Garbage - Tell Me Where It Hurts

Along with Kula Shaker, Garbage albums seem to be the indie-staple of charity shops, suggesting that for many, Butch Vig and co. were merely a brief, forgettable phase in their musical lives. It's difficult to imagine where they fit in today's musical climate, but swapping the over-produced guitar grunge for cinematic strings only seems to muddy things. This really is quite a dull, unremarkable song and no amount of production can hide the fact. When singer Shirley Manson asks us to tell her where it hurts, the obvious response has to be; "It's my ears love. Make it stop." [Darren Carle]