Audio CD review:
Garbage - Bleed Like Me

Garbage - Bleed Like Me

Band: Garbage Title: Bleed Like Me Rating: Release Date: 12 April, 2005 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Bad Boyfriend 2: Run Baby Run 3: Right Between The Eyes 4: Why Do You Love Me 5: Bleed Like Me 6: Metal Heart 7: Sex Is Not The Enemy 8: It's All Over But The Crying 9: Boys Wanna Fight 10: Why Don't You Come Over 11: Happy Home

Editoral Review Manson is still kickboxing the air and stomping the glitter under her heels, as she channels Debbie Harry and Chrissie Hynde on edgy glam-rock anthems like "Run Baby Run" and "Metal Heart. Despite making it through a difficult four-year stretch in which the band temporarily broke up, singer Shirley Manson left her husband, and new technologies made the sleek electro-rock sound of its first three albums feel passé, Garbage resurfaces in rude health on Bleed Like Me. " All the while three bookish producers in the background--including Butch Vig, who famously helmed Nirvana's Nevermind--turn up the sleazy machine-like rhythms. Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl sits in on the drums for the menacing "Bad Boyfriend," but it's the confessional title track Bleed Like Me"--part "Walk on the Wild Side," part therapy session for former cutter Manson--that shatters Garbage's image as the ultimate non-stick studio band. "You should see my scars," goes the chorus. And, for once, Manson is actually willing to reveal them. -- Aidin Vaziri .. You can see a complete list of all Garbage discography, or go back to the Garbage tabs