With 12-million sales since they burst onto the music scene with their self-titled 1995 debut album, Garbage are set to issue their ‘best of’ collection ‘Absolute Garbage’ on July 16th on Warner Bros.The compilation features Garbage hits such as ‘Stupid Girl’, ‘Why Do You Love Me’, ‘I Think I’m Paranoid’, ‘Push It’ and ‘When I Grow Up’ as well as fan favourites such as ‘Only Happy When It Rains’, ‘Vow’ and ‘Queer’. The album will be preceded by the release of a new single ‘Tell Me Where It Hurts’ on July 9th.Led by the iconic figure of Shirley Manson and completed by Duke Erikson, Steve Marker and Butch Vig, Garbage have enjoyed phenomenal success with albums such as ‘Garbage’ (1995), ‘Version 2.0’ (1998), ‘Beautiful Garbage’ (2001) and ‘Bleed Like Me’ (2005).Garbage have also forged a reputation as one of the strongest live bands around having toured with U2 and Alanis Morissette to name but a few. Performances at Glastonbury, Reading, Download and T In The Park have also established Garbage as one of the favourites of the UK festival circuit.
A special edition format of the album containing a bonus disc of remixes from the likes of UNKLE, Massive Attack and Roger Sanchez will also be released.
A Garbage DVD is also set for release. Among the 15 Garbage music videos on DVD for the first time are ‘Vow,’ ‘Only Happy When It Rains,’ ‘Stupid Girl’ and ‘Milk’ directed by Samuel Bayer (Nirvana's ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit,’ Hole's ‘Doll Parts,’ The Cranberries' ‘Zombie’) and ‘Queer’ by Stephane Sednaoui (Red Hot Chili Peppers' ‘Give It Away’).
Also included is almost an hour of never-before-seen footage backstage and behind-the-scenes, live performances and interviews, spanning the band's entire career
‘Absolute Garbage’ tracklisting
1. Vow 2. Queer 3. Only Happy When It Rains 4. Stupid Girl 5. Milk 6. #1 Crush 7. Push It 8. I Think I’m Paranoid 9. Special 10. When I Grow Up 11. You Look So Fine 12. The World Is Not Enough 13. Cherry Lips 14. Shut Your Mouth 15. Why Do You Love Me 16. Bleed Like Me 17. Tell Me Where It Hurts 18. It’s All Over But The Crying (remix)
‘Absolute Garbage’ Special Edition bonus disc tracklisting
1. ‘The World Is Not Enough’ – UNKLE remix 2. ‘When I Grow Up’ – Kagz Kooner remix 3. ‘Special’ – Brothers in Rhythm remix 4. ‘Breaking Up The Girl’ – Timo Maas remix 5. ‘Milk’ – Massive Attack remix 6. ‘Cherry Lips’ – Roger Sanchez remix 7. ‘Androgyny’ – Felix Da Housecat remix 8. ‘Queer’ – Rabbit In The Moon remix 9. ‘Paranoid’ – Crystal Method mix 10. ‘Stupid Girl’ – Todd Terry remix 11. ‘Androgyny’ – remix 12. ‘You Look So Fine’ – Fun Lovin’ Criminals remix 13. ‘Push It’ – Boom Satellites mix 14. ‘Bad Boyfriend’ – remix
Absolute garbage is released 23 July.