Placebo – Black Market Music
(Elevator Music/Hut Records 2000 FLOORLP13)
Matrix No’s: A2/B2
Gatefold Sleeve in Excellent+ condition
– crease on bottom right corner
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)
Placebo are an English alternative rock band, formed in London in 1992 by singer-guitarist Brian Molko and guitarist-bassist Stefan Olsdal. The band were soon joined by drummer Robert Schultzberg, who was replaced in 1996 by Steve Hewitt. Hewitt parted ways with the band in 2007 due to personal and musical differences and was replaced the following year by Steve Forrest, who left the band in 2015 to pursue his own musical career.
Placebo are known for their androgynous image and musical content. To date, they have released seven studio albums, all of which have reached the top 20 in the United Kingdom, and have sold around 11 million records worldwide.
Black Market Music is the third studio album by English alternative rock band Placebo. The album took nine months to record, from between late 1999 to mid 2000; the longest that the band have ever spent recording an album to date. It was released on 9 October 2000 by record label Hut.
Four singles were released from the album: “Taste in Men”, “Slave to the Wage”, “Special K” and “Black-Eyed”. The album reached number 6 in the UK Albums Chart, and received a generally favourable reaction from music critics.
Track listing
All tracks written by Placebo, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Taste in Men” | 4:15 | |
| 2. | “Days Before You Came” | 2:33 | |
| 3. | “Special K” | 3:52 | |
| 4. | “Spite & Malice” (featuring Justin Warfield) |
|
3:37 |
| 5. | “Passive Aggressive” | 5:24 | |
| 6. | “Black-Eyed” | 3:48 | |
| 7. | “Blue American“ | 3:31 | |
| 8. | “Slave to the Wage” |
|
4:06 |
| 9. | “Commercial for Levi” | 2:20 | |
| 10. | “Haemoglobin” | 3:46 | |
| 11. | “Narcoleptic” | 4:22 | |
| 12. | “Peeping Tom” | 14:10 |
Personnel
Placebo
- Brian Molko – vocals, guitar, keyboards, 6-string bass, production, mixing
- Stefan Olsdal – bass, guitar, 6-string bass, keyboards, backing vocals, production, mixing
- Steve Hewitt – drums, percussion, production, mixing
Additional personnel
- Rob Ellis – string arrangements
- Bill Lloyd – bass on “Peeping Tom”
- Severe Loren – backing vocals on “Taste in Men” and “Special K”
- Dimitri Tikovoï – string programming
- Justin Warfield – rapping vocals on “Spite & Malice”
Technical
- Paul Collins – sleeve art direction
- Ian Cooper – mastering
- Paul Corkett – production, mixing
- Lorraine Francis – engineering
- Scott Kannberg – sampling
- Dare Mason – production
- Kevin Westenberg – sleeve art direction, sleeve photography
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