- Supervixen
Infobox Single
Name = Supervixen
Artist = Garbage
from Album = Garbage
B-side =
Released = October, 1996 (US)
Format = Airplay only
Recorded = 1994 - 1995Smart Studios ,
Madison,Wisconsin
Genre =Alternative rock
Length = 3:56
3:43 (Radio edit)
Label =Almo Sounds (North America)
Writer = Garbage
Producer = Garbage
Reviews =
Last single = "Milk" (1996)
This single = "Supervixen" (1996)
Next single = "#1 Crush" (1996)"Supervixen" is a song by Garbage, appearing as the first track from their self-titled debut album. "Supervixen" was released as an
airplay -only single [citeweb | url=http://www.garbage-discography.co.uk/supervixen_usa_cd_pro.php | title="Supervixen" US CD Promo PRO-CD-8010 | publisher=Garbage-Discography.co.uk | accessdate=2008-02-04] toModern Rock radio inNorth America in October, 1996. "Hits" magzine ("Supervixen" trade ad)" (Retrieved -2008 -02-04 )]"Supervixen" was titled after
Russ Meyer 's 1975 violent love-triangle movie "Supervixens ".Song
"Supervixen" was written by Garbage in 1994 during sessions between band members
Butch Vig ,Duke Erikson ,Shirley Manson andSteve Marker atSmart Studios in Madison,Wisconsin . ["Q" (issue 09/01/1996)" (Retrieved -2008 -01-28 )] Madison musician Mike Kashou performsbass guitar on "Supervixen" ["Garbage" album sleeve credits (Retrieved -2008 -02-04 )]Lyrically, Manson states that " ["Supervixen"] is all about saying "idolise me, I'm going to give you everything you want, but you have to do something in return". It's a bargaining song about a relationship. I'm not saying "I'm a wee Scottish lass fae
Edinburgh and I'm great". It's actually about this supervixen, this Russ Meyer-type woman." [citeweb | url=http://www.geocities.com/boylikearose/articles-g-facesep96.html | title="Modern Life Is Rubbish" | publisher="The Face" magazine, Sept 1996 issue | accessdate=2008-02-04]Release
A slightly shortened (mostly in the
middle 8 section)radio edit of "Supervixen" was sent to Modern Rock formatradio stations in October 1996. cite web | url=http://www.promoonly.com/search/issue_printfriendly.php?id_fp=5&year=1996&month=10 | title=Listings for Oct 1996 Modern Rock Radio | publisher=Promoonly.com| accessdate=2008-02-04] It wasplaylist ed byKROQ , despite this the song failed to register on anyBillboard charts. [cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=138644&model.vnuAlbumId=670290 | title=Single Chart History: Garbage | publisher=Billboard.com | accessdate=2008-02-04]In late 1995, around the time of the
Europe an "Garbage" album release, a promotional disc for "Queer" was issued inSpain byBMG which also included "Supervixen". [citeweb | url=http://www.garbage-discography.co.uk/queer_spain_cd2_pro.php | title="Queer" Spain CD2 Promo 74321 35682 2 | publisher=Garbage-Discography.co.uk | accessdate=2008-02-04]Critical reception
"Supervixen" received a largely positive response from music critics, many of whom chose to single out the track in their reviews of the "Garbage" album. "
The Jewish Chronicle " wrote "from thestaccato riff that dominates "Supervixen" the scene is set -Eurythmics meetsPatti Smith in some Grungy nightclub where bitchy back-biting is the name of the game." ["The Jewish Chronicle", dated September 30, 1995 (Retrieved -2008 -02-04 )] "Hot Press " reviewer Jackie Hayden wrote "The sound drop outs should act as a warning to be on your guard". ["Hot Press" magazine, October issue (Retrieved -2008 -02-04 )] "Kerrang! "'s Paul Rees described the song as "a whirlpool of clattering synth stabs that break of in shattered shards", ["Kerrang!" magazine,September 30 ,1995 issue (Retrieved -2008 -02-04 )] while Paul Yates of "Q" magazine said that "Garbage's signature lies in songs like "Supervixen", good pop tunes dealt a rough treatment and brazen vocals". ["Q" magazine, issue 11/01/1995 (Retrieved -2008 -02-04 )] Ikon's Jamie T. Conway gave a negative review for the album but described "Supervixen" as Pixies-lite and a "strangely appealing" exception. ["Ikon" magazine, November 1995 issue (Retrieved -2008 -02-04 )]Peter Murphy of
Bauhaus (band) wrote of "Supervixen" in hisbiography for 2007's "Absolute Garbage " sleeve-notes: "The song used silence in a way I'd never heard before. When the music stopped, it wasn't a pause for effect. There was no residualcymbal swish orreverberation oramp hum. That silence was total. It meant business. It was a sort ofblack hole implosion into which you feared your soul might be sucked." ["Absolute Garbage " biography (Retrieved -2008 -02-04 )]Credits and Personnel
Garbage
* Shirley Manson – vocals,guitar
* Steve Marker – guitars, bass, samples and loops
* Duke Erikson – guitars, keyboards, six-string and fuzz bass
* Butch Vig – drums, loops, noise and efxAdditional musicians
* Mike Kashou – bassPublishing
* Written by Garbage
* Copyright 1995 Vibecrusher Music / Irving Music, Inc (BMI) / Deadarm Music (ASCAP)Production
*Recorded & produced by Garbage
*Recorded at Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin, USA
*Second engineer: Mike Zirkel
*Mastered:Howie Weinberg (Masterdisk )
*Editing & post production: Scott Hull (Masterdisk)References
External links
* [http://www.garbage.com/ Garbage official website]
* [http://www.garbage.com/discog/?v=so&a=1&id=1/ "Supervixen" lyrics]
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