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A Place for Us to Dream

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A Place for Us to Dream

Greatest hits album by

Placebo

Released

7 October 2016

Recorded

1994–2016

Genre

Alternative rock

Label

Rise^[1]

Placebo chronology

MTV Unplugged
(2015)

A Place for Us to Dream
(2016)

Life's What You Make It
(2016)

A Place for Us to Dream is a compilation album by the English alternative rock band Placebo. It was released on 7 October 2016, as part of the band's twentieth anniversary celebrations.^[2] It consists of 36 tracks, including songs off albums, single versions, radio edits, live performances and redux editions of previously released songs, as well as the 2016 single "Jesus' Son".^[3] The compilation includes all Placebo songs that have been released as singles, apart from "Burger Queen Français", "Twenty Years" and "The Never-Ending Why".

"A place for us to dream" is a lyric from the song "Narcoleptic" on Placebo's third album, Black Market Music. The album cover is an iconic photo taken during the 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot.

Release

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A Place for Us to Dream was announced on 4 August 2016 on Placebo's official website. The album was released on limited edition deluxe box set pink vinyl, limited edition deluxe box set black vinyl, double CD and digital download.^[2]

Track listing

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CD 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Pure Morning" (radio edit)	3:58
2.	"Jesus' Son" (radio edit)	3:19
3.	"Come Home"	5:09
4.	"Every You Every Me" (single version)	3:34
5.	"Too Many Friends"	3:34
6.	"Nancy Boy" (radio edit)	3:19
7.	"36 Degrees" (2016 version)	4:53
8.	"Taste in Men" (radio edit)	4:00
9.	"The Bitter End"	3:11
10.	"Without You I'm Nothing" (featuring David Bowie; single version)	4:11
11.	"English Summer Rain" (single version)	3:10
12.	"Breathe Underwater" (slow)	5:28
13.	"Soulmates"	3:06
14.	"Meds" (featuring Alison Mosshart; single version)	2:54
15.	"Bright Lights" (single version)	3:31
16.	"Song to Say Goodbye" (radio edit)	3:53
17.	"Infra-Red"	3:15
18.	"Running Up That Hill" (Kate Bush cover)	5:10

CD 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"B3" (radio edit)	3:53
2.	"For What It's Worth"	2:51
3.	"Teenage Angst"	2:41
4.	"You Don't Care About Us" (radio edit)	3:51
5.	"Ashtray Heart"	3:38
6.	"Broken Promise" (featuring Michael Stipe)	4:13
7.	"Slave to the Wage" (radio edit)	3:46
8.	"Bruise Pristine" (radio edit)	3:00
9.	"This Picture"	3:33
10.	"Protège-moi"	3:15
11.	"Because I Want You" (redux)	4:19
12.	"Black-Eyed"	3:47
13.	"Lazarus"	3:24
14.	"I Know" (2008 version)	5:03
15.	"A Million Little Pieces" (radio edit)	3:45
16.	"Special Needs" (radio edit)	3:29
17.	"Special K"	3:49
18.	"Loud Like Love" (radio edit)	4:26

CD 3 -Japan Bonus Disc- Live at Akasaka Blitz, Tokyo, Japan - March 6th, 2010
No.	Title	Length
1.	"For What It's Worth"	3:01
2.	"Battle For The Sun"	5:45
3.	"Devil In The Details"	4:35
4.	"Speak In Tongues"	4:26
5.	"Special Needs"	4:30
6.	"Every You Every Me"	4:11
7.	"Meds"	3:40
8.	"Song to Say Goodbye"	3:42
9.	"Follow The Cops Back Home"	5:11
10.	"Special K"	3:35
11.	"Infra-Red"	4:28
12.	"The Bitter End"	3:28

Charts

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Chart (2016)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[4]	28
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[5]	28
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[6]	18
French Albums (SNEP)^[7]	29
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[8]	10
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[9]	17
New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ)^[10]	8
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[11]	18
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[12]	16
UK Albums (OCC)^[13]	21

Certifications

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Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[14]	Silver	60,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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^ "Placebo Career Retrospective A PLACE FOR US TO DREAM Out This Fall". broadwayworld.com. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b "A Place For Us To Dream". placeboworld.co.uk. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
^ "Placebo Announce 'Retrospective Album' and New EP". diymag.com. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
^ "Austriancharts.at – Placebo – A Place for Us to Dream - 20 Years of Placebo" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
^ "Ultratop.be – Placebo – A Place for Us to Dream - 20 Years of Placebo" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
^ "Ultratop.be – Placebo – A Place for Us to Dream - 20 Years of Placebo" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
^ "Lescharts.com – Placebo – A Place for Us to Dream - 20 Years of Placebo". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Placebo – A Place for Us to Dream - 20 Years of Placebo" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
^ "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 41 (dal 2016-10-07 al 2016-10-13)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
^ "NZ Heatseekers Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Placebo – A Place for Us to Dream - 20 Years of Placebo". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
^ "Placebo | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
^ "British album certifications – Placebo – A Place for Us to Dream". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

v t e Placebo
Brian Molko Stefan Olsdal Robert Schultzberg Steve Hewitt Steve Forrest
Studio albums	Placebo Without You I'm Nothing Black Market Music Sleeping with Ghosts Meds Battle for the Sun Loud Like Love Never Let Me Go
EPs	Extended Play '07 B3 Life's What You Make It
Compilation albums	Covers Once More with Feeling: Singles 1996–2004 A Place for Us to Dream
Live albums	Live at Angkor Wat MTV Unplugged
Video albums	Soulmates Never Die: Live in Paris 2003 Once More with Feeling: Videos 1996–2004 We Come in Pieces MTV Unplugged
Singles	"Bruise Pristine" "Come Home" "36 Degrees" "Teenage Angst" "Nancy Boy" "Pure Morning" "You Don't Care About Us" "Every You Every Me" "Without You I'm Nothing" "Taste in Men" "Slave to the Wage" "Special K" "Black-Eyed" "The Bitter End" "This Picture" "Special Needs" "English Summer Rain" "Protège-moi" "Twenty Years" "Because I Want You" "Song to Say Goodbye" "Infra-Red" "Meds" "For What It's Worth" "Ashtray Heart" "Bright Lights" "Too Many Friends" "Loud Like Love" "Jesus' Son"
Other songs	"I Feel You" "Sleeping with Ghosts"
Related articles	Discography Fiona Brice

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