Placebo is releasing a new version of their 1996 self-titled debut album in honor of its 30th anniversary.
The upcoming record, titled Placebo RE:CREATED, includes “reworked and embellished” recordings of every song on the original track list.
“We think of this record as a director’s cut,” Placebo writes in an Instagram post. “We haven’t recreated it from scratch. We went back to the original master tapes and brought 30 years of playing these songs live back into the record.”
“This project was about finally finishing the record, dragging it into the 21st century sonically, while preserving the integrity and the spirit of the original,” the post continues. “It’s not about improving it, there’s nothing wrong with it, it’s about completing it.”
The band concludes, “It’s a celebration of where we began, and a meeting point between who we were then and who we are now; a way of honoring that innocence, while letting the songs exist with the scale, confidence, and energy of the band we’ve become.”
Placebo RE:CREATED is due out June 19.
Placebo has also announced a 30th anniversary European tour, kicking off in September. The set list will include songs from Placebo and its 1998 follow-up, Without You I’m Nothing.
For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit PlaceboWorld.co.uk.
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