General Article name: Placebo
Genre: Rock englischsprachig Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: Pop UM-Germany Number of tracks: 10 Tracklist LP - 1 1. Placebo - Come Home 2. Placebo - Teenage Angst 3. Placebo - Bionic 4. Placebo - 36 Degrees 5. Placebo - Hang on to Your IQ 6. Placebo - Nancy Boy 7. Placebo - I Know 8. Placebo - Bruise Pristine 9. Placebo - Lady of the Flowers 10. Placebo - Swallow   Description Description

The key to Placebo's sound is singer/guitarist Brian Molko, whose impersonation of a woman goes far beyond his appearance and into his singing voice. His trio brings together various influences -- the epic, noisy "Chicago sound," late-'70s prog rock, and late-'80s "college rock" -- but boils them down into fairly conventional, guitar-heavy melodrama, with the sort of opaque and angst-ridden lyrics usually found in that genre. That's not to say that Placebo's sound is boring; churning guitars and direct, heavy basslines give the album a good deal of strength, and Molko is able to write moving, gritty melodies and fairly clever lyrics. Placebo may sound like a mix between the Smashing Pumpkins and Rush -- and the levels of melodrama on the album may stretch far beyond most people's tolerance -- but it's well-written and performs enough variations on those genres to keep it interesting. ~ Nitsuh Abebe

Nitsuh Abebe

Contributors Artist: Placebo Record Label: Virgin EMI