Sleeping With Ghosts

by Placebo

Type: Album
Released: 24 March 2003
Label: Virgin, Hut, Elevator Music, Hut Recordings, Elevator Lady Ltd
Country: United Kingdom
Length: 46:30
Community rating: 3.63/5 from 14 ratings

Artists on this release: Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal, Steve Hewitt

Album Notes & Community Reviews

On their fourth studio album, 'Sleeping With Ghosts', Placebo expanded their alternative rock sound by integrating a greater prominence of keyboards and electronic textures, guided by producer Jim Abbiss. The album's lyrical content is deeply introspective, with frontman Brian Molko exploring themes of memory and the lingering emotional impact of past relationships, describing the work as an attempt to "exorcise the ghosts". This thematic focus is evident in tracks like "The Bitter End" and the title track, which examine the complexities of love and loss through the band's characteristically charged performance.

Genres

Alternative Rock

Descriptors: guitar-driven, androgynous-vocals, bombastic, melodic, theatrical

Tracklist

Credits

Brian Molko - vocals, guitar, keyboards, saxophone on "something rotten", drums on "english summer rain"
Steve Hewitt - drums, percussion
Stefan Olsdal - bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, piano, backing vocals
Simon Breed - harmonica on "protect me from what i want"
Jim Abbiss - production
Jean Baptiste Mondino - sleeve art direction and photography
Jim Barny - mixing at mayfair studios, recording at townhouse studios and sarm west studios
Andy Davies - engineering assistance at sarm west studios
Bill Lloyd - additional recording, engineering
Sean Magee - mastering at abbey road studios
Fergus Peterkin - engineering assistance at mayfair studios
Danny Porter - engineering assistance at townhouse studios
See Studio - sleeve design and art direction
Tom Stanley - engineering assistance at townhouse studios