SINGLE: Come Home
RELEASED: 05^th February 1996
TRACKS:
Come Home [4:40]
Drowning By Numbers [2:59]
Oxygen Thief [Instrumental] [3:37]

NOTES: Produced by: Placebo .. All songs by: Placebo .. Tracks 1,2 engineered by: Fulton Dingley @ Blackwing .. Track 3 engineered by: Miki Moore @ Sound Advice .. Front cover inflatable by: Adam Maynard .. Band photo by: Alex Weston .. Sleeve: anonymous

DROWNING BY NUMBERS
vPlacebov

Open up your heart, let me slip inside
Such determination always tries to turn the tide
Open up your arms, let me dive into
the big, big blue

Try losing, this chromosome
It's my choosing, down to the bone

Open up your heart, let me slip inside
Such imagination always helps the feeling slide
Open up your soul, falling back into
the big, big blue

Try losing, this chromosome
It's my choosing, down to the bone

Blood, dive in
blood, drowning
blood, dive in

Open up your heart, let me slip inside
Auto-flagellation always helps the ghost to hide
Open up your arms, let me dive into
the big, big blue

Try losing, this chromosome
It's my choosing, down to the bone

Blood, dive in
blood, drowning
blood, dive in

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"36 DEGREES" SINGLE

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SINGLE: 36 Degrees
RELEASED: 03^rd July 1996
TRACKS:
36 Degrees
Dark Globe
Hara Krishna [Instrumental]

NOTES:

DARK GLOBE
vSyd Barrettv

Oh where are you now
Pussy willow that smiled on this leaf?
When I was alone
You promised the stone from your heart
My head kissed the ground
I was half the way down
Treading the sand
Please

Please lift a hand
I'm only a person
Whose armbands beat
On his hands, hang tall
Won't you miss me?
Wouldn't you miss me at all?
Oh
Oh
Oh

The poppy bird's way
Swing twigs coffee brands around
Brandish her wand with a feathery tongue
My head kissed the ground
I was half the way down
Treading the sand
Please
Please

Please lift a hand
I'm only a person
With eskimo chain
I tattooed my brain all the way
Won't you miss me?
wouldn't you miss me at all?
Oh
Oh
Oh

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"TEENAGE ANGST" SINGLE

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SINGLE: Teenage Angst
RELEASED: 16^th September 1996
TRACKS:
Teenage Angst [2:41]
Been Smoking Too Long [2:17]
Hug Bubble [Instrumental][3:02]

NOTES: All songs written by: Placebo .. except "Been Smoking Too Long" by: Anonymous .. Copyright: Control .. All songs produced by:Brad Wood at Westland Studios .. Engineered by: Ed Kenehan .. except "Been Smoking Too Long" .. Produced by: Stefan Oldsal .. Recorded at: his place .. a Blue Source Sleeve .. Photography by: Saul Fletcher .. Management: Riverman .. Published by: Famous Music Corporation [ASCAP] .. reached no. 30 in the UK chartsĦ

BEEN SMOKING TOO LONG
vAnonymousv

"yeah, I really, um, I really, I really wanted to kind of like, to capture some kind of like moment, but maybe it's better if I'm sober .."
Wake up in the morning, I look at my clock
It's way past noontime, I'm late for work
Tell me what have I done wrong?
Nothing can go right with me it must be that I've been smoking
Too long
Go to fix me some breakfast, I ain't got no food
Take me a shower, the water don't feel no good
Tell me what have I done wrong?
And nothing can go right with me must be that I've been smoking
Too long
I got opium in my chimney, no other life to choose
Nightmares made of hash dreams, the devil in my shoes
What have I done wrong?
Yeah nothing can go right with me it must be that I've been smoking
Too long
When I'm smoking, smoking, put my worries on a shelf
Try not to think about nothing, don't wanna see myself
What have I done wrong?
And nothing can go right with me it must be that I've been smoking
Too long
In this blues I'm singing, there's a lesson to be learned
You go round smoking, you're gonna get burned
Fuck me what have I done wrong?
Nothing can go right with me must be that I've been smoking
Too long
Too long

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"NANCY BOY" SINGLE

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SINGLE: Nancy Boy [cd single 1]
RELEASED: 20^th January 1997
TRACKS:
Nancy Boy [Radio Edit] [3:22]
Slackerbitch [3:24]
Bigmouth Strikes Again [3:55]
Hug Bubble [Instrumental Remixed by Brad Wood] [6:18]

NOTES: TRACK 1: written by Placebo .. remixed by: Dave Bascombe .. TRACK 2: written by Placebo .. produced by: Brad Wood .. engineered by: Ed Kenehan .. TRACK 3: written by Morrissey and Johnny Marr .. produced by: Phil Vinall .. engineered by: Teo Miller .. published by: Warner Music UK Ltd .. TRACK 4: written by Placebo .. remixed and engineered by: Brad Wood .. photography by: Saul Fletcher

SLACKERBITCH
vPlacebov

It echoes in my brain
I didn't mean it
Pulses through my veins
I didn't mean it
I'm the one to blame
I didn't mean it
Did too much cocaine
I didn't mean it

Slackerbitch, faghag, whore
Looks real cute, her lips are sore
Slackerbitch, faghag, whore
Always comes back for more

Your memory will fade
I didn't mean it
You've always had it made
I didn't mean it
I know you feel betrayed
I didn't mean it
I just wanted to get laid
I didn't mean it

Slackerbitch, faghag, whore
Looks real cute, her lips are sore
Slackerbitch, faghag, whore
Always knocking on my door

You come across impure
I didn't mean it
You're goddamn immature
I didn't mean it
You act so insecure
I didn't mean it
You hate me now I'm sure
I didn't mean it

Slackerbitch, faghag, whore
Looks real cute, her lips are sore
Slackerbitch, faghag, whore
Dripping sex from every pore
Slackerbitch, faghag, whore
Looks real cute, her lips are sore
Slackerbitch, faghag, whore
Such a motherfucking bore

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BIGMOUTH STRIKES AGAIN
vMorrissey & Johnny Marrv

Sweetness
sweetness I was only joking when I said
I'd like to smash every tooth in your head
Oh sweetness
Sweetness I was only joking when I said
By rights you should be bludgeoned in your bed

And now I know how Joan of Arc felt
Now I know how Joan of Arc felt
As the flames rose to her roman nose
And her discman started to melt

Bigmouth la da dum da da
Bigmouth la da da da, bigmouth strikes again
And I've got no right to take my place
In the human race
Oh
Bigmouth la da dum da da
Bigmouth la da da da
Bigmouth strikes again
And I've got no right to take my place
In the human race

And now I know how Joan of Arc felt
now I know how Koan of Arc felt
As the flames rose to her roman nose
And her megadrive started to melt

Bigmouth la da dum da da
Bigmouth la da da da
Bigmouth strikes again
And I've got no right to take my place
In the human race
Oh
Bigmouth la da dum da da
Bigmouth la da da da bigmouth strikes again
And I've got no right to take my place
In the human race

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"NANCY BOY" SINGLE

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SINGLE: Nancy Boy [cd single 2]
RELEASED: 20^th January 1997
TRACKS:
Nancy Boy [Sex Mix] [3:32]
Eyesight to the Blind [3:00]
Swallow [Mixed by Designer and U-Sheen] [5:59]
Miss Moneypenny [2:49]

NOTES: TRACK 1: written by Placebo .. produced by: Phil Vinall .. engineered by: Teo Miller .. TRACK 2: written & produced by: Brian Molko .. TRACK 3: written by Placebo .. mixed by: Designer and U-Sheen .. engineered by: John Hilar .. TRACK 4: written by Placebo .. produced by: Brad Wood .. engineered by: Ed Kenehan .. photography by: Saul Fletcher

Placebo went to number 4 in the UK charts in January 1997, with the release of this single .. and it also gained Placebo their first appearance on top of the popsĦ

EYESIGHT TO THE BLIND
vMolkov

You don't know me, and you never hold me
Like your little piece on the side
My mother told me, that you're never lonely
When you're laughing all the time

Inside out and outside in
You bring eyesight to the blind
Crying is a crime

Slowing down the metronome
Slowing down
Slowing down the metronome
Slowing down

You don't know me, and you never hold me
Like your little boy in blue
My father told me, that you're always lonely
When they're all laughing at you

Inside out and outside in
You bring Jesus to the Jew

Slowing down the metronome
Slowing down
Slowing down the metronome
Slowing down

You don't know me, and you never hold me
Like your little piece on the side

Inside out and outside in
You bring eyesight to the blind

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MISS MONEYPENNY
vPlacebov

Penance for his sin, he locked it in for just a little while
Lubricating creams, sanitaries would only cramp his style
It's a dirty job but shooting guns just makes you horny
Wants to spill his seed on guaranteed, service with a smile

Miss Moneypenny
Miss Moneypenny
Oh
Miss Moneypenny
Miss Moneypenny
Oh

Pitter patter of the eyelid on the first roll of the dice
Feel the atmosphere, it's gently laced with nicotine and spice
It's a long walk home, the entrance of the night is scary
Only trouble is, he never learned to shoot the same gun twice

Miss Moneypenny
Miss Moneypenny
Oh
Miss Moneypenny
Miss Moneypenny
Oh

Every job he saves the girl
Martini, mobile phone
Bastards getting in his way
They're all pushing daisies
All you need to make a movie is a gun and a girl

0898 007

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"BRUISE PRISTINE" SINGLE

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SINGLE: Bruise Pristine [cd single 1]
RELEASED: 12^th May 1997
TRACKS:
Bruise Pristine [Radio Edit] [3:00]
Then the Clouds Will Open for Me [4:19]
Bruise Pristine [One Inch Punch Remix] [4:38]

NOTES: TRACK 1: written by Placebo .. produced by: Brad Wood .. engineered by: Ed Kenehan .. remixed by: Dave Bascombe .. TRACK 2: written & produced by: Brian Molko .. TRACK 3: written by Placebo .. recorded and mixed by: Justin Troublemaker with Gianni .. engineered by: Tom Rixton at Eastcote Studios .. photography by: Saul Fletcher

THEN THE CLOUDS WILL OPEN FOR ME
vMolkov

My guy has a tan transcontinental
But it keeps me enchained
Watch an old black and white movie
Fred and Ginger are too sentimental, crying in shame
I don't want to be forgotten
I can't be alone
So don't you dare leave me
It's like coming home
To a skin that has died
Human voices like a drum
And they're looking right through me
Dcatter the ashes one more time for me, one more time for me
My guy has a tattoo ornamental
When he's frozen in space
Cut your eye far to me
A covered carcass is too elemental, caught underneath a subway
I don't want to be forgotten
I can't be alone
So don't you dare leave me
It's like coming home
It's a skin that has died
Human voices like a drum
And they're looking right through me
Scatter the ashes one more time for me, one more time for me
One more time for me, one more time for me
One more time for me, one more time for me
One more time for me, one more time for me
Trans-likened, twisting my ankle
Doing the grave dance
Narcotic? yes please, I'll have a sample
Riding on my very last chance
Then the clouds will open for me
Gonna meet my Jesus Christ
I see history playing before me
For pleasure and passion you play the price
Sadness the name of the spike that took me
I'll make that's all
Like some raging, hard, horny mephistopheles
Who came for my soul

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"BRUISE PRISTINE" SINGLE

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SINGLE: Bruise Pristine [cd single 2]
RELEASED: 12^th May 1997
TRACKS:
Bruise Pristine [3:43]
Waiting for the Son of Man [4:10]
Bruise Pristine [Lionrock mix] [7:36]

NOTES: TRACK 1: written by Placebo .. produced by: Brad Wood .. engineered by: Ed Kenehan .. remixed by: Dave Bascombe .. TRACK 2: written & produced by: Brian Molko .. TRACK 3: written by Placebo .. additional production and remix by: Justin Robertson AKA Lionrock .. remix engineer: Roger Lyons .. photography by: Saul Fletcher

WAITING FOR THE SON OF MAN
vMolkov

Patience comes to the ugly, not me
Laughter comes to the lucky, not me
People in my head that won't stop talking
Nothing in my dream that isn't creepy crawling

Walking in the park and I think that I'm falling
Swimming in the sea and I think I'll
You guessed it
Only lifeguards
Only lifeguards
Packing all the time ??
Can save me

Waiting
Waiting
Waiting
For the son of man
For the son of man

Patience comes to the ugly, not me
Concentration comes to the ugly, not me
Nothing on the box that hasn't been born
No-one in the street that isn't old

Driving in the car and I think that I'm crashing
Swimming in the Sea and I think that I'll
You guessed it
Only lifeguards
Only lifeguards
Packing all the time
Can save me

Waiting
Waiting
Waiting
For the son of man
For the son of man

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