Sleeping With Ghosts

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Sex and drugs and rock & roll have figured prominently in Placebo's glitterered-up, androgynous music. Sleeping with Ghosts is a little more coy than past recordings, dealing more with the torturous psychological aspects of relationships than with the exchange of body fluids. Not that there isn't any room for fetishism. "This Picture," for example, apparently dwells on sado-masochism and comes over as just the sort of trash-glam pop stomp once associated with Suede. "The Bitter End" ("Since we're feeling so anaesthatized") is a big, bruising, fatalistic rocker. At times it's hard to tell whether Brian Molko is repulsed or perversely inspired by his subject matter, although he's definitely bored with the bloody weather (the cheerless "English Summer Rain" is a subdued pop tune driven by rhythmic electronic jolts) and the waltz- time, Doors-influenced "Protect Me from What I Want" finds him praying to be delivered from his own personal temptations. Sleeping with Ghosts, however, is as much an album for slam-dancing nights out at Goth haunts as it is music for the psychiatrist’s couch. --Kevin Maidment

Product Description
This is the fourth album from Placebo & the follow up to 'Black Market Music', which was released in 2000. With help from Jim Abbiss (Massive Attack, Bjork & UNCLE), 'Sleeping With Ghosts' sees the band moving into a more experimental, electronic territor

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Sleeping With Ghosts

Average customer rating: Haunting and Beautiful Everything you need. Ambient, soothing beauty. So Under-rated,both band and album sleeping with ghosts

Sleeping with Ghosts Placebo Manufacturer: Astralwerks ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk Revival | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk-Pop | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Without You I'm Nothing Black Market Music Meds Placebo Once More With Feeling: Singles 1996-2004 ASIN: B00008AWOD Release Date: 2003-04-01

Tracks:

1. Bulletproof Cupid
2. English Summer Rain
3. This Picture
4. Sleeping With Ghosts
5. The Bitter End
6. Something Rotten
7. Plasticine
8. Special Needs
9. I'll Be Yours
10. Second Sight
11. Protect Me From What I Want
12. Centrefolds

Amazon.com

Sex and drugs and rock & roll have figured prominently in Placebo's glitterered-up, androgynous music. Sleeping with Ghosts is a little more coy than past recordings, dealing more with the torturous psychological aspects of relationships than with the exchange of body fluids. Not that there isn't any room for fetishism. "This Picture," for example, apparently dwells on sado-masochism and comes over as just the sort of trash-glam pop stomp once associated with Suede. "The Bitter End" ("Since we're feeling so anaesthatized") is a big, bruising, fatalistic rocker. At times it's hard to tell whether Brian Molko is repulsed or perversely inspired by his subject matter, although he's definitely bored with the bloody weather (the cheerless "English Summer Rain" is a subdued pop tune driven by rhythmic electronic jolts) and the waltz- time, Doors-influenced "Protect Me from What I Want" finds him praying to be delivered from his own personal temptations. Sleeping with Ghosts, however, is as much an album for slam-dancing nights out at Goth haunts as it is music for the psychiatrist's couch. --Kevin Maidment

Album Description

This is the fourth album from Placebo & the follow up to 'Black Market Music', which was released in 2000. With help from Jim Abbiss (Massive Attack, Bjork & UNCLE), 'Sleeping With Ghosts' sees the band moving into a more experimental, electronic territor

Customer Reviews:

Haunting and Beautiful.......2006-10-26

I'll start out by saying that I'm biased and am a huge fan of Placebo. I love the way that the band has progressed and believe that each album that they've put out has something that someone can connect to in some way or another. I've owned this one for awhile and it is easily my favorite Placebo disk. There are dark songs, but there are also songs of hope mingling throughout. However, both the dark and the light songs rip through with an energy that is pure rock and roll and pure Placebo. Brian's vocals have so much conviction on this album it is as if he wrote part of a journal entry of his own life. Standout tracks for me have to be the songs of hope, which to me are "Sleeping with Ghosts", which insists that two who were meant to be together will be, through whatever may happen, good or bad. The other one would have to be "Plasticine", which just tells people not to be ashamed of themselves for anything. It's a shame that these two tracks never got airplay. The rest of the album is worth every penny too. Get it.

Everything you need........2006-09-21

As with other reviews i've done, i'll start out saying that Placebo is my favorate band ever. And that this album came out during the height of my obsession with their music. At the time, life was in turmoil, so their previous album(Black Market Music) and this one quickly became my personal soundtrack to losing hope. I still can't listen to this album without getting some sort of intense flashback.
The album isn't without its perky points, such as the opening blast of Bulletproof Cupid, or This Picture. However a great deal of the album drives itself into that dark romantic feel that made bands like the Cure and Depeche great. In the USA, its always amazing how the band never became larger then they are, as I find them a very easy hook for friends looking for a new group.
Although if you plan to buy this album, I would recommend looking for the special edition with the covers disc included. Its almost a full album in itself and very much worth the extra price.

Ambient, soothing beauty........2006-05-25

A problem with the music industry today is that artists are portrayed - both by the media and through their music - as being larger than life. This image can often create a barrier to the listener when hearing their music, which stops them from connecting properly with the emotions being evoked. The beauty of "Sleeping With Ghosts" lies in Placebo's ability to remove this metaphorical barrier and expose the listener to the full impact of the emotions being evoked. Listening to "Sleeping With Ghosts" is an experience I find to be akin to talking with a close friend, in that the band make no attempt to salvage the "rock star" image amidst the tender, unpretentious beauty on offer.

Many people would be fast to label Placebo as an indie or pop-rock act, but personally I see them as a more progressive band. Their quietly hypnotic quality feels to me closely reminiscient of Pink Floyd. Part of Placebo's capability to really closely connect with the listener actually stems, I feel, from their musical simplicity. The guitar and drum lines on offer are far from being technically complex, but they do have an ambient flow to them which promotes the soothing nature of the music. Brian Molko's voice is also not what would be traditionally considered "beautiful". On the contrary it's actually quite nasal, and if it were used in the wrong way would certainly fall on the wrong side of annoying. However, in the way his vocal lines glide gracefully over the music, they too adopt a quietly ambient hue. A few piano lines thrown in here and there don't hurt either; in fact, they give the album a new layer and serve to magnify the experience.

The song structures too, play a large role in creating "Sleeping With Ghosts'" hypnotic atmosphere. Most often they start out with a normal verse/chorus/verse/chorus structure, but as the song gains momentum, this structure is abandonned for an uninterupted flow at a fixed tempo. However, this transition is managed so smoothly that you'll hardly notice it until the song is nearly finished. You'll often find Brian Molko repeating the same line over and over (not irritating at all, surprisingly). It's easy to lose yourself in the graceful, hypnotic tunes and end up drifting away. What's even more impressive is that this structure never gets old, as is is fitted to each song's individual style.

The production too, plays a small role in creating this work of art. The guitars are in no way produced to be loud or raucous and thus their soothing quality remains untainted, while the drums are just loud enough to give the music backbone, while not so loud as to be obtrusive. If any fault is to be found, I would say that Brian Molko's voice sits too highly in the mix. If his voice was a little quieter and given a bit of reverb, it could have a distant quality (akin to Garm's on Ulver's album "Bergtatt") which would have made the music even more ambient. However, in the grand scheme of things this is a small complaint.

So, if you've read this far you already know what my verdict is: "Sleeping With Ghosts" is a masterwork, possibly the best piece of alternative music to grace our world for years. It offers us something genuinely rare; a chance to sit down for 46 minutes and visit a place inside our own heads where all of our rushed, hectic lifestyle ceases to exist.

So Under-rated,both band and album.......2006-04-23

Bands come and go, this is a band that is still going but sadly never really came to the limelight they deserve. This album is my favourite from their collection, songs like "special needs" still keep their original sound, "english summer rain" is such a great song, for anyone lucky to see them live then this song will move you. I think if you're looking for an introcudtion to the band then buy their "black market music" album as its more single orientated, but if you love the band then this album is just fantastic as it adds a little bit more to their sound than before.

sleeping with ghosts.......2006-04-13

Another Placebo album that is passionate and evocative. The sounds is great and Brian's voice is amazing, as always.

Average customer rating: Five Stars is only the beginning Placebo + Covers Achingly sad, angry pretty boy rock rock ROCK! Superb "start to finish" album Geddy Lee sings in a new band.

Sleeping with Ghosts Placebo Manufacturer: Astralwerks ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk Revival | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk-Pop | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Black Market Music Once More With Feeling: Singles 1996-2004 Meds The Crane Wife ASIN: B0000TAZIS Release Date: 2003-11-18

Tracks:

1. Bulletproof Cupid
2. English Summer Rain
3. This Picture
4. Sleeping With Ghosts
5. The Bitter End
6. Something Rotten
7. Plasticine
8. Special Needs
9. I'll Be Yours
10. Second Sight
11. Protect Me From What I Want
12. Centrefolds

Tracks:

1. Running Up That Hill
2. Where Is My Mind
3. Bigmouth Strikes Again
4. Johnny And Mary
5. 20th Century Boy
6. The Ballad Of Melody Nelson
7. Holocaust
8. I Feel You
9. Daddy Cool
10. Jackie

Customer Reviews:

Five Stars is only the beginning.......2004-07-11

I've been an avid Placebo fan now since back in 1998, and while all of their CD's have been incredible I can honestly say that this is their best CD by far. Plus, you really can't go wrong with this cd. It comes with an incredible bonus CD that includes covers of classic songs like `The Ballad of Melody Nelson', incredibly upbeat and provocative songs like `20th Century Boy', `Johnny And Mary', and the classic `Where is my mind' from The Pixies. The cover CD could be sold on its own really. It's truly something that no fan should go without.

The CD itself `Sleeping with Ghosts' is an incredibly powerful mix of thoughtful lyrics teamed with some of sleekest riffs and beats that Placebo has ever created. From the very second you hear the earth shattering `Bullet Proof Cupid' instrumental right up to the moment you hear the thought provoking `Centerfolds' you are in for a real treat. Offering up a new techno mix on their already perfected formula, you cannot go wrong with this one.

Placebo + Covers.......2004-04-21

Placebo are a band you either love or hate. They are a glam band from different parts of Europe who brought acoustic ballads and hard rock music together. Brian Molko is a person who can divide audiences with his mid-atlantic drawl and even his appearance. Their previous record, Black Market Music, was mishmash that included rap, dance, and new wave music. This time they started out creating a more electronic record, but with songs like "The Bitter End" they achieve one of their finest moments in rock. Even though they worked with a producer known for his work with Massive Attack, the first track "Bulletproof Cupid" reminds everyone of the fact that Placebo always wanted to be more like Queens of The Stone Age. This song puts everyone at ease: Placebo haven't become a techno band exactly. The whole album has an atmospheric feel, with each song seemingly like a personal message to some absent loved one. Still some songs like "English Summer Rain" and "This Picture" are some of the best work Placebo have ever done. Maybe this is as good place to start loving this decadent trio. Other songs rehash their fascination with new wave music. Other ballads like "I'll Be Yours" and "Sleeping With Ghosts" seem less self-indulgent than some past efforts. Placebo have fused all their influences and talents in one recognizable sound on this record. They should be doing fine.

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Achingly sad, angry pretty boy rock rock ROCK!.......2004-04-18

The best track is the crunchy cover of Robert Palmer's "Johnny and Mary." Palmer's version is excellent as well, but it is much slower. The Placebo cover is decent enough to be an A-side; I always wondered why it was first buried on the "Taste in Men #2" Import Single, and mainly accessible only through P2P. Worth listening to and then erecting a philosophy from the music that is just shy of lovesuicide...

Sad, arty introverts that consistently love the Smiths, now have another band to love.

Superb "start to finish" album.......2004-04-17

Got some brilliant singles, mainly "English Summer Rain" and "Bitter End". However, it's one you'll probably keep playing right through instead of picking out individual tracks. Highly original sounding, and make sure you only get the one with the bonus disc or you'll be missing out. A brilliant cover version of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" is on the bonus cd, and it is simply haunting and will give you chills.

You'll drag this album out when you're in a mellow mood or sometimes when you feel like screaming, as some of the songs are sad or angry, but not depressing.

Geddy Lee sings in a new band........2004-03-30

They sound like RUSH but with easier to play music. Don't get me wrong, they are good, music is for us to enjoy, not to outplay anyone.

Average customer rating:

Without You I'm Nothing/Sleeping with Ghosts Placebo Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britpop | British Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000GRU2FU Release Date: 2007-05-25

Album Description

Two hit albums on one CD by this Britpop band, both packaged together and housed in a slipcase. Includes their 1998 sophomore album Without You I'm Nothing and 2003's enormously successful Sleeping With Ghosts. EMI.

Average customer rating:

Sleeping With Ghosts/Without You I'm Nothing ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000BXBVG Release Date: 2006-05-23

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Sleeping with Ghosts Placebo Manufacturer: Toshiba EMI Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk Revival | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk-Pop | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000896TE Release Date: 2003-03-31

Tracks:

1. Bulletproof Cupid
2. English Summer Rain
3. This Picture
4. Sleeping with Ghosts
5. Bitter End
6. Something Rotten
7. Plasticine
8. Special Needs
9. I'll Be Yours
10. Second Sight
11. Protect Me from What I Want
12. Centrefolds
13. Evalia
14. Drink You Pretty

Album Description

Japanese edition of 2003 album has earliest release & includes two bonus tracks 'Evalia' & 'Drink You Pretty'. Copy Controlled. Virgin.

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring Two Bonus Tracks.

Average customer rating: Another Great Placebo Edition Placebo - Bonus CD Better than Sleeping With Ghosts on its own Get this version for CD 2!

Sleeping with Ghosts Placebo Manufacturer: EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk Revival | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk-Pop | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000C6JUK Release Date: 2003-09-22

Tracks:

1. Bulletproof Cupid
2. English Summer Rain
3. This Picture
4. Sleeping With Ghosts
5. Bitter End
6. Something Rotten
7. Plasticine
8. Special Needs
9. I'll Be Yours
10. Second Sight
11. Protect Me From What I Want
12. Centrefolds

Tracks:

1. Running Up That Hill
2. Where Is My Mind [XFM Live Version]
3. Bigmouth Strikes Again
4. Johnny and Mary
5. 20th Century Boy
6. Ballad of Melody Nelson
7. Holocaust
8. I Feel You
9. Daddy Cool
10. Jackie

Album Description

Special edition reissue of 2003 album features 22 tracks including a bonus disc with 10 covers, 'Running Up That Hill' (Kate Bush), 'Where Is My Mind' (The Pixies), 'Bigmouth Strikes Again' (The Smiths), 'Johnny & Mary' (Robert Palmer), '20th Century Boy

Album Details

Includes a Limited Bonus CD with a Diverse Selection of Reworked Covers Including "Running Up that Hill' (Kate Bush), "Bigmouth Strikes Again" (The Smiths), "20th Century Boy" (T Rex) and "Where is My Mind" (The Pixies) to Name but a Few.

Customer Reviews:

Another Great Placebo Edition.......2004-02-10

I recently purchased the special edition of Sleeping with Ghosts and I think that the bonus cover tracks are the best. This cd is already amazing in its entirity, but the fact that it has the bonus cover tracks makes it that much more necessary for any Placebo fan. My two favorite tracks are "Running up that Hill" and "Ballad of Melody Nelson." The live Pixie's cover of "Where is my Mind" and Depeche Mode's "I Feel You" also are up there. Honestly, I can't say that I don't like any of the songs. Placebo can do no wrong!

Placebo - Bonus CD.......2003-12-19

Definately worth buying this edition of the CD, I bought the original edition of Sleeping With Ghosts and was unsure whether or not to buy it again just for the bonus CD, scared I'd regret it, but when I did buy it that certainly wasnt the case. There are 10 bonus tracks so even if you already have the original edition it's worth buying it as it's like a whole new album, and every single song is brilliant! Especially Big Mouth Strikes again, Placebo's version is better than the original! This bonus Cd is a valuable addition to any Placebo fan's CD collection, it's not just a collection of songs unworth of the album, because believe me, many of the songs on the bonus CD are better than those on the actual album...

Better than Sleeping With Ghosts on its own.......2003-12-06

Being well acquainted with Sleeping With Ghosts, I decided it was high time I took a look at the Special Edition.

It is definately worth it. Not only do you get the brilliant CD that is Sleeping With Ghosts, but you also get a CD containing some excellent covers, including Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush), Where is My Mind (The Pixies), I Feel You (Depeche Mode) and arguably the best cover Placebo has done on the entire CD, Bigmouth Strikes Again (The Smiths). There's something about Bigmouth Strikes Again that really suits Placebo, and Brian Molko's voice really fits in quite nicely into the vocal line.

Admittedly, the enjoyment of the covers CD comes with knowing some of the tracks, however I don't think it's necessary.

All in all, definately worth buying instead of Sleeping with Ghosts, because you can get so much more Placebo, and hear some interesting interpretations.

Get this version for CD 2!.......2003-11-14

Yeah, sleeping with ghosts is a great Placebo album, but this special edition also includs a second cd with a selection of covers. I think that this cd is even better than the actual album! If you have not bought it yet, this is a great chance. If you have, give a chance to this fantastic sepecial edition anyway!

Average customer rating:

Sleeping with Ghosts Placebo Manufacturer: Import [Generic] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk Revival | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk-Pop | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000CNY4Y Release Date: 2003-09-30

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Sleeping With Ghosts ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0001DI72O Release Date: 2003-11-18

Album Description

Limited Edition. 2-CD set. EMI.

Average customer rating: Haunting and Beautiful Everything you need. Ambient, soothing beauty. So Under-rated,both band and album sleeping with ghosts

Sleeping With Ghosts Placebo Manufacturer: Hut ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Punk Revival | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Without You I'm Nothing Black Market Music Meds Placebo Once More With Feeling: Singles 1996-2004 ASIN: B00008IHNS

Tracks:

1. Bulletproof Cupid
2. English Summer Rain
3. This Picture
4. Sleeping With Ghosts
5. The Bitter End
6. Something Rotten
7. Plasticine
8. Special Needs
9. I'll Be Yours
10. Second Sight
11. Protect Me From What I Want
12. Centrefolds

Amazon.com

Sex and drugs and rock & roll have figured prominently in Placebo's glitterered-up, androgynous music. Sleeping with Ghosts is a little more coy than past recordings, dealing more with the torturous psychological aspects of relationships than with the exchange of body fluids. Not that there isn't any room for fetishism. "This Picture," for example, apparently dwells on sado-masochism and comes over as just the sort of trash-glam pop stomp once associated with Suede. "The Bitter End" ("Since we're feeling so anaesthatized") is a big, bruising, fatalistic rocker. At times it's hard to tell whether Brian Molko is repulsed or perversely inspired by his subject matter, although he's definitely bored with the bloody weather (the cheerless "English Summer Rain" is a subdued pop tune driven by rhythmic electronic jolts) and the waltz- time, Doors-influenced "Protect Me from What I Want" finds him praying to be delivered from his own personal temptations. Sleeping with Ghosts, however, is as much an album for slam-dancing nights out at Goth haunts as it is music for the psychiatrist's couch. --Kevin Maidment

Album Description

This is the fourth album from Placebo & the follow up to 'Black Market Music', which was released in 2000. With help from Jim Abbiss (Massive Attack, Bjork & UNCLE), 'Sleeping With Ghosts' sees the band moving into a more experimental, electronic territor

Customer Reviews:

Haunting and Beautiful.......2006-10-26

I'll start out by saying that I'm biased and am a huge fan of Placebo. I love the way that the band has progressed and believe that each album that they've put out has something that someone can connect to in some way or another. I've owned this one for awhile and it is easily my favorite Placebo disk. There are dark songs, but there are also songs of hope mingling throughout. However, both the dark and the light songs rip through with an energy that is pure rock and roll and pure Placebo. Brian's vocals have so much conviction on this album it is as if he wrote part of a journal entry of his own life. Standout tracks for me have to be the songs of hope, which to me are "Sleeping with Ghosts", which insists that two who were meant to be together will be, through whatever may happen, good or bad. The other one would have to be "Plasticine", which just tells people not to be ashamed of themselves for anything. It's a shame that these two tracks never got airplay. The rest of the album is worth every penny too. Get it.

Everything you need........2006-09-21

As with other reviews i've done, i'll start out saying that Placebo is my favorate band ever. And that this album came out during the height of my obsession with their music. At the time, life was in turmoil, so their previous album(Black Market Music) and this one quickly became my personal soundtrack to losing hope. I still can't listen to this album without getting some sort of intense flashback.
The album isn't without its perky points, such as the opening blast of Bulletproof Cupid, or This Picture. However a great deal of the album drives itself into that dark romantic feel that made bands like the Cure and Depeche great. In the USA, its always amazing how the band never became larger then they are, as I find them a very easy hook for friends looking for a new group.
Although if you plan to buy this album, I would recommend looking for the special edition with the covers disc included. Its almost a full album in itself and very much worth the extra price.

Ambient, soothing beauty........2006-05-25

A problem with the music industry today is that artists are portrayed - both by the media and through their music - as being larger than life. This image can often create a barrier to the listener when hearing their music, which stops them from connecting properly with the emotions being evoked. The beauty of "Sleeping With Ghosts" lies in Placebo's ability to remove this metaphorical barrier and expose the listener to the full impact of the emotions being evoked. Listening to "Sleeping With Ghosts" is an experience I find to be akin to talking with a close friend, in that the band make no attempt to salvage the "rock star" image amidst the tender, unpretentious beauty on offer.

Many people would be fast to label Placebo as an indie or pop-rock act, but personally I see them as a more progressive band. Their quietly hypnotic quality feels to me closely reminiscient of Pink Floyd. Part of Placebo's capability to really closely connect with the listener actually stems, I feel, from their musical simplicity. The guitar and drum lines on offer are far from being technically complex, but they do have an ambient flow to them which promotes the soothing nature of the music. Brian Molko's voice is also not what would be traditionally considered "beautiful". On the contrary it's actually quite nasal, and if it were used in the wrong way would certainly fall on the wrong side of annoying. However, in the way his vocal lines glide gracefully over the music, they too adopt a quietly ambient hue. A few piano lines thrown in here and there don't hurt either; in fact, they give the album a new layer and serve to magnify the experience.

The song structures too, play a large role in creating "Sleeping With Ghosts'" hypnotic atmosphere. Most often they start out with a normal verse/chorus/verse/chorus structure, but as the song gains momentum, this structure is abandonned for an uninterupted flow at a fixed tempo. However, this transition is managed so smoothly that you'll hardly notice it until the song is nearly finished. You'll often find Brian Molko repeating the same line over and over (not irritating at all, surprisingly). It's easy to lose yourself in the graceful, hypnotic tunes and end up drifting away. What's even more impressive is that this structure never gets old, as is is fitted to each song's individual style.

The production too, plays a small role in creating this work of art. The guitars are in no way produced to be loud or raucous and thus their soothing quality remains untainted, while the drums are just loud enough to give the music backbone, while not so loud as to be obtrusive. If any fault is to be found, I would say that Brian Molko's voice sits too highly in the mix. If his voice was a little quieter and given a bit of reverb, it could have a distant quality (akin to Garm's on Ulver's album "Bergtatt") which would have made the music even more ambient. However, in the grand scheme of things this is a small complaint.

So, if you've read this far you already know what my verdict is: "Sleeping With Ghosts" is a masterwork, possibly the best piece of alternative music to grace our world for years. It offers us something genuinely rare; a chance to sit down for 46 minutes and visit a place inside our own heads where all of our rushed, hectic lifestyle ceases to exist.

So Under-rated,both band and album.......2006-04-23

Bands come and go, this is a band that is still going but sadly never really came to the limelight they deserve. This album is my favourite from their collection, songs like "special needs" still keep their original sound, "english summer rain" is such a great song, for anyone lucky to see them live then this song will move you. I think if you're looking for an introcudtion to the band then buy their "black market music" album as its more single orientated, but if you love the band then this album is just fantastic as it adds a little bit more to their sound than before.

sleeping with ghosts.......2006-04-13

Another Placebo album that is passionate and evocative. The sounds is great and Brian's voice is amazing, as always.

Average customer rating:

Sleeping With Ghosts Placebo Manufacturer: Msi Music Corp ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B0002B8SZQ Release Date: 2003-09-22

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