Life's What You Make It (EP)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Life's What You Make It
| type = EP
| artist = Placebo
| cover = Life's_What_You_Make_It.jpg
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| released = 7 October 2016
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| genre = Alternative rock
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| prev_title = A Place for Us to Dream
| prev_year = 2016
| next_title = Never Let Me Go
| next_year = 2022
}}
Life's What You Make It is an EP by the English alternative rock band Placebo, released on 7 October 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.placeboworld.co.uk/#lifeswhatyoumakeit |title=Life's What You Make It |date=4 August 2016 |work=placeboworld.co.uk |accessdate=4 August 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://diymag.com/2016/08/04/placebo-announce-retrospective-album-and-new-ep |title=Placebo Announce 'Retrospective Album' and New EP |date=4 August 2016 |work=diymag.com |accessdate=6 August 2016}} It includes three cover songs (Talk Talk's "Life's What You Make It", Rowland S. Howard's "Autoluminescent" and Freak Power's "Song #6"), as well as the 2016 single "Jesus' Son" and two live recordings of "Twenty Years".
Background
Singer Brian Molko told The Independent that Placebo decided to cover "Life's What You Make It" because it's a 1980s song that the band still enjoys.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/placebo-lifes-what-you-make-it-cover-music-video-agbogbloshie-ghana-e-waste-electronic-waste-dump-a7768826.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/placebo-lifes-what-you-make-it-cover-music-video-agbogbloshie-ghana-e-waste-electronic-waste-dump-a7768826.html |archive-date=14 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Watch the powerful music video for Placebo's poignant 'Life's What You Make It' cover|website=The Independent|first=Christopher|last=Hooton|date=2 June 2017|accessdate=19 September 2017}} In an interview with NME, he stated: "Our last single 'Jesus Son' and the Talk Talk cover 'Life Is What You Make It' are possibly two of the most commercial tracks that we've ever done. What we have a tendency to do it react allergically against what we’ve just done, so it's highly likely that the next thing we do will be something akin to career suicide."{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/placebo-discuss-impact-david-bowies-death-progress-career-suicide-new-album-2147487 |title=Placebo Discuss the Impact of David Bowie's Death and Progress on 'Career-Suicide' New Album – NME |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |date=5 October 2017 |website=NME |accessdate=29 September 2019}}
A music video, directed by Sasha Rainbow, was released in June 2017. It was filmed at Agbogbloshie in Accra, Ghana, the site of one of the world's largest electronic waste dumps.{{cite web|url=https://www.songwritingmagazine.co.uk/music-reviews/lifes-what-you-make-it-by-placebo-single/38006|title='Life's What You Make It' by Placebo (Single)|website=Songwriting|first=David|last=Chrzanowski|date=15 June 2017|accessdate=19 September 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://teamrock.com/news/2017-06-05/placebo-return-with-new-video-and-uk-tour|title=Placebo return with new video and UK tour|website=Teamrock.com|first=Scott|last=Munro|date=5 June 2017|accessdate=19 September 2017}} Despite the film's setting, Molko explained: "The video is not anti-technology. It is about the triumph of the human spirit in the face of adversity that has not been chosen."{{cite web|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/110026/placebo-autumn-tour-and-video-for-lifes-what-you-make-it-talk-talk|title=Placebo announce autumn tour and share new video|website=Gigwise|first=Julian|last=Marszalek|date=5 June 2017|accessdate=19 September 2017}}
Release
The EP was released on 12" black vinyl, 12" springtime green vinyl and digital download.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Placebo (Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal), except as noted
| headline = Vinyl side A
| title1 = Life's What You Make It
| note1 = Talk Talk cover
| writer1 = Mark Hollis
| length1 = 5:18
| title2 = Jesus' Son
| length2 = 3:37
| title3 = Twenty Years
| note3 = live at Europavox Festival 2015
| length3 = 4:36
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Vinyl side B
| title1 = Autoluminescent
| note1 = Rowland S. Howard cover
| writer1 = Rowland S. Howard
| length1 = 3:40
| title2 = Twenty Years
| note2 = piano version live at Evening Urgant, Moscow 2016
| length2 = 4:22
| title3 = Song #6
| note3 = Freak Power cover
|writer3 = Ashley Slater
| length3 = 4:27
}}
Charts
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| {{albumchart|Flanders|153|artist=Placebo|album=Life's What You Make It %5BEP%5D|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 October 2016}} |
| {{albumchart|Wallonia|66|artist=Placebo|album=Life's What You Make It %5BEP%5D|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 October 2016}} |
References
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External links
- {{YouTube|YvkRnEv6WG8|Placebo - Life's What You Make It (Official Video)}}
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