- alternative rock, rock
- 52 min
- 13 tracks
- Dreambrother
Battle for the Sun is the sixth studio album by British alternative rock band Placebo. It was recorded in Canada in 2008 and released on 8 June 2009 by record label PIAS. It is their first album with new drummer Steve Forrest, following the departure of Steve Hewitt in 2007.
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Character
Spare, grave, classical in form and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
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Metacritic 62/100
- AllMusic3/5 ★
- Alternative Press4.5/5 ★
- Drowned in Sound4/10 ★
- IGN8.9/10
- Kerrang!4/5 ★
- NME6/10 ★
- Pitchfork3.4/10
- Rock Sound8/10 ★
- Rolling Stone2.5/5 ★
- The Times3/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Kitty Litter3:48
- A2Ashtray Heart3:32
- A3Battle for the Sun5:33
- A4For What It’s Worth2:48
- A5Devil in the Details4:29
- A6Bright Lights3:24
- B1Speak in Tongues4:06
- B2The Never‐Ending Why3:24
- B3Julien4:43
- B4Happy You’re Gone3:51
- B5Breathe Underwater3:44
- B6Come Undone4:37
- B7Kings of Medicine4:14
13 tracks, 52 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Placebo
- Label
- Dreambrother
- Released
- 2009
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- XE
From MusicBrainz, the earliest official release of this album.
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