Placebo discography

The discography of Placebo, an English alternative rock band, consists of seven studio albums, three compilation albums, six extended plays, and thirty-one singles. Their self-titled debut album was released in 1996 and peaked at number five on the UK Albums Chart.[1] A single from the album, "Nancy Boy", peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart.[1] Placebo's next studio album, 1998's Without You I'm Nothing, peaked at number seven in both the UK and France.[1][2] The singles "Pure Morning" and "You Don't Care About Us" both reached the top five on the UK Singles Chart. Those were Placebo's last singles to make the top five in the UK.[1]

Placebo discography
Lead singer Brian Molko performing live at Colonio Sionara in June 2006.
Studio albums7
Live albums2
Compilation albums9
EPs6
Singles33

In 2000, the band released Black Market Music. The album peaked at number one in France, number four in Germany, number six in the UK, and number seven in Austria.[1][2][3][4] Placebo continued their chart success with the album Sleeping with Ghosts in 2003. It reached number one in France, number two in Germany, number three in Switzerland, number four in Portugal, and number six in Austria.[2][3][4][5][6] It was also certified two times platinum in France.[7] In 2004, they released a compilation album, Once More with Feeling: Singles 1996–2004, that peaked at number eight in the UK.[1]

Placebo's fifth studio album, Meds, was released in 2006 and topped the charts in Austria, France, and Switzerland.[2][4][5] Their sixth studio album, Battle for the Sun, was released in 2009 and topped the charts in Austria, France, Germany, and Switzerland; it was the band's fourth consecutive album to peak at number one in France.[2][3][4][5] All of their first seven studio albums have reached the top twenty in the UK.[1]

The band's seventh studio album, Loud Like Love, was released on 16 September 2013.[8]

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[9]
AUT
[4]
FRA
[2]
GER
[3]
NL
[10]
NZ
[11]
NOR
[12]
SWE
[13]
SWI
[5]
US
[14]
Placebo 550
Without You I'm Nothing
  • Released: 12 October 1998
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
7144375565153195
Black Market Music
  • Released: 9 October 2000
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
618714282291715
Sleeping with Ghosts 1111612193712143
Meds
  • Released: 13 March 2006
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download, cassette, vinyl
74112102412331180
Battle for the Sun
  • Released: 8 June 2009
  • Label: PIAS, Vagrant
  • Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download
88111514169151
Loud Like Love
  • Released: 16 September 2013
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Formats: CD, 12" vinyl, 10" vinyl, digital download
13923373123198

Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
AUT
[4]
FRA
[2]
GER
[3]
NL
[10]
SWI
[5]
MTV Unplugged
  • Released: 27 November 2015
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download, DVD, Blu-ray
215964313

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[9]
AUT
[4]
FRA
[2]
GER
[3]
NL
[10]
NZ
[11]
NOR
[12]
SWI
[5]
Covers
  • Released: 22 September 2003
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download, cassette, vinyl
Once More with Feeling: Singles 1996–2004
  • Released: 25 October 2004
  • Label: Virgin, Astralwerks, EMD
  • Formats: CD, digital download, cassette, vinyl
8308146633304
B-Sides: 1996–2006
  • Released: 15 March 2011
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download
Placebo – B-Sides
  • Released: 31 July 2015
  • Label: Elevator Lady
  • Formats: Digital download
Without You I'm Nothing – B-Sides
  • Released: 25 September 2015
  • Label: Elevator Lady
  • Formats: Digital download
Black Market Music – B-Sides
  • Released: 27 November 2015
  • Label: Elevator Lady
  • Formats: Digital download
Sleeping with Ghosts – B-Sides
  • Released: 19 February 2016
  • Label: Elevator Lady
  • Formats: Digital download
Meds – B-Sides
  • Released: 8 April 2016
  • Label: Elevator Lady
  • Formats: Digital download
A Place for Us to Dream
  • Released: 7 October 2016
  • Label: Rise Records[25]
  • Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download
2128291016

Extended plays

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[9]
AUT
[26]
BEL
[27]
FIN
[28]
FRA
[29]
GER
[30]
ITA
[31]
SWI
[32]
US
Alt

[33]
1995 "Bruise Pristine" Placebo
1996 "Come Home" 86
"36 Degrees" 80
"Teenage Angst" 30
1997 "Nancy Boy" 4
"Bruise Pristine" (reissue) 14
1998 "Pure Morning" 4 49 19 Without You I'm Nothing
"You Don't Care About Us" 5
1999 "Every You Every Me" 11 46 99
"Without You I'm Nothing" 52 79
"Burger Queen Français" 57 78
2000 "Taste in Men" 16 69 58 54 11 Black Market Music
"Slave to the Wage" 19 67 63 92
2001 "Special K" 50 55 60 18
"Black-Eyed" 94
2003 "The Bitter End" 12 47 39 19 31 34 16 53 Sleeping with Ghosts
"This Picture" 23 52 66 63 75
"Special Needs" 27 57 67 71
2004 "English Summer Rain" 23 61 98
"Twenty Years" 18 59 17 54 52 20 50 Once More with Feeling
"Protège-Moi" 17 18 26
2006 "Because I Want You" 13 Meds
"Song to Say Goodbye" 30 44 18 8 41 35 5 38
"Infra-Red" 42 52 57 75 35
"Meds" (featuring Alison Mosshart) 35 62 83 78
2007 "Running Up That Hill" 44 81 [upper-alpha 1] Covers
2009 "For What It's Worth" 97 88 24 23 25 32 46 33 Battle for the Sun
"The Never-Ending Why" 63
"Ashtray Heart" 65 44 66
2010 "Bright Lights" 92 62
2012 "B3" 35 124 53 B3
2013 "Too Many Friends" 51 26 31 14 54 Loud Like Love
2014 "Loud Like Love" 64 151
"A Million Little Pieces" 93
2016 "Jesus' Son" A Place For Us to Dream

DVDs

Release date Title Director Formats
6 April 2004 Soulmates Never Die (Live in Paris 2003) Russell Thomas DVD
30 November 2004 Once More with Feeling: Videos 1996–2004 Matthew Amos, Simon Cracknell,
Howard Greenhalgh and others
DVD
13 March 2006 Meds (Special Edition Bonus DVD) DVD
31 October 2011 We Come in Pieces DVD, Blu-ray
27 November 2015 MTV Unplugged DVD, Blu-ray

Notes

  1. Running Up that Hill did not enter the US Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 27 on the Rock Digital Sales Chart.[34]

References

  1. "UK Charts > Placebo". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  2. "French Charts > Placebo" (in French). lescharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
  3. "Placebo album chart positions in Germany". Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
  4. "Austrian Charts > Placebo" (in German). austriancharts.at Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
  5. "Placebo album chart positions in Switzerland". Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2008.
  6. "Placebo album chart positions in Portugal". Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  7. "Sleeping with Ghosts French certificate". Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
  8. Rowbottom, Thomas. "Placebo announce new studio album". musicweek.com. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  9. Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
    • Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Discography Placebo". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
    • Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 219.
  10. "Placebo album chart positions in the Netherlands". Retrieved 31 January 2008.
  11. "Placebo album chart positions in New Zealand". Retrieved 31 January 2008.
  12. "Placebo album chart positions in Norway". Retrieved 31 January 2008.
  13. "Placebo album chart positions in Sweden". Retrieved 25 May 2009.
  14. "Placebo Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  15. "British Phonographic Industry".
  16. "Placebo French certificate". Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
  17. "Without You I'm Nothing Australian certificate". Retrieved 24 May 2009.
  18. "Without You I'm Nothing French certificate". Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
  19. "Black Market Music Australian certificate". Retrieved 24 May 2009.
  20. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Placebo)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  21. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community". Swisscharts.com. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  22. "Gold & Platin" (in German). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  23. "Meds French certificate". Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
  24. "Disque en France". Disque en France. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  25. "Placebo Career Retrospective A PLACE FOR US TO DREAM Out This Fall". broadwayworld.com. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  26. "Placebo singles chart positions in Austria". Retrieved 31 January 2008.
  27. "Placebo singles chart positions in Belgium". Retrieved 31 January 2008.
  28. "Placebo singles chart positions in Finland". Retrieved 31 January 2008.
  29. "Placebo singles chart positions in France". Retrieved 31 January 2008.
  30. "Placebo singles chart positions in Germany". Archived from the original on 1 October 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
  31. "Placebo singles chart positions in Italy". Retrieved 31 May 2009.
  32. "Placebo singles chart positions in Switzerland". Retrieved 31 January 2008.
  33. "Placebo Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  34. "Placebo Billboard Chart History". Billboard. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
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