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Humongous hooks. [15 Apr 2005, p.77]
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83By getting real, Garbage has produced quite a find.
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There are no real surprises on Bleed, but as a return to the steady Garbage ferocity of old, it's first rate. [May 2005, p.134]
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70They sound like just another rock band. The thing is, they're a fine rock band. [May 2005, p.119]
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The first two-thirds of Bleed Like Me is easily the best sustained run of studio Garbage since the opening half of their 1995 debut.
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If Version 2.0 was techno-pop perfection posing as rock, Bleed Like Me is its noisy, long-haired cousin playing metal riffs in the garage.
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60They’ve returned to the clamorous, powerchord-packed rock of their debut, with the inevitable result that it sounds fixed firmly by the formaldehyde of fashion in mid-90s post-grunge.
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60They come across as a self-contained, insular studio band, with tunes aching to break free of the driving wall of guitars. [May 2005, p.96]
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It's an enjoyable record, but it's hard to escape the nagging feeling that Garbage has painted itself into a corner: they haven't found a way to expand their sound, to make it richer or mature -- they can only deliver more of the same.
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60While Manson's changeling vocals are always worth listening to, Garbage's songs often aren't.
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There very well may be a human heart beating at the centre of 'Bleed Like Me', but thanks to the walls of effects and static, it's sometimes impossible to hear it.
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45The album is full of big rock guitars anchored to big rock effects, but it somehow never manages either to sound big enough or to rock hard enough.
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40An album of contrived power-pop songs that chart the lows and lows of yet another failing relationship.
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40While 'Bleed Like Me' is easily better than 'Beautiful Garbage', it's still not worth buying. It's recognisably Garbage, but it's unarguably garbage too.
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40Much of it signifies nothing. [May 2005, p.96]
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Garbage's latest approaches a kind of shimmering technical perfection, but remains strangely, stubbornly uninvolving.
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30As bland as paint. [May 2005, p.110]
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30The absence of memorable hooks and catchy choruses is obvious.
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