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Placebo - Meds

Rating

RIYL

I Am Kloot
Cyclefly
Rush
Remy Zero

Tracklist

1. Meds
2. Infra-Red
3. Drag
4. Space Monkey
5. Follow The Cops Back Home
6. Post Blue
7. Because I Want You
8. Blind
9. Pierrot The Clown
10. Broken Promise
11. One Of A Kind
12. In The Cold Light Of Morning
13. Song To Say Goodbye

Placebo’s latest, Meds, is a bit chiller than I would care for. Most of the songs are hit or miss for me. Wait, let me rephrase that. Most Placebo songs in general are hit or miss for me. I enjoy the more upbeat Placebo songs like “Every Me Every You” and “Brick Shithouse” from 2000’s Without You I’m Nothing. Aside from the fact that the tempo in Meds may seem a bit dragging, it does not change my overall opinion of the band.

The entire CD is a showcase of fuzz tone, electronic guitar work, crooning vocals, and an array of strange instruments. Together they blend to make an interesting mix of melody. The melody is hidden in Meds, but hidden a bit to well. What always drew me to Placebo was Brian Moloko’s voice. On Meds, it is exciting and fresh within the first few songs of the disc, but later fell short of my expectations. The CD drug through the middle tracks, but then soon picked up on the last song, “Song to Say Goodbye”.

Placebo tried hard but just couldn't pull it off. If I was a schoolteacher, which I hope to never be, I would give this disc a C+. It has some standout tracks ("Infra-Red", "Because I Want You", "Song to Say Goodbye"), but I found the rest of the CD boring. As much as I enjoy Placebo, I felt that they could have done better with this effort.

--Sam MacLean

Comments

Roncag

04/11/2006

07:32AM

Age: 32

Location
Anytown USA

I think I give the album a little more credit then you. Meds, to me, is their most complete album since Without You I'm Nothing.

You play to win the game.

red

04/11/2006

08:27AM

this band's output has been simply unnessassary post-w/o u im 0

and all the stones i've thrown tell me that nothing lasts

Roncag

04/11/2006

08:52AM

Age: 32

Location
Anytown USA

totally disagree, in fact my opinion of your musical taste just dwindled drastically.

You play to win the game.

jared

04/11/2006

09:14AM

Age: 30

Location
Minneapolis, MN

the cover totally reminds me of mechanical animals

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awake_and_avenge

04/11/2006

10:39AM

Age: 29

Location
Tucson, AZ

I like this album and, like adam, I'd give it a lot more credit than it recieves in this review.

Dante

04/11/2006

02:11PM

Age: 22

Location
Fort Bragg, CA

This CD deserves a perfect five. Their best cd to date. (And I think the singers name is Brian Molko, not Moloko)

Kamran

04/11/2006

02:32PM

Location
The Great North Woods

this is 4/5 material for me. i really enjoy it.

Darla Farmer
RIYL:
the Beatles
Tom Waits
Murder By Death
A Whisper in the Noise
the Blood Brothers

daganjatribe

04/11/2006

07:58PM

Location
Austin

this cd does indeed rock, lick my balls reviewer

The Daily Galaxy
An elephant that never forgets...to kill!

AndyY9587

04/11/2006

08:18PM

Age: 25

Location
Cincinnati, OH

I've never heard of these guys until recently and I absolutely love what I have heard so far

tim

04/12/2006

09:15AM

Age: 28

Location
Green Brook, NJ

i've never considered placebo an album band. they're one of those bands that will always annoy me in lengthy settings, and this album is no exception. i love listening to them randomly, and when i do want to listen to them, i almost always reach for without you i'm nothing and black market music. ehh this one i don't really see myself reaching for down the line. i hope i'm wrong, though.

i married a bull rider

04/12/2006

05:16PM

i haven't heard anything from this album yet, but everything i've heard from them has been whiney and boring. i'll probably give it a listen though.

Dante

04/12/2006

07:55PM

Age: 22

Location
Fort Bragg, CA

you couldn't be more wrong. But then again you're entitled to your opinion

Roncag

04/12/2006

08:37PM

Age: 32

Location
Anytown USA

Dante

you couldn't be any wronger

Comon Dant, seriously?

You play to win the game.

sir mix-a-lot

04/12/2006

10:23PM

Location
Sacramento, CA

Roncag

Comon Dant, seriously?

come on, adam...seriously?

I'm not here to make things better; only to observe and pass judgement.

Originally stated by Scott Miller
It's like talking into a mirror!

awake_and_avenge

04/13/2006

01:16AM

Age: 29

Location
Tucson, AZ

sir mix-a-lot

come on, adam...seriously?

Perhaps he was going for "commandant," as in the highest ranking officer in a military organization . . . you know, as a sign of respect or something.

Or maybe I'm going crazy.

Roncag

04/13/2006

04:19AM

Age: 32

Location
Anytown USA

Ben, my choice was obviously an acceptable internet shortcut. Dant's was a misstep in English grammar....get it together man.

You play to win the game.

Dante

04/13/2006

06:38PM

Age: 22

Location
Fort Bragg, CA

Roncag

Ben, my choice was obviously an acceptable internet shortcut. Dant's was a misstep in English grammar....get it together man.

touche

Dante

04/13/2006

06:58PM

Age: 22

Location
Fort Bragg, CA

awake_and_avenge

Perhaps he was going for "commandant," as in the highest ranking officer in a military organization . . . you know, as a sign of respect or something.

Or maybe I'm going crazy.

Nah, my real name is Dant. It just gets difficult to tell people that because everyone thinks im saying Dan.