✨𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗥𝗬: 𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗙𝗘𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚✨

Today we have another 𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗥𝗬 to celebrate: 17 years ago, on October 25th 2004, the compilation album “Once more with feeling – Singles 1996-2004” and the DVD “Once more with feeling – Videos 1996-2004” were released.

💿 𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗙𝗘𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 – 𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗘𝗦
🎵 https://bit.ly/3CM2I37 🎵

Brian said about the compilation that it's not a 'Best of' album but a simple single collection in chronological order and the main reason for the release was that the record label wanted them to do it (see quotes below).
The CD contained 17 singles and two new songs, “I do” and “Twenty years”. It only lacks Placebo's debut single “Come home” and “Burger Queen Francais”, which was a French release only.
There's also a limited edition of the album which includes a bonus disc with ten remixes.

📹 𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗙𝗘𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 – 𝗩𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗢𝗦
🎵 https://bit.ly/3o7NRvP 🎵

Photo credit: Cover of the DVD, screenshots from the videos / edit by Silke

The “Once more with feeling” DVD consists of all videos that Placebo have released from 1996 to 2004, except for “Come home” again. Additional there are some live videos and a band interview with the title “Care in the community”. The DVD also includes an exclusive audio commentary on all tracks by the band.

📜 𝗔𝗟𝗕𝗨𝗠 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪
Career spanning compilation: While Placebo still retained underground status in the US, their albums have gone on to sell millions worldwide.
Clearly, the band's androgynous presence mixed with blistering guitar sounds akin to the Pixies' heaviest work have made a global impact. For those who have never heard Placebo before, this is the best place to start. Spanning an eight-year career, Once More With Feeling is an excellent introduction to this stylish and articulate band.
Here we find songs that play with sexuality ("Nancy Boy"), drug imagery ("Pure Morning", "Special K"), youth ("Teenage Angst") and love gone awry ("Without You I'm Nothing") in a clever fashion. The voice of Brian Molko is always on the edge of a breakdown against the furious drums, a guitar flurry, and keyboards--a sound that preceded the current crop of new wave influenced rock bands by years.
For those already converted to the cult of Placebo, there are two new tracks. With "I Do", the band goes against its own catalog by writing a happy song --this is a pure, simple love song that still has the Placebo stamp upon it. In contrast, "Twenty Years" is a somber guitar piece that's more typical Placebo, a bit reminiscent of the work on Without You I'm Nothing, and a nice way to round out this collection.
(Outburn #28, 2005)

📍 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗡 “𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗙𝗘𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚” 📍 
📢 “I must point out that this this is not our Best of. It’s just a simple singles collection, and, if anyone had asked me wether we wanted to do it, I would say no. We haven’t decided the tracklist on the base of our wish or our favourite songs. We only followed a chronological order.“
(All Music, October 2004)

📢 “Since we released 'Black Market Music' the record label wanted to release a 'singles' CD. Fortunately the label was very kind to us and postponed its release. We had many things to explore with Placebo yet and we feared that releasing a compilation album would get the wrong message. Unless there is something new in it, a 'best of' feels like a way to get money from the fans and I've always been against that. So when the 'Soulmates never die' tour ended, we decided to release the compilation with a couple of new songs and a CD with remixes of some of our songs.“
(Scars, 2006)

Cover of the album

💿  𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧
01. 36 Degrees
02. Teenage Angst
03. Nancy Boy
04. Bruise Pristine
05. Pure Morning
06. You don't care about us
07. Every you Every me
08. Without you I’m nothing (ft David Bowie)
09. Taste in men
10. Slave to the wage
11. Special K
12. Black-Eyed
13. The bitter end
14. This Picture
15. Special needs
16. English Summer Rain
17. Protège-moi
18. I do
19. Twenty years

💿  𝗟𝗜𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗨𝗦 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖
01. Special K (Timo Maas remix)
02. Without you I'm nothing (Unkle remix)
03. Every you Every me (Infected by the scourge of the earth mix)
04. Protège-moi (M83 remix)
05. Slave to the wage (I can't believe it's a remix)
06. Pure Morning (Les Rhythms Digitales remix)
07. Taste in men (Alpinestars Kamikaze Skimix)
08. Black-Eyed (Placebo vs. Le Vibrator mix)
09. English Summer Rain (Freelance Hellraiser remix)
10. This Picture (Junior Sanchez remix)

📹  𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗙𝗘𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗗𝗩𝗗
01. 36 Degrees
02. Teenage Angst
03. Nancy Boy
04. Bruise Pristine
05. Pure Morning
06. You don't care about us
07. Every you Every me
08. Without you I’m nothing (ft David Bowie)
09. Taste in men
10. Slave to the wage
11. Special K
12. Black-Eyed
13. The bitter end
14. This Picture
15. Special needs
16. English Summer Rain
17. Protège-moi (live)

Post by Silke