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Meds | Placebo featuring Alison Mosshart | 2:55 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Infra-Red | Placebo | 3:15 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Drag | Placebo | 3:21 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Space Monkey | Placebo | 3:51 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Follow the Cops Back Home | Placebo | 4:39 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Post Blue (Dave Bascombe Mix) | Placebo | 3:11 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Because I Want You | Placebo | 3:22 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Blind | Placebo | 4:01 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Lazarus | Placebo | 3:23 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Broken Promise | Placebo featuring Michael Stipe | 4:11 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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One of a Kind | Placebo | 3:21 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Pierrot the Clown | Placebo | 4:22 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Song to Say Goodbye | Placebo | 3:36 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Uneedmemorethanineedyou | Placebo | 3:29 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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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.]
Customer Reviews
I'd break the back of love for you...
Simply amazing. I've been a Placebo fan for ages now and this is simply their best album yet. They somehow managed to evolve and change, yet still seem entirely Placebo, through and through. If you like Placebo, you'll like this album. Even if you haven't heard them yet, you'll love this album. I guarantee it.
Grabs you and never lets go!
While many of the albums released seem to blend together, Placebo has been able to create an album that, while not the best vocally released today, succeeds in creating an atmosphere unlike any other. From the very first song, with great back-up by Alison Mosshart, to the very last, Meds is an album that sinks its claw into the listener and take somewhere completely different with haunting lyrics, outstanding band work, and quite possibly the best variation I've ever heard on an album. The only thing keep this band from complete success is a slight vocal variation problem that occurs, but even so, Placebo refuses to fail by creating on of the best albums of the year.
Meds... is just want you need!!!
I've been a fan of Placebo for years now. Meds delivers all the way... its dark and moody but with razor edge to it. Its a great mix of rock and goth!! If your new to Placebo and you like this check out the rest of their stuff... it won't let you down!! To me Placebo is one of the best bands in the world right now, they keep getting better and better over time! To bad most people in the US have never heard of them!!
Biography
Formed: 1994 in London, England
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '90s, '00s
Top Albums and Songs by Placebo
| Name | Album | Time | Price | ||
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Running Up That Hill (2007 Digital Remaster) | Meds | 4:54 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Running Up That Hill | Bones (Original Television Soundtrack) | 4:54 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Explicit Every You Every Me | Without You I'm Nothing | 3:33 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Explicit Pure Morning | Without You I'm Nothing | 4:14 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Infra-Red | Meds | 3:15 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
- $6.99
- 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

