Version 2.0 - Garbage

1. Temptation Waits

2. I Think I'm Paranoid

3. When I Grow Up

4. Medication

5. Special

6. Hammering In My Head

7. Push It

8. Trick Is To Keep Breathing, The

9. Dumb

10. Sleep Together

11. Wicked Ways

12. You Look So Fine

''Special'' was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance By A

Duo Or Group With Vocal.

Those of you who found yourselves mysteriously drawn to the dark sound of Garbage's

debut might not get what you expect from their follow-up--at least at first. But a closer

listen reveals that VERSION 2.0 is actually much closer to the true Garbage sound. The

reason: Where GARBAGE was already more or less completed when Shirley Manson

signed up, 2.0 allows her much more freedom to control the group's sound. The distorted

guitar hooks, loops and industrialized production that defined Garbage's sound on their

debut are still present, but tempered by Ms. Manson's strong pop sensibilities. If you listen

closely, you can even catch hints of Blondie and the Pretenders. (They quote the

Pretenders ''The Talk Of The Town'' in ''Special''.) And while it isn't exactly the Spice

Girls or Hanson, 2.0 is a much more upbeat, happy-sounding album. Instead of appealing

to the brooding, listen-alone-in-your-room-with-the-lights-out crowd, 2.0 is aimed straight

at the dance floor.

Garbage: Shirley Manson (vocals); Butch Vig, Duke Erikson, Steve Marker.

Additional personnel: Jon J. Vriesacker (violin); Michael Masley (cymbalom); Daniel

Shulman (bass); Todd Malcolm Michiles (scratches).