Placebo
Battle For The Sun
5,237,394 plays (100,668 listeners)
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
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Kitty Litter full track | 3:47 | 73,843 | ||
| 2 |
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Ashtray Heart full track | 3:33 | 80,356 | ||
| 3 |
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Battle For The Sun full track | 5:33 | 91,435 | ||
| 4 |
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For What It's Worth full track | 2:48 | 87,109 | ||
| 5 |
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Devil In The Details full track | 4:29 | 67,424 | ||
| 6 |
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Bright Lights full track | 3:24 | 70,120 | ||
| 7 |
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Speaking In Tongues full track | 4:05 | 422 | ||
| 8 |
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The Never-Ending Why full track | 3:24 | 61,332 | ||
| 9 |
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Julien full track | 4:44 | 61,474 | ||
| 10 |
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Happy You're Gone full track | 3:51 | 50,635 | ||
| 11 |
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Breathe Underwater full track | 3:43 | 55,113 | ||
| 12 |
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Come Undone full track | 4:38 | 57,936 | ||
| 13 |
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Kings of Medicine full track | 4:11 | 57,431 |
About this album
Battle for the Sun is the sixth studio album by the alternative rock band Placebo.
David Bottrill produced the record, after having previously worked with Tool, Muse, Silverchair, Remy Zero and dEUS. James Brown, who worked on the band’s 2006 album Meds, engineered. It is also the first album with the new drummer, Steve Forrest.
On Battle for the Sun, the band uses new instruments, such as trumpets and saxophones. The material has influences from such bands as PJ Harvey and My Bloody Valentine. It is a heavier-sounding record compared to its predecessor. Frontman Brian Molko said on the concept of the album:
“We’ve made a record about choosing life, about choosing to live, about stepping out of the darkness and into the light. Not necessarily turning your back on the darkness because it’s there, it’s essential; it’s a part of who you are, but more about the choice of standing in the sunlight instead.”
Molko has also stated that Battle for the Sun is the band’s first album with a discernible thematic unity. Molko states that his favourite track from the album is Speak in Tongues
Release:
The album was released as a download, CD, limited edition CD + DVD, LP, and a limited edition box set.
The box set features the full album plus two extra studio tracks, a CD to access exclusive live recorded tracks, a DVD of the December 2008 Angkor Wat performance, a DVD of exclusive studio footage and a 32 page photo book featuring exclusive artwork, photos and handwritten lyrics as well as the full album on 2 x Heavy Vinyl LP.
The title trackBattle For The Sun debuted on Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show March 17, 2009. After the world première, it became available for free download on the band’s official site.
The album was made available for streaming on the band’s official website between May 29th and May 31st, 2009.
David Bottrill produced the record, after having previously worked with Tool, Muse, Silverchair, Remy Zero and dEUS. James Brown, who worked on the band’s 2006 album Meds, engineered. It is also the first album with the new drummer, Steve Forrest.
On Battle for the Sun, the band uses new instruments, such as trumpets and saxophones. The material has influences from such bands as PJ Harvey and My Bloody Valentine. It is a heavier-sounding record compared to its predecessor. Frontman Brian Molko said on the concept of the album:
“We’ve made a record about choosing life, about choosing to live, about stepping out of the darkness and into the light. Not necessarily turning your back on the darkness because it’s there, it’s essential; it’s a part of who you are, but more about the choice of standing in the sunlight instead.”
Molko has also stated that Battle for the Sun is the band’s first album with a discernible thematic unity. Molko states that his favourite track from the album is Speak in Tongues
Release:
The album was released as a download, CD, limited edition CD + DVD, LP, and a limited edition box set.
The box set features the full album plus two extra studio tracks, a CD to access exclusive live recorded tracks, a DVD of the December 2008 Angkor Wat performance, a DVD of exclusive studio footage and a 32 page photo book featuring exclusive artwork, photos and handwritten lyrics as well as the full album on 2 x Heavy Vinyl LP.
The title track
Battle For The Sun debuted on Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show March 17, 2009. After the world première, it became available for free download on the band’s official site.The album was made available for streaming on the band’s official website between May 29th and May 31st, 2009.
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Shouts
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ancatase wrote:
saw them playing it live three days ago....very close to perfection
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boyled01 wrote:
stunning album.....genius
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Alesha_che wrote:
Охуенчик этот альбомчик ! )))))))) молодцы ребята
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Cocoadile wrote:
Probably not their best work, but it's far from bad. After I stopped comparing it to the older stuff I've really grown to like it. Kings of Medicine, Bright Lights, Speak In Tongues, Julien, Ashtray Heart... :)
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junkisland wrote:
It could be worse. It's just a different kind of good. =/
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IOIIOIIOIIOI wrote:
Very disappointing :(.
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jazzzon wrote:
it is weak, they're are some good songs but for a placebo album it is shit, every other placebo album has pretty much been the same record over again so yuh i think i'd prefer them to re-make the same record over and over again instead of a different sounding album that is just average.
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mayonaisee wrote:
I feel the same :\
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lyrrre wrote:
shit. i miss the old placebo fucking much
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emmax1991 wrote:
Lmao xD
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Lawman_05 wrote:
*Like the last 2 albums this one is hit and miss. The Title Track, Kitty Litter, For What It's Worth, Ashtray Heart, Speaking In Tongues and The Never-Ending Why are all good. The rest is average. Still better than most of the other shit these days
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emmax1991 wrote:
heyUK, what makes it awful exactly? Lawman_05, it's spelled Ashtray Heart. :P
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heyUK wrote:
love them. but this album is really awful, exept 2-3 songs.
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emmax1991 wrote:
I still don't get why everyone's complaining about this album. It's amazing. People don't like it because "It sounds nothing like their old stuff". Would you rather they produce the same album again and again? It's not worse than their older albums, just different. A good kind of different.
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Sibyllegatan wrote:
Just for "Bright Lights" and "Kings of Medicine" you can forgive them everything)))
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kimdracula666 wrote:
Not sure what I think about this yet. Definitely sounds more commercial than their usual work, but I think there's some promising stuff there if given a chance.
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MashaVas wrote:
I like Bright lights and Kings of medicine!)
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RicRib wrote:
Come undone and bright lights are brilliant!
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Kitschkitty wrote:
wouldn't say its a weak album - but it doesn't touch me as the others (especially WYIN) did...
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GrannyGreen wrote:
Apparently not so many people agree with me, but I think that this album is absolutely gorgeous.
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Recent Activity
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shtark, Apfelkraft and kakkiu9 added Placebo – Battle For The Sun to their libraries. 11 hours ago
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Maxmaider wrote about Battle For The Sun in 2009. yesterday afternoon
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dahuilang1, rychmen, kingash9 and 1 other person added Placebo – Battle For The Sun to their libraries. Monday morning
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placebojunkie wrote about Battle For The Sun in Top 50 Albums of 2009. Sunday morning
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igloo2 tagged Battle For The Sun with ‘alternative rock’. Saturday evening
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MPunktMAJA added Battle For The Sun to MPunktMAJA’s library. Saturday afternoon
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felipe_cez wrote about Battle For The Sun in Melhores Álbuns 2009. Friday evening
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sara_ia wrote about Battle For The Sun in Top 25 [27.Nov.09]. Friday afternoon
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invisiblewings wrote about Battle For The Sun in 10 Best Albums of 2009. Friday morning
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shadow_me wrote about Battle For The Sun in Top Albums XD segun lo que escucho O_O. Thursday evening
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