B-Sides: 1996–2006

B-Sides: 1996–2006
Compilation album by Placebo
Released 8 June 2009
7 March 2011
Genre Alternative rock
Length 111:38
Label Virgin
Placebo chronology
Battle for the Sun
(2009)		 B-Sides: 1996-2006'
(2011)

B-Sides: 1996–2006 is a two-disc B-sides compilation album by British alternative rock band Placebo. It spans their time at Virgin Records. It originally was part of the complete Placebo EMI discography boxset The Hut Recordings, released in 2009 before being issued separately in 2011. It omits covers (excluding "Dark Globe" which did not appear on their Covers compilation), remixes, live recordings, and alternate versions (excluding "Soulmates", an alternate version of the song "Sleeping with Ghosts") that appeared as single B-sides during the same period, and focuses mostly on songs written by the band that didn't make the cut for their studio albums. The album cover design is reminiscent of the cover artwork for Sleeping with Ghosts. The band didn't have any input in the making of the album and it was released without their consent.

Track listing

Disc 1
No. Title Length
1. "Dark Globe" (originally from the "36 Degrees" single) 2:14
2. "Hare Krishna" (originally from the "36 Degrees" single) 4:27
3. "Been Smoking Too Long" (originally from the "Teenage Angst" single) 2:20
4. "Hug Bubble" (originally from the "Teenage Angst" single) 3:02
5. "Flesh Mechanic (Demo)" (originally from the "Teenage Angst" single, 2006 digital remaster) 4:30
6. "H.K. Farewell" (originally from the "Teenage Angst" single, 2006 digital remaster) 7:32
7. "Slackerbitch" (originally from the "Nancy Boy" single) 3:25
8. "Eyesight to the Blind" (originally from the "Nancy Boy" single) 3:00
9. "Miss Moneypenny" (originally from the "Nancy Boy" single) 2:50
10. "Waiting for the Son of Man" (originally from the 1997 "Bruise Pristine" single) 4:13
11. "Then the Clouds Will Open for Me" (originally from the 1997 "Bruise Pristine" single) 4:19
12. "Mars Landing Party" (originally from the "Pure Morning" single) 1:46
13. "Leeloo" (originally from the "Pure Morning" single) 5:17
14. "Needledick" (originally from the "Pure Morning" single) 1:12
Disc 2
No. Title Length
1. "Innocence of Sleep" (originally from the "Pure Morning" single) 3:45
2. "Ion" (originally from the "You Don't Care About Us" single) 4:08
3. "Aardvark" (originally from the "Burger Queen Français" single) 3:00
4. "Theme from Funky Reverend" (originally from the "Taste in Men" single) 2:54
5. "Leni" (originally from the "Slave to the Wage" single) 4:40
6. "Bubblegun" (originally from the "Slave to the Wage" single) 5:13
7. "Dub Psychosis" (originally from the "Special K" single) 3:39
8. "Little Mo" (originally from the "Special K" single) 3:03
9. "Evalia" (originally from the "The Bitter End" single) 4:21
10. "Drink You Pretty" (originally from the "The Bitter End" single) 3:53
11. "Soulmates" (originally from the "This Picture" single) 3:08
12. "Detox Five" (originally from the "Twenty Years" single) 2:52
13. "UNEEDMEMORETHANINEEDU" (originally from the "Meds" single) 3:31
14. "Lazarus" (originally from the "Meds" single) 3:24

Omitted B-sides (1996-2006)

Song Length Source
'Bruise Pristine' (1" Punch mix) 4:39 'Bruise Pristine' single (CD 1)
'Bruise Pristine' (Lionrock mix) 7:36 'Bruise Pristine' single (CD 2)
Drowning by Numbers 2:58 'Come Home' single / Placebo (10th Anniversary Edition)
Oxygen Thief 3:37 'Come Home' single
Teenage Angst (Amsterdam V.P.R.O. Session) 2:36 'Teenage Angst' vinyl single (pt. 2)
Bigmouth Strikes Again 3:55 'Nancy Boy' single (CD 1) / Covers
Hug Bubble (Brad Wood mix) 6:19 'Nancy Boy' single (CD 1)
Swallow (Desiner/U-Sheen mix) 5:59 'Nancy Boy' single (CD 2)
20th Century Boy 3:41 'You Don't Care About Us' single (CD 1) / Covers
Pure Morning (Les Rythmes Digitales mix) 5:39 'You Don't Care About Us' single (CD 2) / Once More with Feeling (Limited Edition) Remix CD
Pure Morning (Howie B mix) 6:35 'You Don't Care About Us' single (CD 2)
Nancy Boy (Blue Amazon mix) 11:30 'Every You Every Me' single (CD 1)
Every You Every Me (Infected by The Scourge of the Earth mix) 3:58 'Every You Every Me' single (CD 1) / Once More with Feeling (Limited Edition) Remix CD
Every You Every Me (Sneaker Pimps version) 5:09 'Every You Every Me' single (CD 2)
Every You Every Me (Brothers in Rhythm Glam Club Mix) 9:55 'Every You Every Me' single (CD 2)
Without You I'm Nothing (UNKLE mix) 5:08 'Without You I'm Nothing' single
Without You I'm Nothing (Flexirol mix) 9:28 'Without You I'm Nothing' single
Without You I'm Nothing (BIR mix) 10:52 'Without You I'm Nothing' single
Every You Every Me (Live) -:-- 'Burger Queen Français' single
Taste in Men (Alpinestars Kamikaze Skimix) -:-- 'Taste in Men' single (CD 1)
Johnny and Mary -:-- 'Taste in Men' single (CD 2) / Covers
Taste in Men (Adrian Sherwood Go Go dub mix)) -:-- 'Taste in Men' single (CD 2)
Holocaust 4:26 'Slave to the Wage' single (CD 2) / Covers
Slave to the Wage (Les Rythmes Digitales remix) 4:29 'Slave to the Wage' single (CD 2)
Passive Aggressive (Brothers in Rhythm remix) 9:03 'Special K' single
Special K (Timo Maas remix) 7:30 'Special K' single
Slave to the Wage (I Can't Believe It's a Remix) 3:30 'Special K' single
Special K (Timo Maas Dub mix) 7:02 'Special K' single
Pure Morning (MBV remix) -:-- 'Black-Eyed' single
Black-Eyed (Le Vibrator mix) -:-- 'Black-Eyed' single
Daddy Cool -:-- 'The Bitter End' single / Covers
Teenage Angst (piano version) -:-- 'The Bitter End' single (CD 1)
Where is My Mind? (XFM live version) 3:56 'This Picture' single / Covers
This Picture" (Acoustic version) 'This Picture' single (DVD)
Jackie 'This Picture' single (DVD) / Covers
English Summer Rain (Freelance Hellraiser mix) -:-- 'Special Needs' single
Plasticine (Lounge version) -:-- 'Special Needs' single
The Bitter End (Junior Sanchez mix) -:-- 'Special Needs' single (DVD)
I’ll Be Yours (version 4am) -:-- 'English Summer Rain' single (CD 1)
English Summer Rain (Ecstasy of St Theresa remix) -:-- 'English Summer Rain' single (CD 2)
This Picture (Junior Sanchez remix) -:-- 'English Summer Rain' single (CD 2)
Twenty Years (Fathom remix) -:-- 'Twenty Years' single (CD 1)
Twenty Years (Osymyso's Birthday mix) -:-- 'Twenty Years' single (CD 2)
Because I Want You (Ladytron mix) -:-- 'Because I Want You' single (Vinyl) / 'Song to Say Goodbye' (Vinyl)
Because I Want You (Russell Lissack Bloc Party remix) -:-- 'Because I Want You' single (CD 1) / 'Song to Say Goodbye' single
36 Degrees (2005 version) -:-- 'Because I Want You' single (CD 2) / 'Song to Say Goodbye' single
Because I Want You (Ladytron Club mix) -:-- 'Because I Want You' single (CD 2) / 'Song to Say Goodbye' single
Infra-Red (Call the Ambulance remix) -:-- 'Infra-Red' single (Vinyl)
Infra-Red (Hotel Persona remix) -:-- 'Infra-Red' single (CD)
Song to Say Goodbye (River & Tears Remix) -:-- 'Infra-Red' single (DVD)
Space Monkey (Timo Maas remix) -:-- 'Meds' single (CD 2)

References

Placebo
Brian Molko · Stefan Olsdal · Steve Forrest
Bill Lloyd · Fiona Brice · Nick Gavrilovic
Steve Hewitt · Robert Schultzberg · Alex Lee · Xavior Roide
Studio albums
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Exclusive Session  · Extended Play '07
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Without You I'm Nothing
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Once More with Feeling
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