Placebo discography

Infobox Artist Discography
Artist = Placebo

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Caption = Lead singer Brian Molko performing live at Colonio Sionara.
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Compilation = 2
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Singles = 27
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This is a comprehensive discography of alternative rock band Placebo. To date they have released five studio albums, six EPs and twenty-seven singles.

Albums

tudio albums

ingles

*INote|Instrumentals| Instrumentals

Remixes

*"Twenty Years" (Osymyso's Birthday mix)
*"Passive Aggressive" (Brothers In Rhythm remix)
*"Slave to the Wage" (I Can't Believe It's A Remix) a.k.a "Slave to the Wage" (Daniel Johns from Silverchair Remix)
*"I Do" (Hotel Persona Material Mix)
*"English Summer Rain" (Sussie 4 Mix)
*"This Picture" (The Mexican Institute of Sound – I Love My Rocker Mix)
*"Special Needs" (Blackpulke Mix)
*"I Do Wop Remake"
*"This Picture" (Blackpulke Mix)
*"English Summer Rain" (Glitte R.MX)
*"Special Needs" (Chuck y Los Ollvidados – Respect the Coda Mix)
*"Special Needs" (Bruno Ellingham Remix)
*"This Picture" (Isaac Junkie Mix)
*"Swallow" (Designer/U-Sheen mix)
*"Nancy Boy" (Sex Mix)
*"Hug Bubble" (Brad Wood mix)
*"Bruise Pristine" (1" Punch Mix)
*"Bruise Pristine" (Lionrock mix)
*"Pure Morning" – Les Rythmes mix
*"Pure Morning" – Howie B mix
*"Every You Every Me" – Sneaker mix
*"Every You Every Me" – BIR mix
*"Every You Every Me" – Single mix
*"Nancy Boy" – Blue Amazon mix
*"Every You Every Me" – Scourge mix
*"Without You I'm Nothing" – UNKLE mix
*"Without You I'm Nothing" – Flexirol mix
*"Without You I'm Nothing" – BIR mix
*"Taste in Men" – Go go dub mix
*"Taste in Men" – Alpinestars mix
*"Special K" – Timo Dub mix
*"Special K" – Timo Maas mix
*"Passive Aggressive" – BIR mix
*"Pure Morning" (MBV Remix)
*"Black-Eyed" (Le Vibrator Mix)
*"The Bitter End" – Junior Sanchez Mix
*"English Summer Rain" – Freelance Hellraiser Mix
*"English Summer Rain" – Ecstasy of St. Theresa Remix
*"Protège Moi" – M83 Mix
*"Twenty Years" – Fathom Refix
*"Because I Want You" – Ladytron Club Remix
*"Because I Want You" – Ladytron Strainght Remix
*"Because I Want You" – Russell Lissack of Bloc Party Remix
*"Infra-red" (Hotel Persona Remix)
*"Infra-red" (The Waltmann Remix)
*"Infra-red" (Call the Ambulance Remix)
*"Song To Say Goodbye" – River and Tears Mix
*"Space Monkey" – Timo Maas Remix
*"Twenty Years" – Timo Maas Remix

Live tracks

*"Where is my Mind" (Featuring Frank Black) Pixies cover
*"All Apologies" (Nirvana cover)
*"Besame Mucho" (Spanish acapella)
*"Plaisir d'amour" (French acapella)
*"Jesus Loves Me" (Religious children's song)
*"Feel Good Hit of the Summer" (Queens of the Stone Age) – "Live, partial cover"
*"Hurt" (Nine Inch Nails cover: 1 Dec 2003, Anaheim, House of Blues. "No known bootleg available")
*"Mercedes-Benz" (Janis Joplin cover: 1 Dec 2003, Anaheim, House of Blues. "No known bootleg available")
*"English Summer Rain/Like A Hurricane" (Verses from ESR replaced with Neil Young's "Like a Hurricane")
*"Long Division"
*"Kitsch Object* (not a demo, as previously claimed, but rather an unfinished, unreleased song, performed live and captured on a popular bootleg recording. Lyrics from this performance eventually made their way into "Peeping Tom")
*"Personal Jesus" (Depeche Mode cover)

Demos

*"Hang On To Your IQ"
*"Bulletproof Cupid"
*"36 Degrees"
*"Bruise Pristine"
*"Come Home" (2 versions)
*"I Know"
*"Nancy Boy" (2 versions)
*"Teenage Angst" (2 versions)
*"Kangaroo Died"
*"Stardate 1804"
*"2468"
*"Eyesight to the Blind"
*"Flesh Mechanic"
*"Paycheck" (2 versions)
*"Slackerbitch"
*"Lady of the Flowers"
*"I Do"
*"Because I Want You"
*"Pierrot The Clown"
*"In The Cold Light of Morning"
*"Oxygen Thief"
*"Big Blue" (Drowning By Numbers)

Variants

*"36 Degrees" (2005 Version – Live and slowed down, B-side to "Because I Want You")
*"Leni" (With extended lyrics)
*"Haemoglobin" (Acoustic, occurring on various live bootlegs)
*"Every You Every Me" (Acoustic, occurring on various live bootlegs and as a B-side to the "Burger Queen Francais" single)
*"I'll Be Yours" (Version 4AM) – B-side to "English Summer Rain"
*"Plasticine" (Lounge Version) – B-side to "Special Needs"
*"This Picture" (Acoustic, available on the "This Picture" DVD single)
*"Special K" (Acoustic, occurring on various live bootlegs)
*"Teenage Angst" (Piano Version, studio version available as a B-side to "The Bitter End")
*"Teenage Angst" (V.P.R.O. Amsterdam Version, rare slowed version, available as a B-side to the "Teenage Angst" limited edition 7 inch)
*"Teenage Angst" (Acoustic Version, as above but live and occurring on various bootleg recordings)
*"Nancy Boy" (Acoustic, occurring on various live bootlegs)
*"Burger Queen Francais" (French language limited edition single release)
*"Protège Moi" (French language single release of "Protect Me From What I Want", also available on all versions of the "Once More With Feeling" singles collection)
*"English Summer Rain" (Single Version) – Available on all versions of the "Once More With Feelings" singles collection and on the single of "English Summer Rain"
*"Taste in Men" (Jazz version, available on various live bootlegs)
*"Commercial for Levi" (Acoustic, available on various live bootlegs)
*"Peeping Tom" (Acoustic, available on various live bootlegs)
*"Blue American" (Acoustic, available on various live bootlegs)
*"Slave to the Wage" (Acoustic, available on various live bootlegs)
*"Allergic" (To Thoughts of Mom) – (Live demo version of "Allergic To Thoughts Of Mother Earth", with different lyrics, performed at some shows prior to the songs finalisation and recording for
*"You don't care about us" 1997 version is one verse shorter
*"Brick Shithouse"1997 different song structure(live before the release of the album)
* "Without You I'm Nothing" and available on various live bootlegs)
*"Without You I'm Nothing" (Different lyrics, see above)
*"Twenty Years" (Instrumental, available on some vinyl and promotional copies of the "Twenty Years" single)
*"Because I Want You" (Instrumental, available from itunes)
*"Song to Say Goodbye" (Single version instrumental)
*"Song to Say Goodbye" (Album verions instrumental)
*"Come Home" (Earlier recording for the independent "Come Home" single, prior to the band's major label contract, faster and "punkier")
*"Meds" (instrumental)
*"Infra-red" (instrumental)
*"Drag" (instrumental)
*"Space Monkey" (instrumental)
*"Follow the Cops Back Home" (instrumental)
*"Post Blue" (instrumental)
*"Blind" (instrumental)
*"Pierrot The Clown" (instrumental)
*"Broken Promise" (instrumental)
*"One of a Kind" (instrumental)
*"In The Cold Light of Morning" (instrumental)
*"Meds" variants
**Some of the songs on the leaked copies of "Meds" also appear to differ slightly from the versions on the album as eventually made commercially available. "Song To Say Goodbye", for one, has a subtly different structure and a clearly different vocal performance.
*"Meds" (Acoustic Version) available on iTunes, exclusive release for the single MEDS
*"Meds" (Single Mix) vocals in the end are different from Album Version.

Featuring and solo

Band

*Placebo & The Cure – "If Only Tonight We Could Sleep"
*Placebo & Robert Smith – "Boys Don't Cry"
*Placebo & Robert Smith – "Without You I'm Nothing"
*Placebo & David Bowie – "Without You I'm Nothing"
*Placebo & David Bowie – "20th Century Boy"
*Placebo & Frank Black – "Where Is My Mind?"
*Placebo & Butthole Surfers – "Pure Morning" (also called "Friend with Weed").
*Placebo & Justin Warfield of She Wants Revenge – "Spite & Malice"

Brian Molko (vocals)

*Timo Maas feat. Brian Molko – "First Day"
*Timo Maas feat. Brian Molko – "Pictures"
*Timo Maas feat. Brian Molko – "Like Siamese"
*Dream City Film Club feat. Brian Molko – "Some"
*Alpinestars – "Carbon Kid"
*AC Acoustics feat. Brian Molko – "Crush"
*Trash Palace feat. Brian Molko – "The Metric System"
*Trash Palace feat. Asia Argento & Brian Molko – "Je T'aime Moi Non Plus" (Serge Gainsbourg cover)
*Trash Palace & Brian Molko – "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" (Kylie Minogue live cover)
*Kristeen Young & Brian Molko – "No Other God"
*Brian Molko – "Five Years" ("David Bowie cover, performed live & acoustic/solo by Molko on French TV")
*Brian Molko – "Chelsea Hotel #2" ("Leonard Cohen live, partial cover")
*Jane Birkin feat. Brian Molko – "Smile"
*Indochine feat. Brian Molko – "Pink Water 2" (English)
*Indochine feat. Brian Molko – "Pink Water 3" (Français)
*Faultline, Brian Molko & Françoise Hardy – "Requiem For A Jerk" (Serge Gainsbourg cover)
*Hotel Persona feat. Brian Molko - "Modern Kids"

teve Hewitt (drums)

*Breed – "Wonderful Blade"
**"Wonderful Blade"
**"Violent Sentimental"
**"Sea of Wine"
**"Feverish"
**"Splinter"
**"Perfect Hangover"
**"Pendulum"
**"Hard Cash"

*The Boo Radleys – "Ichabod and I"
**"Eleanor Everything"
**"Bodenheim JR"
**"Catweazle"
**"Sweet Salad Birth"
**"Hip Clown Rag"
**"Walking 5th Carnival"
**"Kaleidoscope"
**"Happens to Us All"

tefan Olsdal

*Stefan & Family – "Beep Beep"
*Hotel Persona – "Quiero Volar"
*Hotel Persona – "The Light"
*Hotel Persona – "Modern Kids"
*Hotel Persona – "El Mar"
*Hotel Persona – "The Sea"
*She Wants Revenge – "Tear You Apart" (Hotel Persona Remix)
*Placebo – "I Do" (Material Mix – Hotel Persona) ("see "Remixes" above")
*Placebo – "Infra-red" (Red Mix – Hotel Persona) ("see "Remixes" above")

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