Placebo - Placebo
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Album Review
Release date: 16 July 1996
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
- Come Home
- Teenage Angst
- Bionic
- 36 Degrees
- Hang on to Your IQ
- Nancy Boy
- I Know
- Bruise Pristine
- Lady of the Flowers
- Swallow
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Placebo Tickets
| Date / Time | Artist | Venue | Town/City | Seetickets | Viagogo |
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| Dec 12, 2013 00:00 | Placebo | O2 Academy Birmingham | Birmingham |
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| Dec 13, 2013 00:00 | Placebo | O2 Academy Glasgow | Glasgow | Tickets not currently available. |
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| Dec 14, 2013 00:00 | Placebo | O2 Apollo | Manchester |
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| Dec 14, 2013 00:00 | Placebo | O2 Apollo Manchester | Manchester | Tickets not currently available. |
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| Dec 16, 2013 00:00 | Placebo | O2 Academy Brixton | London |
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Placebo - Placebo: Wikipedia Album Entry
Placebo is the self-titled debut album by the alternative rock band Placebo, released on the Virgin Records label on 16 July 1996. In 1998, Q magazine readers voted it the 87th greatest album of all time. Virgin placed the album 154th best album of all times on their 1000 greatest albums list.
The album combines a heavy punk pop sound (Come Home, 36 Degrees) with a softer, more lyrical sound ("I Know", "Lady of the Flowers"). It contains influences from such bands as PJ Harvey and Sonic Youth.
Placebo was remastered and reissued on 18 September 2006 for its tenth anniversary.
The album set the tone for Placebo's trademark angst-ridden style. This is the only album recorded with drummer Robert Schultzberg before his departure from the group. He also plays didgeridoo on "I Know". In recent years, only a few songs from the album were still being played live. Since 2006, "Come Home" and "I Know" were often included in live setlists. "Bionic" was regularly present on set lists until 2005. "Nancy Boy" is occasionally played as an encore.
Placebo is considered to be one of the most influential records of 1990s alternative rock scene, being often compared with Radiohead's The Bends. The uniqueness of Schultzberg's drumming arguably differentiates this album from all subsequent Placebo records, leaving some fans disappointed.
It was recorded in the unusual tuning of F-A#-D#-G#-C-C (now referred to as standard Placebo tuning). "Swallow" was recorded in G#-G#-G#-g#-b-d# (Stefan Olsdal tuning) and features Molko on bass and Olsdal on guitar.
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Placebo - Placebo Lyrics
Placebo - Teenage Angst Lyrics
Shine the headlight, straight into my eyes
Like the roadkill, I'm paralyzed
You see through my disguise
Placebo - Lady of The Flowers Lyrics
Excuse me, I apologize
He likes your attitude, he tries it on for size
He spends the afternoon between your thighs
How's that for gratitude? I apologize
Placebo - I Know Lyrics
I know, you love the song but not the singer
I know, you've got me wrapped around your finger
I know, you want the sin without the sinner
I know, I know
Placebo - Hang on to Your Iq Lyrics
Chinese masseuse, comes between us
Talks in haikus, plastic Venus
Got a headrush, in her pocket and
Two rubbers, two lubes, and a silver rocket
Placebo - Come Home Lyrics
Stuck between the do or die, I feel emaciated
Hard to breathe I try and try, I'll get asphyxiated
Swinging from the tallest height with nothing left to hold on to
Every sky is blue, but not for me and you
Placebo - Bruise Pristine Lyrics
The means are right for taking, fade to gray
Trying to be ruthless in the face of beauty
In this matrix, it's plain to see
It's either you or me
Placebo - Bionic Lyrics
Harder faster, forever after
Harder faster, forever after
Harder faster, forever after
Forever after
Placebo - 36 Degrees Lyrics
We were tight, but it falls apart as silver turns to blue
Waxing with a candlelight and burning just for you
Allocate your sentiment and stick it in a box
I've never been an extrovert, but I'm still breathing
Placebo - Nancy Boy Lyrics
Alcoholic kind of mood
Lose the clothes, lose the lube
Cruising for a piece of fun
Looking out for number one
