Meds (album)

This article is about the Placebo album. For the Pakistani tribe, see Meds (tribe). "Meds" is also an abbreviation of "medication".

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Meds is Placebo's fifth album. The album was released in most countries on March 13, 2006, although it was released three days earlier in Australia (standard and special editions) and New Zealand (standard edition only). Illegal copies had previously been available on the Internet since January 17, 2006. "Because I Want You", released on March 6, is the first UK single from the album. The first single outside of the UK is "Song To Say Goodbye", released on the same date. The 2nd single from Meds was "Infra-Red", released on June 19th 2006 in the UK. "Infra-Red" received significant exposure in the US; it was within the 50 most-played alternative rock songs as of mid-May 2006. The last single off the album was "Meds".

The album was re-released by Virgin Records USA in America in January 2007, including an extra three tracks ("Lazarus", "UNEEDMEMORETHANINEEDU", and "Running Up That Hill"), but omitting fan favourite "In the Cold Light of Morning."

Original Track List

1. "Meds" (featuring Alison "VV" 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) - 4:20
11. "One of a Kind" - 3:20
12. "In The Cold Light Of Morning" - 3:52
13. "Song to Say Goodbye" - 3:36

American Track List

1. "Meds" (featuring Alison "VV" 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" (Dave Bascombe Mix) - 3:11
7. "Because I Want You" - 3:22
8. "Blind" - 4:01
9. "Lazarus" - 3:23
10. "Pierrot the Clown" - 4:22
11. "Broken Promise" (featuring Michael Stipe) - 4:20
12. "One of a Kind" - 3:20
13. "Song to Say Goodbye" - 3:36
14. "UNEEDMEMORETHANINEEDU" - 3:30
15. "Running Up That Hill" (Kate Bush cover) - 4:56

• Running Up That Hill is apparently digitally remastered, but otherwise the same version that was released in 2003 as part of the limited edition Sleeping with Ghosts bonus disc, copies of which can still be found in many stores.
• "Lazarus" and "UNEEDMEMORETHANINEEDU" are found on the last single released of the album by the same name "Meds".

Special Edition (DVD Track Listing)

1. "Documentary"
2. "Lyrics"
3. "Twenty Years (Live at Wembley 05.11.04)"
4. "If Only Tonight We Could Sleep (Placebo and The Cure)"
5. "Backstage at Live 8 Photo Galleries"
6. "Long Division (Audio)"
7. "In The Cold Light Of Morning (Demo) (Audio)"
8. "I Do (Demo) (Audio)"
9. "Pierrot The Clown (Demo) (Audio)"

Trivia

• The special edition version of Meds has a different-colored cover with a "Special Edition" next to the word "Meds".
• The special edition DVD has every song on it in instrumental form. Played when viewing lyrics in the lyrics section (Karaoke style)
• In March 2007, before their second concert in Chile, Placebo released "Meds: Special Edition Chile", including a second disc with 9 songs of their double concert in April 1 and 2, 2005 at Estación Mapocho.[1]
• Some of the songs on the leaked copy(s) of Meds appear to differ slightly from the versions on the album as eventually made commercially available. "Song to Say Goodbye", for one, has a subtly different structure and a clearly different vocal performance from Brian Molko.

• Song lyrics contain many references to other songs and albums:

1. "My Funny Valentine" by Rodgers & Hart (Blind)
2. "Unhappy Birthday" by The Smiths (Infra-Red)
3. "Beggars Banquet" by The Rolling Stones (Infra-Red)
4. "The Needle and the Damage Done" by Neil Young (Song To Say Goodbye)
5. "Mother Nature's Son" by The Beatles (Song To Say Goodbye)
6. "Golden Brown" by The Stranglers (Post Blue)
7. "Planet of Sound" by Pixies (Space Monkey)
8. "The Hand that Feeds" by Nine Inch Nails (Post Blue)
9. "Bite The Hand That Bleeds" by Fear Factory (Post Blue)

• The cover of Running Up That Hill was used in The O.C.

Chart positions

• #1 - France, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Greece, Mexico, Chile
• #2 - Germany
• #3 - Finland, Portugal
• #4 - Australia, Italy, Argentina
• #5 - World Chart
• #7 - UK
• #10 - Netherlands, Czech Republic
• #12 - Norway
• #20 - Denmark
• #33 - Sweden
• #95 - Canada
• #180 - US (5,974 units in the first week)