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The album starts out very promising, with "Shut Your Mouth" picking up where "Push It" left off. Processed guitar riffs, mechanical beats, and lots and lots of sass from lead singer Shirley Manson ("Shut your mouth, if you can do it"). "Androgyny" owes a small debt to Madonna's "Don't Tell Me," with its slinky beats and acoustic guitar pluckings. "Can't Cry These Tears" is a tribute to 1960s girl groups, of all things, and "Nobody Loves You" shares more than its title with Portishead. This is one of the best tracks on the album, with a classic Bond theme-style crescendo at the end. Elements of Mazzy Star are also evident in the album's closer, "So Like a Rose." If there is a disconcerting trend with Garbage albums, it's the band's tendency to rewrite its own songs, and beautifulgarbage has a couple of them. Some work, like the "When I Grow Up" sequel "Parade." Others, however, don't, like "'Til The Day I Die," which sounds like "I Think I'm Paranoid" but isn't half as good. The most disturbing song may be "Untouchable," because its chorus sounds like the song Britney Spears sold to Pepsi. Garbage did some good, smart things with beautifulgarbage. By expanding their sound, they've opened the door for taking the band in virtually any direction from here. But here's hoping they make a better overall batch of tunes with fewer sound-alikes next time around. ~David Medsker |
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