ARTiST: Placebo
TiTLE: Placebo
LABEL: EMI
GENRE: Rock
TiME: 64:16 min
SiZE: 101,5 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Sep-23-2006
RELEASE DATE: Sep-25-2006
WEBSiTE: n/a
Track List:
01. Come Home 05:10
02. Teenage Angst 02:42
03. Bionic 05:01
04. 36 Degrees 03:05
05. Hang On To Your IQ 05:14
06. Nancy Boy 03:31
07. I Know 04:44
08. Bruise Pristine 03:39
09. Lady Of The Flowers 04:49
10. Swallow 04:54
11. Paycheck (Demo) 03:01
12. Flesh Mechanic (Demo) 04:30
13. Drowning By Numbers 02:58
14. Slackerbitch 03:25
15. H K Farewell 07:33
Release Notes:
Remastered, bonus tracks, etc... Enjoy!
Allmusic.com said:
The key to Placebo's sound is singer/guitarist Brian
Molko, whose impersonation of a woman goes far
beyond his appearance and into his singing voice.
His trio brings together various influences -- the
epic, noisy "Chicago sound," late-'70s prog rock,
and late-'80s "college rock" -- but boils them down
into fairly conventional, guitar-heavy melodrama,
with the sort of opaque and angst-ridden lyrics
usually found in that genre. That's not to say that
Placebo's sound is boring; churning guitars and
direct, heavy basslines give the album a good deal
of strength, and Molko is able to write moving,
gritty melodies and fairly clever lyrics. Placebo
may sound like a mix between the Smashing Pumpkins
and Rush -- and the levels of melodrama on the album
may stretch far beyond most people's tolerance --
but it's well-written and performs enough variations
on those genres to keep it interesting. carving and
trimming the amount of songs into album-size; cut
down from three 80 minute cdrs worth of material, is
babybird's most eloquent and evenly expressive album
to date. opening with the fragile ballad 'too much'
and building through the swell of beats, guitars and
fuzzy pop in songs like 'dive' and '70', the album
closes with the stunning, yet understated dreamlike
epic 'beautiful place'. in stephen jones's
distinctive voice that can switch from in a moment
from conversatilonal whisper to fullblown blast
'between my ears there's nothing but music' is
unmistakably babybird. yet in the deft mood changes
of this album, there is an effortless shift to
something deeper and more accomplished than when
babybird enjoyed their first top 40 hits.