Track Listing 1. Summer's Gone 2. Scared Of Girls 3. You Don't Care About Us 4. Every You Every Me 5. Crawl 6. Allergic (To Thoughts Of Mother Earth) 7. Without You I'm Nothing 8. Ask For Answers 9. Burger Queen 10. Brick Shithouse 11. My Sweet Prince 12. Pure Morning
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Producer: | Phil Vinall, Steve Osborne | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | EMI Operations/CEVA Logistics | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes If you want an idea of where Britain's darlings Placebo are coming from, imagine Smashing Pumpkins taking on the poppier sections of the Spiritualized songbook. Even that doesn't quite capture the unique sound Placebo achieves on WITHOUT YOU I'M NOTHING, so here's another clue-the title is pretty self-explanatory. The character in these songs (for diplomacy's sake, we'll give Placebo the benefit of some creative distance) is pretty unimpressed with himself and his place in the world, and like Billy Corgan of the aforementioned Pumpkins, he isn't afraid to grouse about it in a high, keening tenor over aggressive guitar backing. Unlike the Pumpkins, Placebo are students of the art of pop songcraft, and many of the tunes here will stick with you even after just one listen.
Editorial Reviews Placebo are the latest--and toughest--in the recent line of English pretty-boy guitar-glam bands....In the great tradition of T. Rex... Rolling Stone (02/04/1999)
...WITHOUT YOU IM NOTHING is a generous and inclusive record....they've fashioned an album of such honesty and scope - proof that there is more to them than a set of passports, a racy reputation and a girl's haircut... Q (03/01/1998)
Placebo are the latest--and toughest--in the recent line of English pretty-boy guitar-glam bands....In the great tradition of T. Rex...Q (3/98, pp.110-111) - ...WITHOUT YOU IM NOTHING is a generous and inclusive record....they've fashioned an album of such honesty and scope - proof that there is more to them than a set of passports, a racy reputation and a girl's haircut... Rolling Stone (02/04/1999)
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