It is Placebo's first studio album in over eight years, following 2013's Loud Like Love. It is also their first album to be recorded as a duo, following the departure of drummer Steve Forrest in 2015. Concurrent with the album announcement, on 4 November 2021, the band revealed a 2022 headline tour of Europe and the United Kingdom.

2009 release, the sixth studio album from the British Alt-Rock trio. With a 13 year history that takes in five studio albums, 10 million album sales, breakdowns, clean ups and the dizzy swell of global success, Placebo return with their first album since the release of Meds in 2006. Battle For The Sun was recorded over three months by producer Dave Bottrill (chosen by the band largely because of his work with Tool) in his Toronto studio and mixed in London by Alan Moulder. Battle For The Sun is a startling, alive, vital and boundary-vaulting record that marks a whole new era for a band that were in need of a change.

过去10年英国最佳摇滚乐团…NME Placebo乐队正式军?995年1月，由美国人Brian Molko（主唱/吉他），来自瑞典的Stefan Olsdal（贝司/键琴）和土生土长的英国人Steve Hewitt（鼓）组建。 乐队多首单曲一举登上了英国单曲榜。Brian Molko俨然如新一代摇滚乐巨星，被形容为是Mick Jagger（Rolling Stones乐队）和Freddie Mercury（Queen乐队）的混合体。Placebo，则被公认为是继承了70年代盛极一时的华丽摇滚乐精髓并将其发扬光大的新世代华丽摇滚乐坛新掌门。 05年Placebo终于加入greatest hits大军的行列，发行了他们第一张新歌加精选辑 - 《Once More With Feeling - Singles 1996-2004》。 《Once More With Feeling - Singles 1996-2004 》囊括了Placebo从95年成立96年发行第一张single到今年初非常成功的专辑《sleeping with ghosts》里面的所有单曲，另外还有包括他们最新单曲 《twenty years》和《I Do》。此张合集一共有19首歌曲。 其中收录的4首首张专辑里面的single，一次又一次让人回到原来--最初听Placebo的时候，那种被他们绝美的嗓音和美妙的曲调包围的感觉。

Sleeping with Ghosts is the fourth studio album by British alternative rock band Placebo. It was recorded from late 2002 to early 2003 and released on 24 March 2003 by record labels Virgin and Hut. Sleeping with Ghosts reached number 11 in the UK Albums Chart, and received a generally favourable reaction from music critics.

刚出道便受到变色龙David Bowie赏识的Placebo，在上一张《Without You I A'm Nothing》里，完美地打造出其激噪Glam-Grunge与阴柔迷幻交织的乐团特色。主唱/吉他手Brian Molko中性独特的嗓音，无论是停留在高低音阶都极具吸引力，宛若是诞生于阎黑，却失落在迷幻沉静里的邪美妖精。 专辑《Black Market Music》由Placebo亲自制作，同时找来Rob Ellis(PJ Harvey专任鼓手)负责弦乐编排与Severe Loren(Linoleum主唱)等众人跨刀，再次将刚柔兼并的能量完全释出。比起《Without You I A'm Nothing》的纯粹，《Black Market Music》少了期待中的深度，却在乐风与节奏上多了突破格局的广度。 开场曲Taste in Men犹如化学兄弟Block Rockin' Beats的贝斯律动，接连至Days Before You Came与Special K熟悉的招牌狂爆吉他，到Justin Warfield厚重饶舌助阵的Spite & Malice。连续四首激进快歌绝对让Grunge迷大呼过瘾！从Passive Aggressive到Peeping Tom则是听众所熟悉的Placebo流畅之作，尤其Black Eyed与Peeping Tom是足以媲美上张专辑里You Don't Care About Us与Summer's Gone的抒情力作。由急至缓，黑市音乐最后在Black Market Blood不协调的弦乐铺陈下低沉地结束。 歌词方面Molko保有他一贯的直接与深沉。在Black Eyed里人性黑暗的告白“I was never faithful And I was never one to trust”。或沉沦在磕药狂欢来满足自我欲望“I was never loyal except to my own pleasure zone”。如此颓靡负面的字句更给人刀割般的深刻感触。 也许你会说《Black Market Music》的歌曲似曾相识、缺乏新意，但无论是激昂或哀愁，Placebo就是散发着一股强烈的情绪感染魔力，让你不得不上瘾。

经过第一张同名专辑后，Placebo延续90年代另类摇滚的传奇（Smashing Pumpkins等前辈），获得了乐迷的肯定。在这第二张专辑《Without You I'm Nothing》中，他们混合了70年代的两个风潮：Glam Rock和Punk。Stefan Olsdal的贝斯和Steve Hewitt的鼓为Placebo制造了紧迫而具张力的节奏部分。当然乐队的焦点依然是宛如雌雄同体的歌手兼吉他手Brian Molko。当然从声音上辨认，我们依然可以听到很传统的另类摇滚风格。因此Brian Molko更多的魅力是来自音乐以外。或者在现场，他会展现更多的魅力。毕竟，摇滚音乐的魅力依然是集中在现场上的。 不要以为， Brian Molko是虚有其表的绣花枕头。第一张专辑的全部作品都是出自他手；而新专辑中他也依然负责全部的歌词写作。专辑作品以典型的另类摇滚快歌为主。开场篇 Pure Morning是一首自我宣言式的歌曲。Celebration of Friendship with Women》则注定是一首优秀的单曲作品。Brick Shithouse合并了90年代的电子摇滚风格和Sonic Youth式的Punk吉他。You Don't Care About Us让人重拾80年代的吉他流行曲感觉。在包容了大量的风格之下，《Without You I'm Nothing》必定可以获得广大乐迷的欢迎。

Credits: Acoustic Guitar, Guitar - Brian Molko , Stefan Olsdal Drums, Percussion, Didgeridoo - Robert Schultzberg Engineer - Ed Kenehan Photography - Saul Fletcher Photography [Band Photo] - Mary Scanlon Producer - Brad Wood Synthesizer [Keytar], Bass, Vocals - Brian Molko Synthesizer [Moog], Piano [Baby Grand, Rhodes] - Stefan Olsdal Written-By - Placebo Notes: Recorded at Westland Studios, Dublin, in the spring 1996.