Placebo - Battle for the Sun
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Album Review
Release date: 09 June 2009
Album review: Placebo - 'Battle For The Sun'
All the appearance of a cure, all the reality of a disease
In medicine, for a placebo to work, the patient has to have absolute faith in the sugar pill they’ve been given. In this case, with a prayer on their glossed lips and nail varnished fingers crossed behind their back it’s entirely possible for the mentally or physically infirm to experience all the benefits of a great band. And it’s true that in parts ‘Battle For The Sun’, Placebo’s...
- Jun 3, 2009
Tracklisting click track to read more
- Kitty Litter
- Ashtray Heart
- Battle for the Sun
- For What It's Worth
- Devil in the Details
- Bright Lights
- Speaking In Tongues
- The Never-Ending Why
- Julien
- Happy You're Gone
- Breathe Underwater
- Come Undone
- Kings of Medicine
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| Dec 12, 2013 | O2 Academy Birmingham | Birmingham |
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| Dec 13, 2013 | O2 Academy Glasgow | Glasgow |
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| Dec 14, 2013 | O2 Apollo | Manchester |
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| Dec 14, 2013 | O2 Apollo Manchester | Manchester | Tickets not currently available. |
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| Dec 16, 2013 | O2 Academy Brixton | London |
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Placebo - Battle for the Sun: Wikipedia Album Entry
Battle for the Sun is the sixth studio album by the alternative rock band Placebo.
David Bottrill produced the record, after having previously worked with Tool, Muse, Silverchair, Remy Zero and dEUS. James Brown, who worked on the band's 2006 album Meds, engineered. It is also the first album with the new drummer, Steve Forrest.
On Battle for the Sun, the band uses new instruments, such as trumpets and saxophones. The material has influences from such bands as PJ Harvey and My Bloody Valentine. It is a heavier-sounding record compared to its predecessor. Frontman Brian Molko said on the concept of the album:
"We've made a record about choosing life, about choosing to live, about stepping out of the darkness and into the light. Not necessarily turning your back on the darkness because it's there, it's essential; it's a part of who you are, but more about the choice of standing in the sunlight instead."
Molko has also stated that Battle for the Sun is the band's first album with a discernible thematic unity. Molko states that his favourite track from the album is Speak in Tongues
Release:
The album was released as a download, CD, limited edition CD + DVD, LP, and a limited edition box set.
The box set features the full album plus two extra studio tracks, a CD to access exclusive live recorded tracks, a DVD of the December 2008 Angkor Wat performance, a DVD of exclusive studio footage and a 32 page photo book featuring exclusive artwork, photos and handwritten lyrics as well as the full album on 2 x Heavy Vinyl LP.
The title track Battle for the Sun debuted on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show March 17, 2009. After the world première, it became available for free download on the band's official site.
The album was made available for streaming on the band's official website between May 29th and May 31st, 2009.
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Placebo - Battle for the Sun Lyrics
Placebo - Devil In The Details Lyrics
I've been wasting all my time with the devil in the details
I've got no energy to fight
He's a fucking pal o' mine that devil in the details
Placebo - Kitty Litter Lyrics
The way you're dancing makes me come alive
Makes me shiver and perspire
Your surreptitious glancing, the way you crack a smile
You really start a fire
Placebo - Kings Of Medicine Lyrics
They're pickin' up pieces of me while they're pickin' up pieces of you
In a bag you will be before the day is over
Were you looking for somewhere to be or looking for someone to do?
Stupid me to believe that I could trust in stupid you
Placebo - Never-Ending Why Lyrics
The atom will implode
The fragile kingdom fall
The tremor becomes a quake
And there's a body in the lake
Placebo - Breathe Underwater Lyrics
Here comes another fall from grace, I'm always falling on my face
This attitude that I embrace with a love I'm trying to replace
Try to kill this song 'cause the melody's all wrong
And there's a beaver comin' on
Placebo - Speak In Tongues Lyrics
Kitty came back home from on the island
But kitty came on home without a name
She and me is history of violence
But I long and burn to touch her just the same
Placebo - Julien Lyrics
The payback is here
Take a look, it's all around you
You thought you'd never shed a tear
So this must astound, must confound you
Placebo - Battle For The Sun Lyrics
I, I, I will battle for the sun, sun, sun
And I, I, I won't stop until I'm done, done, done
You, you, you are getting in the way, way, way
And I, I, I have nothing left to say, say, say
Placebo - For What It's Worth Lyrics
The end of the century
I said my goodbyes for what it's worth
I always aimed to please but I nearly died
Placebo - Happy You're Gone Lyrics
Breathe me every time you close your eyes
Taste me every time you cry
This memory will fade away and die
Just for today breathe me and say goodbye
Placebo - Ashtray Heart Lyrics
Cenicero, cenicero
Mi corazón de cenicero
Cenicero, cenicero
Mi corazón de cenicero
Placebo - Come Undone Lyrics
You don't know how you're coming across
You don't know what you're coming across
You don't know who you're coming across
You don't know how you're coming across
Placebo - Bright Lights Lyrics
Cast your mind back to the days
When I pretend I was okay
I had so very much to say
About my crazy living
