Garbage discography

Garbage is an American rock band formed in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1993. The group's discography consists of seven studio albums, three compilation albums, one remix album, one extended play, 37 singles, four promotional singles, three video albums, and 38 music videos (many of which are alternate versions to the same song). The line-up consists of Scottish vocalist Shirley Manson and Americans Duke Erikson, Steve Marker, and Butch Vig. They have amassed worldwide album sales of over 17 million units.[1]

Garbage discography
Garbage performing in Los Angeles, May 2019
Studio albums7
Compilation albums3
Video albums3
Music videos38
EPs1
Singles37
Remix albums1
Promotional singles4

Garbage released a string of increasingly successful singles in 1995 and 1996, including "Queer", "Only Happy When It Rains", and "Stupid Girl". Their debut album, Garbage, charted in the top 20 in six countries and was certified double platinum in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. Garbage spent two years working on their follow-up album, Version 2.0, which charted in the top 20 in 12 countries and was certified platinum in four countries and the European Union.

The band recorded the theme song of the 1999 James Bond film The World Is Not Enough.[2] The band's third album, Beautiful Garbage (2001), failed to match the commercial success achieved by its predecessors.[3] Garbage quietly disbanded in late 2003, but regrouped to complete their fourth album Bleed Like Me in 2005, peaking at a career-high number four on the Billboard 200.[4] The band cut short their concert tour in support of Bleed Like Me announcing an "indefinite hiatus".[5] Garbage reconvened in 2007[6] and released a greatest hits compilation Absolute Garbage.[7] The band's fifth studio album, Not Your Kind of People, was released on 14 May 2012 through the band's own label, Stunvolume.[8]

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsCertificationsSales
US
[9]
AUS
[10]
AUT
[11]
CAN
[12]
FRA
[13]
GER
[14]
NZ
[15]
SWE
[16]
SWI
[17]
UK
[18]
Garbage2041516551196
Version 2.0
  • Released: May 11, 1998
  • Label: Almo
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download
1354214112171
Beautiful Garbage
  • Released: October 1, 2001
  • Label: Almo, Interscope
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, MiniDisc, digital download
1319636229106
Bleed Like Me
  • Released: April 11, 2005
  • Label: Almo, Geffen
  • Formats: CD, cassette, digital download
44179612257154
Not Your Kind of People
  • Released: May 14, 2012
  • Label: Stunvolume
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
13839171515321510
Strange Little Birds
  • Released: June 10, 2016
  • Label: Stunvolume
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
14917692322181617
No Gods No Masters
  • Released: June 11, 2021
  • Label: Stunvolume / Infectious Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
3351340634135
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and sales figures
TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
US
[9]
AUS
[10]
BEL
[41]
CAN
[42]
GER
[14]
IRE
[43]
ITA
[44]
SPA
[45]
SWI
[17]
UK
[18]
Absolute Garbage
  • Released: July 23, 2007
  • Label: Almo, Geffen, UMe
  • Formats: CD, digital download
68182843682279597711
The Absolute Collection88
Anthology
  • Released: October 28, 2022
  • Label: Stunvolume / BMG
  • Formats: 2CDs, 2LPs, digital download
110544999
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Remix albums

TitleDetails
Version 2.0: The Official Remixes
  • Released: July 6, 2018
  • Label: Almo, Interscope
  • Format: Digital download

Extended plays

TitleDetails
Special Collection

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
[46]
US
Alt

[9]
AUS
[10]
CAN
[9][47]
GER
[14]
IRE
[48]
NL
[49]
NZ
[15]
SWI
[17]
UK
[18]
"Vow"199597263241138Garbage
"Subhuman"50Non-album single
"Only Happy When It Rains"55168079363829Garbage
"Queer"[A]12553713
"Stupid Girl"1996242473016324
"Milk"[B]44845010
"#1 Crush"1997[C]120Romeo + Juliet OST
"Push It"199852531882677159Version 2.0
"I Think I'm Paranoid"[D]6579894199
"Special"5211544215
"When I Grow Up"1999232228249
"The Trick Is to Keep Breathing"[E]
"You Look So Fine"10119
"The World Is Not Enough"3830481611The World Is Not Enough OST
"Androgyny"20012119933971176724Beautiful Garbage
"Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!)"200272780228522
"Breaking Up the Girl"[F]1927
"Shut Your Mouth"7420
"Why Do You Love Me"200594819126327100757Bleed Like Me
"Bleed Like Me"[G]27
"Sex Is Not the Enemy"24
"Run Baby Run"4797
"Tell Me Where It Hurts"200750Absolute Garbage
"Blood for Poppies"2012[H]17Not Your Kind of People
"Battle in Me"
"Big Bright World"
"Control"
"Because the Night" (with Screaming Females)2013[I]Non-album singles
"Girls Talk" (with Brody Dalle)2014[J]
"The Chemicals" (with Brian Aubert)2015
"Empty"201639Strange Little Birds
"Magnetized"
"No Horses"2017Non-album singles
"Destroying Angels" (with John Doe and Exene Cervenka)2018
"The Men Who Rule the World"2021No Gods No Masters
"No Gods No Masters"
"Wolves"[K]
"Witness to Your Love"2022Anthology
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

List of promotional singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
SPA
Airplay

[56]
"Supervixen"1996Garbage
"Temptation Waits"199939Version 2.0
"Automatic Systematic Habit"2012Not Your Kind of People
"Even Though Our Love Is Doomed"2016Strange Little Birds
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other appearances

Studio tracks

YearSongRelease
1996"Kick My Ass"Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation
2002"I Just Want to Have Something to Do"We're a Happy Family: A Tribute to Ramones
2008"All the Good in This Life"Songs for Tibet: The Art of Peace
"Witness to Your Love"Give Listen Help: Volume 5[57]
2011"Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses"(Ăhk-to͝ong Ba͞y-bi) Covered
2017"Where Do the Children Play?"[58][59][60]Music To Inspire: Artists UNited Against Human Trafficking
2018"Starman"The Howard Stern Tribute to David Bowie[61][62]

Remixes

YearArtistSongNotes
1999Fun Lovin' Criminals"Korean Bodega"Fun Lovin' Criminals remixed "You Look So Fine" in return. Shirley Manson performs vocals on their track.

Garbage also remixed a number of their own singles, while drummer Butch Vig remixed a number of artists while Garbage were active.[63]

Live tracks

YearTrack nameRecordedRelease
1999"Dumb"26 June 1998, Roskilde FestivalVersion 2.0 Special Live Edition
"Stupid Girl"
"Temptation Waits"
"Vow"
"When I Grow Up""When I Grow Up" (Live at Roskilde)
"Special"1 October 1998, RIMAC Arena, San Diego, CaliforniaLaunch #23 (CD-ROM magazine)
"Only Happy When It Rains"26 October 1998, PhiladelphiaSonic Sessions: Volume 3 (Y100 compilation)
"Stupid Girl"12 December 1998, Los AngelesThe Best of KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas
2000"I Think I'm Paranoid"23 September 1998, SeattleThe End Sessions (KNDD compilation)
2002"Wild Horses"Unspecified show on Beautiful Garbage tour, 2002"Shut Your Mouth"
"Only Happy When It Rains"
2003"Special"20 March 1999, Saturday Night LiveSaturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music (DVD compilation)
"I Think I'm Paranoid"14 May 1999, Later... with Jools HollandLater... Louder with Jools Holland (DVD compilation)
"Shut Your Mouth"26 August 2002, The Kerrang! Awards 2002Kerrang! The DVD (Compilation)
2005"Cherry Lips"Unspecified show on Beautiful Garbage tour, 2002Bleed Like Me (Australian Tour Edition)
"Only Happy When It Rains"13 August 2005, Future, Atlanta, GeorgiaLive X 10: Recently & Relived (99x compilation)
"Only Happy When It Rains"14 May 1999, Later... with Jools HollandLater With Jools Holland - Even Louder (DVD compilation)
"Only Happy When It Rains"8 September 2005, Ex'pression College for Digital Arts, EmeryvilleStripped Down/Unplugged: Volume III (KCNL compilation)
2006"Special"9 May 2002, Riviera Theatre for XRT Sunday Night Concert, Chicago, ILONXRT: Live From the Archives Vol 9 (WXRT compilation)
2013"I Think I'm Paranoid"7 August 2012, XRT StudiosONXRT: Live From The Archives Vol. 14 (WXRT compilation)
2016"Queer"4 April 2005, Cologne Palladium, for RockpalastLivesongs Der Besten Bands Des Festivalsommers 2016 (Musikexpress compilation)
2017"Milk"5 October 2015, Madison, WI Orpheum TheaterThis Is the Noise That Keeps Me Awake 12"
"You Look So Fine"9 October 2012, Houston, TX House of Blues
"Cup of Coffee"25 November 2012, Brussels Ancienne Belgique
"Bleed Like Me"6 September 2016, Houston Revention Center
"Beloved Freak"
"Even Though Our Love is Doomed"
"Only Happy When It Rains"1996, 107.7 acoustic sessionThe Glamour and The Squalor soundtrack

Videography

Video albums

List of video albums, with selected chart positions
TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
US
[64]
UK
[65]
Garbage Video
  • Released: November 26, 1996
  • Label: Almo
  • Formats: VHS, VCD
1012
Absolute Garbage
  • Released: July 23, 2007
  • Label: Almo, Geffen, UMe
  • Format: DVD
5
One Mile High... Live611
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and directors
TitleYearDirector
"Vow"1995Samuel Bayer[66]
"Queer"Stéphane Sednaoui[66]
"Only Happy When It Rains"1996Samuel Bayer[66]
"Stupid Girl"
"Sleep"Karen Lamond[67]
"Milk"Stéphane Sednaoui[66]
"Push It"1998Andrea Giacobbe[66]
"I Think I'm Paranoid"Matthew Rolston[66]
"Special"Dawn Shadforth[66]
"When I Grow Up" (live version)Sophie Muller[66]
"The Trick Is to Keep Breathing"
"You Look So Fine"1999Stéphane Sednaoui[66]
"When I Grow Up" (Big Daddy version)Sophie Muller[67]
"The World Is Not Enough"Philipp Stölzl[66]
"Androgyny"2001Don Cameron[67]
"Cherry Lips"Joseph Kahn[66]
"Breaking Up the Girl"2002Francis Lawrence[67]
"Shut Your Mouth" (animated version)Henry Moore Selder[67]
"Shut Your Mouth" (live version)Elliot Chaffer[66]
"Why Do You Love Me"2005Sophie Muller[66][67]
"Bleed Like Me"
"Sex Is Not the Enemy"
"Run Baby Run"
"Tell Me Where It Hurts"2007
"Blood for Poppies"2012Matt Irwin[67]
"Big Bright World"Julie Orser[67]
"Because the Night" (with Screaming Females)2013Sophie Muller[67]
"Girls Talk" (with Brody Dalle)2014
"The Chemicals" (with Brian Aubert)2015
"Empty"2016Samuel Bayer[68]
"Magnetized"Scott Stuckey[69][70]
"No Horses"2017
"The Men Who Rule the World"2021Javi Mi Amor[71]
"No Gods No Masters"Scott Stuckey
"Wolves"Javi Mi Amor
"The Creeps"
"Anonymous XXX"
"Witness to Your Love"2022Bryan M. Ferguson
"Godhead"Eduardo Bernal Pérez[72]
"Cities in Dust"2023Javi Mi Amor[73]

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