Placebo discography
| Placebo discography | |
|---|---|
 Placebo in 2014 | |
| Studio albums | 8 |
| EPs | 6 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 9 |
| Singles | 33 |
English alternative rock band Placebo have released eight studio albums, three compilation albums, six extended plays, and 33 singles. Their self-titled debut album was released in 1996 and peaked at number five on the UK Albums Chart.[1] A single from the album, "Nancy Boy", peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart.[1] Placebo's next studio album, 1998's Without You I'm Nothing, peaked at number seven in both the UK and France.[1][2] The singles "Pure Morning" and "You Don't Care About Us" both reached the top five on the UK Singles Chart. Those were Placebo's last singles to make the top five in the UK.[1]
In 2000, the band released Black Market Music. The album peaked at number one in France, number four in Germany, number six in the UK, and number seven in Austria.[1][2][3][4] Placebo continued their chart success with the album Sleeping with Ghosts in 2003. It reached number one in France, number two in Germany, number three in Switzerland, number four in Portugal, and number six in Austria.[2][3][4][5][6] It was also certified two times platinum in France.[7] In 2004, they released a compilation album, Once More with Feeling: Singles 1996–2004, that peaked at number eight in the UK.[1]
Placebo's fifth studio album, Meds, was released in 2006 and topped the charts in Austria, France, and Switzerland.[2][4][5] Their sixth studio album, Battle for the Sun, was released in 2009 and topped the charts in Austria, France, Germany, and Switzerland; it was the band's fourth consecutive album to peak at number one in France.[2][3][4][5] All of their first seven studio albums have reached the top twenty in the UK.[1]
The band's eighth studio album, Never Let Me Go, was released on 25 March 2022. It was made available for pre-order on 9 November 2021.[8]
Albums
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [9] |
AUT [4] |
BEL [10] |
FRA [2] |
GER [3] |
NL [11] |
NZ [12] |
SWI [5] |
US [13] | |||
| Placebo | 5 | — | 6 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 32 | — | 54 | — | ||
| Without You I'm Nothing |
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7 | 14 | 43 | — | 7 | 55 | 65 | 15 | 95 | —[A] | |
| Black Market Music |
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6 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 15 | —[B] | |
| Sleeping with Ghosts |
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11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 37 | 3 | —[C] | |
| Meds |
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7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 180 | |
| Battle for the Sun | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 51 | ||
| Loud Like Love |
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13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 1 | 98 | |
| Never Let Me Go |
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3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 1 | — | |
Live albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT [4] |
BEL [10] |
FRA [2] |
GER [3] |
ITA [24] |
NL [11] |
SWI [5] | |||
| iTunes Live: London Festival '09 |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| MTV Unplugged |
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21 | 20 | 59 | 6 | 33 | 43 | 13 |
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| Collapse Into Never – Live in Europe 2023[25] |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Compilation albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [9] |
AUT [4] |
BEL [10] |
FRA [2] |
GER [3] |
ITA [24] |
NL [11] |
NZ [12] |
SWI [5] | |||
| Covers |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 99 | — | — | — | |
| Once More with Feeling: Singles 1996–2004 |
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8 | 30 | 8 | 1 | — | 14 | 8 | 66 | 33 | 4 | |
| B-Sides: 1996–2006 |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Placebo – B-Sides |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Without You I'm Nothing – B-Sides |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Black Market Music – B-Sides |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Sleeping with Ghosts – B-Sides |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Meds – B-Sides |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| A Place for Us to Dream |
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21 | — | 28 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 17 | 134 | — | 16 |
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Extended plays
[edit]| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
BEL [10] |
FRA [2] |
GER [3] |
SCO [28] |
SWI [5] | ||
| Live at La Cigale |
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— | — | — | — | — | — |
| Exclusive Session |
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— | — | — | — | — | — |
| Extended Play '07 |
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— | — | — | — | — | — |
| Live at Angkor Wat |
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— | — | — | — | — | — |
| B3 |
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65 | — | 66 | 39 | 81 | 25 |
| Life's What You Make It |
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— | 66 | — | — | — | — |
Singles
[edit]| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [9] |
AUT [31] |
BEL [10] |
FRA [32] |
GER [33] |
ITA [24] |
SPA [34] |
SWI [35] |
US Bub. [36] | |||||
| "Bruise Pristine" | 1995 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Placebo | ||
| "Come Home" | 1996 | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "36 Degrees" | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Teenage Angst" | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Nancy Boy" | 1997 | 4 | 158 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Bruise Pristine" (reissue) | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Pure Morning" | 1998 | 4 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Without You I'm Nothing | |
| "You Don't Care About Us" | 5 | 103 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Every You Every Me" | 1999 | 11 | 46 | — | — | — | 99 | — | — | — | — |
| ||
| "Without You I'm Nothing" | — | 52 | — | — | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Burger Queen Français" | — | — | — | — | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Taste in Men" | 2000 | 16 | 69 | — | —[D] | 54 | — | 11 | — | — | — | Black Market Music | ||
| "Slave to the Wage" | 19 | 110 | — | —[E] | 63 | 92 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Special K" | 2001 | — | 50 | — | —[F] | 60 | — | 18 | — | — | — | |||
| "Black-Eyed" | — | — | — | — | — | 94 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "The Bitter End" | 2003 | 12 | 47 | — | 39 | 31 | 34 | 16 | 19 | 53 | — |
|
Sleeping with Ghosts | |
| "This Picture" | 23 | 52 | — | —[G] | 63 | 75 | — | 20 | — | — | ||||
| "Special Needs" | 27 | — | — | —[H] | 67 | 71 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "English Summer Rain" | 2004 | 23 | — | — | —[I] | — | — | — | 17 | 98 | — | |||
| "Twenty Years" | 18 | — | 59 | 17 | 54 | 52 | 20 | 4 | 50 | — | Once More with Feeling | |||
| "Protège-Moi" | — | — | — | 17 | 18 | — | — | — | 26 | — | ||||
| "Because I Want You" | 2006 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Meds | ||
| "Song to Say Goodbye" | — | 30 | 44 | 18 | 41 | 35 | 5 | 7 | 38 | — | ||||
| "Infra-Red" | 42 | 52 | — | —[J] | — | 75 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Meds" (featuring Alison Mosshart) | 35 | — | — | —[K] | — | 83 | — | — | 78 | — | ||||
| "Running Up That Hill" | 2007 | 44 | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 |
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Covers | |
| "For What It's Worth" | 2009 | 97 | 88 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 32 | 46 | — | 33 | — | Battle for the Sun | ||
| "The Never-Ending Why" | —[L] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Ashtray Heart" | — | — | — | — | 44 | 66 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Bright Lights" | 2010 | — | — | — | — | 92 | 62 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "B3" | 2012 | — | — | 35 | — | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | B3 | ||
| "Too Many Friends" | 2013 | — | — | 51 | 26 | 31 | 14 | — | — | 54 | — | Loud Like Love | ||
| "Loud Like Love" | 2014 | — | — | — | —[M] | 151 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "A Million Little Pieces" | — | — | — | —[N] | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Jesus' Son" | 2016 | — | — | — | —[O] | — | — | — | — | — | — | A Place for Us to Dream | ||
| "Beautiful James" | 2021 | —[P] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Never Let Me Go | ||
| "Surrounded by Spies" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Try Better Next Time" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Happy Birthday in the Sky" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Shout" | —[Q] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||
| "Helen Keller"[37] | 2026 | —[R] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
DVDs
[edit]| Release date | Title | Director | Formats |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2004 | Soulmates Never Die (Live in Paris 2003) | Russell Thomas | DVD |
| 30 November 2004 | Once More with Feeling: Videos 1996–2004 | Matthew Amos, Simon Cracknell, Howard Greenhalgh and others |
DVD |
| 13 March 2006 | Meds (Special Edition Bonus DVD) | DVD | |
| 31 October 2011 |