Placebo: 10th Anniversary Re-Issue Of Debut Album

On 25h September, Placebo released a 10th anniversary re-mastered version of their classic eponymous debut. Also, MEDS will be released on October 9th on 7", CD, ECD and on iTunes . It will also include two brand new songs!

'Placebo' was originally released in July 1996 and went on to become one of THE seminal rock albums of the 1990's. The first single from the album, 'Teenage Angst', charted respectably at number 30. It was the second single from the album - 'Nancy Boy' - which would set the Top 5 of the UK chart ablaze. 'Nancy Boy' was a rallying call-to-arms for outrageous and androgynous boys and girls; an antidote and two-fingered gesture to the laddism of Britpop, resulting in a blistering TOTP's performance.

'Placebo' went on to go Platinum (300,000 sales) in the UK and sell over 750,000 worldwide, cementing the band's place as one the truly great guitar-pop bands of the 1990's, which continues to this day - recent album 'Meds' has sold one million-to-date, taking the band's total sales to eight million.

The album re-issue will feature the original album re-mastered, plus exclusive, previously unavailable demo 'Paycheck', and fan club only demo 'Flesh Mechanic'. Also included are b-sides 'Drowning By Numbers', which was the b-side to Placebo long since deleted second single 'Come Home' - released on Deceptive Records; and 'Slackerbitch', which appeared on 'Nancy Boy'. The second disc will be a DVD made up of all the promo videos from the album and previously unavailable live and TV performances, including a Glastonbury 1998 performance of 'Lady of The Flowers', and a hilarious Big Breakfast roadshow performance of 'Teenage Angst'.
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