Top singles from the past…
23 June 2020
Band: Placebo
Active: 1994-present
Single: Pure Morning
B-sides: Mars Landing Party
and The Innocence Of Sleep
Released: 3 August 1998
Score: #4 in the UK / #19 on US Alt Charts
Album: Without You I’m Nothing
The band’s second LP – #7 in the UK
A friend in need’s a friend indeed
A friend with weed is better
A friend with breast and all the rest
A friend who’s dressed in leather
Weekly series of five rolling ripsnorters to go completely bananas to this summer…
Let’s go nuts again! Here’s highly explosive stuff to party your head off this week…
1. ‘The Creeps’ by LAURA IMBRUGLIA
(Single 2019)
2. ‘In The Name Of The Father’ by BLACK GRAPE
(From album: It’s Great When You’re Straight… Yeah – 1995)
3. ‘Hysteria’ by MUSE
(From album: Absolution – 2004)
4. ‘Pure Morning’ by PLACEBO
(From album: Without You I’m Nothing – 1998)
5. ‘White Male Carnivore’ by YAK
(From album: ‘Pursuit Of Momentary Happiness‘ – 2019)
All Summer Bangers so far
collected here on Spotify…
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Going back in sonic history looking for memorable albums…
12 October 2018
Band: PLACEBO
Album: WITHOUT YOU I’M NOTHING – the band’s second LP
Released: 12 October 1998 – 20 years ago
ALL MUSIC review: “While Placebo’s self-titled debut contained mostly elements of ’90s alternative (Smashing Pumpkins, etc.), their second album, ‘Without You I’m Nothing’, is
full of ’70s glam rock and punk references. Placebo’s rhythm section of Stefan Olsdal (bass)
and Steve Hewitt (drums) is impressively tight, but the band’s star attraction is undoubtedly androgynous singer/guitarist Brian Molko. Whereas the debut was written solely by Molko,
their latest is a bona fide group effort, with Molko still handling the lyric-writing… With
massive success already underway back home in England, ‘Without You I’m Nothing’
deserves to break through everywhere else.” – Full review here – Score: 4/5
TURN UP THE VOLUME! says: ‘Black Market Music‘ and this one are my favorite Placebo longplayers. Here they combined glam firework with punk grimness in a most infectious way. Add frontman Brian Molko‘s striking vox & self-assured charisma (and let’s not forget their magnetic force on stage) and what you got was a standout band, loved more by its millions of fans than by the narcissistic we make/we break press at the time.
TOP TRACKS: Pure Morning / Every You And Every Me / Burger Queen…
* PURE MORNING – classic cracker…
* EVERY YOU AND EVERY ME – sucker love…
* BURGER QUEEN – heartfelt humdinger…
ALBUM in full…
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PLACEBO: Website – Facebook – All Albums
Going back in sonic history…
1998 – Twenty Years Ago
10 Big Singles to Remember…
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1/ ‘Celebrity Skin’ by HOLE
Courtney Love‘s best shot…
Album: ‘Celebrity Skin’
2/ ‘Pure Morning’ by PLACEBO
“A friend in need’s a friend indeed / A friend with weed is better…”
Album: ‘Without You I’m Nothing’
3/ ‘A Film For The Future’ by IDLEWILD
Steamy Scottish eruption…
Album: ‘Hope Is Important’
4/ ‘I Think I’m Paranoid’ by GARBAGE
Who is this band?…
Album: Version 2.0
5/ ‘If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next’
by MANIC STREET PREACHERS
Anthemic splendour…
Album: ‘This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours’
6/ ‘Goddess On A Hiway’ by MERCURY REV
Epic magnificence…
Album: ‘Deserter’s Songs’
7/ ‘Teardrop’ by MASSIVE ATTACK
Elizabeth Fraser in another galaxy…
Album: ‘Mezzanine’
8/ ‘Battle Flag’ by LO-FIDELITY ALLSTARS
Big beats and a smoking swagger…
Album: ‘How To Operate With A Blown Mind’
9/ ‘Intergalactic’ by BEASTIE BOYS
Robotic hip hop craziness…
Album: ‘Hello Nasty’
10/ ‘The Rockafeller Skank’ by FATBOY SLIM
Dance floor classic…
Album: ‘You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby’
