

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00:00

I can't use what I can't abuse
And I can't stop when it comes to you

You burned me out but I'm back at your door
Like Joan of Arc coming back for more

I nearly died
I nearly died
I nearly died

I came to cut you up
I came to knock you down
I came around to tear your little world apart
I came to shut you up
I came to drag you down
I came around to tear your little world apart
And break your soul apart

Ah, you burn and burn to get under my skin
You've gone too far now, I won't give in
You crucify me but I'm back in your bed
Like Jesus Christ coming back from the dead

I nearly died
I nearly died
I nearly died

I came to knock you up
I came to cut you down
I came around to tear your little world apart
I came to rip you up
I came to shut you down
I came around to tear your little world apart
And break your soul apart

I nearly died
I nearly died
I nearly died

I came to cut you up
I came to knock you down
I came around to tear your little world apart
I came to shut you up
I came to suck you down
I came around to tear your little world apart

Tear your little world apart
Tear your little world apart
And break your soul apart

I can't stop when it comes to you
I can't stop when it comes to you
When it comes to you...

08   Stupid Girl (04:18)

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You pretend you're high
Pretend you're bored
Pretend you're anything
Just to be adored
And what you need
Is what you get

Don't believe in fear
Don't believe in faith
Don't believe in anything
That you can't break

You stupid girl
You stupid girl
All you had you wasted
All you had you wasted

What drives you on
Can drive you mad
A million lies to sell yourself
Is all you ever had

Don't believe in love
Don't believe in hate
Don't believe in anything
That you can't waste

You stupid girl
You stupid girl
Can't believe you fake it
Can't believe you fake it

Don't believe in fear
Don't believe in pain
Don't believe in anyone
That you can't tame

You stupid girl
You stupid girl
All you had you wasted
All you had you wasted

You stupid girl
You stupid girl
Can't believe you fake it
Can't believe you fake it

You stupid girl
You stupid girl
Can't believe you fake it
Can't believe you fake it

You stupid girl

09   Dog New Tricks (03:57)

I wish I had not woke up today
Everyone mistakes the things you say
Take the simple truth and
Twist it all around
Make it sound important
Make it seem profound

Dog new tricks
Nothing you learn will stick
Dog new tricks
You make me feel so worthless

Everyone I know has gone away
Died or left or just forgot to stay
Sometimes took for granted
Sometimes turned away
Sometimes didn't say what
I meant to say

Dog new tricks
Nothing you learn will stick
Dog new tricks
You make me feel so worthless

I never would have pegged you
For what you have become
Everyone lies, everyone cheats
Not like you've done

Dog new tricks
Nothing you learn will stick
Dog new tricks
You make me feel so worthless

Dog new tricks
Nothing you learn will stick
Dog new tricks
You make me feel so worthless

Nothing you learn...

10   My Lover's Box (03:55)

My lover's charms
Are in a box
Beneath my bed
And piece by piece
I'll cherish them
Until the end

Send me an angel to love
I need to feel a little piece of heaven
Send me an angel to love
I'm afraid I'll never get to heaven

They burn my hands
Scar my face
And blind my eyes
I steal your breath
And throw away
What I despise

Send me an angel to love
I need to feel a little piece of heaven
Send me an angel to love
I'm afraid I'll never get to heaven

Between these walls
And darkened halls
I've done my time
If I should die
Before I wake
Then you'll know why

Send me an angel to love
I need to feel a little piece of heaven
Send me an angel to love
I'm afraid I'll never get to heaven (piece by piece)

Send me an angel to love (piece by piece)
I need to feel a little piece of heaven (piece by piece)
Send me an angel to love (piece by piece)
I'm afraid I'll never get to heaven (piece by piece)

Piece by piece
Piece by piece

Send me an angel... (piece by piece)

11   Fix Me Now (04:43)

Things don't have to be this way
Catch me on a better day

Bury me above the clouds
All the way from here
Take away the things I need
Take away my fear
Hide me in a hollow sound
Happy ever more
Everything I had to give
Gave out long before

Fix me now, I wish you would (Fix me now)
Bring me back to life (Fix me now)
Kiss me blind, somebody should (Fix me now)
From hollow into light

Crashing silent, broken down
Falling into night
Who gave up and who gave in
I'll go without a fight
You cut me down or cut me dead
Cut me in or out
Kiss me blind time after time
Take away my doubt

Fix me now, I wish you would (Fix me now)
Bring me back to life (Fix me now)
Kiss me blind, somebody should (Fix me now)
From hollow into light

Things don't have to be this way
Catch me on a better day

Nowhere, only down from here
Pick me off the floor
Take away the things I dream
One time
One place
One more

Fix me now, I wish you would (Fix me now)
Bring me back to life (Fix me now)
Kiss me now, somebody should (Fix me now)
From hollow into

Fix me now, I wish you would (Fix me now)
Bring me back to life (Fix me now)
Kiss me now, somebody should
From hollow into light

Things don't have to be this way
Catch me on a better day...

Things don't have to be this way
Catch me on a better day...

Things don't have to be this way
Catch me on a better day...

Things dont have to be this way
Catch me on a better day...

12   Milk (03:54)

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00:00

I am milk
I am Red Hot Kitchen
And I am cool
Cool as the deep blue ocean

I am lost
So I am cruel
But I'd be love and sweetness
If I had you

I'm waiting, I'm waiting for you
I'm waiting, I'm waiting for you

I am weak
But I am strong
I can use my tears to
Bring you home

I'm waiting, I'm waiting for you
I'm waiting, I'm waiting for you
I'm waiting, I'm waiting for you

I am milk
I am Red Hot Kitchen
And I am cool
Cool as the deep blue ocean

I'm waiting, I'm waiting for you
I'm waiting, I'm waiting for you
I'm waiting, I'm waiting for you
I'm aching, I'm aching for you

I'm waiting
I'm waiting
I'm waiting
For you


  • ZiOn
    23 ott 06
    Recensione: Opera:
    Buon esordio di una band non eccelsa, ma con un grandissimo produttore al suo interno.. Per la cronaca, Butch Vig, prima dell'esordio dei Garbage, aveva prodotto, oltre a "Nevermind", anche "Dirty" dei Sonic Youth e "Siamese Dream" degli Smashing Pumpkins..
  • flood
    23 ott 06
    Recensione: Opera:
    Era un gran bell'esordio, a suo tempo l'ascoltai tantissimo...però a pensarci bene quasi la metà dei pezzi non era forse non all'atezza degli altri, brillava un pò di luce riflessa, ma questo poco toglie alla piacevolezza dell'ascolto. A distanza di anni preferisco riascoltare il loro secondo Version2.0 sebbene piuttosto diverso stilisticamente. Gli ultimi due invece crollavano miseramente dopo un paio di settimane di ascolti purtroppo...
  • flood
    23 ott 06
    Recensione: Opera:
    il voto sarebbe 3.5...arrotondiamo va'
  • The Punisher
    23 ott 06
    Recensione: Opera:
    Io conosco di più il successivo...forse più compiuto e commerciale ma ai tempi mi sembrava "fatto bene" nel suo genere.
  • Massimof
    23 ott 06
    Recensione: Opera:
    Riprendo Zion... tanta produzione e fatta bene ma... le canzoni? Un disco che dopo anni non lascia un benemerito c...
  • coso
    23 ott 06
    Recensione: Opera:
    Secondo me invece molte canzoni di questo disco rimangono abbastanza rappresentative di quel periodo. Per esempio "Stupid girl" si sente spesso nelle radio e nelle serate alternative. Il fatto che la band non si sia più riconfermata e abbia virato verso un suono più pop e meno intrigante ha sminuito il valore di quest'album che è rimasto un pò un caso isolato. Se i dischi successivi avessero mantenuto le aspettative probabilmente oggi si parlerebbe di un'opera prima di grande valore, invece così "Garbage" rimane un buon disco senza molta storia. Forse il fatto è che Vig ha più un cuore di produttore che di musicista.
  • lemuro
    23 ott 06
    Recensione: Opera:
    il più bello dei garbage........il resto è ripetitivo.........
  • shermanoaks
    23 ott 06
    Recensione: Opera:
    "Per la cronaca, Butch Vig, prima dell'esordio dei Garbage, aveva prodotto, oltre a "Nevermind", anche "Dirty" dei Sonic Youth e "Siamese Dream" degli Smashing Pumpkins.. " azz zion meno male che ce lo hai ricordato tu chi era butch vig
  • MarcoP
    23 ott 06
    Recensione: Opera:
    E prima ancora di "Siamese Dream" aveva prodotto anche "Gish"!
  • ZiOn
    23 ott 06
    Recensione: Opera:
    Prego, caro condorbars.. Avevo semplicemente fatto un'aggiunta alla recensione, che parlava soltanto dei Nirvana, senza alcuna presunzione di superiorità.. Ti ha così infastidito?
  • condorbars
    23 ott 06
    Recensione: Opera:
    no figurati zion ,era solo una battuta!
  • ZiOn
    23 ott 06
    Recensione: Opera:
    Certe volte la linea sottile che distingue una battuta da una provocazione quasi invisibile.. Bisogna stare attenti.. ;-) Comunque scherzo anche io, ovvio..
  • S4doll
    23 ott 06
    Recensione: Opera:
    a me questo piace un sacco tanto
  • Targetski
    23 ott 06
    Recensione: Opera:
    Anche secondo me resta la loro cosa migliore. Milk nella versione remixata da Tricky suonava alla grande. 3,5 approssimato 3.
  • Massimof
    23 ott 06
    Recensione: Opera:
    Condomr ... non scherzavo, ovvio!
  • Donzia81
    23 ott 06
    Recensione: Opera:
    il miglior disco della band! ineguagliabile!
  • Anonimo
    23 ott 06
    Recensione: Opera:
    E ADESSO ZITTI TUTTI CHE IL PROFESSOR ZION SALE IN CATTEDRA!!! AHAHAHAHAH (scusate sono troppo stupido) Grande Condorbars, però cambiati nick che questo fa cagare..prendi esempio da me!
  • Recensione: Opera:
    Secondo me è un signor disco.
  • kayzero
    1 nov 06
    Recensione: Opera:
    Bellissimo. E stupenda anche la recensione.
  • darkestwater
    24 mar 07
    Recensione: Opera:
    il disco perfetto quando facevi l'amore con Sarah, il primo disco ascoltato durante il piacere, più di dieci anni fa... bei tempi.
  • Anonimo
    13 ago 07
    Recensione: Opera:
    shirley manson è inarrivabile in questo disco
  • geektheboy
    1 nov 07
    Recensione: Opera:
    Ottimo esordio, nel 95 ha lasciato il segno. I ritornelli rimangono appiccicati in testa come la colla. Manson è una delle migliori cantanti di sempre. "As Heaven Is Wide" e "Cherry Lips", per citanre due, non sembrano appartenere alla stessa voce. "Queer" e "Milk" deliziose.
  • Anonimo
    15 dic 07
    Recensione: Opera:
    5 per Milk,

    è <I>struggente</I>



    Massimo D.
  • Anonimo
    23 dic 07
    Recensione: Opera:
    Ciao, ho appena caricato (sulla mia pagina musicale di myspace,indicata sotto la firma) un nuovo brano,"The World Is On Fire",pesantemente ispirato alla new wave anni 80(con riferimenti a Duran Duran,Alphaville,Classix Nouveaux,The Associates,B-Movie,Wim Mertens e The Killers),mentre ancora "imperversano" gli altri due pezzi precedentemente caricati: uno s'intitola "Formerly Known As The King" e potrebbe definirsi un mix tra il post-punk psichedelico e il power-metal sinfonico, vagamente influenzato dai Muse e dai Sonata Arctica, ma con un testo trash ispirato alle notizie di cronaca nera...e l'altro,"Nothing To Believe In",è una specie di ballata prog-jazz con elementi orientaleggianti,classicheggianti e new wave e ispirata a David Bowie,Arcadia,Furniture,Eyeless in Gaza,Japan,David Sylvian,Mick Karn,Dolphin Brothers,Nine Horses,Masami Tsuchiya,Yukihiro Takahashi,Melon,The Cure,Metro,John Foxx,etc.
    Spero vi piacciano!
    un saluto
    Welcome to the new Myspace!
  • DADOSH
    16 gen 08
    Recensione: Opera:
    "Milk" è stata la canzone con la quale ho conosciuto i Garbage, bellissima ballata.
    Mi piace molto anche "Only Happy When It Rains"
  • GustavoTanz
    14 ago 08
    Recensione: Opera:
    Il capolavoro dei Garbage.
  • Frank Bermuda
    19 ago 08
    Recensione: Opera:
    è un disco che ho gradito abbastanza, sebbene lo trovi per "palati fini", recensione impegnata, fresca e gradevole.
    Grazie!
  • Yosif
    18 nov 08
    Recensione: Opera:
    grandissimo album,a breve scriverò anche una mia recensione,

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Di  Yosif

 "Garbage, un nome una garanzia, sin dal primo ascolto si ci rende conto di avere tra le mani una perla degli anni 90."

 "Un album veramente ottimo, un lavoro eccelso, ben suonato, ben cantato, prodotto egregiamente, curato nei minimi particolari... 4.5 arrotondato a 5 stelle e pochi cazzi."

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