Izdavač: Ostalo
Žanr: Alternativni Rok, Hard Rok i Metal, Rok
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Studio album by Placebo
Released 13 March 2006
Recorded December 2005 – January 2006
Studio
RAK Studios, Livingston Studios and Sarm West Studios, London, EnglandAngel Recording StudiosSnake Ranch
Genre Alternative rock[1]
Length 47:55
Label Virgin
Producer Dimitri Tikovoï
Placebo chronology
Once More with Feeling: Singles 1996–2004
(2004) Meds
(2006) Battle for the Sun
Meds is the fifth studio album by British alternative rock band Placebo. It was recorded from late 2005 to early 2006 and released on 13 March 2006 by record label Virgin in most countries, although it was released three days earlier in Australia and New Zealand. Illegal copies had previously been available on the Internet since 17 January 2006.

Meds reached number 7 in the UK Albums Chart, and received a generally favourable reaction from music critics. It also became Placebo`s first album to chart on the US Billboard 200, where it reached number 180. Four singles were released from the album: `Because I Want You`, `Song to Say Goodbye`, `Infra-Red` and `Meds`. This is the band`s final album to featured the original drummer Steve Hewitt.

Content
Placebo had planned to record a more electronic, keyboard-driven sound for their new album; however, producer Dimitri Tikovoi suggested a back-to-basics approach, which Brian Molko recounted in Zero:

It was our producer`s agenda really, which we didn`t really know about until we got into the studio. [...] We were in a place that was very much about samplers and computers and vintage synthesizers. This recording session really became about playing again. We were in an old-school studio so there were no real tricks to hide behind.[2]

On the theme of the record, Molko says:

I think there`s a lot of songs about the dangers and effects of drinking [alcohol]. [...] `Infra-Red"s about that, when you get very drunk and you`ve got a bee in your bonnet about something, and this vengeful quality emerges. You start thinking about people who`ve done you wrong and [want] to set the record straight.[2]

Release
Meds was released 13 March 2006 worldwide,[citation needed] although it was released three days earlier in Australia and New Zealand.[citation needed] Illegal copies had previously been available on the Internet since 17 January 2006.[3] It reached number 7 in the UK Albums Chart.[4]

The album was re-released by Virgin in the United States in January 2007 with three extra tracks—`Lazarus`, `UNEEDMEMORETHANINEEDU` (both B-sides to the `Meds` single) and `Running Up That Hill`—and `In the Cold Light of Morning` omitted (because it contains `dirty words`).[5] The album was released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions. The Chilean two-disc edition includes a bonus disc of live tracks recorded at the Centro Cultural Estación Mapocho, Santiago on 1 and 2 April 2005, entitled Live in Chile.

The US release version has different arrangements of various tracks; e.g. it omits the glockenspiel during `Pierrot the Clown`, giving a much more bare-bones version of the song.

All tracks are written by Placebo (Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal and Steve Hewitt), except `Running Up That Hill`, written by Kate Bush.

No. Title Length
1. `Meds` (featuring Alison Mosshart) 2:55
2. `Infra-Red` 3:15
3. `Drag` 3:21
4. `Space Monkey` 3:51
5. `Follow the Cops Back Home` 4:39
6. `Post Blue` 3:11
7. `Because I Want You` 3:22
8. `Blind` 4:01
9. `Pierrot the Clown` 4:22
10. `Broken Promise` (featuring Michael Stipe) 4:11
11. `One of a Kind` 3:21
12. `In the Cold Light of Morning` 3:52
13. `Song to Say Goodbye` 3:34

Special Edition bonus DVD
Lyrics in virtual booklet
`The Death of Nancy Boy` (documentary) – 8:51
`Twenty Years` (live at Wembley 05.11.04) (video) – 6:05
`If Only Tonight We Could Sleep` (featuring The Cure) (video) – 4:06
`Backstage at Live 8` – 4:19
`Long Division` – 2:44
`In the Cold Light of Morning` (demo) – 4:27
`I Do` (demo) – 2:32
`Pierrot the Clown` (demo) – 4:58
Personnel
Placebo
Brian Molko – guitar, lead vocals, keyboards
Stefan Olsdal – bass, backing vocals, guitar, keyboard
Steve Hewitt – drums
Additional personnel
Alison Mosshart – vocals on track 1
Michael Stipe – vocals
Natalia Bonner – violin on tracks 4, 9 and 13
Ian Burge – cello on tracks 4, 9 and 13
Sarah Button – violin on tracks 4, 9 and 13
Krista Caspersz – violin on tracks 4, 9 and 13
Reiad Ceibah – viola on tracks 4, 9 and 13
Fiona Griffiths – viola on tracks 4, 9 and 13
Gita Langley – violin on tracks 4, 9 and 13
Vicky Matthews – cello on tracks 4, 9 and 13
Jessie Murphy – violin on tracks 4, 9 and 13
Emma Owens – viola on tracks 4, 9 and 13
Tom Piggot-Smith – violin on tracks 4, 9 and 13
Helen Rathbone – cello on tracks 4, 9 and 13
Katherine Shave – viola on tracks 4, 9 and 13
Ellie Stanford – violin on tracks 4, 9 and 13
Deborah White – violin on tracks 4, 9 and 13
Lucy Wilkins – violin on tracks 4, 9 and 13
Dave Williams – violin on tracks 4, 9 and 13
Sarah Willson – cello on tracks 4, 9 and 13
Fiona Brice – string arrangement on tracks 4, 9 and 13
Technical
Dimitri Tikovoï – production
Flood – mixing on tracks 1, 3–6, 8, 9 and 11–13
Dave Bascombe – mixing on tracks 7 and 10
James Brown – engineering, mixing on track 2
Alex Cowper – album design
Steve Mustarde – engineering assistance at Livingston Studios, London
Dan Porter – engineering assistance at Townhouse Studios
Mark Neary – engineering assistance at Snake Ranch
Rob Smith – engineering assistance at Sarm West Studios
Richard Woodcraft – engineering assistance at RAK Studios, London
Raj Das – engineering assistance at RAK Studios
Tim Young – audio mastering at Metropolis Studios, London
Marcelo Aldunate – mastering of Live in Chile
Rubén Cartagena – mixing and recording of Live in Chile
Daniel Escobar – recording assistance of Live in Chile
Gonzalo González – mastering of Live in Chile
Ewen Bremner – documentary film direction and editing
Side – documentary film sound services
Kal Weber – documentary film photography and production
Quinn Williams – documentary film editing
Gresby Nash – documentary film sound mixing
Paul Corkett – production on DVD track 6
Des Fallon – production on DVD track 3
Nick Fry – direction on DVD track 3
Pascal Klein – photography on DVD track 5
Renaud Le Van Kim – direction on DVD track 4
Placebo – production on DVD track 6
Simon Williams – editing on DVD track 5