Beautiful Garbage

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Beautiful Garbage
Beautiful Garbage cover
Studio album by Garbage
Released Flag of Japan September 27, 2001
Flag of World October 1, 2001
Flag of the United States October 2, 2001
Recorded April 2000 – May 2001, Smart Studios,
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Genre Alternative, Electronica
Length 53:01
Label Festival Mushroom Records
Interscope (North America)
Producer Garbage
Professional reviews
Garbage chronology
Version 2.0
(1998)		 Beautiful Garbage
(2001)		 Bleed Like Me
(2005)
Alternate cover
Limited edition version
Singles from Beautiful Garbage
  1. "Androgyny"
    Released: September 24, 2001
  2. "Cherry Lips"
    Released: January 21, 2002
  3. "Breaking Up the Girl"
    Released: April 8, 2002
  4. "Shut Your Mouth"
    Released: September 23, 2002

Beautiful Garbage, also typeset beautifulgarbage, is the third album by alternative rock group Garbage. It was released worldwide in October 2001 and was the follow up to the band's multi-platinum album Version 2.0. The foundations of the album began from tracks written in 1999 for a canceled B-sides album, and was written and recorded over the following year, where lead singer Shirley Manson chronicled their efforts weekly online, becoming one of the first high profile musicians to keep an internet blog.

Released three weeks after the September 11 attacks, the album suffered from lack of promotion, mixed reaction from critics and fans alike, and the failure of its lead single "Androgyny" to achieve high chart positions. [1] Despite faltering in major markets, Beautiful Garbage debuted at #1 on Billboards Top Electronic Albums chart where it stayed for 8 weeks, [2] topped the album charts in Australia and was named one of Rolling Stone's "Top 10 Albums of the Year". [3]

More diverse than their first two albums, musically more melodic and lyrically more direct, and branching out from the band's established sound, Beautiful Garbage featured contemporary hip hop fused with electronica, with influences coming from Eighties new wave to Sixties girl groups. Garbage acknowledged the broad span of sounds and styles, name checking Prince to Rolling Stones, Blondie to Phil Spector and John Carpenter to Karen Carpenter. [4]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Garbage, except where noted.

  1. "Shut Your Mouth" – 3:26
  2. "Androgyny" – 3:10
  3. "Can't Cry These Tears" – 4:16
  4. "Til the Day I Die" – 3:28
  5. "Cup of Coffee" – 4:31
  6. "Silence Is Golden" – 3:50
  7. "Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!)" – 3:12
  8. "Breaking Up the Girl" – 3:33
  9. "Drive You Home" – 3:58
  10. "Parade" – 4:07
  11. "Nobody Loves You" – 5:08
  12. "Untouchable" – 4:03
  13. "So Like a Rose" – 6:19

Japanese bonus tracks

  1. "Begging Bone" - 4:50
  2. "The World Is Not Enough" (Don Black / David Arnold) - 3:56

CD format bonus

  1. beautifulgarbage mixer (CD-ROM Enhanced CD)

[edit] Release and promotion

Lead single "Androgyny" premiered on UK radio on August 3, [5] and at radio worldwide on August 24, [6] except in North America, where it was serviced to Top 40, Hot AC, AAA and Modern Rock radio formats on August 27. [7] In the UK, "Androgyny" was C-listed at Radio One. [8] On September 10, the promotional video for "Androgyny" premiered on both MTV and VH1 worldwide. [7] The following day, due to the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington D.C., the promotional schedule for the album was put on hold. [9]

Promotion resumed on September 20 (Garbage Day), when Mushroom set up listening events in rock venues across the UK. [10] On September 22, Garbage performed "Androgyny" on cd:uk, their first UK television performance in three years, [11] as well as pre-recording performances for Pepsi Chart Show, Popworld and Top of the Pops. On September 19, "Androgyny" was released in Japan, [12] followed by a release across Europe on September 24; it peaked at #24 in the UK Singles chart.

On September 27, the album received its first release, in Japan. [12] On October 1, Beautiful Garbage was released worldwide, with the North American release the following day. The album debuted at the top of the Australian album chart. In the UK, it sold 26,000 copies to debut at #6 [13] and was certified gold after three weeks. The album also charted at #6 in Canada, and shipped gold in its first week. Further top ten chart debuts came from Greece, New Zealand, France, Ireland, Singapore, Belgium, Finland, Germany, Spain, Norway and Italy. In the U.S., Beautiful Garbage achieved a #13 debut on the Billboard 200 with sales of 73,000, [14], as well as reaching #6 on the Top Internet Albums chart and topping the Electronic Albums chart.

On October 2, Garbage marked the release of Beautiful Garbage by performing an in-store set in Chicago's Virgin Megastore. A Late Show performance of "Androgyny" followed on October 8 before the band took up the support slot on the third leg of U2's Elevation Tour from dates in South Bend through to New York City. [15] After the last show, Vig contracted Hepatitis A through food poisoning, and was replaced by Matthew Chamberlain for the band's scheduled November club tour in Europe, beginning in Trondheim through London. While in London, the band performed a set on Later With Jools Holland, MTV's Morning Glory and Radio One's Evening Session and completed a pre-record for Top of The Pops. "Cherry Lips" went to radio worldwide on December 3, [16] with its first international release on December 27 in Japan. [12]

Garbage returned to support the U2 tour for its final dates from Kansas City through to the last show in Miami. [15] On December 8, Garbage performed "Breaking Up The Girl" on The Tonight Show, and it was released as a single as the theme song to the Daria telemovie Is It College Yet?. Both the Daria movie and promotional video for the single premiered on January 21, 2002. [3] During this period the band promoted the record across the country, including filming for a VH1 Behind The Music special. On December 27, both Rolling Stone's US and Australian editions named Beautiful Garbage as one of their critics "Top 10 Albums of the Year". [3] After three months, Beautiful Garbage had sold 250,000 copies in the US, [3] and sales approached 1.2 million worldwide. [17]

Garbage began 2002 with a short stop in the UK to perform "Cherry Lips" on cd:uk and Popworld, Garbage joined the Big Day Out touring festival for all dates in Australia and New Zealand, as well as perform on Channel V to promote the single. "Cherry Lips" was released on January 14 backing up these dates, [16] and debuted at #7 in the ARIA Charts, becoming Garbage's biggest hit in Australia, staying in the Top Ten for 4 weeks and being certified gold. "Cherry Lips" received a UK release on January 21, where it debuted at #22. On February 1, The Sun gave away a Garbage CD sampler featuring an exclusive "Cherry Lips" remix. [18] Following Australian dates the band spent ten days in Japan, performing four headline shows, and appearing on variety show Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Puffy. To mark the dates, on February 9, Sony Music Japan released an exclusive E.P. of rare tracks titled Special Collection. [12]

Garbage re-grouped in mid-March in preparation for a UK, European and North American headline tour. To promote the single "Breaking Up The Girl", Garbage performed it on cd:uk, and pre-recorded a performance of "Shut Your Mouth" and a cover of The Rolling Stones' Wild Horses for Re:Covered. On April 1, Garbage began touring in Portsmouth, including an acoustic show in Edinburgh and a MTV 5 Night Stand broadcast show in among dates. Despite the shows, media attention and promo, "Breaking Up The Girl" charted at #27 following its April 8 release. On April 19, Garbage returned to North America beginning with a Toronto show, through to the June 6 show in Mexico City. Matt Chamberlain again filled in from Vig from May 28 show in Las Vegas, and also appearing with the band on its June 3 Tonight Show performance of "Cherry Lips", when Vig had to retire from the tour suffering from an ear infection.

Matt Walker saw through the band's remaining European dates covering Vig's absence from June 11 Salamanca show through to finishing up at the Espárrago Festival on July 12. During these dates, the single "Shut Your Mouth" was released in Germany on June 24, with release following on July 8 across the continent.

[edit] Remixes, B-sides and unreleased tracks

Garbage's record labels expected extensive club support of Beautiful Garbage's singles as part of their marketing strategies for the album. With this in mind, all four singles were sent for remixing, with new versions coming back from Felix da Housecat, The Neptunes and The Architechs ("Androgyny"); from Roger Sanchez, Howie B and MaUVe ("Cherry Lips"); from Timo Maas and Brothers in Rhythm ("Breaking Up The Girl") and from Jolly Music, Ken Reay and Jagz Kooner ("Shut Your Mouth"). A "Cherry Lips" remix by Eli Janney was an online exclusive for a number of months until physical release. An "Androgyny" or "Untouchable" remix from Missy Elliott was planned but never surfaced. [19]

A number of tracks written during the sessions for Beautiful Garbage but not included on the final album were released as bonus cuts on the groups international singles. These tracks were "Begging Bone", "Enough Is Never Enough" and "Use Me". Another song written but not finished during the sessions, "Confidence", was completed during a break in touring in February 2002, when the band also recorded a cover version of the Velvet Underground's "Candy Says". In July 2002, while in Montreux, Garbage wrote brand new tracks "April Tenth" and "Sex Never Goes Out of Fashion". These tracks were released on the final single from the album, along with "I'm Really Into Techno" and a live cover of the Rolling Stones "Wild Horses".

Manson regularly mentioned new songs in her online blog, and a small number were either not released or never finished. These titles were "Jinxed", [20] "Now That You've Got Me", [21] "Born Selfish", [22] "Afterlife", [23] "Not In The Mood", [24] and "Happiness" [25] Garbage had written "Happiness" until the second chorus, but had no bridge or coda they were happy with. While recovering from Hepatitis A, Vig completed a new version of "Happiness" by sampling Manson's vocals, pasting them onto an instrumental with a different key and tempo. [26]

[edit] Chart positions and sales

Country Peak position Certification Sales
Australia 1 3x Platinum [27] 210,000+
Canada Gold [28] 50,000+
New Zealand 2 Gold 7,500+
United Kingdom 6 Gold 100,000+
United States 13 397,000+ [29]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Thanks For The, Uhhh, Support Documentary" (Retrieved - 2007-12-11)
  2. ^ Garbage (Timeline). RockOnTheNet.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-11.
  3. ^ a b c d "Breaking Up the Girl Hits magazine trade ad" (Retrieved - 2007-12-11)
  4. ^ "beautifulgarbage press release" (Retrieved - 2007-12-11)
  5. ^ "beautifulgarbage promotional history press release" (Retrieved - 2007-12-18)
  6. ^ "beautifulgarbage point-of-sale brochure (Australia - Festival Mushroom Records)" (Retrieved - 2007-12-14)
  7. ^ a b "beautifulgarbage point-of-sale brochure (US - Interscope Records)" (Retrieved - 2007-12-14)
  8. ^ "Androgyny press release" (Retrieved - 2007-12-14)
  9. ^ "Kerrang! magazine interview (published January 2002)" (Retrieved - 2007-12-14)
  10. ^ Beautiful Day. NME.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-14.
  11. ^ "Androgyny" database mail-out card (Retrieved - 2007-12-14)
  12. ^ a b c d BeautifulGarbage. SonyMusic.Co.Jp. Retrieved on 2007-12-16.
  13. ^ "Music Week magazine (published October 9, 2001)" (Retrieved - 2007-12-14)
  14. ^ Ja Rule Feeling No 'Pain' With No. 1 Bow. AllBusiness.com (originally published by Billboard). Retrieved on 2007-12-14.
  15. ^ a b Elevation Third Leg 2001. U2Tours.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-15.
  16. ^ a b ""Cherry Lips" point-of-sale brochure (AU - Festival Mushroom Records)" (Retrieved - 2007-12-16)
  17. ^ "Music Week trade ad for Mushroom Records/Infectious/Perfecto (Published Dec 2001)" (Retrieved - 2007-12-16)
  18. ^ "The Sun issue date 01.02.2002" (Retrieved - 2007-12-16)
  19. ^ Missy Sifts Through Garbage. NME.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-14.
  20. ^ "Kerrang! magazine interview, published April 12, 2000)" (Retrieved - 2007-12-15)
  21. ^ Studio Diary #12. Garbage.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-15.
  22. ^ Studio Diary #13. Garbage.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-15.
  23. ^ Studio Diary #21. Garbage.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-15.
  24. ^ Studio Diary #28. Garbage.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-15.
  25. ^ Studio Diary #37. Garbage.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-15.
  26. ^ BV's update - Los Angeles, Wednesday, Nov. 21st. Garbage.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-15.
  27. ^ ARIA
  28. ^ CRIA
  29. ^ Billboard "Ask Bilboard"

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Preceded by
V by Live		 Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
October 8 - October 14, 2001		 Succeeded by
Fever by Kylie Minogue
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