Meds is the fifth studio album by British alternative rock band Placebo. It was recorded from late 2005 to early 2006 and released on 13 March 2006 by record label Virgin in most countries, although it was released three days earlier in Australia and New Zealand. Illegal copies had previously been available on the Internet since 17 January 2006.
Meds reached number 7 in the UK Albums Chart, and received a generally favourable reaction from music critics. It also became Placebo's first album to chart on the US Billboard 200, where it reached number 180. Four singles were released from the album: "Because I Want You", "Song to Say Goodbye", "Infra-Red" and "Meds". This is the band's final album to featured the original drummer Steve Hewitt.
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Placebo had planned to record a more electronic, keyboard-driven sound for their new album; however, producer Dimitri Tikovoi suggested a back-to-basics approach, which Brian Molko recounted in Zero:
MacKenzie Wilson of AllMusic called Meds "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", writing that "There's a fresh vulnerability here and a sense of danger, too".[1] Robert Christgau, while mixed in his reception, called Meds "easily their most effective album-as-album",[8] while Q magazine called it "easily their most focused album to date".[13] musicOMH wrote "Darker than its predecessors, the harrowing Meds is as close Placebo have come to that perfect album."[6]
Molko's response to the potential disaster was revealing in a few ways: It put his under-appreciated sense of humor on full display, but it also handily illustrated the interchangeability of his lyrics-- the fire extinguisher line actually sounded OK. He's made a career (and a pretty successful one at that, with more than six million albums sold worldwide) out of milking a specific libertine personality. If you're offended by music that seems calculated, take a pass on these guys-- Molko's mix of arm's-length sleaze, studied sexual ambiguity, casual drug references, and sad-boy romantic pining is so precise you could design an algorithm around it.
What Placebo do well is deliver some pretty good glam and grunge-influenced hard rock. Molko sells his lyrics with a high, nasal voice that lends a calm sadness to lines few other singers could get away with. On their latest album, Meds, the arrangements and recordings are so airtight you could suffocate in them, with the distortion strictly compressed and neatly controlled-- everything on the beat and vocal guest spots by Michael Stipe and the Kills' Alison Mossheart so underplayed that they're nearly hidden. Steve Hewitt's drumming is so metronome-friendly it could be a machine, and the band augments him with mecha-Bonham programming on a couple of tracks. Even with the Ziploc production, this is still the most varied record Placebo have produced-- they now have more settings than "quiet" and "loud".
The album opens with the fast-paced build of its title track, though it's a bit of a mystery why when "Infra-Red" is sitting right behind it. The barbless hook goes, "Baby, did you forget to take your Meds?" and Mossheart's backing vocal is wasted saying "sex, drugs, and complications" over and over. "Infra-Red", meanwhile, has a beats-n-guitars swagger to it and a nice lead-off line in "One more thing before I shuffle off the planet," which would have made a great opening shot. "Follow the Cops Back Home" offers some pretty bad advice with its refrain of "Follow the cops back home/ And rob their houses," a strangely jokey line in a song that treads similar sonic territory to Interpol's "NYC". "Pierrot the Clown" is a better, if less dramatic, ballad, with a small army of soft-hued keyboards tagging along with Molko's melancholy croon.
"One of a Kind" kicks off with a stomping groove topped by a climbing synth loop, but it squanders some of the verse's svelte momentum with a shift to stiffly noisy guitars in its chorus. "Drag" seems to be titled with a nod to self-parody, as the song itself has nothing to do with the expected gender ambiguity, instead referring to Molko's claim that he "drags" behind the song's subject. Musically, it's the album's best rocker, playing off Hewitt's steady playing with great e-bow riffs and a memorable chorus. The best song on the record, though, is closer "Song to Say Goodbye", an angry goodbye spit over a sharp beat compromised by an intentionally out of tune piano placed low in the mix. A totally unexpected synth melody kicks in around 2:20, taking the song right through the roof as it heads off toward its abrupt ending.
If only everything was as inspired as that song. As it is, five albums in, Placebo's shocking-to-your-grandma approach hasn't really changed much, though they've developed a little more stylistic nuance. Meds isn't a terrible album, but there's very little to get excited about on it either, and Placebo's calculated naughtiness is no more convincing than it's ever been. If you've enjoyed their past output, you'll likely enjoy Meds as well, but there's no need for anyone else to bother.
Meds is the fifth studio album by English alternative rock band Placebo. It was recorded from late 2005 to early 2006 and released on 13 March 2006 by record label Virgin in most countries, although it was released three days earlier in Australia and New Zealand. Illegal copies had previously been available on the Internet since 17 January 2006.
He claims the knock-on effect of the album cover disrupted his whole life and is now using his mother's savings and scraping together every spare bit of money he has to file a lawsuit against Placebo next month.
Janine Lindemulder had been a porn star when she starred on the cover of Blink 182's 1999 album. In 2002 she married Jesse James - who later married and cheated on Sandra Bullock - but was arrested for assaulting him after they split. Later she went to prison for four months for tax evasion and was reportedly in trouble last year for assaulting Jesse again.
The preppy-looking girl on Vampire Weekend's 2010 album is former model Ann Kirsten Kennis in a Polaroid from 1983. The band loved the image but it came as a surprise to Kennis who only discovered her face was being used after her daughter bought the album home. The then 53-year-old who lives in Connecticut, sued photographer Tom Brody and the band for $2million. The band later settled out of court.
The six children on the iconic 1973 Zeppelin album shot on Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland, are actually just a collage of two siblings Stefan and Samantha Gates who were five and seven at the time. Now Stefan is a cookery TV star, most notably for BBC2's Cooking In The Danger Zone. He has admitted to finding the album's artwork 'disturbing and haunting'.
'Meds', Placebo's Gold-selling fifth album released in 2006, is now remastered and reissued as part of the reissue series celebrating the 20th Anniversary of their debut album. The album includes the singles 'Because I Want You', 'Song To Say Goodbye', 'Infra-Red' and 'Meds'.LP - Black Vinyl.LP+ - Limited Edition Pink Vinyl.
The last Depeche Mode gig I attended, right here at Wembley in October 2001 when they were promoting the dreary (and criminally mis-named) Exciter album, I was so bored I felt like eating my own eyes.
"I was confused by the birds and the bees", the Lilliputian, Luxembourgeois leader of Placebo sings, beneath the gilded plaster of Paris of the 110-year-old Empress Ballroom, and you realise how little has changed during the latter tenth of that period. The lyric is from "Meds", the title track of Placebo's fifth album in 11 years, and the opener of tonight's show. Perhaps the main criticism to be made of Meds is that it trawls the same old topics: hard drugs, each-way sex and self-harm. But that demographic needs a laureate like any other, and Brian Molko may as well be it.
Being inspired by spring and the wonderful weather, I have been listening to whole albums of musician I like on Spotify, like Midge Ure. I'm discovering lots of "new" songs from them. Also have been reading on and off "The Scentual Garden" by Ken Druse for inspiration on how we all process fragrance differently.
[Q] Any thoughts on Sinead O'Connor since her passing? I agree withyour reviews that the albums diddip in quality after the first two. And I can't say if I'll ever readher memoir. But absolutely love her voice and am saddened to know wewon't receive any new recordings -- James Kean, Liverpool
[Q] How come you never particularly liked Placebo? Brian Molko cites asinfluences artists that are very much to your taste--Pavement, SonicYouth, PJ Harvey, Pixies, Bowie. There's a general consensus thattheir first 3 albums would be the best, but those didn't really catchyour attention at all. -- Victor, Romania
[Q] There are two Johnny Thunders related records you didn't include inyour Guide--the Heartbreakers' '77 album L.A.M.F. and Johnny's'78 album So Alone. I think this was because they were UKimport-only. I'm just curious to hear your thoughts on those twoalbums. I know the sound of the original L.A.M.F. record waspanned by many, but it's since been reissued, most recently as theFound '77 Mixes last year. The sound quality is improved andreally showcases the band playing at their best. There are bonustracks too. There's also an excellent set of demos from theL.A.M.F. sessions that also came out last year worthhearing. Finally, Johnny's So Alone album has also beenreissued with great bonus tracks. Don't think you wrote about hisacoustic album Hurt Me and Que Sera Sera either. Lovethem both too. So what do you make of all these? What grades? Howwould you describe Johnny's unique style of playing in just a fewwords? -- Jamie, Sunderland U.K be457b7860
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