- Critic Score
- Most active
- Publication
- Most clicked
-
90One of the year's best.
-
90The sound of a band blissfully uncoiling under the sun of self-assurance.
-
It's unlikely to storm the charts like their first two records, especially since there aren't standout singles like on the earlier albums, but overall the record works better, perhaps their best album.
-
80Sharp, seductive music from a band at their peak. [Oct 2001, p.119]
-
If you didn't know better, you'd think you were listening to a compilation, not a band album.
-
70Garbage have finally discovered a hint of the blood-pumping human heart underneath their icy exterior.
-
70We could probably live without at least one of the three lengthy, slightly prosaic tracks that tail-end proceedings, but stand-outs Cup Of Coffee and Androgyny more than compensate. [Nov 2001, p.116]
-
Garbage is savvier than most in cobbling together the sounds of its influences.
-
67The treasures in this latest pile of Garbage may not be as apparent as they were in the past, but the goodies are still there.
-
The abundance of derivative electronic tricks diminishes Beautiful's successful updates of Garbage's sound. [Nov 2001, p.73]
-
60With all that studio experience and expertise, Garbage inevitably sounds slicker than a bobsled track. But it can become a little too slick: the flawless sound often only exposes and exacerbates their shortcomings as writers.
-
60The Garbage machine doesn't always function so pristinely. [Oct/Nov 2001, p.105]
-
60It's as if there's an optimal number of musical ideas per song, and the album falls apart when the number spikes too high - or dips too low.
-
It's good in flashes but frighteningly unstable.
-
50This time around, the Garbage tradition of borrowing from all over the map has produced unfocused and derivative results.
-
50Gone are the likes of 'Queer' or 'Subhuman', there's no ummph or intelligence. In straining to achieve a smarter, more mature album the band have created the most tawdry epitaph possible.
-
40For the first time in their history, Garbage sounds like they just want to fit in. The problem is that they do.
prev
next
Page:
- 1
User score distribution:
-
Positive: 16 out of 19
-
Mixed: 3 out of 19
-
Negative: 0 out of 19
-
9
-
JeremyF.8
-
GiuseppeM.10Perfectly eclectic sophisticated album.