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 meLet me dirty up your mind
I' ll strip away your hard veneer
And see what I can find" ("Queer")
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01 Supervixen (03:55)
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)
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)
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...
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)
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)
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)
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
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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."
