She's so pretty though

She is...although in some pictures she looks downright scary

The band, overall, reminds me of Missing Persons, a band of Frank Zappa graduates who formed a band with the drummer's wife as a singer. The sole mission of the band was to write commercial music and sell lots of records. I did like that first album (and "Mental Hopscotch" was and is a great song), but it all fell apart after one release. Their first album was a self-fufillng prophecy, and they had real trouble following it up. It's what happens when you create music to serve a specific goal (a material one in this case) rather than simply following your heart: they had literally no idea what to do when it came time to record their second album.

Garbage, of course, are ostensibly the exact same approach, but with the producers replacing the virtuosos. Unlike Missing Persons, they seem to have drawn up a better long-term map. But manufacturing music is just not the same as creating it.

Old Garbage is so techno-y, New Garbage is less so. I think people prefer the techno aspect.

I actually think the new album is a bit better than the last which was way too much of a dance album. That said, it doesn't do much for me. Heard it many times in the store, and don't plan on buying it, except maybe used. I liked their second CD a lot.