A Place for Us to Dream | ||||
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Released | 7 October 2016 | |||
Recorded | 1994–2016 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Label | Rise [1] | |||
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A Place for Us to Dream is a compilation album by the English alternative rock band Placebo. It was released on 7 October 2016, as part of the band's twentieth anniversary celebrations. [2] It consists of 36 tracks, including songs off albums, single versions, radio edits, live performances and redux editions of previously released songs, as well as the 2016 single "Jesus' Son". [3] The compilation includes all Placebo songs that have been released as singles, apart from "Burger Queen Français", "Twenty Years" and "The Never-Ending Why".
"A place for us to dream" is a lyric from the song "Narcoleptic" on Placebo's third album, Black Market Music . The album cover is an iconic photo taken during the 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot.
A Place for Us to Dream was announced on 4 August 2016 on Placebo's official website. The album was released on limited edition deluxe box set pink vinyl, limited edition deluxe box set black vinyl, double CD and digital download. [2]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Pure Morning" (radio edit) | 3:58 |
2. | "Jesus' Son" (radio edit) | 3:19 |
3. | "Come Home" | 5:09 |
4. | "Every You Every Me" (single version) | 3:34 |
5. | "Too Many Friends" | 3:34 |
6. | "Nancy Boy" (radio edit) | 3:19 |
7. | "36 Degrees" (2016 version) | 4:53 |
8. | "Taste in Men" (radio edit) | 4:00 |
9. | "The Bitter End" | 3:11 |
10. | "Without You I'm Nothing" (featuring David Bowie; single version) | 4:11 |
11. | "English Summer Rain" (single version) | 3:10 |
12. | "Breathe Underwater" (slow) | 5:28 |
13. | "Soulmates" | 3:06 |
14. | "Meds" (featuring Alison Mosshart; single version) | 2:54 |
15. | "Bright Lights" (single version) | 3:31 |
16. | "Song to Say Goodbye" (radio edit) | 3:53 |
17. | "Infra-Red" | 3:15 |
18. | "Running Up That Hill" (Kate Bush cover) | 5:10 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "B3" (radio edit) | 3:53 |
2. | "For What It's Worth" | 2:51 |
3. | "Teenage Angst" | 2:41 |
4. | "You Don't Care About Us" (radio edit) | 3:51 |
5. | "Ashtray Heart" | 3:38 |
6. | "Broken Promise" (featuring Michael Stipe) | 4:13 |
7. | "Slave to the Wage" (radio edit) | 3:46 |
8. | "Bruise Pristine" (radio edit) | 3:00 |
9. | "This Picture" | 3:33 |
10. | "Protège-Moi" | 3:15 |
11. | "Because I Want You" (redux) | 4:19 |
12. | "Black-Eyed" | 3:47 |
13. | "Lazarus" | 3:24 |
14. | "I Know" (2008 version) | 5:03 |
15. | "A Million Little Pieces" (radio edit) | 3:45 |
16. | "Special Needs" (radio edit) | 3:29 |
17. | "Special K" | 3:49 |
18. | "Loud Like Love" (radio edit) | 4:26 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "For What It's Worth" | 3:01 |
2. | "Battle For The Sun" | 5:45 |
3. | "Devil In The Details" | 4:35 |
4. | "Speak In Tongues" | 4:26 |
5. | "Special Needs" | 4:30 |
6. | "Every You Every Me" | 4:11 |
7. | "Meds" | 3:40 |
8. | "Song to Say Goodbye" | 3:42 |
9. | "Follow The Cops Back Home" | 5:11 |
10. | "Special K" | 3:35 |
11. | "Infra-Red" | 4:28 |
12. | "The Bitter End" | 3:28 |
Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [4] | 28 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [5] | 28 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [6] | 18 |
French Albums (SNEP) [7] | 29 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8] | 10 |
Italian Albums (FIMI) [9] | 17 |
New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ) [10] | 8 |
Scottish Albums (OCC) [11] | 18 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] | 16 |
UK Albums (OCC) [13] | 21 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [14] | Silver | 60,000 |
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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