Loud Like Love

by Placebo

Loud Like Love cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 16 September 2013
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 47:20
  • Community rating: 3.45/5 from 7 ratings

Artists on this release: Vicky Matthews, Laura Anstee, Ian Burdge, Dave Williams, Krista Caspersz, Katherine Shave, Stefan Olsdal, Helena Wood, Jennifer Christie, Gita Langley, Kotono Sato, Ellie Stanford, Sarah Button, Richard George, Jessie Murphy, Robert Schultzberg, Stephen Hussey, Steve Hewitt, Brian Molko, Fiona Griffith, Everton Nelson, Natalia Bonner, Lucy Wilkins, Reiad Chibah, Tom Pigott-Smith, Laura Melhuish, Christopher George, Sarah Wilson, Katherine Mayes, Helen Rathbone, Emma Owens, Deborah White, Gillon Cameron, Rachel Robson, Janina Kopinska

Album Notes & Community Reviews

On 'Loud Like Love', Placebo fully embraces a polished pop-rock aesthetic infused with electronic and post-punk revival textures. The album focuses heavily on themes of digital-age romance and emotional vulnerability, delivered through Brian Molko's unmistakable nasal croon. It serves as a commercially accessible, melody-forward entry in their extensive catalog.

Genres

Descriptors: polished, melodic, commercial, bleak, theatrical

Tracklist

  1. Loud Like Love (04:51)
  2. Scene of the Crime (03:27)
  3. Too Many Friends (03:34)
  4. Hold on to Me (04:54)
  5. Rob the Bank (03:38)
  6. A Million Little Pieces (04:41)
  7. Exit Wounds (05:48)
  8. Purify (03:45)
  9. Begin the End (06:00)
  10. Bosco (06:42)

Credits

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