| Name | Artist | Time | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meds | Placebo featuring Alison Mosshart | 2:55 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Infra-Red | Placebo | 3:15 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Drag | Placebo | 3:21 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Space Monkey | Placebo | 3:51 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Follow the Cops Back Home | Placebo | 4:39 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 6 | Post Blue (Dave Bascombe Mix) | Placebo | 3:11 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 7 | Because I Want You | Placebo | 3:22 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 8 | Blind | Placebo | 4:01 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 9 | Lazarus | Placebo | 3:23 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 10 | Broken Promise | Placebo featuring Michael Stipe | 4:11 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 11 | One of a Kind | Placebo | 3:21 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 12 | Pierrot the Clown | Placebo | 4:22 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 13 | Song to Say Goodbye | Placebo | 3:36 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 14 | Uneedmemorethanineedyou | Placebo | 3:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 15 | Running Up That Hill (2007 Digital Remaster) | Placebo | 4:54 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 15 Songs |
Album Review
With 2004's release of Placebo's singles collection, the band reaffirmed that it has never quite fit into any particular fad. Their success has been gradual in the sense that their style and sound have progressed naturally with each album. Meds builds upon that notion while also embarking on a new phase for Placebo. Meds is their second coming. Frontman Brian Molko is no longer the glam-chic, gender-bending firestarter he once was. His songs are still angry and twisted in self-reflection and social rejection. Meds doesn't contain the rush to experiment like their previous records do. It's as bare and honest as Placebo have ever been, thanks to French producer Dimitri Tikovoi's straightforward approach in getting the band to make a bona fide rock record. There's a fresh vulnerability here and a sense of danger, too; the album's title track quickly enters this sphere. It's an obsessive moment confronting the social hypnosis and dependence of medication. The Kills' Alison Mosshart lends an anxious vocal backdrop as Placebo deliver an aggressive guitar-driven assault. Meds doesn't stop for breath until its end. Fans should be pleased with the menacing "Infra-Red" and the sexy ensnaring of "One of a Kind," two tracks that showcase Placebo's signature fiery performance style. When they're not deconstructing social expectations, Placebo's storytelling is equally powerful on the more lilting tracks. The shifty slow burn of "Space Monkey" is an epic ballad for the band. Placebo step out of their skin here. A squall of fuzzed guitars, strings, and Molko's brooding vocals strike to knock down the celebrity pedestal that creates a false human image. "Broken Promise," a duet with Michael Stipe, takes similar shape as a dramatic tale of adultery unfolds into a dark, emotional storm. Letting go of toxic relationships on "Song to Say Goodbye," a melancholic closing to Meds, brings the album full circle. To some, Meds might come off as less interesting compared to the slickness of older tracks such as "Taste in Men" and "Every You Every Me." Some may be over Molko's constant analysis of sex, drugs, and desire. What you see is what you get with Placebo and, for the first time in a long time, that vision is clear. [The U.S. limited edition release includes a bonus DVD. Additional features include four previously unreleased audio tracks, their Wembley performance of "Twenty Years," a duet with the Cure on "If Only Tonight We Could Sleep" as well as bonus material from backstage at Live 8 and special studio footage.]
Recent Customer Reviews
Amazing
by dhRunning up that hill is a great song. I too heard it on the OC and fell in love with it! Can't wait to experience the rest of the album
The best of the best...
by ,,|,, (^_^) ,,|,,This is easily one of my favorite CDs ever made [it's up there with Before the Dawn Heals Us by M83; Mer de Noms by A Perfect Circle; Walking With Strangers by The Birthday Massacre]. This cd is just so amazing. Every song gives me chills every time. You can listen to it for hours and hours at a time and not get bored. There is no 'boring' or 'bad' song here, none at all. My favorite songs, if I have to pick some, are Pierrot The Clown, Lazarus, and Uneedmemorethanineedu. I highly recommend you buy the entire album all at once though, so you don't buy a few and realize you need to buy the rest - and this is something that will happen. Because this cd is simply the best cd made this decade - or even the past few decades. It has so much feeling in it, so much angst [dare I say], that just isn't achieved by bands anymore. If you're looking for a cd that will stay with you for perhaps your entire life, you've found it.
WAY better than Battle for the Sun
by Lici<3This album is amazing. Infra-red is probably the most intoxicating song here, so it's easily my favorite. I guess this Placebo is liked better for industrial-music fans.
Biography
Formed: 1994 in London, England
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '90s, '00s
Top Albums and Songs by Placebo
| Name | Album | Time | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Running Up That Hill (2007 Digital Remaster) | Meds | 4:54 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Explicit Every You Every Me | Without You I'm Nothing | 3:33 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Explicit Pure Morning | Without You I'm Nothing | 4:14 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Running Up That Hill | Bones (Original Television Soundtrack) | 4:54 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Infra-Red | Meds | 3:15 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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- $8.99
- Genres: Alternative, Music, Rock, Adult Alternative, Punk, Glam Rock
- Released: Jan 23, 2007
- ℗ 2007 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd

