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Meds is Placebo's fifth album. The album was released in most countries on March 13, 2006, although it was released three days earlier in Australia (standard and special editions) and New Zealand (standard edition only). Illegal copies had previously been available on the Internet since January 17, 2006. "Because I Want You", released on March 6, is the first UK single from the album. The first single outside of the UK is "Song To Say Goodbye", released on the same date. The next single from Meds is "Infra-Red", released on June 19th 2006 in the UK. "Infra-Red" has already received significant exposure in the US; it was within the 50 most-played alternative rock songs as of mid-May.

The album is distinctly darker than the bands previous efforts, with Molko's lyrics in particular taking a more poetic tone. Some of the lyrics were disturbing and compressed, for example in the song Infra-Red; "One last thing before I shuffle off the planet" seemed to forcast an unenviable demise for either the band or the frontman. It seemed to echoe Kurt Cobains line in his last recording with Nirvana (You Know You're Right): 'I will crawl away from here'. Note: This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Meds" (feat. Alison "VV" Mosshart")
  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" (feat. Michael Stipe)
  11. "One Of A Kind"
  12. "In The Cold Light Of Morning"
  13. "Song to Say Goodbye"

Special Edition (DVD Track Listing)

  1. "Documentary"
  2. "Lyrics"
  3. "Twenty Years (Live at Wembley 05.11.04)"
  4. "If Only Tonight We Could Sleep (Placebo and The Cure)"
  5. "Backstage at Live 8 Photo Galleries"
  6. "Long Division (Audio)"
  7. "In The Cold Light Of Morning (Demo) (Audio)"
  8. "I Do (Demo) (Audio)"
  9. "Pierrot The Clown (Demo) (Audio)"

Additional Notes

Trivia

  1. "My Funny Valentine" by Rodgers & Hart (Blind)
  2. "Unhappy Birthday" by The Smiths (Infra-Red)
  3. "Begger's Banquet" by The Rolling Stones (Infra-Red)
  4. "The Needle and the Damage Done" by Neil Young (Song To Say Goodbye)
  5. "Golden Brown" by The Stranglers (Post Blue)
  6. "Planet of Sound" by The Pixies (Space Monkey)

Chart Action

Chart Run

World Chart
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
Position
5
(163,000)
17
(115,000)
22
(86,000)
24
(73,000)
32
(63,000)
28
(53,000)
Out
Total
163,000
278,000
364,000
437,000
500,000
553,000
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Swiss Album Chart
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Position
1
2
2
6
10
12
16
17
21
30

French Album Chart
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Position
1
3
4
9
12
14
21
22
22
23

Austrian Album Chart
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Position
1
2
3
8
14
16
21
22
27

Dutch Album Chart
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
Position
10
29
34
38
46
64
70
87
Out

Finnish Album Chart
Week 01 02 03 04 05
Position
3
11
19
30
Out

Norwegian Album Chart
Week 01 02 03
Position
12
33
Out

 

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