Beautiful Garbage (stylized as beautifulgarbage) is the third studio album by American-Scottish alternative rock band Garbage, released on September 27, 2001 by Mushroom Records. Marking a departure from the sound Garbage had established on their first two albums, Beautiful Garbage was written and recorded over the course of a year, during which time lead singer Shirley Manson chronicled their efforts weekly online, becoming one of the first high-profile musicians to keep an Internet blog. The album is marked by expanding on the musical variety, with stronger melodies, more direct lyrics, and sounds that mix rock with electronica, new wave, hip hop, and girl groups. The album's title is taken directly from a lyric in the song "Celebrity Skin" by Hole.