I'd never heard Placebo before this and really was not sure what to expect, although I do have a very faint memory of them being on Kerrang when I was about 12 but I don't remember what they sounded like.
Anyway the first thing that struck me were the vocals. When I first heard them I hated them because they were whiney, but after the first couple minutes I got over it and actually started to enjoy them. They complement the music brilliantly. The vocals are probably my favourite part of the album purely for their uniqueness
I think this is an album which is good for background music, the music and vocals are very nice but they didn't do well in holding my attention. Not to say that their songs all sound the same but they aren't massively attention-grabby. Despite this there are two tracks that I absolutely adored: Follow the Cops Back Home and Post Blue. The lyrics are nicely emotional but don't over do it, I found them quite captivating. But I mostly love Post Blue because it shows the chemistry of the band extremely well, all elements of the music complement each other.
A lot of the lyrics seem to be about drugs and alcohol and both their positive and negative effects, this is probably why the album is called Meds. Drugs is definitely one of my favourite subject matters in music and poetry and I'm very glad that Placebo manage to do it so well. I am also very pelased that they portray both sides of drugs rather than just one biased side - the naked truth. I think that's why they have chosen that album art.
Overall I'm quite unsure about this album and I found it very hard to review. I disliked the fact that I didn't like it more. 3/5
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