Anthology

by Garbage

Overview

Fifteen years and three albums after their previous greatest-hits compilation, Garbage released another hefty collection for listeners in search of the band's biggest moments and overlooked late-era fare. Anthology packs a punch -- on the CD version anyway -- with 35 prime cuts spanning all their albums from 1995's seminal Garbage to 2021's excellent return-to-form No Gods No Masters. Longtime fans will notice that 2007's Absolute Garbage comp is replicated almost song-for-song. The most notable additions on Anthology give just due to Version 2.0's atmospheric stunner "The Trick Is to Keep Breathing"; Beautiful Garbage's ahead-of-its-time "Androgyny" (a baffling omission on the 2007 set) and "Breaking Up the Girl"; and Bleed Like Me favorites "Sex Is Not the Enemy" and "Run Baby Run" (though it fails to include "It's All Over But the Crying," which would have made this perfect). From there, it's fresh territory with band-favorite B-sides/stand-alones, a slew of tracks from Not Your Kind of People, and a smattering from Strange Little Birds and No Gods. As an entry point to the group's multi-decade career, Anthology is an obvious place to start, justifying Garbage's placement in the '90s pantheon with a near-perfect first disc and a second disc that shines a spotlight on their underrated 2000s-2010s period that the non-faithful may not have had the chance to hear. [The vinyl version of this collection is all-killer-no-filler, with only 20 of the CD's 35 songs represented across two records. That should be enough for the casual listener in need of only the highest of highlights, but the CD version is the clear winner here.] ~ Neil Z. Yeung

Product Details

Release Date:	11/04/2022
Label:	Infectious / Infectious Music
UPC:	4050538819151
Rank:	25606

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Garbage   Primary Artist
Eric Avery   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Todd Malcolm Michiles   Scratching
Butch Vig   Drums,Loops,Noise,Keyboards,Guitar (Bass),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Daniel Shulman   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Michael Kashou   Guitar (Bass)
Les Thimmig   Clarinet
Jon J. Vriesacker   Violin
Duke Erikson   Piano,Guitar,Keyboards,Mellotron,Synthesizer,Guitar (Bass),Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Justin Meldal-Johnsen   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Clyde Stubblefield   Drums
Shirley Manson   Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards,Stylophone,Synthesizer,Guitar (Electric)
Steve Marker   Loops,Noise,Guitar,Sampling,Synthesizer,Guitar (Bass),Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Matt Walker   Drums
Michael Masley   Cimbalom

Technical Credits

Matt Lawrence   Engineer
Howie Weinberg   Engineer,Mastering
Butch Vig   Mixing,Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Drum Effects,Group Member
David Arnold   Composer,Producer
Scott Hull   Engineer,Producer,Producer,Mastering
Jay Arnold   Engineer
Sarah Register   Mastering,Mastering Assistant
Ryan Corey   Art Direction,Package Design
Mick Jones   Composer
Beau Sorenson   Engineer
Paul Kremen   Management
Duke Erikson   Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Group Member
Joe LaPorta   Mastering,Engineer
Heba Kadry   Engineer,Mastering
Brian Ziff   Photography
Mark Branch   Engineer
Chris Allgood   Mastering Assistant
Steve Vibecrusher   Composer
Danny Kalb   Engineer
Darren Wolf   Management
Javi Mi Amor   Cover Art
Joe Levy   Liner Notes
John Mellor   Composer
Topper Headon   Composer
Don Black   Composer
Joe Strummer   Composer
Garbage   Producer,Art Direction,Package Design,Remix Engineer
Roger Christian   Composer
Chris Heuer   Instrument Technician
Paul Simonon   Composer
Shirley Manson   Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Group Member
Steve Marker   Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Group Member
Billy Bush   Engineer,Producer,Additional Production
Mike Fasano   Instrument Technician
Pete Martinez   Engineer
Mike Laza   Engineer
Emily Lazar   Engineer,Mastering
Mike Zirkel   Engineer
Brian Wilson   Composer
Ryan MacMillan   Instrument Technician
Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor   Composer
Paul Forgues   Engineer