Battle For The Sun - Placebo Reviews

2009 saw a favourite band of mine Placebo reappear on the music scene with their sixth studio offering Battle for the Sun. As a long time fan I wasted no time in getting myself a copy, and after seeing great reviews for it in the music press I was eager to give it a good old listen. The overall feel of the album is slightly heavier than their ...  Read the complete review

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PLACEBO I normally wouldn't start a review with information about the artist/band in question. However, I would imagine that plenty of people reading this review don't actually know who Placebo are (they have never really been mainstream), so in this instance it seemed like a logical place to kick things ...  Read the complete review

I have been an avid Placebo fan ever since I heard 'Nancy Boy' back at the very start of their career, but I like to to think that I am still not so blinkered about them that I lap up and love everything that they release without so much as a second thought. I feel that they have produced a number of very good albums, without ever quite ...  Read the complete review

Placebo are a defiantly odd band, and always have been, sitting somewhere between flamboyant glam and angry punk posturing. Surfing in on the tail end of Britpop, they've defied the music press by remaining a going concern for six albums and about fifteen years. Probably, if we're being completely honest, because they've never raised their heads ...  Read the complete review

Having been an avid Placebo fan since there first album, I was very excited to here that after three long years they were realising a new album. Unfortunately after all the hype the album did not quite live up the expectations or the quality of the previous albums. However the album is definitely worth obtaining for any Placebo fan, it is ...  Read the complete review

Finally, the much awaited comeback album from Placebo has arrived. It's been 3 long years since the band released Meds and after incurring a line-up change also, fans awaited with bated breath into whether the band could pull it off once again. I can safely say, they have. The album starts off with the gritty guitar work of Stefan Olsdal ...  Read the complete review

This review is originally from Ciao.co.uk! Since 2003 I have been a bit of a fan of placebo, thanks to a certain other member of this site.. She knows who she is!! So in the past 6 years I have developed a bit of a collection of CD's, DVD's and posters, oh and the odd signed photo hanging on the wall.. So when I heard the band had begun ...  Read the complete review

'Battle for the Sun' is Placebo's sixth studio album, coming three years after 'Meds' which is about standard time between albums for them. I have found that Placebo's albums have been getting steadily better, excluding their second and finest album to date 'Without You I'm Nothing'. Placebo has a lot at stake this time. There has ...  Read the complete review