Studio Album · No. 3
Beautiful Garbage Songwriting Credits by Garbage
Produced by Garbage · Engineered by Billy Bush, Scott Hull
Interscope
Alternative RockElectronic RockPop Rock
Complete Artist
100%
Authorship
Holds writing credit on 13 of 13 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 13 / 13 documented
Who wrote the songs?
Scored across the 13 tracks with documented writers, by whether Garbage carries a lyricist or composer credit.
13 trackswritten by Garbage
0 tracksoutside writers
Garbage's roles on this album
Share of the 13 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
Lyricist100%
Composer100%
Producer100%
Performer100%
By the Numbers
13
Tracks
4
Lyricists
4
Producers
405,000
Worldwide Copies Sold
2001
Released
Data Insight
Thirteen tracks, band credit throughout, and the record where the sales collapse. It came out two weeks after the September 2001 attacks and moves from rock into pop, girl group and electro. The writing arrangement did not change and everything else did.
Beautiful Garbage came out on Interscope in October 2001 and sold 405,000 in the United States, a sixth of what the debut managed. It is certified gold by the BPI.
Track Listing & Credits 13 tracks
Written by the artist
Written by outside writers
Songwriter & Credit Spotlight 4 contributors
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Frequently Asked Questions Beautiful Garbage
Who wrote Beautiful Garbage?
The band, credited collectively on all thirteen tracks.
How did it sell?
405,000 in the United States, and it is certified gold by the BPI. It is the first album not certified by the RIAA.
Did any single chart?
No single from the album entered the Billboard Hot 100, despite four being released.
Why did it sell so much less?
It came out two weeks after the September 2001 attacks and moved away from the rock sound of the first two albums.
Who engineered it?
Billy Bush, with Scott Hull mastering.
What kind of record is it?
It pulls in pop, girl group and electro alongside the band's rock, which is the widest stretch of the catalogue.
How long is the album?
53:01 across thirteen tracks.