Length 40:38 Release date 5 March 2007 | Artist Placebo Label Virgin Records | |
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Released 22 September 2003 (bonus disc and 1° LP)
5 March 2007 (Digital Version)
3 May 2010 (CD and LP reissue) Covers
(2003) Once More with Feeling
(2004) Genres Alternative rock, Indie rock Similar Placebo albums, Alternative rock albums | ||
Placebo running up the hill
Covers is a cover album by British alternative rock band Placebo. The album was originally released as a bonus disc with the special edition version of Sleeping with Ghosts on 22 September 2003 through Hut Records and Astralwerks, which has since gone out of print. "Running Up that Hill" is mostly responsible for this digital release package. After being used for the fourth-season premiere of The O.C., the song received a lot of attention in both the U.S. and the UK, peaking at No. 44 on the UK Singles Chart.
Contents
Placebo running up that hill
Release
A vinyl LP version of the album was issued in 2003 with an all-gray cover and only the white name of the band on it (the 2010 LP reissue of the album has a red title). Most of the songs on the album were originally B-sides from the band's previous singles.
A repackaged physical version of the album was re-released on 3 May 2010 through Placebo's former label, EMI, with a new cover based on the Sleeping with Ghosts theme. However, this was strictly EMI's decision and didn't have any input from the band in releasing the album.
Songs
1Running up That Hill4:55
2Where Is My Mind (XFM live version)3:45
3Bigmouth Strikes Again3:55