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Generally favorable reviews- based on 26 Ratings

  • Summary: The fifth studio album for Garbage is its first release in over seven years.
  • Record Label: Stunvolume
  • Genre(s): Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Dance, Dance-Rock
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 28
  2. Negative: 2 out of 28
  1. Jun 7, 2012
    80
    Not Your Kind of People is a wonderful album full of something Garbage have never really possessed before: humanity. [May 2012, p.53]
  2. Jun 22, 2012
    60
    The sulky formula which established them, however, like the seismic chords of Control or the crunching Battle In Me, proves the efficacy of this recycled Garbage. [Jun 2012, p.114]
  3. Jul 18, 2012
    60
    They haven't really been missed, yet it's good to have them back. [Jun 2012, p.83]
  4. May 21, 2012
    30
    Plods along with an overproduced pompousness that falls somewhere between boring and annoying.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 15
  2. Negative: 1 out of 15
  1. A welcome return by one of the 90's best bands. They have released consistently good albums and with this record have reached a new pinnacle of awesomeness. The tracks are all strong and, praise be, don't sound like everything else out there on mainstream radio. Highlights are "Automatic Systematic Habit", "Control" and the glorious "I Hate Love". DEFINITELY my kind of people. Expand
  2. 8
    Well its the same good old Garbage.Yes it might sound outdated and too familiar.But that's why I like them. It has that pseudo alt rock feeling that I personally like the most about this band.Its a guilty pleasure if you will,a nostalgic feeling that you get from hearing beautiful Shirley Manson being sexy angry :) If you are someone like me,an old Garbage fan, than this record is for you to check out. Expand
  3. Garbage on the "Not Your Kind Of People" made a very uneven material, which is really hard to evaluate. Bands' style after a seven year hiatus still remains the same: slightly psychedelic alternative rock with a layer of expanded lyrics. However, the songs - does not appear to be either interesting or catchy. This style started to be very ordinary, and band did not introduce any new patents. Expand
  4. On 2012, Garbage sounds like a reunion of professionals on the peak of maturing, but not exactly on that part of life you reach self confidence and transits free on the top of your game. Is more on the part that precedes mid age crisis, when the new world is frightening and you are scared to dare and innovate yourself, so you pick up the most obvious and safe choices. And then you sound as common and dull as ever. If there is one thing that everybody tries to pretend about Garbage â Expand

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