Placebo (studio album) by Placebo
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Placebo is ranked 3rd best out of 15 albums by Placebo on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Placebo is Without You I'm Nothing which is ranked number 784 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,241.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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60/100  | 06/08/2025 17:22 | Invader666 | | 65/100 |
90/100 | 05/29/2025 10:20 |  Perring | | 79/100 |
90/100 | 05/02/2025 22:08 | Saulternative | | 94/100 |
85/100 | 02/21/2025 23:38 | LittleM1971 | | 81/100 |
80/100 | 01/24/2025 10:26 | MarkusN | | 78/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 75.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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doombringer 02/11/2025 12:40
One of the best debuts in music history . Loved in in '96 , loving it even more in '25 . No Fillers !
Album Rating: 80.10
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Placebo (Placebo - UK - Jun 96) - Placebo
17.06.1996
1.Placebo (Placebo - UK - Jun 96) - Come Home 75
2.Placebo (Placebo - UK - Jun 96) - Teenage Angst 85
3.Placebo (Placebo - UK - Jun 96) - Bionic 86
4.Placebo (Placebo - UK - Jun 96) - 36 Degrees 80
5.Placebo (Placebo - UK - Jun 96) - Hang On To Your IQ 76
6.Placebo (Placebo - UK - Jun 96) - Nancy Boy 85
7.Placebo (Placebo - UK - Jun 96) - I Know 83
8.Placebo (Placebo - UK - Jun 96) - Bruise Pristine 77
9.Placebo (Placebo - UK - Jun 96) - Lady Of The Flowers 81
10.Placebo (Placebo - UK - Jun 96) - Swallow 73
Ranked in order:
* Placebo (Placebo - UK - Jun 96) - Bionic 86
* Placebo (Placebo - UK - Jun 96) - Teenage Angst 85
* Placebo (Placebo - UK - Jun 96) - Nancy Boy 85
* Placebo (Placebo - UK - Jun 96) - I Know 83
* Placebo (Placebo - UK - Jun 96) - Lady Of The Flowers 81
* Placebo (Placebo - UK - Jun 96) - 36 Degrees 80
* Placebo (Placebo - UK - Jun 96) - Bruise Pristine 77
* Placebo (Placebo - UK - Jun 96) - Hang On To Your IQ 76
* Placebo (Placebo - UK - Jun 96) - Come Home 75
* Placebo (Placebo - UK - Jun 96) - Swallow 73
Not very memorable, but pretty enjoyable alt rock, i love this cover art.
Good album. Too many to call out as 4/5 - so offer only 36 Degrees as my favourite - taking over from Nancy Boy
Really nice album, love the guitar on so many of the tracks. On reflection, a lot of the riffs are very similar, but still the album holds up really nicely. Not a fan of the 22 minute closer, with 10 pointless minutes of silence (hate it when albums have this), but the instrumental that follows is pleasant enough. Highlights for me are Nancy Boy, Come Home and Bionic. A very promising debut
Couple of great songs on this (Teenage Angst, Nancy Boy). More placed on the average scale though. Going off on a bit of a rant here. I hate the hidden track concept. After 'Swallow' there's a 10 minute gap of silence then it goes into an instrumental piece that's actually quite good. It would of slotted in nicely anywhere within the album. I don't see the point. Just saying.
Goliath 08/14/2018 19:06
This album should be much higher, David Bowie could see the potential here, give this a listen.
LedZep 06/06/2018 22:25
Is it just me or does Swallow sound like it's inspired by Slint's Spiderland? Anyways a fantastic album, no weak tracks and diverse enough to keep you on the edge of seat for a whole duration.
Meowtopia 02/09/2018 01:53
Such a great album, a perfect blend of heavy and light guitar, with emotional vocals and rhythm that truly draws you into the album. Truly a great album.
Their first and finest. Compare the drumming on this album (the rhythm section really drives it), to subsequent offerings... the original drummer was a big loss.
Just a tight, tight album. "Lady of the Flowers" is perhaps the low point, but that feels like nitpicking.
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