Not Your Kind of People Album by Garbage

Not Your Kind of People is the fifth studio album by Scottish-American alternative rock group Garbage. The album marks the return of the band after a seven-year "hiatus" that started with previous album Bleed Like Me, and had a worldwide release date of 14 May 2012. The album was released worldwide through the band's own record label, Stunvolume.

Guitarist Duke Erikson said at the launch of the record that "working with Garbage again was very instinctual. Like getting on a bicycle...with three other people."The band emphasized that they did not want to reinvent themselves, but embrace their sonic identity, reflecting their classic sound whilst updating it for 2012. Although Shirley Manson's morose dispositions have a presence on the record, many of the songs share a more optimistic outlook on life, influenced by some of Manson's personal experiences during their hiatus.

Recorded mostly at various recording studios in California, Not Your Kind of People was produced by Garbage, and was engineered and mixed by Billy Bush. The album contains bass guitar parts recorded by Justin Meldal-Johnsen while Finnish actress Irina Björklund performs the musical saw on one track. Both daughters of band-members Steve Marker and Butch Vig laid down vocals on the album's title track. Photos for the album package were shot by Autumn de Wilde at the Paramour Mansion in Silver Lake, Los Angeles.

The album was preceded by the release of "Blood for Poppies" as the lead single internationally, while in the United Kingdom, "Battle in Me" was marketed as the album's lead single. The album also spawned three more singles, "Automatic Systematic Habit", "Big Bright World", and "Control". Not Your Kind of People received a generally positive reception from critics. It debuted at number 17 on the Billboard 200, at number 10 on the UK albums chart, peaked at number 3 on Billboard's Independent Albums chart and topped the Alternative Albums chart.


Track listing
All songs written and composed by Garbage.

No. Title Length



1. "Automatic Systematic Habit" 3:18





2. "Big Bright World" 3:35





3. "Blood for Poppies" 3:38





4. "Control" 4:12





5. "Not Your Kind of People" 4:57





6. "Felt" 3:26





7. "I Hate Love" 3:54





8. "Sugar" 4:01





9. "Battle in Me" 4:14





10. "Man on a Wire" 3:07





11. "Beloved Freak"