Editing Version 2.0

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Version 2.0
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]]
| cover      = Garbage - Version 2.0.png
| released   = {{Start date|1998|5|11}}
| recorded   = March 1997 – February 1998
| studio     = [[Smart Studios|Smart]] ([[Madison, Wisconsin]])
| genre      = 
* [[Alternative rock]]
* [[synth-rock]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Weber |first=Theon |url=https://www.spin.com/2016/06/review-garbage-strange-little-birds/ |title=Review: Garbage Have Finally Upgraded to Version 3.0 on 'Strange Little Birds' |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date=June 17, 2016 |access-date=June 17, 2016}}</ref>
| length     = {{duration|m=49|s=34}}
| label      = [[Mushroom Records|Mushroom]]
| producer   = Garbage
| prev_title = [[Garbage (album)|Garbage]]
| prev_year  = 1995
| next_title = [[Beautiful Garbage]]
| next_year  = 2001
| misc       = {{Singles
  | name        = Version 2.0
  | type        = studio
  | single1     = [[Push It (Garbage song)|Push It]]
  | single1date = April 20, 1998
  | single2     = [[I Think I'm Paranoid]]
  | single2date = July 6, 1998
  | single3     = [[Special (Garbage song)|Special]]
  | single3date = October 5, 1998
  | single4     = [[When I Grow Up (Garbage song)|When I Grow Up]]
  | single4date = January 25, 1999
  | single5     = [[The Trick Is to Keep Breathing]]
  | single5date = February 15, 1999
  | single6     = [[You Look So Fine]]
  | single6date = May 24, 1999
  }}
}}

'''''Version 2.0''''' is the second studio album by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]]. It was released on May 11, 1998, by [[Mushroom Records]] worldwide, with the North American release on [[Almo Sounds]] the following day. With this album, the band aimed to improve and expand upon the style of their [[Garbage (album)|1995 eponymous debut]] rather than reinventing their sound. Lead singer [[Shirley Manson]] wrote dark, introspective lyrics, which she felt complemented the songs' melodies.

''Version 2.0'' was a commercial success, topping the charts in the United Kingdom, France, and New Zealand, and earning platinum certifications in several countries. The album has sold 1.7 million copies in the United States and four million copies worldwide. Garbage embarked on an 18-month-long [[#World Tour|world tour]], and released a string of commercially successful singles backed with innovative [[music video]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Nika |first=Colleen |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-darkling-manifesto-shirley-mansons-individualist-style-legacy-179753/ |title=The Darkling Manifesto: Shirley Manson's Individualist Style Legacy |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=July 31, 2012 |access-date=January 29, 2019}}</ref> ''Version 2.0'' received generally positive reviews from critics, and was included on year-end lists of 1998's best albums by several publications. In 1999, it was nominated for [[Grammy Awards]] for [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Album|Best Rock Album]]. The album's third single "[[Special (Garbage song)|Special]]" was further nominated the following year 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]].

==Recording==
{{quote box|quote=I don't think we have ever felt we know where we are going. Songs are an on-going process. It's hard to find a point when it's done. The only thing that makes us stop is time and people start yelling to finish.|width=28%|source=—Steve Marker<ref>{{cite news |last=Jansen |first=Ara |url=http://www.garbage.com/press/articles/199805/west_australian/index.html |title=Garbage clean up from road works |newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |date=May 21, 1998 |issn=0312-6323 |access-date=February 12, 2015 |via=Garbage.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011007175417/http://www.garbage.com/press/articles/199805/west_australian/index.html |archive-date=October 7, 2001}}</ref>}}

Garbage began writing their second album, which would go under the working title of ''Sad Alcoholic Clowns'',<ref name="face"/> in March 1997 in the band's label head [[Jerry Moss]]'s vacation house in [[Friday Harbor, Washington|Friday Harbor]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. The group [[Demo (music)|demoed]] and made rough outlines for new songs. When they felt they had made a good start, Garbage took the work they made in Washington back to their [[Madison, Wisconsin]], base at [[Smart Studios]] and begin fleshing out the ideas and rough sketches over the following year. The group recorded all of their work for the second album through a 48-track digital system digitally, direct to [[hard drive]]s utilizing a 24-bit [[Pro Tools]] rig.<ref name="kerrang"/> While only one recorder was up in the early sessions, eventually another was installed to edit, and ultimately a third so Manson could record vocals while the other members fiddled with recordings. Vig estimated that the sample collage approach led to "probably have five albums' worth of music",<ref name="CMJ"/> and songs featuring up to 120 audio tracks. After the digital file was ready, mixing was done in an analog tape deck, which held only 14 tracks.<ref name="program">{{cite web |last=Sibilla |first=Gianni |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/151505/garbage-get-with-program-on-version-20/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151130021732/http://www.mtv.com/news/151505/garbage-get-with-program-on-version-20/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 30, 2015 |title=Garbage Get With Program On ''Version 2.0'' |publisher=[[MTV News]] |date=April 16, 1998 |access-date=December 14, 2015}}</ref>

Much of the percussion was recorded in a disused candy factory located in Madison; Vig, [[Steve Marker]] and sound engineer [[Billy Bush (record producer)|Billy Bush]] set up a drum kit within the factory and recorded various [[Fill (music)|fills]], utilizing the acoustics of the dilapidated building. Forced to stop after local police officers responded to complaints about the noise, some of the percussion was later incorporated into "[[Temptation Waits]]", "[[I Think I'm Paranoid]]" and "Hammering in My Head".<ref name="KBmag">{{cite magazine |last=Rule |first=Greg |title=Case Study: The Making of ''Version 2.0'' |magazine=[[Keyboard (magazine)|Keyboard]] |date=August 1999 |issn=0730-0158}}</ref>

Garbage completed recording by December 1997, as Manson wanted to return to her family in Scotland for Christmas, and asked her bandmates to just move onto the mixing.<ref name="CMJ"/> Vig added that otherwise more time would be spent recording, and "it was kind of scary—because we had to commit to what these songs were going to become."<ref name="kerrang"/> Production was done until mid-February 1998.<ref name="mtv"/> The eventual title, ''Version 2.0'', was a tongue-in-cheek take on how computers were heavily involved in the album's production, with Manson adding that "in the studio, at any given moment, someone would come in and find the four of us in front of the screen."<ref name="program"/>

==Composition and style==
Building on framework sound and style Garbage established on [[Garbage (album)|their debut set]], ''Version 2.0'' featured musical references to the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, songs featuring [[String instrument|live strings]], over 100 recorded [[Sound recording and reproduction|tracks]], and an [[Interpolation (popular music)|interpolation]] of the [[Beach Boys]] and [[The Pretenders]].<ref>"''Version 2.0'' press release".</ref> The band said that the goal of ''Version 2.0'' was to create a "rapprochement between the high-tech and low-down, the now sound and of golden memories."<ref name="CyberSpin">{{cite magazine |last=Bambarger |first=Bradley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aQ0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA93 |title=Almo/Mushroom's Garbage Puts Cyber Spin On Classic Pop Spirit |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=110 |issue=17 |date=April 25, 1998 |page=93 |issn=0006-2510 |access-date=June 26, 2017 |via=Google Books}}</ref> [[Butch Vig]] stated that the band did not want to reinvent their sound, as they "felt that we had carved our own turf on the first record and we wanted to take everything we did and make it better".<ref name="dirty">{{cite web |last=Freydkin |first=Donna |url=http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9810/26/garbage/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030312001137/http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9810/26/garbage/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 12, 2003 |title=Getting dirty with Garbage |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=October 26, 1998 |access-date=December 14, 2015}}</ref> This meant to "have the guitars noisier and write poppier melodies", showing how the band had grown together: "With ''Garbage'', we were struggling to find an identity and to get comfortable with Shirley – and vice versa. After touring so much, there's a better camaraderie and sense of communication."<ref name="kerrang">{{cite magazine |last=Rees |first=Paul |title=The Manson Family |magazine=[[Kerrang!]] |date=April 18, 1998 |issn=0262-6624}}</ref>

[[Shirley Manson]] declared that "we didn't want to totally embrace the world of [[electronica]]", so ''Version 2.0'' juxtaposed "the super-hi-fi with the super-organic".<ref name="CyberSpin"/> The band wanted there to be echoes of music they like in the record, "and that means not just [[Björk]] and [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]] and [[Radiohead]] but [[the Beatles]] and Beach Boys and [[Frank Sinatra]]", Manson said, concluding that the album is overall "more diverse—it goes to extremes."<ref name="CyberSpin"/> The increased usage of techno beats emerged from frequent exposure to electronic music during the [[Garbage tour]], both in clubs and listening to [[The Prodigy]] and [[The Chemical Brothers]].<ref name="kerrang"/> [[Steve Marker]] stated that the band used as a reference point the ''Garbage'' song "As Heaven Is Wide", "but with a more technoey {{sic}} and dance end."<ref name="mtv">{{cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2996/new-garbage-cd-version-20-set-for-spring/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151129174514/http://www.mtv.com/news/2996/new-garbage-cd-version-20-set-for-spring/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 29, 2015 |title=New Garbage CD, ''Version 2.0'', Set For Spring |publisher=MTV News |date=February 4, 1998 |access-date=December 14, 2015}}</ref> The band also aimed to channel some of the energy of their live shows into the rhythm parts of the album. Vig remarked that "the songs sound looser, tougher" that way,<ref name="CyberSpin"/> as by the last concerts, "we'd speeded things up and toughened up a lot of the grooves" and in the album "we wanted that to be apparent from the get-go."<ref name="kerrang"/>

While ''Garbage'' had lyrical input from all band members, Manson was responsible for all the lyrics in ''Version 2.0''.<ref name="kerrang"/> Consequently, it was described by Manson as "more direct and more personal than the first. I was able to verbalize things a little clearer this time—I mean, I'm no [[Nick Cave]], I'm never gonna be [[Bob Dylan]]. I do what I can to express myself."<ref name="face">{{cite magazine |last=McLean |first=Craig |title=Ginger Spice |magazine=[[The Face (magazine)|The Face]] |date=February 1998 |issn=0263-1210}}</ref> The singer "tried to let the darker undercurrents come through to offset some of the pop melodies", adding that "like human beings, songs shouldn't be one-dimensional".<ref name="CyberSpin"/> The singer declared that the introspective nature of ''Version 2.0'' served to "reassure myself while I'm going crazy" due to her experiences during production, as she was "living by myself in a hotel, and I had no one to really talk to" and every day coming back by herself really late after working on the studio.<ref name="CMJ">{{cite magazine |last=Pecorelli |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aSoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA33 |title=Garbage system upgrade |magazine=[[CMJ New Music Monthly]] |issue=58 |date=June 1998 |pages=32–35; 55 |issn=1074-6978 |access-date=February 15, 2015 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> Manson added that only "[[The Trick Is to Keep Breathing]]" had something that was out of her life, being inspired by her friend Ruthie Trouble.<ref name="face"/> "Medication" came about from a frightful, isolating experience with the US medical system.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MA-uT7kqvc  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/7MA-uT7kqvc| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Shirley Manson interview (Australia, 1998) |publisher=[[YouTube]] |access-date=February 10, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The song, Manson explained, is "a reflection on past ills in a way ... about taking blame on yourself for things that you had no control of at the time, and finally pushing off and realizing that this was not my fault. It wasn't all my fault. There's a huge relief and release that comes from that".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Woolridge |first=Simon |url=http://www.garbage.com/press/articles/199806/juice/index.html |title=Trash Therapy |magazine=Juice |location=Australia |date=June 1998 |issn=1320-9981 |access-date=February 10, 2015 |via=Garbage.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011007180104/http://www.garbage.com/press/articles/199806/juice/index.html |archive-date=October 7, 2001}}</ref>

==Release and promotion==
{{Quote box|quote =I think the general consensus was that people feel our second record didn't do as well as the first one, but our second record did better. But I think in terms of our profile, I think our profile was probably quieter than on our first record.|width=33%|source=—[[Shirley Manson]]<ref name="time">{{cite magazine |last=Smith |first=Alex |url=http://www.time.com/time/musicgoesglobal/europe/mmanson.html |title=Q & A with Shirley Manson, lead singer of Garbage |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=September 24, 2001 |access-date=May 20, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206220131/http://www.time.com/time/musicgoesglobal/europe/mmanson.html |archive-date=February 6, 2009}}</ref>}}

The entire visual campaign for ''Version 2.0'' was tailored to play off the album [[cover artwork]], the [[Computer icon|icons]] designed to represent each single release, provided [[Promotional merchandise|point-of-sale]] and the band's [[music video|videogenic sensibility]].<ref name="CyberSpin"/> Garbage spent three weeks in Europe providing interviews with music journalists from a multitude of territories, while Manson continued on her own to Australia and Asia.<ref name="CyberSpin"/>

''Version 2.0'' was released in Japan on May 4, 1998, a week ahead of the international street date, to counteract [[parallel import]]s. The album was released in two editions, a standard album with a bonus remix of "Push It" by [[Boom Boom Satellites]] and a limited run of 20,000 copies featuring two international [[B-side]]s, "Lick the Pavement" and a cover version of [[Big Star]]'s "[[Thirteen (song)|Thirteen]]".<ref name="CyberSpin"/> ''Version 2.0'' debuted at number four in the Japanese international album chart.<ref name="fastfacts">{{cite web |url=http://garbage.com/ |title=Garbage Fast Facts |publisher=Garbage.com |access-date=May 21, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000408170127/http://garbage.com/ |archive-date=April 8, 2000}} ''Click "Visit non-flashed site" link below and then "Enter garbage.com without Flash".''</ref>

On May 11, ''Version 2.0'' was released worldwide, with the North American street date a day later.<ref name="CyberSpin"/> Mushroom Records released the album in the United Kingdom on CD, LP and cassette. In North America, ''Version 2.0'' was released on CD and cassette by [[Almo Sounds]] in partnership with [[Interscope Records]], who [[Distribution (business)|shipped]] 500,000 copies to stores in the first week.<ref name="fastfacts"/>

==Tour==
{{main|Version 2.0 World Tour}}

Preceding the start of their world tour, Garbage played three shows in the [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]] under the alias Stupid Girl.<ref name="1998setlists">{{cite web |url=http://www.garbagebase.com/g-1998.html |title=Garbage 1998 Setlists |publisher=GarbageBase.com |access-date=May 21, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624023148/http://www.garbagebase.com/g-1998.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 24, 2011}}</ref> The [[Version 2.0 World Tour]] officially kicked off with club dates starting at San Francisco's [[Warfield Theatre]] on May 20, 1998, and took the band to a number of cities in the United States and Canada.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1429345/garbage-sets-itinerary-for-club-tour-as-video-premieres/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417105127/http://www.mtv.com/news/1429345/garbage-sets-itinerary-for-club-tour-as-video-premieres/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2015 |title=Garbage Sets Itinerary For Club Tour As Video Premieres |publisher=MTV News |date=April 16, 1998 |access-date=June 26, 2017}}</ref> Garbage then travelled to Europe to play a number of rock festivals beginning June 1 at Netherlands' [[Pinkpop Festival|Pinkpop]] and wrapping up at Scotland's [[T in the Park]] on July 12. In between the festivals, Garbage performed some headlining shows in France and the United Kingdom, with support coming from [[The Crystal Method]]. In August, the band travelled to Japan to perform on the bill at the [[Fuji Rock Festival]], and then back to Scotland to perform at two "warm up" shows at Glasgow's [[Barrowland Ballroom]] and then headlining the last night of the [[Reading Festival]].<ref name="1998setlists"/>

Garbage returned to North America on September 17, to start a three-month tour. Support came from [[Girls Against Boys]]. The itinerary took the band from [[Denver]], up the West Coast as far north as Vancouver, before routing towards the Southern states. Following these dates, the tour moved up the Eastern Seaboard and into Quebec and Ontario, before finishing up in the Midwest on November 28 in [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]]. During December, Garbage performed at [[radio festival|radio shows]] on both coasts, including [[KROQ-FM]]'s [[KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas|Almost Acoustic Christmas]], and made a visit to Mexico City before wrapping up on December 20 in Detroit.<ref name="1998setlists"/>

Continuing their touring commitment into 1999, Garbage launched a European arena tour on January 14 at Dublin's [[Point Theatre]]. Local acts such as [[Laurent Garnier]] and [[The Rasmus]] supported continental dates; [[Moloko]] supported Irish and UK shows. Concerts in Paris and St. Petersburg were filmed to be broadcast by [[MTV Europe]] and [[MTV Russia]], respectively. A show in [[Tallinn]] was cancelled on the day when the band's equipment was held up by [[Customs officer|customs officials]] at the Estonian border.<ref name="Estonia">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1429332/garbage-show-trashed-by-customs/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019080000/http://www.mtv.com/news/1429332/garbage-show-trashed-by-customs/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 19, 2015 |title=Garbage Show Trashed By Customs |publisher=MTV News |date=February 8, 1999 |access-date=June 26, 2017}}</ref> The European run ended in Madrid on February 11.<ref name="Estonia"/> Garbage then returned to North America to support [[Alanis Morissette]] on two legs of her [[Junkie Tour]], starting on February 16 in [[Cincinnati]], routing along the Midwest, [[Four Corners]] states and onto the West Coast, ending on April 7 in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1429331/garbage-to-open-for-scottish-parliament/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019080003/http://www.mtv.com/news/1429331/garbage-to-open-for-scottish-parliament/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 19, 2015 |title=Alanis Morissette Announces U.S. Tour Dates |publisher=MTV News |date=December 21, 1998 |access-date=June 26, 2017}}</ref>

Garbage revisited Europe to play a second summer of rock festivals, beginning with Vienna's [[Libro]] on May 19. The shows included visits to Israel and Iceland, although four concerts in the Baltic States and Russia were cancelled on the advice of the American Embassy due to the US's [[NATO bombing of Yugoslavia|involvement in Kosovo]]. Garbage headlined a special show to mark the opening of the [[Scottish Parliament]] in Edinburgh on July 1.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1429331/garbage-to-open-for-scottish-parliament/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019080003/http://www.mtv.com/news/1429331/garbage-to-open-for-scottish-parliament/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 19, 2015 |title=Garbage To Open For Scottish Parliament |publisher=MTV News |date=June 4, 1999 |access-date=June 26, 2017}}</ref> The European dates conclude in [[Duisburg]] on July 25. Garbage then travelled to South Africa to play four shows with [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]].<ref name="1998setlists"/>

The final legs of the Version 2.0 tour see Garbage moving on to New Zealand and Australia to co-headline with Alanis Morissette, beginning in [[Auckland]] for 16 days from October 1, and ending in [[Newcastle, Australia|Newcastle]]. During this time the band also performed at the [[Livid (festival)|Livid]] festival. Garbage returned to North America to wind down the tour by headlining a series of shows organised by MTV on university campuses.<ref>{{cite web |last=Johnson |first=Tina |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1429327/garbage-lit-enroll-for-third-campus-invasion-tour/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019080003/http://www.mtv.com/news/1429327/garbage-lit-enroll-for-third-campus-invasion-tour/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 19, 2015 |title=Garbage, Lit Enroll For Third Campus Invasion Tour |publisher=MTV News |date=August 31, 1999 |access-date=June 26, 2017}}</ref> Titled the ''Campus Invasion Tour'', and supported by [[Lit (band)|Lit]], the shows began on October 20 in Denver and is routed through the Midwest, North East and Southern States, Arizona and California.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mancini |first=Robert |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1429326/garbage-lit-line-up-campus-invasion-tour/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122011505/http://www.mtv.com/news/1429326/garbage-lit-line-up-campus-invasion-tour/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 22, 2015 |title=Garbage, Lit Line Up Campus Invasion Tour |publisher=MTV News |date=September 14, 1999 |access-date=June 26, 2017}}</ref> The final date of the Version 2.0 tour is held in [[Irvine, California]], on November 24.<ref>{{cite web |last=Johnson |first=Tina |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1429324/shirley-manson-talks-bond-while-garbage-shoots-new-video/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719121412/http://www.mtv.com/news/1429324/shirley-manson-talks-bond-while-garbage-shoots-new-video/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 19, 2014 |title=Shirley Manson Talks Bond While Garbage Shoots New Video |publisher=MTV News |date=October 18, 1999 |access-date=June 26, 2017}}</ref>

==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>

==Commercial performance==
''Version 2.0'' debuted at number 13 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], selling 88,000 copies in its first week.<ref>{{cite web |last=Haring |first=Bruce |url=http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12051228 |title=Garth Stays On Top |publisher=[[Yahoo! Music]] |date=May 22, 1998 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061216114310/http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12051228 |archive-date=December 16, 2006 |access-date=August 16, 2007}}</ref> As of August 2008, the album had sold 1.7 million copies in the United States.<ref name="US sales">{{cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1044600/ask-billboard-robin-sparkles-garbage-alkaline-trio-bayside |title=Ask Billboard: Robin Sparkles, Garbage, Alkaline Trio, Bayside |magazine=Billboard |date=August 1, 2008 |access-date=May 20, 2011}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]], with first-week sales of 31,476 copies.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Alan |url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/christie-leads-chart-into-new-era/033874 |title=Christie leads chart into new era |work=[[Music Week]] |date=April 17, 2005 |access-date=December 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826103851/http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/christie-leads-chart-into-new-era/033874 |archive-date=August 26, 2012}}</ref> It had sold 579,912 copies in the UK by May 2012.<ref name="UK sales">{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Alan |url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/official-charts-analysis-uk-suffers-lowest-album-sales-week-since-1996/048945 |title=Official Charts Analysis: UK suffers lowest album sales week since 1996 |work=Music Week |date=May 21, 2012 |access-date=December 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723062133/http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/official-charts-analysis-uk-suffers-lowest-album-sales-week-since-1996/048945 |archive-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> Elsewhere, ''Version 2.0'' topped the charts in France and New Zealand, while reaching the top five in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Norway, and Portugal.<ref name="ultratop"/><ref name="can"/><ref name="ire"/><ref name="BB-1998-05-30"/>

The album received its first gold discs on May 22, 1998, in the UK,<ref name="BPI"/> Belgium, France and New Zealand,<ref name="fastfacts"/> and by early October, it was certified platinum in New Zealand, Canada, and the UK,<ref name="BPI"/> and certified gold in the United States, Australia, and seven European countries.<ref name="fastfacts"/> It was eventually certified platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) on February 24, 1999.<ref name="RIAA"/> During the week of March 8, 1999, ''Version 2.0'' was officially awarded the European Platinum Award by the [[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]] (IFPI) for sales of one million copies across Europe.<ref name="IFPI-Europe"/>

On June 3, 1999, ''Version 2.0'' was certified platinum in Spain,<ref name="fastfacts"/> and claimed the fifth-longest chart run on the [[Spanish Albums Chart]] on June 20, while an airplay-only single, "Temptation Waits", was released to Spanish radio.<ref>"Temptation Waits" press release (Retrieved - November 7, 2007)</ref> The album's sales continued into 2000; it was certified platinum in the UK for the second time on February 11, 2000,<ref name="BPI"/> before re-charting in the UK for the final time on July 15, 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.garbage.com/news/journal.php?uid=24 |title=Studio Diary #12: A day in the life of a studio rat |publisher=Garbage.com |date=June 19, 2000 |access-date=May 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061019224258/http://www.garbage.com/news/journal.php?uid=24 |archive-date=October 19, 2006}}</ref> As of May 2018, ''Version 2.0'' had sold four million copies worldwide.<ref name="WW sales">{{cite magazine |last=Daw |first=Robbie |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8458149/shirley-manson-interview-20-years-of-garbage-version-2-0 |title=Shirley Manson Looks Back On 20 Years of Garbage's 'Sci-Fi Pop' Odyssey, 'Version 2.0' |magazine=Billboard |date=May 29, 2019 |access-date=January 29, 2019}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]], except where noted.
| headline = ''Version 2.0'' track listing
| title1 = [[Temptation Waits]]
| length1 = 4:36

| title2 = [[I Think I'm Paranoid]]
| length2 = 3:38

| title3 = [[When I Grow Up (Garbage song)|When I Grow Up]]
| length3 = 3:23

| title4 = Medication
| length4 = 4:06

| title5 = [[Special (Garbage song)|Special]]
| length5 = 3:43

| title6 = Hammering in My Head
| length6 = 4:52

| title7 = [[Push It (Garbage song)|Push It]]
| length7 = 4:02

| title8 = [[The Trick Is to Keep Breathing]]
| length8 = 4:11

| title9 = Dumb
| length9 = 3:50

| title10 = Sleep Together
| length10 = 4:03

| title11 = Wicked Ways
| length11 = 3:43

| title12 = [[You Look So Fine]]
| length12 = 5:25
| total_length = 49:34
}}{{Track listing
| title1 = [[Can't Seem to Make You Mine]]
| extra6 = "Push It" single
| title9 = Tornado
| length9 = 3:42
| title10 = Afterglow
| length10 = 2:31
| total_length = 34:11
| extra_column = Originally from
| extra7 = "Push It" single
| note8 = Acoustic
| extra10 = "I Think I'm Paranoid" single
| extra3 = "I Think I'm Paranoid" single
| extra2 = "Special" single
| extra8 = "Special" single
| extra1 = "When I Grow Up" and "The Trick is to Keep Breathing" singles
| extra9 = "When I Grow Up" and "The Trick is to Keep Breathing" singles
| extra4 = "You Look So Fine" single
| length8 = 4:11
| title8 = Medication
| length1 = 2:55
| length3 = 4:22
| headline = ''Version 2.0'' (Deluxe Edition) (20th Anniversary Edition) - CD 2
| title2 = 13x Forever
| length2 = 3:55
| note1 = [[Sky Saxon]]
| title3 = Deadwood
| title4 = Get Busy With the Fizzy
| length7 = 2:42
| length4 = 2:55
| title5 = Soldier Through This
| length5 = 3:48
| title6 = [[Thirteen (song)|Thirteen]]
| note6 = [[Alex Chilton]], [[Chris Bell (American musician)|Chris Bell]]
| length6 = 3:30
| title7 = Lick The Pavement
| extra5 = "You Look So Fine" single
}}
{{Track listing
| title1 = Push It
| length12 = 3:25
| length9 = 9:16
| title10 = When I Grow Up
| note10 = Danny Tenaglia Club Mix
| length10 = 11:07
| title11 = When I Grow Up
| note11 = Alt Pop Mix
| length11 = 3:35
| title12 = Special
| note12 = Rickidy Raw Raw R+B Mix
| title13 = Special
| title9 = When I Grow Up
| note13 = Rickidy Raw Late Night Mix
| length13 = 4:00
| title14 = You Look So Fine
| note14 = [[Eric Kupper]] Deep Drama Remix
| length14 = 8:39
| title15 = You Look So Fine
| note15 = Eric Kupper Deep Drama Dub Mix
| length15 = 8:39
| title16 = You Look So Fine
| note16 = [[Fun Lovin' Criminals]] Remix
| note9 = [[Danny Tenaglia]] Golden Shower Dub Mix
| length8 = 3:39
| length1 = 6:42
| note4 = [[The Crystal Method]] Extended Edit
| total_length = 1:43:05
| headline = ''Version 2.0 - The Official Remixes'' (2018) - Digital
| note1 = [[Boom Boom Satellites]] Mix
| title2 = Push It
| note2 = [[Victor Calderone]] Club Mix
| length2 = 7:19
| title3 = Push It
| note3 = Victor Calderone Dub Mix
| length3 = 3:41
| title4 = I Think I'm Crystalized
| length4 = 7:26
| note8 = Pop Mix
| title5 = I Think I'm Crystalized
| note5 = The Crystal Method Dub Mix
| length5 = 5:17
| title6 = I Think I'm Paranoid
| note6 = Purity Mix
| length6 = 5:30
| title7 = Special
| note7 = [[Brothers In Rhythm]] Mix
| length7 = 10:00
| title8 = Special
| length16 = 3:39
}}
'''Notes'''
* "Push It" contains an interpolation of "[[Don't Worry Baby]]", written by [[Brian Wilson]] and [[Roger Christian (songwriter)|Roger Christian]], and "[[Push It (Salt-n-Pepa song)|Push It]]", written by [[Hurby Azor]].

==Personnel==
Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Version 2.0''.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Version 2.0 |type=liner notes |others=Garbage |publisher=Mushroom Records |year=1998 |id=MUSH29CD}}</ref>

{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
'''Garbage'''
* [[Duke Erikson]]
* [[Shirley Manson]]
* [[Steve Marker]]
* [[Butch Vig]]

'''Additional musicians'''
* [[Daniel Shulman (musician)|Daniel Shulman]] – bass
* Michael Masley – [[cymbalom]]
* [[Citizen King|Todd Malcolm Michiles]] – [[record scratching]]
* Jon J. Vriesacker – violin

{{col-2}}
'''Technical'''
* [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]] – production
* [[Billy Bush (record producer)|Billy Bush]] – engineering
* Mike Zirkel – engineering assistance
* [[Scott Hull (mastering engineer)|Scott Hull]] – mastering
* [[Howie Weinberg]] – mastering

'''Artwork'''
* Garbage – art direction
* Ade Britteon – design
* Michael Faherty – 3D
* [[Stéphane Sednaoui]] – band photograph
{{col-end}}

==Charts==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Weekly chart performance for ''Version 2.0''
! scope="col"| Chart (1998–1999)
! scope="col"| Peak<br/>position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|5|artist=Garbage|album=Version 2.0|rowheader=true|access-date=December 14, 2015}}
|-
{{album chart|Austria|4|artist=Garbage|album=Version 2.0|rowheader=true|access-date=December 14, 2015}}
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|3|artist=Garbage|album=Version 2.0|rowheader=true|access-date=December 14, 2015|refname="ultratop"}}
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|2|artist=Garbage|album=Version 2.0|rowheader=true|access-date=December 14, 2015}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|2|artist=Garbage|rowheader=true|access-date=December 14, 2015|refname="can"}}
|-
! scope="row"| Danish Albums ([[Hitlisten]])<ref>{{cite news |title=Listen – Danmarks Officielle Hitliste – Udarbejdet af AIM Nielsen for IFPI Danmark – Uge 22 |newspaper=[[Ekstra Bladet]] |language=da |location=Copenhagen |date=June 1, 1998}}</ref>
| 7
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|22|artist=Garbage|album=Version 2.0|rowheader=true|access-date=December 14, 2015}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[European Top 100 Albums|European Albums]] (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref name="BB-1998-05-30">{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fQ4EAAAAMBAJ&q=Garbage&pg=PA69 |title=Hits of the World |magazine=Billboard |volume=110 |issue=22 |date=May 30, 1998 |page=69 |issn=0006-2510 |access-date=June 26, 2017 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
| 1
|-
{{album chart|Finland|6|artist=Garbage|album=Version 2.0|rowheader=true|access-date=December 14, 2015}}
|-
{{album chart|France|1|artist=Garbage|album=Version 2.0|rowheader=true|access-date=December 14, 2015}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|4|id=2757|artist=Garbage|album=Version 2.0|rowheader=true|access-date=December 14, 2015}}
|-
! scope="row"| Icelandic Albums ([[Tónlist]])<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=198085&pageId=2969547&lang=en |title=Tónlist – Ísland plötur og diskar |newspaper=[[DV (newspaper)|DV]] |language=is |volume=88 |issue=114 |date=May 22, 1998 |page=44 |issn=1021-8254 |access-date=January 29, 2019 |via=[[Timarit.is]]}}</ref>
| 2
|-
! scope="row"| Irish Albums ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref name="ire">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-05-30.pdf |title=Top National Sellers |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |volume=15 |issue=22 |date=May 30, 1998 |page=11 |oclc=29800226 |access-date=January 29, 2019 |via=American Radio History}}</ref>
| 4
|-
! scope="row"| Italian Albums ([[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|FIMI]])<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fQ4EAAAAMBAJ&q=Garbage&pg=PA68 |title=Hits of the World |magazine=Billboard |volume=110 |issue=22 |date=May 30, 1998 |page=68 |issn=0006-2510 |access-date=June 26, 2017 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
| 20
|-
! scope="row"| Japanese Albums ([[Oricon Albums Chart|Oricon]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/56452/products/music/55739/1/ |title=「バージョン２．０」 ガービッジ |trans-title="Version 2.0" Garbage |language=ja |publisher=[[Oricon]] |access-date=December 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313024020/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/56452/products/music/55739/1/ |archive-date=March 13, 2014}}</ref>
| 27
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Garbage|album=Version 2.0|rowheader=true|access-date=December 14, 2015}}
|-
{{album chart|Norway|4|artist=Garbage|album=Version 2.0|rowheader=true|access-date=December 14, 2015}}
|-
! scope="row"| Portuguese Albums ([[Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa|AFP]])<ref name="BB-1998-05-30"/>
| 4
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|1|date=19980517|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2017}}
|-
! scope="row"| Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Salaverri |first=Fernando |title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |edition=1st |date=September 2005 |location=Spain |publisher=[[Sociedad General de Autores y Editores|Fundación Autor/SGAE]] |isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref>
| 23
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|12|artist=Garbage|album=Version 2.0|rowheader=true|access-date=December 14, 2015}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|17|artist=Garbage|album=Version 2.0|rowheader=true|access-date=December 14, 2015}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|1|date=19980517|artist=Garbage|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|UKIndependent|1|date=19980517|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|13|artist=Garbage|rowheader=true|access-date=December 14, 2015}}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+1998 year-end chart performance for ''Version 2.0''
! scope="col"| Chart (1998)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-1998.htm |title=ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Albums 1998 |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] |access-date=February 3, 2011}}</ref>
| 81
|-
! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1998&cat=a |title=Jaaroverzichten 1998 – Albums |language=nl |publisher=Ultratop |access-date=December 14, 2015}}</ref>
| 42
|-
! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1998&cat=a |title=Rapports Annuels 1998 – Albums |language=fr |publisher=Ultratop |access-date=December 14, 2015}}</ref>
| 32
|-
! scope="row"| Canada Top Albums/CDs (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.7015&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.7015.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.7015 |title=RPM's Top 100 CDs of '98 |magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] |volume=68 |issue=12 |date=December 14, 1998 |issn=0315-5994 |access-date=January 29, 2019 |via=Library and Archives Canada}}</ref>
| 58
|-
! scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1998&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 1998|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=August 30, 2020}}</ref>
| 95
|-
! scope="row"| European Albums (''Music & Media'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-12-19.pdf |title=Year in Focus – European Top 100 Albums 1998 |magazine=Music & Media |volume=15 |issue=51 |date=December 19, 1998 |page=8 |oclc=29800226 |access-date=January 29, 2019 |via=American Radio History}}</ref>
| 32
|-
! scope="row"| French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/pag-259376-Classements-Annuels.html?year=1998&type=2 |title=Classement Albums – année 1998 |language=fr |publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]] |access-date=December 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229010459/http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/pag-259376-Classements-Annuels.html?year=1998&type=2 |archive-date=December 29, 2013}}</ref>
| 48
|-
! scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1998 |title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 1998 |language=de |publisher=Offizielle Deutsche Charts |access-date=December 14, 2015}}</ref>
| 67
|-
! scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1998-12-31 |title=Top Selling Albums of 1998 |publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]] |access-date=December 14, 2015}}</ref>
| 29
|-
! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/19980104/37502/ |title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 1998 |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=December 14, 2015}}</ref>
| 43
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1998/top-billboard-200-albums |title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1998 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=January 29, 2019}}</ref>
| 118
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+1999 year-end chart performance for ''Version 2.0''
! scope="col"| Chart (1999)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-1999.htm |title=ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Albums 1999 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |access-date=February 3, 2011}}</ref>
| 94
|-
! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/19990110/37502/ |title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 1999 |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=December 14, 2015}}</ref>
| 68
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1999/top-billboard-200-albums |title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1999 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=January 29, 2019}}</ref>
| 131
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications and sales==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for ''Version 2.0''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|artist=Garbage|title=Version 2.0|award=Platinum|type=album|certyear=1999|access-date=February 3, 2011}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|artist=Garbage|title=Version 2.0|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1998|certyear=1998|date=August 28, 1998|access-date=December 14, 2015}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Garbage|title=Version 2.0|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1998|date=May 25, 1998|access-date=December 14, 2015}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|artist=Garbage|title=Version 2.0|award=Gold|number=2|type=album|relyear=1998|certyear=1999|date=October 27, 1999|access-date=January 8, 2017|salesamount=410,000|salesref=<ref>As quoted by Laurent Didallier, MD of [[PIAS Entertainment Group|PIAS]] France, ''Musique Info Hebdo'', October 2001 issue</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Garbage|title=Version 2.0|award=Platinum|type=album|id=1999-11-12|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|date=November 14, 1999}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=Garbage|title=Version 2.0|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1998|certyear=1999|id=garbage-version-20|access-date=October 13, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|artist=Garbage|title=Version 2.0|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1998|certyear=1998|date=September 24, 1998|access-date=December 14, 2015}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Garbage|title=Version 2.0|award=Platinum|number=2|type=album|id=7959-1301-2|date=February 11, 2000|access-date=December 14, 2015|salesamount=579,912|salesref=<ref name="UK sales"/>|refname="BPI"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Garbage|title=Version 2.0|award=Platinum|type=album|date=February 24, 1999|access-date=December 14, 2015|salesamount=1,700,000|salesref=<ref name="US sales"/>|refname="RIAA"}}
{{Certification Table Summary}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Europe|artist=Garbage|title=Version 2.0|award=Platinum|type=album|certyear=1999|access-date=February 3, 2011|refname="IFPI-Europe"}}
! scope="row"| Worldwide
| {{n/a}}
| 4,000,000<ref name="WW sales"/>
|-
{{Certification Table Bottom}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.garbage.com/non-flash/index-main.html |title=''Version 2.0''-era website |access-date=May 23, 2011 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001027115137/http://www.garbage.com/non-flash/index-main.html |archive-date=October 27, 2000}}

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