Garbage performing on-stage in Copenhagen, June 1, 2005 |
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| Releases | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 4 | |
| ↙Live albums | 1 | |
| ↙Compilation albums | 4 | |
| ↙Singles | 24 | |
| ↙Video albums | 2 | |
| ↙Music videos | 25 | |
Garbage is a Scottish-American alternative rock band formed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1994. The group's discography consists of four studio albums, a greatest-hits compilation album, an extended play compilation, twenty-four singles, twenty-five music videos (many of which are alternate versions to the same song), and two music-video compilations. The current line up is Scottish-born Shirley Manson and Americans Duke Erikson, Steve Marker, and Butch Vig. They have amassed worldwide album sales of over 17 million units.[1]
Garbage released a string of increasingly successful singles in 1995 and 1996, including "Queer", "Only Happy When It Rains", and "Stupid Girl". Their debut album, Garbage, was an unexpected smash; it charted in the top 20 in six countries and was certified double platinum in the US, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. Garbage spent two years working on their follow-up album, Version 2.0, which charted in the top 20 in 12 countries and was certified platinum in four countries and the European Union.
The band recorded the theme song of the 1999 James Bond movie The World Is Not Enough.[2] The band's third album, Beautiful Garbage (2001), failed to match the commercial success achieved by its predecessors.[3] Garbage quietly disbanded in late 2003, but regrouped to complete their fourth album Bleed Like Me in 2005, peaking at a career-high number four on the Billboard 200.[4] The band cut short their concert tour in support of Bleed Like Me announcing an "indefinite hiatus".[5] Garbage reconvened in 2007[6] and released a greatest hits compilation Absolute Garbage.[7]
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| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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| US [4] |
AUS [8] |
AUT [9] |
BEL [10] |
CAN [4] |
FIN [11] |
FRA [12] |
NZ [13] |
NOR [14] |
UK [15] |
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| 1995 | Garbage
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20 | 4 | — | 34 | 61 [16] |
23 | 16 | 1 | 30 | 6 | |
| 1998 | Version 2.0
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13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2001 | Beautiful Garbage
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13 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |
| 2005 | Bleed Like Me
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4 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 4 |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [4] |
AUS [8] |
BEL [10] |
IRL [28] |
SPA [29] |
SWI [30] |
UK [31] |
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| 1996 | Garbage Video
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10 [I][32] |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | Special Collection
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | Absolute Garbage
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68 | 18 | 38 | 22 | 59 | 77 | 11 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||
I ^ Garbage Video is a music-video compilation, therefore it charted on the "Top Music Video" chart.
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Mod [4] |
US [4] |
GER [4] |
EU [4] |
AUS [8] |
CAN [4] |
IRL [28][33] |
NLD [34] |
NZ [13] |
SWI [30] |
UK [15] |
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| 1995 | "Vow" | 26 | 97 | — | — | 32 | — | — | — | 41 | — | 138 [35] |
Garbage | |
| "Subhuman" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50 [36] |
non-album single | ||
| "Only Happy When It Rains" | 16 | 55 | — | — | 80 | 79 [37] |
— | 36 | 38 | — | 29 | Garbage | ||
| "Queer" | 12 | 57 [A] |
— | — | 55 | — | — | — | 37 | — | 13 | |||
| 1996 | "Stupid Girl" | 2 | 24 | — | — | 47 | 30 [38] |
16 | — | 32 | — | 4 | ||
| "Supervixen"[I] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Milk" | — | 106 [B] |
— | — | 44 | — | — | — | 50 | — | 10 | |||
| "#1 Crush" | 1 | 29 [C] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Romeo + Juliet OST | ||
| 1998 | "Push It" | 5 | 52 | 88 | — | 31 | — | 26 | 77 | 15 | — | 9 | Version 2.0 | |
| "I Think I'm Paranoid" | 6 | 70 [A] |
98 | — | 57 | — | — | 94 | 19 | — | 9 | |||
| "Special" | 11 | 52 | — | — | 54 [39] |
62 [40] |
— | — | — | — | 15 | |||
| 1999 | "The Trick Is to Keep Breathing" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "When I Grow Up" | 23 | 4 [D] |
— | — | 22 | — | 28 | — | 24 | — | 9 | |||
| "You Look So Fine" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | |||
| "Temptation Waits"[II] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "The World Is Not Enough" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30 | 48 | — | 16 | 11 | The World Is Not Enough OST | ||
| 2001 | "Androgyny" | — | — | 93 | — | 21 | 19 | 39 | 71 | 17 | 67 | 24 | Beautiful Garbage | |
| 2002 | "Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!)" | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | 27 | 80 | 22 | 85 | 22 | ||
| "Breaking Up the Girl" | — | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | |||
| "Shut Your Mouth" | — | — | — | — | 74 [42] |
— | — | — | — | — | 20 | |||
| 2005 | "Why Do You Love Me" | 8 | 94 | 63 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 27 | 100 | — | 75 | 7 | Bleed Like Me | |
| "Bleed Like Me"[III] | 27 | 6 [D] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Sex Is Not the Enemy" | — | — | — | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | |||
| "Run Baby Run" | — | — | 97 | — | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2007 | "Tell Me Where It Hurts" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50 [36] |
Absolute Garbage | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
I ^ "Supervixen" was released to Modern Rock radio in the United States in October 1996.
II ^ "Temptation Waits" was released to national radio in Spain in June 1999.
III ^ The entry for "Bleed Like Me" that charted on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart was credited "Bleed Like Me (E. Kupper Mixes)".[4]
| Year | Song | Release |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | "Kick My Ass" | Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation |
| 2002 | "I Just Wanna Have Something to Do" | We're a Happy Family: A Tribute to Ramones |
| 2008 | "Witness to Your Love" | Give.Listen.Help[44] |
| 2011 | "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" | (Ăhk-to͝ong Ba͞y-bi) Covered |
| Year | Artist | Song | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Fun Lovin' Criminals | "Korean Bodega" | Remix-trade (Fun Lovin' Criminals remixed "You Look So Fine" in return. Shirley Manson performs vocals on their remix) |
Garbage also remixed a number of their own singles, while drummer Butch Vig remixed a number of artists while Garbage were active.[45]
| Year | Track name | Recorded | Release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | "Dumb" | June 28, 1998, Roskilde Festival | Version 2.0 Special Live Edition |
| "Stupid Girl" | |||
| "Temptation Waits" | |||
| "Vow" | |||
| "When I Grow Up" | "When I Grow Up" (Live at Roskilde) | ||
| "Special" | October 1, 1998, RIMAC Arena, San Diego, California | Launch #23 (CD-ROM magazine) | |
| "Only Happy When It Rains" | October 26, 1998, Philadelphia | Sonic Sessions: Volume 3 (Y100 compilation) | |
| "Stupid Girl" | December 12, 1998, Los Angeles | The Best of KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas | |
| 2000 | "I Think I'm Paranoid" | September 23, 1998, Seattle | The End Sessions (KNDD compilation) |
| 2002 | "Wild Horses" | Unspecified show on Beautiful Garbage tour, 2002 | "Shut Your Mouth" |
| "Only Happy When It Rains" | |||
| 2003 | "Special" | March 20, 1999, Saturday Night Live | Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music (DVD compilation) |
| "I Think I'm Paranoid" | May 14, 1999, Later... with Jools Holland | Later... Louder with Jools Holland (DVD compilation) | |
| "Shut Your Mouth" | August 26, 2002, The Kerrang! Awards 2002 | Kerrang! The DVD (Compilation) | |
| 2005 | "Cherry Lips" | Unspecified show on Beautiful Garbage tour, 2002 | Bleed Like Me (Australian Tour Edition) |
| "Only Happy When It Rains" | August 13, 2005, Future, Atlanta, Georgia | Live X 10: Recently & Relived (99x compilation) | |
| "Only Happy When It Rains" | May 14, 1999, Later... with Jools Holland | Later With Jools Holland - Even Louder (DVD compilation) | |
| "Only Happy When It Rains" | September 8, 2005, Ex'pression College for Digital Arts, Emeryville | Stripped Down/Unplugged: Volume III (KCNL compilation) | |
| 2006 | "Special" | May 9, 2002, Riviera Theatre for XRT Sunday Night Concert, Chicago, IL | ONXRT: Live From the Archives Vol 9 (WXRT compilation) |
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