Placebo – Without You I'm Nothing
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While Placebo's self-titled debut contained mostly elements of '90s alternative (Smashing Pumpkins, etc.), their second album, Without You I'm Nothing, is full of '70s glam rock and punk references. Placebo's rhythm section of Stefan Olsdal (bass) and Steve Hewitt (drums) is impressively tight, but the band's star attraction is undoubtedly androgynous singer/guitarist Brian Molko. Whereas the debut was written solely by Molko, their latest is a bona fide group effort, with Molko still handling the lyric-writing.
The swirling anthemic album opener, "Pure Morning," is a self-proclaimed "celebration of friendship with women," and should be a guaranteed hit single, while the racing "Brick Shithouse" merges '90s electro-rock with Sonic Youth punk guitars. "You Don't Care About Us" shows that Molko can easily re-create J Mascis' late-'80s guitar tones, and "Scared of Girls" contains gender-bending vocals from Molko and a tribal-rock accompaniment. With massive success already underway back home in England, Without You I'm Nothing deserves to break through everywhere else.
- AllMusic.com
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Artist: PlaceboLabel: Elevator Lady LtdFormat: LPUnits: 1Country: EuropeGenre: Pop & RockStyle: Alternative Rock
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A1 Pure Morning
A2 Brick Shithouse
A3 You Don'T Care About Us
A4 Ask For Answers
A5 Without You I'M Nothing
A6 Allergic (To Thoughts Of Mother Earth)
B1 The Crawl
B2 Every You Every Me
B3 My Sweet Prince
B4 Summer'S Gone
B5 Scared Of Girls
B6 Burger Queen