Garbage – Garbage

Amazing sounding copy with great range. Well worth the price.

This pressing offers everything I love about a good vinyl record. It's loud, lively, dynamic, punchy... it even gives you that "band plays in your room" feeling. Yet I still prefer the 20th anniversary edition of this album because they actually managed to improve the sound in my opinion. It's much clearer & balanced whereas this OG pressing can sound quite muffled in comparison (not every song does though). So both pressings have their advantages & disadvantages & I love spinning them both, depending on my mood.

I just love this pressing. Can't believe I say this but I think I might like this more than my original UK copy, even though it's not as loud & punchy. The remastering is stellar, and usually I'm not very fond of remasters. But I think they actually managed to improve the overall sound... It's much clearer, more balanced & the bass is (almost) as prominent as on the 1st pressing. As many have said before the packaging is great (even though I prefer the original artwork, there are little differences), and the pink records look great too. Guess this is my go-to copy.

Yep, nothing wrong with this pressing - surprised that it was a gatefold and nothing wrong with the sound quality, full and dynamic. Lovely printed artwork inners (not static-proof).

A niggle personally would be they could have changed up the colour of the centre labels for the second LP to make it look different as it is just a copy of the first LP's inner labels. It's. great pressing. I can't really notice a difference between this and the original CD but get this pressing it's great and certainly a lot better than the sadly over compressed CD version from 2015.

Presentation: 5/5
Pressing (pops, skips): 5/5
Mastering (audio source): 5/5
Sleeve: Printed Card Inners

Setup (turntable, stylus): AT-120XUSB, AT-VM95ML

The vinyl remaster sounds incredible, but the CD just sounds like it has been compressed further (and certainly the waveform of the 2015 "remaster" vs the original shows that it has been brick-walled), which is a shame because the packaging and vinyl version are great.

I don't agree with the other reviews here--this release sounds fantastic! Huge low end, without taking anything away from the mid and high end.
I have the UK original pressing and the 2015 vinyl reissue, but this version is now my go-to LP.

Hi, anyone compared this to the Almo Sounds US press soundwise? https://discogs.cinepelis.org/release/932702-Garbage-Garbage

Amazing sound! Fantastic pop and low end!! Dead Quiet playback!! Easy 5 stars!! This was worth the price hands down for me!

I entered a competition to win this back in 1995 (pretty sure it was run by Kerrang magazine). Needless to say, I didn’t win.

The pink shell alone is so worth seeking this cassette! Pink feathers, pink shell... mmm!