Garbage

Version 2.0

A Version That Brought Out Garbage

Review Score:

(10/10)
I first became a Garbage fan when I heard a friend play "Stupid Girl" so I borrowed his copy of Version 2.0 he had at the time too when it first came out and two days later I bought myself a copy because this was a remarkable CD then and still is to this day. The vocals and darkness of the album are intoxicating and the lyrics plunge deep, even with deep double meanings at times. "Temptation Waits" opens the CD and actually proves a good song to start with, even with the title because this CD seems to chronicle from temptation to consumation and regret at the end of the CD. "I Think I'm Paranoid" chronicles the stress and tension and emotional confusion whereas "When I Grow Up" seems to still have the confusion but more insanity and unbridled nature. "Medication" is one of the darkest songs on the album and almost completely hopeless. "Special" attacks someone who seems good and precious at one point but proves horrid in the end. "Hammering In My Head" sets the stage for a temptation to lust and following that primal lust while "Push It" just essentially explicitly spells out exactly what is wanted. "Trick Is to Keep Breathing" slows down from the speed of "Push It" as if it creates more rhythm and sensuality. "Dumb" hits hard with lyrics and rough and brashly and "Sleep Together" asks the questions of whether giving into carnality will make a person like you more or not. "You Look So Fine" is still one of the best tracks Garbage has ever produced and it's absolutely beautiful while dark and desparate to keep the one that is loved even if it's a brutal love that is fake, it's worth keeping up the image and everything that it entails. This CD actually made Garbage more known commercially but it also pioneered electronic rock too with very charged lyrics and subject matter before the commercialization and still proves one of my favorite albums ever.

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