Battle For The Sun

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Total Tracks: 13   Total Length: 52:13

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Rush Incarnate ?

brucejackson

Have heard of placebo over the years, but never really got round to listening to them. Found this album through others recommended albums - and loved it straight away - Reminds me so much of my distant youth listening to Rush - the vocals reminiscent of Geddy Lee - Rush for the modern generation :-)

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not a good album...

jedrajed

No this isn't a 'good album' its a 'bloody great album'. Sorry to disagree but there is not one album filler on here, every track stands on its own and boy are there some great tracks on here, download now awesome, well done guys!

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not a good album

ES177

this album doesn't sound so good i think. it should has been more original, more creative... but it's just my opinion

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download error?

Demeter

I have problem with track 6 and 11: emusic downloader says download error. anybody else with this problem?

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A great solid album

beatschubiger

i was excited to hear the new album especially when i saw the review of CHIRU who said "a different sound but not a bad one". Well, i think it's a typical Placebo album and the only difference seems to me that this one is better than the previous ones. Maybe it's a little bit more varied than before. Well done and worth to download for sure...

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a different sound, but not a bad one

Chiru

This sounds quite different from anything they've done before -- but don't worry, it's still Placebo, although you wouldn't necessarily recognise some of the sound. It's not as completely brilliant as "Meds" was but it's still definitely worth listening to. Especially good tracks are "Battle For The Sun" and "The Never-Ending Why".

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Battle for the Sun, Placebo’s sixth album, is given a steel-reinforced production by David Bottrill but the band remains resolutely pitched toward a niche audience. The increased care spent on the sound of Battle for the Sun emphasizes how the band’s sound — an extension of ’80s goth, right down to its reflected love of ’70s Bowie, but never unfriendly to any passing electronic fad — is never quite hooky, nor does it have a rock kick. Everything about Battle for the Sun is coloring for the group’s disaffected stance, not so much stylish but terminally out of time, alienation preserved in amber for those few who understand. – Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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