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- Summary: The sixth album for the London-based rock trio was produced by Dave Bottrill and is the band's first album with new drummer, Steve Forrest (original drummer Steve Hewitt parted company in 2007).
- Record Label: Vagrant
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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Battle For The Sun | |
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I, I, I will battle for the sun, sun, sun And I, I, I won't stop until I'm done, done, done You, you, you are getting in the way, way, way And I, I,... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 17
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Mixed: 10 out of 17
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Negative: 1 out of 17
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Alternative PressBattle For The Sun takes the best elements of thier sound and focuses it into a cohesive listening experience--there's no filler to be found. [Jul 2009, p.130]
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[The album’s final track is] a satisfying conclusion to the band’s best album since 2000’s Black Market Music.
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The band has made records more appealingly outré than this one. Raise the freak flag higher, dudes!
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A heavier take on their gothic moan-rock.
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It’s true that in parts Battle For The Sun, Placebo’s [sixth] studio album, will give the open-minded/easily-fooled aspartame butterflies in the stomach, methadone iris dilation and nicotine-patch heart tremors.
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Lacking lyrics as memorable as 2006's "Meds," Battle for the Sun is heavier but duller, with the gap between Molko's spindly melodies and the fatter, newly Americanized riffs widening.
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They've jettisoned just about anything that ever made them perversely enjoyable.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 17 out of 17
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Mixed: 0 out of 17
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Negative: 0 out of 17
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Apr 30, 2014
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DanaJun 29, 2009Didn't like it at first, but now I'm totally addicted to it. Best Placebo album, doubtless.
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BrunoRossJun 9, 2009Fantastic!
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AnneLNov 8, 2009
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ChuckS.Jun 10, 2009
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Sep 16, 2011
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DavidHDec 13, 2009
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