Garbage is the debut studio album by the rock band Garbage. It was released on August 15, 1995, by Almo Sounds. The album was met with critical acclaim upon its release, being viewed by some as an innovative recording for its time. It reached number 20 on the US Billboard 200 and number six on the UK Albums Chart, while charting inside the top 20 and receiving multi platinum certifications in several territories. The album’s success was helped by the band promoting it on a year long tour, including playing on the European festival circuit and supporting the Smashing Pumpkins throughout 1996, as well as by a run of increasingly successful singles culminating with Stupid Girl, which received Grammy Award nominations for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group in 1997.
In October 2015, the album was reissued to mark its 20th anniversary, featuring remastered tracks from the original analog tapes, as well as remixes and previously unreleased alternate versions of songs from the album.
Tracklist:
- Supervixen
- Queer
- Only Happy When It Rains
- As Heaven Is Wide
- Not My Idea
- A Stroke of Luck
- Vow
- Stupid Girl
- Dog New Tricks
- My Lover’s Box
- Fix Me Now
- Milk (Japanese edition bonus tracks)
- Subhuman
- #1 Crush
Garbage
Shirley Manson: vocals, guitar
Steve Marker: guitars, bass, samples, loops
Duke Erikson: guitars, keyboards, six-string bass, fuzz bass
Butch Vig: drums, loops, noise, EFX
Additional musicians
Mike Kashou: bass (tracks 1–3, 5, 8, 12); fuzz bass (track 4)
Clyde Stubblefield: additional drums (tracks 2, 5)
Les Thimmig: clarinet (track 2)
Pauli Ryan: percussion (tracks 3, 5, 8, 10)
David Frangioni: additional loops
Rich Mendelson: additional loops
Technical
Garbage: production, recording
Howie Weinberg: mastering
Scott Hull: editing, post-production
Mike Zirkel: second engineer
Artwork
Robin Sloane: creative direction
Janet Wolsborn: art direction
Garbage: art direction
Adrian Britteon: logo
Stéphane Sednaoui: photos
Clifford LeCuyer: additional photos
Photo 24: additional photos
