'Garbage'

When this album was released in 1995 -- I was 15 -- I thought this was music aimed at marginally disenfranchised females and make-out music for the slightly fringey kids.

Again, I was 15. In theory, this album should have been aimed at me. It wasn't.

I kind of feel the same about it. Girls liked it because the lyrics were vague and hinted at being unsatisfied about stuff. Like guys, I guess.

Guys kind of liked it because the band had a female singer, who sang lyrics that were a little titillating and suggestive. But not suggestive in the least. They were probably about cheeseburgers.

The band seemed rock starry and foreign. The singer was Scottish. In fact, they're from Wisconsin. Rock capital.