Placebo discography

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Placebo in 2014
Studio albums8
Live albums2
Compilation albums9
EPs6
Singles33

The discography of Placebo, an English alternative rock band, consists of eight studio albums, three compilation albums, six extended plays, and 33 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]

Contents

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 eighth studio album, Never Let Me Go , was released on 25 March 2022. It was made available for pre-order on 9 November 2021. [8]

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[9]
AUT
[4]
BEL
[10]
FRA
[2]
GER
[3]
NL
[11]
NZ
[12]
SWI
[5]
US
[13]
Placebo 550
Without You I'm Nothing
  • Released: 12 October 1998
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
71443755651595 [upper-alpha 1]
Black Market Music
  • Released: 9 October 2000
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
6187314282215 [upper-alpha 2]
Sleeping with Ghosts 1111611219373 [upper-alpha 3]
Meds
  • Released: 13 March 2006
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download, cassette, vinyl
74111210241180
Battle for the Sun
  • Released: 8 June 2009
  • Label: PIAS, Vagrant
  • Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download
881111514151
Loud Like Love
  • Released: 16 September 2013
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Formats: CD, 12" vinyl, 10" vinyl, digital download
1392233731198
Never Let Me Go
  • Released: 25 March 2022
  • Label: Elevator Lady, Rise
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
31011211391

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
AUT
[4]
BEL
[10]
FRA
[2]
GER
[3]
ITA
[24]
NL
[11]
SWI
[5]
iTunes Live: London Festival '09
  • Released: 7 December 2009
  • Label: Dreambrother Ltd.
  • Formats: digital download
MTV Unplugged
  • Released: 27 November 2015
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download, DVD, Blu-ray
2120596334313
Collapse Into Never - Live in Europe 2023 [25]
  • Released: 15 December 2023
  • Label: Elevator Lady
  • Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[9]
AUT
[4]
BEL
[10]
FRA
[2]
GER
[3]
ITA
[24]
NL
[11]
NZ
[12]
SWI
[5]
Covers
  • Released: 22 September 2003
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download, cassette, vinyl
99
Once More with Feeling: Singles 1996–2004
  • Released: 25 October 2004
  • Label: Virgin, Astralwerks, EMD
  • Formats: CD, digital download, cassette, vinyl
8308114866334
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 [27]
  • Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download
21281829101713416

Extended plays

TitleEP detailsPeak chart positions
UK
[1]
BEL
[10]
FRA
[2]
GER
[3]
SCO
[28]
SWI
[5]
Live at La Cigale
  • Released: 2 October 2006 [29]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Exclusive Session
  • Released: 29 January 2007 [30]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: digital download
Extended Play '07
  • Released: 31 July 2007
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
Live at Angkor Wat
  • Released: 12 December 2011
  • Label: Elevator Lady
  • Formats: digital download
B3
  • Released: 15 October 2012
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download
6566398125
Life's What You Make It
  • Released: 7 October 2016
  • Label: Elevator Lady
  • Formats: vinyl, digital download
66

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[9]
AUT
[31]
BEL
[10]
FRA
[32]
GER
[33]
ITA
[24]
SPA
[34]
SWI
[35]
US
Bub.

[36]
"Bruise Pristine"1995Placebo
"Come Home"199686
"36 Degrees"80
"Teenage Angst"30
"Nancy Boy"19974
"Bruise Pristine" (reissue)14
"Pure Morning"1998449Without You I'm Nothing
"You Don't Care About Us"5
"Every You Every Me"1999114699
"Without You I'm Nothing"5279
"Burger Queen Français"78
"Taste in Men"20001669 [upper-alpha 4] 5411Black Market Music
"Slave to the Wage"19 [upper-alpha 5] 6392
"Special K"200150 [upper-alpha 6] 6018
"Black-Eyed"94
"The Bitter End"20031247393134161953Sleeping with Ghosts
"This Picture"2352 [upper-alpha 7] 637520
"Special Needs"27 [upper-alpha 8] 6771
"English Summer Rain"200423 [upper-alpha 9] 1798
"Twenty Years"185917545220450Once More with Feeling
"Protège-Moi"171826
"Because I Want You"200613Meds
"Song to Say Goodbye"30441841355738
"Infra-Red"4252 [upper-alpha 10] 75
"Meds" (featuring Alison Mosshart)35 [upper-alpha 11] 8378
"Running Up That Hill"2007448116Covers
"For What It's Worth"20099788242425324633Battle for the Sun
"The Never-Ending Why" [upper-alpha 12]
"Ashtray Heart"4466
"Bright Lights"20109262
"B3"20123553B3
"Too Many Friends"20135126311454Loud Like Love
"Loud Like Love"2014 [upper-alpha 13] 151
"A Million Little Pieces" [upper-alpha 14]
"Jesus' Son"2016 [upper-alpha 15] A Place for Us to Dream
"Beautiful James"2021 [upper-alpha 16] Never Let Me Go
"Surrounded by Spies"
"Try Better Next Time"2022
"Happy Birthday in the Sky"
"Shout" [upper-alpha 17] Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

DVDs

Release dateTitleDirectorFormats
6 April 2004 Soulmates Never Die (Live in Paris 2003) Russell ThomasDVD
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. Without You I'm Nothing did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 20 on the US Heatseekers Albums Chart. [16]
  2. Black Market Music did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 48 on the US Heatseekers Albums Chart. [16]
  3. Sleeping with Ghosts did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 18 on the US Heatseekers Albums Chart. [16]
  4. "Taste in Men" did not enter the Wallonie Ultratop 50, but peaked at eight on the Wallonie Ultratip chart. [10]
  5. "Slave to the Wage" did not enter the Wallonie Ultratop 50, but peaked at 17 on the Wallonie Ultratip chart. [10]
  6. "Special K" did not enter the Wallonie Ultratop 50, but peaked at five on the Wallonie Ultratip chart. [10]
  7. "This Picture" did not enter the Wallonie Ultratop 50, but peaked at 16 on the Wallonie Ultratip chart. [10]
  8. "Special Needs" did not enter the Wallonie Ultratop 50, but peaked at seven on the Wallonie Ultratip chart. [10]
  9. "English Summer Rain" did not enter the Wallonie Ultratop 50, but peaked at 11 on the Wallonie Ultratip chart. [10]
  10. "Infra-Red" did not enter the Wallonie Ultratop 50, but peaked at seven on the Wallonie Ultratip chart. [10]
  11. "Meds" did not enter the Wallonie Ultratop 50, but peaked at 14 on the Wallonie Ultratip chart. [10]
  12. "The Never-Ending Why" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 23 on the UK Physical Singles Chart. [1]
  13. "Loud Like Love" did not enter the Wallonie Ultratop 50, but peaked at 35 on the Wallonie Ultratip chart. [10]
  14. "A Million Little Pieces" did not enter the Wallonie Ultratop 50, but peaked at 43 on the Wallonie Ultratip chart. [10]
  15. "Jesus' Son" did not enter the Wallonie Ultratop 50, but charted as an "extra tip" on the Wallonie Ultratip chart. [10]
  16. "Beautiful James" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 38 on the UK Single Sales Chart. [1]
  17. "Shout" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 41 on the UK Single Sales Chart. [1]

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