Placebo (album)

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placebo
Placebo's studio album

Publication
(s)

July 16, 1996

Label (s) Virgin

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Alternative rock

Title (number)

10 (+1)

running time

60 min 30s

production

Brad Wood

chronology
- placebo Without You I'm Nothing
(1998)

Placebo is the self-titled debut album by the British band Placebo . The album was released on July 16, 1996 by Virgin Records and reached number 5 on the UK album charts. The third single Nancy Boy came to position 4 on the charts.

With their debut album, Placebo embarked on different musical paths than the then predominant Britpop movement around Oasis and Blur . The band relies on classic rock with punk influences on their album . In contrast to her later albums Without You I'm Nothing and Black Market Music , Placebo avoided dark, melancholy ballads. There are also no electronic elements to be heard , like on Sleeping with Ghosts .

Playlists

Placebo (1996)

  1. Come Home - 5:09
  2. Teenage Anxiety - 2:42
  3. Bionic - 5:00
  4. 36 Degrees - 3:05
  5. Hang on to Your IQ - 5:13
  6. Nancy Boy - 3:48
  7. I Know - 4:44
  8. Bruise Pristine - 3:35
  9. Lady of the Flowers - 4:47
  10. Swallow - 22:24
  11. Hong Kong Farewell - 14:52 ( Hidden Track )

10th Anniversary Edition (2006)

In 2006 a new edition was published for the 10th anniversary with additional tracks ( demo recordings and B-sides ) and a DVD containing the associated music videos and some live performances. The original Hidden Track is titled HK Farewell and appears on the CD as a normal track, however, in the very last position.

  1. Come Home - 5:10
  2. Teenage Anxiety - 2:40
  3. Bionic - 5:01
  4. 36 Degrees - 3:05
  5. Hang on to Your IQ - 5:14
  6. Nancy Boy - 3:30
  7. I Know - 4:43
  8. Bruise Pristine - 3:38
  9. Lady of the Flowers - 4:49
  10. Swallow - 4:50
  11. Paycheck (demo) - 3:00
  12. Flesh Mechanic (demo) - 4:29
  13. Drowning by Numbers - 2:57
  14. Slackerbitch - 3:24
  15. HK Farewell - 7:31

10th Anniversary Collector's Edition DVD

  • "Come Home (Alexandra Palace - 04/11/06)" - 5:00
  • "Teenage Fear (The Big Breakfast - 08/29/96)" - 2:39
  • "Nancy Boy (Top of the Pops - 1/31/97)" - 3:09
  • "Lady of the Flowers (Glastonbury Festival - 06/27/98)" - 5:41
  • "Teenage Fear (The White Room - 8/23/96)" - 2:29
  • "Bruise Pristine (Top of the Pops - 05/23/97)" - 2:33
  • "36 Degrees (Wembley Arena - November 5th, 2004)" - 5:02
  • "36 Degrees" (video) - 3:15
  • "Teenage Fear" (video) - 2:40
  • "Nancy Boy" (video) - 3:20
  • "Bruise Pristine" (video) - 2:59
  • "Soulmates Never Die Live in Paris Trailer" - 2:03

Total running time: 40:49

Single releases

  • Bruise Pristine
  • Come home
  • 36 degrees
  • Teenage fear
  • Nancy Boy
  • Bruise Pristine (re-release)

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