Meds
by Placebo
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 103 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 78 out of 103
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 103
  3. Negative: 8 out of 103

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  1. joris
    Apr 5, 2006
    5
    More of the same pathos, they made a boring formula out of themselves... and that's a pitty for a band that was once very good, now I can't even stand Brain's voice anymore, always drowned in those same guitarlayers+synth/sound... though on some songs like INFRA-RED or Song To Say Goodbye e.g. they still prove they can write some decent and exciting rocksongs
  2. Hein
    Apr 30, 2006
    5
    Just boring and not important. Buy "Black Market Music" instead "Meds".
  3. AliM
    Apr 6, 2006
    5
    Zzzzzzzzzzz. Sounds just like every other record Placebo have ever released - it sounds kinda catchy at first but wears thin very quickly.
  4. ErnstS.L
    Apr 11, 2006
    6
    above average. just that.
  5. MaskY
    Apr 9, 2006
    5
    their weakest album so far. I hope they split soon...
  6. AndrewA
    Jun 3, 2006
    4
    Placebo's worst album so far. A bad version of Sleeping With Ghosts. It doesn't have the energy nor the beauty that characterized Placebo's earlier works
  7. DecepticonPom
    Apr 21, 2006
    6
    A bit of alright, I suppose. There will be much better and much worse albo's out this year. But finishing the albo with the lead single (Song To Say Goodbye) is a rare bold move.
  8. JamalS
    May 2, 2006
    6
    A thoroughly uninspired album from a band that I try so hard to love. Buy their best of or Sleeping With Ghosts before touching this album.
  9. AndyY
    May 9, 2006
    6
    Brian Molko is still quite taken with his *scandalous* androgyny and sexuality. It's a pity no one else is.
  10. pauld.
    Jul 15, 2007
    4
    no way near as good as there early stuff.

Awards & Rankings

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#71 Most Discussed Album of 2006

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Rolling Stone
    60
    Piles on near-emo levels of deep feelings over a plush bed of New Order synth beats and echoey atmospherics. [6 Apr 2006, p.69]
  2. NOW Magazine
    70
    Molko still manages to carry songs with his affected, nasal delivery as the band provides a steady backbone.
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  3. AllMusic
    70
    Meds is as bare and honest as Placebo has ever been.
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