Placebo
by Placebo

Album
Placebo by Placebo
Year: 1996
Release date: 1996-06-17
Overall rank: 2,196th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 231 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1996 (39th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (379th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,196th)

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Placebo bestography

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 838 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,060.

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Placebo rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,196th | 1990s rank: 379th | 1996 rank: 39th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 231 votes)
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 !		32 hours ago Skerns  Ratings distribution  5,21580/100
 
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 !		09/02/2026 19:23 Jonboy  Ratings distribution  15278/100
 
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 !		08/09/2026 19:29 angryandy  Ratings distribution  2,37370/100

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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 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.


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Placebo forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 10/02/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5453): By Bach
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s by Bach () 1. by by by by (1999) 8. (1996) 9. (1998) 10. by by (1990) 17. by (1992) 18. by (1998) 19. by by (1995) 22. by (1994) 23. by (1996) 24. by (1994) 25. (1993) 28. by (1994) 29. by by (1990) 32. by (1994) 34. by (1993) 35. by (1997)…”
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From mrmcrook 10/14/2021 20:56 in What album are you listening to right now?
“What album are you listening to right now?”
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From dihansse 01/06/2018 07:57 in My discoveries per year
“Moving on to the end of 1996 albums to listen to: - (nr 40 on the overall BEA top chart): the first track is like a dinosaur tramping around a thick forest accompanied by the sound of a sledgehammer and Purify is like that same dinosaur tramping through that same forest accompanied by bagpipes. So…”
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Placebo comments

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75/100
From 10/14/2021 20:48 | #275021 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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. (Edited)
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95/100
From 07/01/2015 22:24 | #144969 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
It was 19 years ago.

Still,beautiful and rocking,now. (Edited)
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80/100
From 02/09/2018 01:53 | #207447 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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. (Edited)
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From 04/05/2015 14:52 | #138882 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Love this album, love every song. (Edited)
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85/100
From 08/14/2018 19:06 | #219685 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This album should be much higher, David Bowie could see the potential here, give this a listen. (Edited)
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