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Post by darkling1219 on May 2, 2012 22:32:06 GMT -5
Maitland Mercury 3/5 "Opening with an off-kilter, alien interpretation of the intro to Cream’s White Room, electro-rockers Garbage’s first record in seven years picks up where the band left off. Scottish singer Shirley Manson makes her sultry, sexually formidable presence known immediately on Automatic Systematic Habit, promising a habitual cheater that she won’t be his “dirty little secret”. Songs like Control and Felt are examples of the buzzing, bombastic anthems that the band deliver like no other, while the title track exposes the dreamier, halcyon-infused side of their sonic palette. The light and shade continues throughout. Across these 10 new tracks Garbage have rekindled their ability to have you gyrating and sweating one moment, then lulled by Manson’s hushed, brooding and sensual delivery on a song like Sugar. Despite the continuation of their slick delivery, Garbage don’t sound quite as futuristic as they used to. The four-piece’s self-titled 1995 debut was ground-breaking in its fusion of pop, alternative rock, trip hop and electronica. As a showcase for drummer and super-producer Butch Vig, who famously shaped Nevermind with Nirvana, Garbage were ahead of their time. Seventeen years later it feels like popular music has caught up with them. But while Not Your Kind Of People is not fresh by Garbage’s standards, it’s hard to not be engaged by a group revelling in a brand of rock of which they were the main purveyors." www.maitlandmercury.com.au/news/local/news/general/cd-review-garbage-not-your-kind-of-people/2543717.aspx
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Post by humanfly on May 2, 2012 23:15:09 GMT -5
5/5 "I haven't heard it all yet, but i LOVE what I have heard! -Me
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Post by lasirius on May 3, 2012 2:08:15 GMT -5
5/5 "I haven't heard it all yet, but i LOVE what I have heard! -Me Best review yet! ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png)
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Post by Tornado on May 3, 2012 5:41:03 GMT -5
Reading the Maitland Mercury review I thought for (at least) 4/5 rating...
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Post by Garbage Addict on May 3, 2012 13:23:00 GMT -5
Rob from Disco Box has reviewed it in full -4Gs lol - said the best tracks he think are Control, ASH, I Hate Love and MOAW
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Post by drunk on May 3, 2012 14:47:31 GMT -5
Oh, I see that post. Track-by-track type of review is definitely my favourite one
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Post by Vow2cutUup on May 3, 2012 19:08:22 GMT -5
The Skinny - 2/5 Stars "Garbage have never been a band of much substance but at their peak they produced some brilliantly damaged pop music. Not Your Kind of People contents itself with refining an established musical palette but the frisson of their best work is in short supply. Whilst it would be unreasonable to expect Shirley Manson to resurrect her supervixen persona in 2012, it would have probably been more engaging than the stream of earnest platitudes that saturate the album. Opener Automatic Systemic Habit sets the tone by seeing how much lyrical barrel-scraping it can get away with before veering recklessly into ‘80s Eurodance territory; the album’s title track is a pitifully cloying outsiders’ anthem and Beloved Freak... well, take a guess. Sonically it’s robust enough but Garbage never once deign to leave their comfort zone throughout the duration." www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/301890-garbage_not_your_kind_peopleThis review sums up how disappointing the press can be. It seems, Garbage, who've been around for 16 years or so - can't catch a break. At least not like they did, initially. Every journalist is so quick to write the band off as "been there, done that." No consideration is given to the pedigree of the bands' talent or Shirley's consistent lyricism. All of a sudden, Garbage is being classed as Emo or pop?! Since when has Garbage been a pop band? Sure there are elements that are present, but Garbage are a top notch genre bending rock outfit. I could see them classified as industrial pop grunge, but they've been around before "Emo" was a thing. It's infuriating. The band puts out better music than most, plays better live than most and is put through the wringer, because they are some new shit or obscure alternative band like Foster the People or Garbage is actually high tech, grungy and supremely listenable. I don't get it, but maybe that why we're their kind of people.
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Post by thepowkid on May 3, 2012 22:09:15 GMT -5
Q - debut 4, Version 2.0 - 3 , BG - 4 , BLM - 2, AG - 3 , NYKOP - 3 Ok I LOVE BG but I find it crazy that it got a 4 when Version 2.0 got a 3 crazy
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Post by Tornado on May 4, 2012 7:04:28 GMT -5
The Skinny - 2/5 Stars "Garbage have never been a band of much substance but at their peak they produced some brilliantly damaged pop music. Not Your Kind of People contents itself with refining an established musical palette but the frisson of their best work is in short supply. Whilst it would be unreasonable to expect Shirley Manson to resurrect her supervixen persona in 2012, it would have probably been more engaging than the stream of earnest platitudes that saturate the album. Opener Automatic Systemic Habit sets the tone by seeing how much lyrical barrel-scraping it can get away with before veering recklessly into ‘80s Eurodance territory; the album’s title track is a pitifully cloying outsiders’ anthem and Beloved Freak... well, take a guess. Sonically it’s robust enough but Garbage never once deign to leave their comfort zone throughout the duration." www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/301890-garbage_not_your_kind_peopleThis review sums up how disappointing the press can be. It seems, Garbage, who've been around for 16 years or so - can't catch a break. At least not like they did, initially. Every journalist is so quick to write the band off as "been there, done that." No consideration is given to the pedigree of the bands' talent or Shirley's consistent lyricism. All of a sudden, Garbage is being classed as Emo or pop?! Since when has Garbage been a pop band? Sure there are elements that are present, but Garbage are a top notch genre bending rock outfit. I could see them classified as industrial pop grunge, but they've been around before "Emo" was a thing.It's infuriating. The band puts out better music than most, plays better live than most and is put through the wringer, because they are some new shit or obscure alternative band like Foster the People or Garbage is actually high tech, grungy and supremely listenable. I don't get it, but maybe that why we're their kind of people. Garbage are clearly not a pop band. Music press is usually terrible. Songs like Why Do You Love Me, Push It, Vow, Bad Boyfriend etc. are more rock than anything the usual rock bands from charts released: U2, Muse, Coldplay, Snow Patrol, Foster the People, Arctic Monkeys etc. That's what I like about Garbage: they don't have one kind of songs; they're much more diverse than many bands. Indeed. I also add the tag "sophisticated".
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Post by darkling1219 on May 8, 2012 14:57:56 GMT -5
Toronto Sun Review "3.5 stars out of 5 Some people never change. Despite seven years between discs, Garbage haven’t spoiled on their fifth album. Sultry Shirley Manson still purrs and howls with her signature recipe of swagger and sensuality; drummer-producer Butch Vig still wraps her dark pop melodies in a dense, sinister blanket of oversaturated guitars, shimmery synths and edgy electronics. One man’s trash, etc. Download: Blood for Poppies; Man on a Wire" www.torontosun.com/2012/05/08/garbage-tenacious-d-top-cd-reviews
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Post by garbagefiend on May 8, 2012 17:12:11 GMT -5
From Ology.com:
Album Review: Garbage - 'Not Your Kind Of People'
Out May 15
by Brett Warner Music Editor On May 08, 2012 Share on Tumblr Don't surprised if, mere moments into Garbage's new album Not Your Kind Of People (out May 15 via their new self-owned label, STUNVOLUME), you forget that it's been seven years since their last studio effort, 2005's Bleed Like Me. Don't be surprised if it's also your favorite thing they've ever done. Leaner, meaner, noisier and better than anything the band (a crack team of producers with Shirley Manson at the saucy center) has recorded since their self-titled debut, Not Your Kind Of People both re-ignites and re-enforces their trademark sound: crunchy electronics, brutal post-glam electric guitars, and, of course, Manson's soulful miserable-ism.
Per usual, each track is filled to the brim and beyond with effortless production flourishes. Note the retro '70s prog-rock synthesizers of "Automatic Systematic Habit", the looped pianos of "Big Bright World" and industrial glitchcore breakdown halfway through "Control". First single "Blood For Poppies" surrounds a sleek and spacious keyboard bridge with a muddy post-grunge guitar riff and coarse hip-hop beats, while its UK counterpart "Battle In Me" borrows the start-stop dynamics of '95's "Supervixen", dropping it into a swirling stew of sputtering rhythms and punch-in-the-face guitars. The album hardly takes a moment to breathe, even on its pyschedelic, sensual title track—"We are not your kind of people," Shirley coos, her voice perfectly coated in John Lennon's Leslie cabinet speaker effect, "You seem kind of phony, everything's a lie."
Manson may still be riding high on that deep depression ("Your words are pretty, but I already know who you are," she forewarns on the sweeping, tellingly titled "I Hate Love"), but her bandmates sound positively thrilled to be making noise together again. You can hear the enthusiasm in every distorted drum loop, each choppy guitar lick (there's plenty of both in the relentlessly high-energy "Man On A Wire"). Freed from the '90s MTV model they once exemplified, Garbage tear through the material without fuss, without shallow pandering or easy hooks. The album never waits for us to catch up, charging full speed ahead towards rapturous closer "Beloved Freak", a majestic ode to the outsiders (note the curious "This Little Light Of Mine" interpolation) that sighs and breathes over treated pianos and airy guitars.
Despite its characteristically dense production, this Garbage record never feels weighted down by its sounds—there's an immediacy to these songs that rips through the sonic coating, rather than the other way around. Going indie certainly suits them—Not Your Kind Of People is not your kind of major label release; it stomps, kicks, roars, fucks and kisses you in all the right places and doesn't wait for you to like it. That that, y'know... you won't.
SumOlogy: The best Garbage album since their 1995 debut. The guitars are meaner, the beats go harder—and, well, Shirley Manson is still Shirley Manson. Who could ask for anything more?
Grade: A
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Post by Subhumanoid on May 8, 2012 17:51:35 GMT -5
Finally, a reviewer who seems to understand the band,...though his assertion that NYKOP is stronger than 2.0 is certainly bold!
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Post by dnp52 on May 9, 2012 6:38:11 GMT -5
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Post by Adz on May 9, 2012 8:45:14 GMT -5
Was just about to post that. Thought 3.5 at least!
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Post by Tornado on May 9, 2012 10:32:49 GMT -5
Yeah, I've seen many reviews that don't match with the final rating. It seems that some people became music journalists by mistake... ![::)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/eyesroll.png)
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Post by nept04 on May 9, 2012 11:27:22 GMT -5
Too impulsive to wait for the release ![:o](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/shocked.png) I know my deluxe copy is slowly on its way, but I just had to get a taste... To me personally, there will never b anything like falling in love with their debut album, but NYKOP definitely satisfies the appetite for getting in on a new Garbage LP. Love the classic layering and variety of the album. May b getting ahead of myself, but let's just hope following album doesn't have us waiting another 7 yrs.
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Post by luxavalanche on May 9, 2012 12:26:10 GMT -5
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Post by darkling1219 on May 9, 2012 17:59:27 GMT -5
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY GRADE: B Garbage's 1998 album Version 2.0 was so far ahead of its time that its vision of the future — wherein sexy pop robots are built from the grimiest gizmos in the rocktronica junkyard — still has yet to arrive. In the seven years since the band last put out an album, somebody must have recalibrated their flux capacitor; singer Shirley Manson's sultry bluster on late-'80s industrial chugger ''Man on a Wire'' is electric, and Not Your Kind of People's title track deftly threads blues licks through a '60s psychedelic needle. But too often the tomorrow-is-now thrills are missing here. Best Tracks: Noirish, fuzzy single Blood For Poppies Throbbing Man on a Wire www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20594223,00.html
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Post by ALTERNAT1VE on May 9, 2012 18:10:22 GMT -5
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY GRADE: B Garbage's 1998 album Version 2.0 was so far ahead of its time that its vision of the future — wherein sexy pop robots are built from the grimiest gizmos in the rocktronica junkyard — still has yet to arrive. In the seven years since the band last put out an album, somebody must have recalibrated their flux capacitor; singer Shirley Manson's sultry bluster on late-'80s industrial chugger ''Man on a Wire'' is electric, and Not Your Kind of People's title track deftly threads blues licks through a '60s psychedelic needle. But too often the tomorrow-is-now thrills are missing here. Best Tracks: Noirish, fuzzy single Blood For Poppies Throbbing Man on a Wire www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20594223,00.html So they gave Bleed Like Me B+ and Not Your Kind of People gets just B? ![::)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/eyesroll.png)
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Post by Subhumanoid on May 9, 2012 18:35:06 GMT -5
The common message through most of the reviews seems to be " they sound great, but haven't broken new ground, so they get 3/5". Of course it's clear neither the band nor their fans want new ground broken, so in my mind all of these reviews are essentially off-base and irrelevant! After all, it's hard to improve upon perfection!
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