Without You I'm Nothing (Placebo album)

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Without You I'm Nothing
Studio album by Placebo
Released October 12, 1998
Recorded Summer–Autumn, 1998
Genre Alternative rock, glam punk
Length 65:48
Label Virgin
Producer Steve Osborne, Phil Vinall (Pure Morning)
Placebo chronology
Placebo
(1996)		 Without You I'm Nothing
(1998)		 Black Market Music
(2000)
Singles from Without You I'm Nothing
  1. "Pure Morning"
    Released: August 1998
  2. "You Don't Care About Us"
    Released: September 1998
  3. "Every You Every Me"
    Released: January 1999
  4. "Without You I'm Nothing"
    Released: August 1999
  5. "Burger Queen"
    Released: November 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]
NME 8/10 stars[2]
Pitchfork (5.1/10)[3]
PopMatters 7/10 stars[4]
Robert Christgau (neither)[5]

Without You I'm Nothing is the second studio album by British alternative rock band Placebo, released in 1998 via Hut Records. The song "Pure Morning" was the first Placebo single to have moderate success in the United States.

Contents

[edit] Production

The album was produced by Steve Osborne. The recording sessions were difficult for the band, not the least because Placebo chose Phil Vinall to replace Steve Osborne as producer at the last minute for what would be the album's first single, "Pure Morning". Later on, Placebo's frontman Brian Molko stated that, despite appreciating Osborne's producing skills, the chemistry between band and producer "didnt spark the way we wanted it to spark", also adding that the album was "overproduced" and contained "too many slow songs for a second album".[6] This said, he didn't disown the album all the same, adding that it is still an album the band is proud of.[citation needed]

[edit] Track listing
"Pure Morning" (1998)
"Pure Morning"
No. Title Length
1. "Pure Morning"   4:14
2. "Brick Shithouse"   3:18
3. "You Don't Care About Us"   3:58
4. "Ask for Answers"   5:19
5. "Without You I'm Nothing"   4:08
6. "Allergic (To Thoughts of Mother Earth)"   3:49
7. "The Crawl"   2:59
8. "Every You Every Me"   3:33
9. "My Sweet Prince"   5:45
10. "Summer's Gone"   3:05
11. "Scared of Girls"   2:58
12. "Burger Queen" (contains the hidden track "Evil Dildo" at 14:46) 22:39

[edit] Credits

  • Stefan Olsdal - Bass, additional guitar, keyboards, piano
  • Brian Molko - Vocals, lead guitar, bass
  • Steve Hewitt - Drums
  • Steve Osborne - producer
  • Paul Corkett - engineer
  • Jake Davies - mixing
  • Teo Miller - engineer
  • Bunt Stafford-Clark - mastering
  • Jacquie Turner - assistant engineer
  • Phil Vinall - producer

[edit] In popular culture

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"Pure Morning" was featured in the 2004 film The Chumscrubber. "My Sweet Prince" was featured in the soundtrack on the second series of Trigger Happy TV. "Every You Every Me" was featured on the soundtrack of the movie Cruel Intentions. "The Crawl" is featured many times in the 1999 Korean horror film "Tell Me Something", as is the CD of the album.

[edit] Chart positions

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  • #7 - UK
  • #7 - France
  • #14 - Australia
  • #20 - USA (Heatseekers)
  • #43 - Austria
  • #55 - Germany
  • #95 - Switzerland

[edit] References

  1. ^ Greg Prato. "Without You I'm Nothing - Allmusic". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r380605. Retrieved 30 October 2011. 
  2. ^ "Without You I'm Nothing". NME. 9 November 1998. http://www.nme.com/reviews/placebo/466. Retrieved 27 October 2011. 
  3. ^ Sandlin, Michael. "Placebo: Without You I'm Nothing". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 17 June 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20020617122710/www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/p/placebo/without-you-im-nothing.shtml. Retrieved 27 October 2011. 
  4. ^ Zupko, Sarah. "Placebo, Without You I'm Nothing". PopMatters. http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/placebo-without. Retrieved 27 October 2011. 
  5. ^ Robert Christgau. "Placebo". robertchristgau.com. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=placebo. Retrieved 30 October 2011. 
  6. ^ "Interview with Brian Molko of Placebo". NY Rock. April 2001. http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/2001/placebo_int2.asp. Retrieved 30 October 2011. 
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