This is a list of the discography of Scottish recording artist Shirley Manson, who has performed as the lead singer of American rock band Garbage since 1993. Prior to joining Garbage, she was a backing vocalist and keyboard player for Goodbye Mr Mackenzie from 1981–1992. The band had one UK Top 40 single, "The Rattler", and a string of UK Top 100 singles – "Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie", "Love Child", "Blacker Than Black" and "Now We Are Married".
Following moderate UK success with Goodbye Mr Mackenzie, Manson was then signed as a solo artist, performing under the name Angelfish, with some members of Goodbye Mr Mackenzie, releasing Angelfish in the early 1990s. The music video for "Suffocate Me" received airplay on MTV's 120 Minutes and was watched by Steve Marker of Garbage. Impressed, he told fellow Garbage members Butch Vig and Duke Erikson, and the band invited Manson to Wisconsin to provide vocals for what would become their international breakthrough debut album, Garbage, released in 1995. Garbage have since sold 17 million records worldwide, and have since released a further six studio albums – Version 2.0 (1998), Beautiful Garbage (2001), Bleed Like Me (2005), Not Your Kind of People (2012), Strange Little Birds (2016) and No Gods No Masters (2021).
A few months into Garbage's hiatus, Manson began writing a solo record, working with musician Paul Buchanan, producer Greg Kurstin, and film composer David Arnold. In 2007, Manson collaborated with Rivers Cuomo of Weezer, who at that point had never co-written material with anyone. Manson presented some of her work to Geffen Records in 2008, who found it "too noir", prompting Manson and Geffen to mutually terminate her contract. Manson continued to write material while without a record deal and was in talks with David Byrne and Ray Davies about a potential collaboration. Manson posted three demos on her Facebook profile, written by her and Kurstin, titled "In the Snow", "Pretty Horses" and "Lighten Up".
Manson also worked with a number of artists outside of her solo project, reciting a verse of a long poem for a Chris Connelly album, co-writing and recording a duet with Eric Avery for his solo debut, recording with Debbie Harry and performing backing vocals on a Gavin Rossdale track. Although not recording material with them, Manson also performed on-stage with The Pretenders, Iggy Pop, Incubus and Kings of Leon in Atlantic City, with Gwen Stefani and a further twice with No Doubt in Universal City. Manson also performed in an uncredited role as a dominatrix in the music video for She Wants Revenge's single "These Things".
Albums Studio albums Below is a complete list of the studio albums, compilation albums, remix and special release albums released by Manson as a member of the bands she has been lead singer – Goodbye Mr Mackenzie, Angelfish and Garbage.
+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications SalesUSAUSAustralian (ARIA) chart peaks: Top 50 peaks: Top 100 peaks until December 2010: "Queer": N.B. The HP column displays the highest position reached. "Only Happy When It Rains": "I Think I'm Paranoid": "Special": "You Look So Fine": "Shut Your Mouth": The Absolute Collection: AUTCANPeak chart positions for albums in Canada: Garbage: AllMusic: FRAGERNZSWESWIUKUK chart peaks: Top 100 peaks: N.B. This site displays compressed chart peaks between numbers 76–100, with exclusion rules applied. Top 200 peaks to December 2010: Good Deeds and Dirty Rags Released: 10 April 1989 Label: Capitol Formats: LP, cassette, digital download — — — — — — — — — 26 Hammer and Tongs Released: 4 March 1991 Label: Radioactive Records, MCA Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download — — — — — — — — — 51 Five Released: 1994 Label: Blokshok Records Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download — — — — — — — — — — Angelfish Released: 15 February 1994 Label: Radioactive, MCA Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download 196 — — — — — — — — —US: 10,000 Garbage Released: August 15, 1995 Label: Almo Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download 20 4 — 15 16 55 1 19 — 6RIAA: 2× Platinum ARIA: 2× Platinum BPI: 2× Platinum MC: 2× Platinum RMNZ: 2× Platinum SNEP: GoldWorld: 4,000,000 US: 2,400,000 GER: 230,000Beautiful Garbage marketing brochure, published by PIAS Germany/Disconnected, June 2001. UK: 701,757 Version 2.0 Released: May 11, 1998 Label: Almo Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download 13 5 4 2 1 4 1 12 17 1 RIAA: Platinum ARIA: Platinum BPI: 2× Platinum MC: Platinum IFPI: Platinum IFPI SWE: Gold RMNZ: Platinum SNEP: 2× Gold World: 4,000,000 US: 1,700,000 UK: 579,912 Beautiful Garbage Released: October 1, 2001 Label: Almo, Interscope Formats: CD, LP, cassette, MiniDisc, digital download 13 1 9 6 3 6 2 29 10 6 ARIA: 2× Platinum BPI: Gold MC: Gold RMNZ: Gold US: 405,000 UK: 121,397 Bleed Like Me Released: April 11, 2005 Label: Almo, Geffen Formats: CD, cassette, digital download 4 4 17 9 6 12 25 7 15 4 ARIA: Gold BPI: Silver US: 284,000 UK: 84,339 Not Your Kind of People Released: May 14, 2012 Label: Stunvolume Formats: CD, LP, digital download 13 8 39 17 15 15 32 — 15 10 US: 98,000 Strange Little Birds Released: June 10, 2016 Label: Stunvolume Formats: CD, LP, digital download 14 9 17 69 23 22 18 — 16 17 US: 20,000 No Gods No Masters Released: June 11, 2021 Label: Stunvolume / Infectious Music Formats: CD, LP, digital download 33 5 13 — 40 6 34 — 13 5 Let All That We Imagine Be the Light Released: May 30, 2025 Label: Stunvolume / BMG Formats: CD, LP, digital download — 87 10 — 104 17 — — 24 24 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Compilation albums + List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and sales figures Title Details Peak chart positions Sales CertificationsUSAUSBELCANGERIREITASPASWIUK Absolute Garbage Released: July 23, 2007 Label: Almo, Geffen, UMe Formats: CD, digital download 68 18 28 43 68 22 79 59 77 11 US: 66,000 BPI: Silver The Absolute Collection Released: November 2, 2012 Label: Liberation Music Formats: CD, digital download — 88 — — — — — — — — Anthology Released: October 28, 2022 Label: Stunvolume / BMG Formats: 2CDs, 2LPs, digital download — — 110 — 54 — — 49 — 99 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Remix albums Title Details Version 2.0: The Official Remixes Released: July 6, 2018 Label: Almo, Interscope Format: Digital download
Extended plays Title Details Special Collection Released: February 6, 2002 Label: Sony Music Japan Format: CD
Singles
A chronological list of all singles released by the bands in which Manson features as the lead or guest vocalist.
+ List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US USAlt AUS CANPeak chart positions for singles in Canada: "Only Happy When It Rains": "Stupid Girl": "#1 Crush": "Special": GER IREPeak chart positions for singles in Ireland: Irish-Charts.com: IrishCharts.ie: Note: User must define search parameters, i.e. "Garbage". NL NZ SWI UK "Death of a Salesman"1984 — — — — — — — — — — Split-single w/ Lindy Bergman "The Rattler"1986 — — — — — — — — — — Single only "Face to Face"1987 — — — — — — — — — — "Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie"1988 — — — — — — — — — 62 Good Deeds and Dirty Rags"Open Your Arms" — — — — — — — — — 92 "The Rattler" (re-release)1989 — — — — — — — — — 37 "Goodwill City"/"I'm Sick of You" — — — — — — — — — 49 "Love Child"1990 — — — — — — — — — 52 Hammer and Tongs"Blacker Than Black" — — — — — — — — — 61 "Now We Are Married"1991 — — — — — — — — — 80 "Suffocate Me" EP1993 — — — — — — — — — — Angelfish"Heartbreak to Hate"1994 — — — — — — — — — — "Vow"1995 97 26 32 — — — — 41 — 138 Garbage"Subhuman" — — — — — — — — — 50 "Only Happy When It Rains" 55 16 80 79 — — 36 38 — 29 Garbage"Queer" — 12 55 — — — — 37 — 13 "Stupid Girl"1996 24 2 47 30 — 16 — 32 — 4 BPI: Silver"Milk" — — 44 — 84 — — 50 — 10 "#1 Crush"1997 — 1 — 20 — — — — — — Romeo + Juliet OST"Push It"1998 52 5 31 — 88 26 77 15 — 9 Version 2.0"I Think I'm Paranoid" — 6 57 — 98 — 94 19 — 9 "Special" 52 11 54 42 — — — — — 15 "When I Grow Up"1999 — 23 22 — — 28 — 24 — 9 "The Trick Is to Keep Breathing" — — — — — — — — — —"You Look So Fine" — — 101 — — — — — — 19 "The World Is Not Enough" — — — — 38 30 48 — 16 11 The World Is Not Enough OST"Androgyny"2001 — — 21 19 93 39 71 17 67 24 Beautiful Garbage"Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!)"2002 — — 7 — — 27 80 22 85 22 ARIA: Gold"Breaking Up the Girl" — — 19 — — — — — — 27 "Shut Your Mouth" — — 74 — — — — — — 20 "Why Do You Love Me"2005 94 8 19 12 63 27 100 — 75 7 Bleed Like Me"Bleed Like Me" — 27 — — — — — — — — "Sex Is Not the Enemy" — — — — — — — — — 24 "Run Baby Run" — — 47 — 97 — — — — — "Tell Me Where It Hurts"2007 — — — — — — — — — 50 Absolute Garbage"Blood for Poppies"2012 — 17 — — — — — — — — Not Your Kind of People"Battle in Me" — — — — — — — — — — "Big Bright World" — — — — — — — — — — "Control" — — — — — — — — — — "Because the Night" 2013 — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="3" "Girls Talk" 2014 — — — — — — — — — — "The Chemicals" 2015 — — — — — — — — — — "Empty" 2016 — 39 — — — — — — — — Strange Little Birds "Magnetized" — — — — — — — — — — "No Horses" 2017 — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="2" "Destroying Angels" 2018 — — — — — — — — — — "The Men Who Rule the World"2021 — — — — — — — — — — No Gods No Masters"No Gods No Masters" — — — — — — — — — — "Wolves" — — — — — — — — — — "Witness To Your Love"2022——————————Anthology"Cities in Dust"2023——————————Witness to Your Love"There's No Future in Optimism" 2025 — — — — — — — — — —Let All That We Imagine Be the Light"Get Out My Face AKA Bad Kitty" — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |- | colspan="14" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Promotional singles + List of promotional singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album SPAAirplaySólo éxitos. Año a año. 1959-2002, by Fernando Salaverri, published by the Foundation Author of the Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (SGAE), 2002 "Supervixen" 1996 — Garbage "Temptation Waits" 1999 39 Version 2.0 "Automatic Systematic Habit" 2012 — Not Your Kind of People "Even Though Our Love Is Doomed" 2016 — Strange Little Birds "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Solo work The first time Manson contributed her vocals to a project separately from any of her bands was in 1998, when she performed vocals for the chorus of a Garbage-produced remix of Fun Lovin' Criminals 1999 single "Korean Bodega". Due to litigation problems surrounding Manson's contractual obligation to Radioactive Records, further collaborations with both Fun Lovin' Criminals and Moby were unable to proceed.
Manson teamed up with Marilyn Manson and Tim Sköld in 2004 to record a cover version of the Human League's "Don't You Want Me" but both felt the track inappropriate for either acts upcoming albums, and remains unreleased. Later that year, Manson and Brody Dalle contributed backing vocals to a Queens of the Stone Age track. In 2006, Manson planned to record a John Lennon cover version for the Amnesty International Instant Karma charity compilation with bassist Eric Avery, however a scheduling misunderstanding left them short of time and unable to record the song. Manson and Avery eventually co-wrote and recorded "Maybe", a ballad duet for Avery's album Help Wanted.
The following year, Manson worked with long-time friend Chris Connelly, orating part of a long poem on his eighth album Forgiveness and Exile, and worked on a duet with longtime inspiration Debbie Harry which remains uncompleted.