Editing Version 2.0 (section)

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = ''[[The Age]]''
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|4}}<ref name="Rocca"/>
| rev2 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Yeung">{{cite web |last=Yeung |first=Neil Z. |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/version-20-mw0000032128 |title=Version 2.0 – Garbage |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=June 21, 2018}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Considine"/>
| rev4 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev4Score = B+<ref name="Farber">{{cite magazine |last=Farber |first=Jim |url=https://ew.com/article/1998/05/11/version-20/ |title=Version 2.0 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=May 11, 1998 |access-date=June 26, 2017}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev5Score = 6/10<ref name="Dalton"/>
| rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev6Score = 9.0/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/garbage-version-2/ |title=Garbage: Version 2.0 Album Review |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=22 September 2024 |last=Sartini Garner |first=Sadie}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev7Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Sheffield">{{cite magazine |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield  |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/garbage/albums/album/207837/review/5945187/version_20 |title=Garbage: Version 2.0 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |issue=787 |location=New York |date=May 6, 1998 |access-date=October 21, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203181751/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/garbage/albums/album/207837/review/5945187/version_20 |archive-date=December 3, 2007}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev8Score = 8/10<ref name="Walters">{{cite magazine |last=Walters |first=Barry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ij4Wc-5krxYC&pg=PA130 |title=Reviews |magazine=Spin |volume=14 |issue=6 |location=New York |date=June 1998 |pages=130, 132 |issn=0886-3032 |access-date=June 26, 2017 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[The Times]]''
| rev9Score = 6/10<ref name="Eccleston"/>
| rev10 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
| rev10Score = A−<ref name="Christgau">{{cite news |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv998-98.php |title=Consumer Guide |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |location=New York |date=September 29, 1998 |access-date=October 21, 2014 |via=RobertChristgau.com}}</ref>
}}
''Version 2.0'' received critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cinquemani |first=Sal |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/garbage-bleed-like-me/ |title=Review: Garbage, ''Bleed Like Me'' |work=[[Slant Magazine]] |date=March 17, 2005 |access-date=January 29, 2019}}</ref> In a review for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine, [[Christopher John Farley]] found its music exceptional because of songs that are gloomy and sexual yet lively and introspective,<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Farley |first=Christopher John |author-link=Christopher John Farley |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,988397,00.html |title=Music: In with the Trash |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=May 25, 1998 |access-date=February 2, 2015 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> while [[J. D. Considine]] of ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'' said the album is a more melodic version of the approach exhibited on ''Garbage'', and commended the songwriting and Manson's multifaceted singing.<ref name="Considine">{{cite web |last=Considine |first=J. D. |author-link=J. D. Considine |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1998-05-12-1998132018-story.html |title=Review: Garbage's 2nd album has bells and whistles, but sticks with the program that makes the band so listenable |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |date=May 12, 1998 |access-date=January 29, 2019}}</ref> ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' critic [[Greg Kot]] believed its mix of [[Pop music|pop]] and [[electronica]] has an "ersatz charm", while the noisy production retains Garbage's tuneful hooks.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kot |first=Greg |author-link=Greg Kot |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1998/05/17/garbage-45/ |title=Garbage |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=May 17, 1998 |access-date=October 21, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021083500/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-05-17/news/9805170402_1_romeo-void-nine-inch-quote |archive-date=October 21, 2014}}</ref> Barry Walters of ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' felt the songs are better developed than on the band's debut, while showcasing their passionate, [[Avant-garde music|avant-garde]] sounds and Manson's personalized yet relatable lyrics.<ref name="Walters"/> According to Jim Farber of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', Manson's vocal presence elevates the unexpected sounds and makes the songs "more than just clever exercises in avant-pop".<ref name="Farber"/> [[Rob Sheffield]], writing in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', said the songwriting has improved, but Manson remains the highlight, her seductive, emotive singing evoking [[New wave music|new wave]] greats and appropriating the band's complex sounds into a well-crafted, original [[rock music|rock]] album.<ref name="Sheffield"/> Donna Freydkin of [[CNN]] commended the album for enhancing, not departing from, the style of the debut, and praised the amalgam of sounds and Manson's "clever, biting lyrics".<ref name="dirty"/> In a column for ''[[The Village Voice]]'', [[Robert Christgau]] concluded that the metallic, discordant music suits Manson's aggressive sexuality and allows listeners to experience [[sadomasochism]] vicariously through "12 impregnable theoretical hits".<ref name="Christgau"/> Jane Rocca of ''[[The Age]]'' praised it as a "personality loaded" sonic spectacle and concluded that it "salutes the new millennium with futuristic nuance".<ref name="Rocca">{{cite web |last=Rocca |first=Jane |url=http://www.garbage.com/press/articles/199805/the_age/index.html |title=Version 2.0 |work=[[The Age]] |date=May 8, 1998 |access-date=February 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011007184331/http://www.garbage.com/press/articles/199805/the_age/index.html |archive-date=October 7, 2001}}</ref> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' writer Paul Verna said the group has expanded the possibilities on an impressive upgrade to their debut.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Verna |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fQ4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA26 |title=Reviews & Previews |magazine=Billboard |volume=110 |issue=22 |date=May 30, 1998 |page=26 |issn=0006-2510 |access-date=June 26, 2017 |via=Google Books}}</ref> John Pecorelli of ''[[CMJ New Music Monthly]]'' felt that the album noticeably deviates from the style of ''Garbage'' as it is more melodious, more saturated, and features enhanced percussion, while its lyrical themes make it arguably more subversive.<ref name="CMJ"/>

Other reviewers lamented Manson's singing and the production effects. [[Brett Milano]] conceded in ''[[Sound & Vision (magazine)|Stereo Review]]'' that Garbage can produce hooky songs, but felt Manson showed limited "emotional range" as she sang in no other way but "sexy".<ref name="Brennan">{{cite book |last=Brennan |first=Carol |year=2006 |chapter=Garbage |title=Contemporary Musicians |publisher=[[Gale Research]] |page=58 |isbn=0787680680}}</ref> ''[[Newsweek]]''{{'}}s David Gates was critical of the samples and what he believed to be "space-age wheeps" and "calculated showbiz shtik" in the music.<ref name="Hamelma">{{cite book |last=Hamelma |first=Steven L. |year=2004 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9jkEJn45tCsC&pg=PA94 |title=But Is It Garbage?: On Rock and Trash |publisher=[[University of Georgia Press]] |page=94 |isbn=9780820325873 |access-date=February 3, 2015 |via=Google Books}}</ref> Danny Eccleston of ''[[The Times]]'' facetiously remarked "it's bin done" in reference to the similar approach used on ''Garbage''.<ref name="Eccleston">{{cite news |last=Eccleston |first=Danny  |title=It's Been Done: Garbage (6/10). Version 2.0 (Mushroom) |newspaper=[[The Times]] |location=London |date=May 9, 1998 |page=10 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> Stephen Dalton of ''[[NME]]'' called the album a lifeless, "beautiful engineered piece of modern design" and believed Manson's lyrics to be its weakness, criticizing a directness and shortage of wit.<ref name="Dalton">{{cite magazine |last=Dalton |first=Stephen |title='Garbage: Version 2.0', Album Review (Mushroom) |magazine=[[NME]] |location=London |date=September 5, 1998 |issn=0028-6362}}</ref> Melissa Bobbitt of ''[[The About Group]]'' was more enthusiastic in a retrospective on important 1990s rock records by female artists. She argued that Manson's intimidating and alluring style, the singular [[electronic rock]] sound, and the feminist stance on ''Version 2.0'' were innovative at the time, but these elements also embodied "the futuristic path music and technology were racing toward" and can be heard throughout modern popular music.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bobbitt |first=Melissa |url=http://90srock.about.com/od/top-picks/tp/The-Decades-Essential-Rock-Albums-By-Women.htm |title=The Decade's Essential Rock Albums by Women |publisher=[[About.com]] |access-date=January 31, 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150131110319/http://90srock.about.com/od/top-picks/tp/The-Decades-Essential-Rock-Albums-By-Women.htm |archive-date=January 31, 2015}}</ref> Reviewer Neil Z. Yeung also praised the album in his re-evaluation for [[AllMusic]], calling ''Version 2.0'' "Balanced and taut" and "a greatest-hits collection packaged as a regular album, [that is] not only a peak in Garbage's catalog, but one of the definitive releases of the late '90s."<ref name="Yeung"/>

===Accolades===
''Version 2.0'' was voted the 19th best album of 1998 in the [[Pazz & Jop]], an annual critics poll run by ''The Village Voice''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres98.php |title=The 1998 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll |newspaper=The Village Voice |location=New York |date=March 2, 1999 |access-date=October 21, 2014 |via=RobertChristgau.com}}</ref> It was included in year-end best-album lists by ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'', ''[[Kerrang!]]'', ''[[Melody Maker]]'', ''[[NME]]'', ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]'', ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'', ''[[Gear (magazine)|Gear]]'', ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' and ''[[Music Week]]''.<ref name="fastfacts"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/rage/guest/1999/garbage.htm |title=Garbage guest program rage |publisher=[[ABC Online]] |date=November 13, 1999 |access-date=February 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221063345/http://www.abc.net.au/rage/guest/1999/garbage.htm |archive-date=February 21, 2015}}</ref> It was the seventh and 18th highest rated album by ''Spin'' and ''Rolling Stone'', respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.albumoftheyear.org/ratings/10-spin-highest-rated/1998/1 |title=Spin's Highest Rated Albums of 1998 |publisher=Album of the Year |access-date=February 1, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.albumoftheyear.org/ratings/35-rolling-stone-highest-rated/1998/1 |title=Rolling Stone's Highest Rated Albums of 1998 |publisher=Album of the Year |access-date=February 1, 2015}}</ref> ''Version 2.0'' was Canada's largest modern rock station, [[CFNY-FM|The Edge 102]]'s number-one album,<ref name="fastfacts"/> while three tracks make Australia's [[Triple J Hottest 100]] annual poll: "I Think I'm Paranoid" (at number 57), "Push It" (number 87), and "Special" (number 89).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/history/1998.htm#1998b |title=Hottest 100 History 1998 |publisher=ABC Online |access-date=November 7, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071202214422/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/history/1998.htm |archive-date=December 2, 2007}}</ref>

On July 14, the video for "Push It" was nominated for eight [[MTV Video Music Awards]] (for Best Group Video, Best Alternative Video, Best Breakthrough Video, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Direction and Best Special Effects),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.garbagediscobox.com/news/?m=199807 |title=Archive for July 1998 |publisher=Garbage Disco Box |access-date=May 21, 2007}}</ref> coming second to [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]'s "[[Ray of Light (song)|Ray of Light]]" video which received nine.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cafemomo.com/news/9807news.shtml |title=Garbage News – July 1998 news |publisher=Cafemomo.com |access-date=May 21, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000517095838/http://www.cafemomo.com/news/9807news.shtml |archive-date=May 17, 2000}}</ref> On October 1, Garbage were nominated for three [[MTV Europe Music Awards]]: Best Group, Best Rock Act, and Best Video for "Push It".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/184529.stm |title=All Saints top MTV nominations |work=[[BBC News]] |date=October 1, 1998 |access-date=January 31, 2015}}</ref>

On January 5, 1999, ''Version 2.0'' was nominated for [[Grammy Award]]s for [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Album|Best Rock Album]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/specials/1999/grammys/bigpicture.html |title=41st annual Grammy nominees and winners |publisher=CNN |date=February 24, 1999 |access-date=November 7, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070620143512/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/specials/1999/grammys/bigpicture.html |archive-date=June 20, 2007}}</ref> "Push It" was nominated for Best Alternative Record at [[Winter Music Conference]].<ref name="fastfacts"/> Garbage performed "You Look So Fine" for ''Gala Ragazza'' in Madrid on June 3.<ref name="fastfacts"/>

On September 9, 1999, the video for "Special" won [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Special Effects]] at the [[1999 MTV Video Music Awards|MTV Video Music Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/517306/ricky-martin-lauryn-hill-dominate-at-mtv-video-music-awards/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202160657/http://www.mtv.com/news/517306/ricky-martin-lauryn-hill-dominate-at-mtv-video-music-awards/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 2, 2015 |title=Ricky Martin, Lauryn Hill Dominate At MTV Video Music Awards |publisher=MTV News |date=September 10, 1999 |access-date=January 31, 2015}}</ref> "Special" received Grammy nominations for [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Song|Best Rock Song]] and for [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal|Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/specials/2000/grammys/list.html |title=42nd Annual Grammy Awards nominations |publisher=CNN |date=February 23, 2000 |access-date=December 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008152503/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/specials/2000/grammys/list.html |archive-date=October 8, 2007}}</ref>