No Gods No Masters Garbage

• 1 The Men Who Rule the World 04:27
• 2 The Creeps 03:33
• 3 Uncomfortably Me 03:16
• 4 Wolves 04:16
• 5 Waiting for God 04:04
• 6 Godhead 04:08
• 7 Anonymous XXX 04:07
• 8 A Woman Destroyed 05:32
• 9 Flipping the Bird 03:37
• 10 No Gods No Masters 04:31
• 11 This City Will Kill You 04:36
• 12 No Horses (44.1 kHz) 05:23
• 13 Starman (44.1 kHz) 04:09
• 14 Girls Talk (with Brody Dalle) (with Brody Dalle) 03:36
• 15 Because the Night 04:59
• 16 On Fire 05:07
• 17 The Chemicals (with Brian Aubert) (with Brian Aubert) 04:19
• 18 Destroying Angels (feat. John Doe & Exene Cervenka) (44.1 kHz) 05:00
• 19 Time Will Destroy Everything 04:43
• Total Runtime 01:23:23

Info for No Gods No Masters

“This is our seventh record, the significant numerology of which affected the DNA of its content: the seven virtues, the seven sorrows, and the seven deadly sins,” says the band’s iconic frontwoman Shirley Manson of the album and its twists and turns from capitalism and lust to loss and grief. “It was our way of trying to make sense of how fucking nuts the world is and the astounding chaos we find ourselves in. It’s the record we felt that we had to make at this time.”

“No Gods No Masters” was inspired by a trip she took to Santiago, Chile. It was during the city’s ongoing protests against corruption and inequality in the country. “We were driving down the street, and the whole city was covered in graffiti,” she says. “The beautiful people that I was with said, ‘But why are you so shocked? We’re protesting human lives and you’re more shocked that property and buildings and monuments have been hurt here. Human beings are being hurt, and this is what you must focus on.’ That was like a slap in the face.”

Manson also equated the Chile situation with confederate statues being taken down in the U.S. South. “All these people, they have more value than a monument to slave traders,” she says, “but they don’t have more value in the consciousness of society, and I think it’s devilish and obscene, and I want power to be dismantled, and a society re-imagined. So, this song is about re-imagining our society for the future, for our children and not making the same mistakes over and over again and allowing greed to corrupt our thinking.” (Shirley Manson)

Produced by Garbage and long-time collaborator Billy Bush, the seeds for the new album, No Gods No Masters were planted in summer 2018 in the desert in Palm Springs. The quartet convened at a home belonging to one of Steve Marker’s relatives and sketched out the skeleton of the album over two weeks, jamming, experimenting and feeling the songs out. They then took those demos and went their separate ways, before reconvening in Los Angeles to finish the record.

Since releasing their eponymous debut album in 1995, Garbage has blazed a unique sonic trail, garnering critical acclaim and amassing a passel of hits as well as seven Grammy nominations along the way to 17 million albums sold.

Garbage

Garbage
were formed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1994 out of what was a studio project. The band consists of Butch Vig, Steve Marker and Duke Erikson, all American producers plus Scottish singer Shirley Manson. Since their formation the band have shifted over 14,000,000 albums worldwide.

The bands self-titled debut was released in 1995 and was soon getting rave reviews in the press, so much so that MTV named them as best Breakthrough artist at the MTV Europe Music Awards in 1996.

They released their second album Version 2.0 in 1998 and went on another 18 month worldwide tour. Version 2.0 finished 1998 as the 8th best selling album of the year (Worldwide). In 1999 the band was picked to record the theme tune to the 19th James Bond film The World Is Not Enough.

In 2001 the band issued beautifulgarbage, the sound was very different to the previous 2 records which helped account for poorer sales than the previous two. However it did introduce the band to some new fans around the world.

The band returned in 2003 with the release of Bleed Like Me. This album should have sold way more than it did. It has some awesome tracks on it such as Metal Heart and the title track itself. Nearing the end of the 2005 tour the band took a break.

In 2007 the band issued a “best of” album called Absolute Garbage which featured 2 new tracks Tell Me Where It Hurts and a Garbage remix of It’s all over but the Crying.

In 2011 the band returned with a cover of U2’s Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses. 2012 however is where all the action will be. They return with their 5th studio album, release a new single and head out on tour once again.

This album contains no booklet.