A Place For Us To Dream

by Placebo

A Place For Us To Dream cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 7 October 2016
  • Label: Elevator Lady
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 2:16:35
  • Community rating: 4.04/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Steve Osborne, Dimitri Tikovo茂, Brad Wood, David Bottrill, Phil Vinall, Jim Abbiss, Rob Kirwan, Dare Mason

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the British band's debut, this expansive retrospective documents their evolution from glam-tinged post-punk revivalists to polished arena rock mainstays. The collection curates their most defining singles alongside the contemporary track 'Jesus' Son', highlighting the distinct, androgynous vocal delivery of Brian Molko. It serves as a comprehensive summation of the group's enduring aesthetic and cultural influence on modern alternative music.

Genres

Descriptors: Melodic, androgynous, theatrical, distorted, vulnerable

Tracklist

  1. Pure Morning - Radio Edit (3:58)
  2. Jesus' Son - Radio Edit (3:19)
  3. Come Home (5:09)
  4. Every You Every Me - Single Version (3:34)
  5. Too Many Friends (3:34)
  6. Nancy Boy - Radio Edit (3:19)
  7. 36 Degrees - 2016 Version (4:53)
  8. Taste in Men - Radio Edit (4:00)
  9. The Bitter End (3:11)
  10. Without You I'm Nothing (4:11)
  11. English Summer Rain - Single Version (3:10)
  12. Breathe Underwater - Slow Version (5:28)
  13. Soulmates (3:06)
  14. Meds (2:54)
  15. Bright Lights - Single Version (3:31)
  16. Song to Say Goodbye - Radio Edit (3:53)
  17. Infra-Red (3:15)
  18. Running up That Hill (5:10)
  19. B3 - Radio Edit (3:53)
  20. For What It鈥檚 Worth (2:51)
  21. Teenage Angst (2:41)
  22. You Don鈥檛 Care About Us - Radio Edit (3:51)
  23. Ashtray Heart (3:38)
  24. Broken Promise (4:13)
  25. Slave to the Wage - Radio Edit (3:46)
  26. Bruise Pristine - Radio Edit (3:00)
  27. This Picture (3:33)
  28. Prot茅g茅 Moi (3:15)
  29. Because I Want You - Redux (4:19)
  30. Black-Eyed (3:47)
  31. Lazarus (3:24)
  32. I Know - 2008 Version (5:03)
  33. A Million Little Pieces - Radio Edit (3:45)
  34. Special Needs - Radio Edit (3:29)
  35. Special K (3:49)
  36. Loud Like Love (4:26)

Credits

  • Fiona Brice - arranged by [string arrangement]
  • Paul Campion - written-by
  • David Bowie - featuring
  • Alison Mosshart - featuring
  • Kate Bush - written-by
  • Peter Cardinali - arranged by [horns arranged by]
  • Brian Molko - written-by
  • Jordan Page - written-by

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