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The sequencing is what makes this disc such a divine pleasure: we get to hear a band grow from grinning upstarts to tension-battered road warriors.
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'Tell Me Where It Hurts' is an undeniable sign that, despite their extended hiatuses and internal turmoil, Garbage is very much alive with ideas and ambition.
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It's a deserved retrospective, and serves a reminder of how, in the mid 1990s, the band had album buyers eating out of the palms of their hands.
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Absolute Garbage makes a fine reminiscence, a gift from a party that was fun for its time but left a nasty hangover.
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The only thing lacking after the debut were the pop songs. This was evident with each successive proper album, but this flaw is put into too sharp of a relief on Absolute Garbage.
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Under The RadarThis set combines the best of the best for a mostly killer no-filler collection [Summer 2007, p. 88]
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UrbFar better than the Cranberries in retrospect. [Sep/Oct 2007, p.131]
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Positive: 30 out of 36
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Mixed: 3 out of 36
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Negative: 3 out of 36
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