Well not quite, but my first celebrity crush. This was also the first album I listened to until it broke (ah cassettes), the first band poster I ever owned, the album contained the first song I associated with a girl, the first time I paid attention to production, the first band to make me scour the dialup era internet for every live version, acoustic version and remix in existence.
It's still one of my favourite ever ever ever albums. If you haven't spent some time with Version 2.0, to really intensely listen, to discover Manson's perfect delivery of emotions, the stunning layering of sounds and a flawless demonstration of how to write pop songs, do it right now.
If you have, then revisit it. Trust me, it's still a knockout album.
And my goodness was I right with Shirley Manson. She is hands down one of the sexiest performers out there but not in a gratuitously "look at what I've got to show off" kind of way. The intense emotion of this performance puts many current female performers to shame; just because you have it, it can be far sexier to not show it off.
Garbage - Version 2.0 on Spotify
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