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The comeback Placebo single ‘For What It’s
Worth’ blew me away when I reviewed it last
month, it left me wondering what their forthcoming
new album ‘Battle For The Sun’ would
be like, well that album is now here and I have
to say it is fantastic in fact it is the best Placebo
album I have ever heard, granted I haven’t
heard the last couple Placebo albums because I went
off them back in the late 1990’s but I feel
quite positive that ‘Battle For The Sun’
features the best Placebo material ever.
Placebo are a three piece band like Muse in the
way that you either love them or you hate them,
with Muse I used to love them but went off them
when they released ‘Absolution’ back
in 2003 and have never been able to get back into
them through their new material, Placebo was exactly
the same with the way I went off them all those
years ago but ten years on they have released
music that more than appeals to my ears.
‘Battle For The Sun’ is an album
that features 13 shit hot tracks, seriously there
is not a dull moment to be found on this new Placebo
album in fact there are far too many highlights
on the album for me to mention but I will try
and mention some of the best moments and songs.
The album opening track ‘Kitty Litter’
starts off with that classic Placebo style guitar
riff, Brian Molko’s unique vocals come in
30seconds later sounding just as good as I remember
them all those years ago, the song has a catchy
streak, not in the fast sing-a-long way, but Molko
has a catchy set of vocals and the way he executes
those vocals are also done very well and in a
catchy way, the best moment of the song is the
bridge where the band start clapping along as
Molko sings “I need a change of skin, I
need a change, I need a change, I need a change
of skin”.
The opening moments of ‘Ashtray Heart’
are epic with the foreign sounding band backing
vocals of “Cenicero, mi cenicero Mi corazón,
mi cenicero” with Molko’s smooth sounding
vocals coming in seconds later with “You
are the birth and you are waste, You are the one
who took my place, You took a jump into forever,
A leap of faith I could not take”, the backing
vocals come in again during the explosive chorus
with Molko singing “My Ashtray Heart’
in-between the huge sounding backing vocals.
The album title track ‘Battle For The Sun’
is very tight sounding, the song is quite bouncy,
quite repetitive and a song that builds up to
be something that is quite simply amazing and
one of the best tracks on the whole album. The
bands current single ‘For What It’s
Worth’ is another strong sounding track
but wedged in-between so many other great tracks
on the album it doesn’t sound as big and
good as it did first time around. ‘Speak
In Tongues’ is another one of my favourite
tracks, the song is mellow all the way through
but proper bulks up for the heavy sing-a-long
chorus. ‘The Never-Ending Why’ features
some of the best guitar riffs and instrumental
work that I have ever heard from Placebo.
I could carry on talking about the rest of the
tracks on the album but there really is no point
as the album features top class songs from start
to finish, the production is proper spot on and
you will find yourself changing your mind on what
is your favourite track after each and every listen,
In fact it could take you months to finally settle
on that favourite track.
‘Battle For The Sun’ really is that
good, and could easily become my number one album
of 2009; it was defiantly a big surprise to get
in to placebo again after all this time, welcome
back boys.
5/5
Review by Trigger
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Brian Molko
Stefan Olsdal
Steve Forrest |
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1. Kitty Litter
2. Ashtray Heart
3. Battle For The Sun
4. For What It's Worth
5. Devil In The Details
6. Bright Lights
7. Speak In Tongues
8. The Never-Ending Why
9. Julien
10. Happy You're Gone
11. Breathe Underwater
12. Come Undone
13. Kings Of Medicine |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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