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Track List
01) Meds
02) Infra-Red
03) Drag
04) Space Monkey
05) Follow the Cops Back Home
06) Post Blue
07) Because I Want You
08) Blind
09) Pierrot the Clown
10) Broken Promise
11) One of a Kind
12) In the Cold Light of Morning
13) Song to Say Goodbye
01) Meds
02) Infra-Red
03) Drag
04) Space Monkey
05) Follow the Cops Back Home
06) Post Blue
07) Because I Want You
08) Blind
09) Pierrot the Clown
10) Broken Promise
11) One of a Kind
12) In the Cold Light of Morning
13) Song to Say Goodbye
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3:18
3:23
3:53
4:42
3:14
3:24
4:03
4:24
4:15
3:23
3:55
3:36
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First Released
2006
Alternative Rock
Bittersweet
Rock/Pop
Drinking
Medium
Album
1,100,000 copies
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Meds is the fifth studio album by English alternative rock band Placebo. It was released on 13 March 2006 through Virgin Records in most countries on 13 March 2006, although it was released three days earlier in Australia (standard and special editions) and New Zealand (standard edition only). Illegal copies had previously been available on the Internet since 17 January 2006. The album has sold over 1.1 million copies worldwide.
Meds was re-released by Virgin in the United States in January 2007 with three extra tracks—"Lazarus", "UNEEDMEMORETHANINEEDU" (both also B-sides on the "Meds" single), and "Running Up that Hill"—and "In the Cold Light of Morning" omitted (because it contains "dirty words"). The album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions. The Chilean 2-CD edition includes a bonus disc of live tracks recorded at the Centro Cultural Estación Mapocho, Santiago, Chile on 1 and 2 April 2005.
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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.
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Meds is the fifth studio album by English alternative rock band Placebo. It was released on 13 March 2006 through Virgin Records in most countries on 13 March 2006, although it was released three days earlier in Australia (standard and special editions) and New Zealand (standard edition only). Illegal copies had previously been available on the Internet since 17 January 2006. The album has sold over 1.1 million copies worldwide.
Meds was re-released by Virgin in the United States in January 2007 with three extra tracks—"Lazarus", "UNEEDMEMORETHANINEEDU" (both also B-sides on the "Meds" single), and "Running Up that Hill"—and "In the Cold Light of Morning" omitted (because it contains "dirty words"). The album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions. The Chilean 2-CD edition includes a bonus disc of live tracks recorded at the Centro Cultural Estación Mapocho, Santiago, Chile on 1 and 2 April 2005.
User 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.
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