Of course Garbage wouldn't be able to have placed all there singles on one CD but the selection provided gives an unbalanced view of garbages career. yes, as time went by there popularity diminished but they still had great songs that should have been shown on this album.
First of all the first album takes up far too much room, as does the second. songs like 'you look so fine' and 'number1 crush' should have been left off to give room to songs like 'breaking up the girl' and 'run baby run', which are far greater. The remix of 'it's all over but the crying' is hardly different to the original, although it is a great song. I am glad that they didn't include songs that didn't feature on albums such as 'the trick is to keep on breathing' and 'subhuman', because they are throw away songs. As for the new song 'tell me where it hurts'; it's good but somehow lacks the passion of other songs, and i can't help but think they just couldn't really be bothered any more.
overall however it IS a good album, but you might want to purchase the albums 'beautiful garbage' and 'bleed like me' to get a fuller flavour of there music.

This album is far from 'absolute garbage'. Neither is it quite 'Absolute Garbage', as it doesn't include non-album single Subhuman, which is a pity.

Beyond that, this compilation is one of the more worthy career retrospectives that will be released between now and Xmas. Garbage's star has faded over recent years, but this album does what all the best compilations do and reminds you of how many quality singles the band posses. And because they've not been in the public's consciousness for a while, Absolute Garbage works well as a nostalgia trip.

Classic mid-90s singles like Only Happy When It Rains and Stupid Girl have stood the test of time, while singles from the later albums are invigorated by being placed with classier material than the filler they originally laid with. Garbage are great purveyors of mixing light pop and dark themes together, and few alternative acts could get away with something as unashamedly teeny bopperish as Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go) with their credibility in tact. Shirley Manson's presence pretty much allows Garbage to get away with whatever they like.

Unsurprisingly, it tails off slightly towards the end, but what chronologically compiled Best Of doesn't? The new track isn't especially a return to form, though, suggesting Absolute Garbage won't need updating in the future...