The Libertines
Studio album by The Libertines
Released	August 30, 2004
Recorded	Spring 2004
Genre	Post-punk revival, Indie rock, Punk rock
Length	42:04
Label	Rough Trade
Producer(s)	Mick Jones
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork Media (7.1/10) 08/31/04 Planet Sound (6/10) "...Nice demos lads, when will the album be ready?..." Aug 2004 NME (9/10) "...an extraordinary, once-in-a-lifetime album..." link Aug 2004 The Guardian "...an explosion of dizzy pop and punk fury..." link Aug 2004 Mojo "...An extraordinary record..." Sep 2004, p.94 Q "...its energy level [is] like a battery charge..." Sep 2004, p.108
The Libertines chronology
Up the Bracket (2002)	The Libertines (2004)

The Libertines is the second, self-titled and final album by the British post-punk revival band The Libertines. Released on August 30, 2004, it is particularly biographical of the relationship between frontmen Carl Barât and Pete Doherty. The album instantly reached #1 in the UK on its way to achieving platinum certification. This is an album cover. ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... For the political and social groups see Libertine The Libertines were an English rock band who rose to fame in the early 2000s, spearheading the garage rock revival movement of that time. ... August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Spring is one of the four seasons of temperate zones, the transition from winter into summer. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... The post-punk revival is a movement in modern rock music consisting of Indie Rock, Punk Rock and Electronic bands that draw from the conventions of the original Post-Punk sound of the early 1980s, as well as the early 90s Britpop, 80s New Wave and 60s... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Rough Trade Records was formerly an independent record label based in London, England. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... For the Spooky Tooth and Foreigner guitarist, see Mick Jones (Foreigner). ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork and occasionally shortened to P4K or pfork,[1] is a United States-based daily Internet publication devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. ... Planet Sound is a Teletext music page on ITV and Channel 4 in the UK. It is broadcast on analogue Teletext from page 340, and on digital Teletext from page 820. ... For other uses, see NME (disambiguation). ... The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... Mojo is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... Q is a music and entertainment magazinepublished monthly in the United Kingdom. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... For the political and social groups see Libertine The Libertines were an English rock band who rose to fame in the early 2000s, spearheading the garage rock revival movement of that time. ... Up the Bracket is the debut album from The Libertines, released on the 14th of October, 2002, reaching #35 in the UK Albums chart. ... An eponym is a person (real or fictitious) whose name has become identified with a particular object or activity. ... The post-punk revival is a movement in modern rock music consisting of Indie Rock, Punk Rock and Electronic bands that draw from the conventions of the original Post-Punk sound of the early 1980s, as well as the early 90s Britpop, 80s New Wave and 60s... For the political and social groups see Libertine The Libertines were an English rock band who rose to fame in the early 2000s, spearheading the garage rock revival movement of that time. ... August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Carl Ashley Raphael Barât (born June 6, 1978) is the frontman and lead guitarist in the band Dirty Pretty Things. ... Peter Doherty (born March 12, 1979) is the singer and songwriter of the band Babyshambles, and formerly co-frontman and songwriter (along with Carl Barât) of The Libertines, with whom he first shot to fame. ... The description Gold Album is applied to recorded music albums that have sold a minimum number of copies (in the US, currently 500,000 sales). ...

The Libertines, like its 2002 predecessor, Up The Bracket, was re-released with a bonus DVD on November 22, 2004. The DVD, entitled Boys In The Band, is a collection of live shows, band interviews, and the "Can't Stand Me Now" promotional video. Up the Bracket is the debut album from The Libertines, released on the 14th of October, 2002, reaching #35 in the UK Albums chart. ... November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Boys In The Band DVD, was included in a re-release of the The Libertines second, and final self-titled album, The Libertines. ...

Track listing

1. "Can't Stand Me Now" – 3:23
2. "Last Post on the Bugle – 2:32
3. "Don't Be Shy" – 3:03
4. "The Man Who Would Be King" – 3:59
5. "Music When the Lights Go Out" – 3:02
6. "Narcissist" – 2:10
7. "The Ha Ha Wall" – 2:29
8. "Arbeit Macht Frei" – 1:13
9. "Campaign of Hate" – 2:10
10. "What Katie Did" – 3:49
11. "Tomblands" – 2:06
12. "The Saga" – 1:53
13. "Road to Ruin" – 4:21
14. "What Became of the Likely Lads" – 5:54
15. "France" (Hidden Track)

Cant Stand Me Now is the first single from The Libertines self-titled second album. ... What Became of the Likely Lads was the final single released by The Libertines from their self-titled, second album, The Libertines. ...

Japanese Bonus DVD

1. "What a Waster [Live at The Factory, Japan]
2. "Death on the Stairs [Live at The Factory, Japan]
3. "Up the Bracket [Live at The Factory, Japan]
4. "I Get Along [Live at The Factory, Japan]
5. "The Boy Looked at Johnny [Live at The Factory, Japan]
6. "The Boy Looked at Johnny [Live at Moby Dick, Spain]
7. "Busking for Beer + Assorted Covers and Song Segments [Live at Filthy McNasty's Pub, London]
8. "Can't Stand Me Now (Video)
9. "Photo Gallery
10. "Extras (Footage of Band, Interviews and NME award footage)

As well as the songs listed above, there is a hidden track, titled "France", which starts at 3:28 of "What Became of the Likely Lads". A re-recording of an old Libertines song which originally appeared on one of their first demos, recorded at Odessa Studios, "France" was written and performed by Carl Barât. The final listed track is a nod to the British sitcom Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?. The Libertines was a critically acclaimed British rock and roll band noted for their chaotic live outings and uniquely English take on punk rock. ... Carl Ashley Raphael Barât (born June 6, 1978) is the frontman and lead guitarist in the band Dirty Pretty Things. ... Bob and Terry in Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? was a hit British sitcom broadcast between January 1972 and December 1974, as the colour sequel to The Likely Lads. ...

The Freedom Gig

The album cover was taken by Roger Sargent during the emotional "Freedom Gig" at the Tap 'N' Tin, Chatham, Kent, on October 8, 2003, when Pete Doherty reunited with the Libertines for a gig just hours after being released from jail. [1] Chatham is a large English town that developed around an important naval dockyard on the east bank of the River Medway to the south-east of London in the county of Kent. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ...

Press Quotes

"This record, produced by The Clash's Mick Jones, is brimming with character, easily surpassing their debut." – 'Q magazine (official site) The Clash were an English rock band active from 1976 to 1986. ... For the Spooky Tooth and Foreigner guitarist, see Mick Jones (Foreigner). ... Q is a music and entertainment magazinepublished monthly in the United Kingdom. ...

"Forget the drugs, the bad vibes, the estrangements—The Libertines' second album is a masterpiece of life-changing rock 'n' roll." – New Musical Express (official site) For other uses, see NME (disambiguation). ...

"...with this album you get an excitable sense that you're hearing the beginnings of a good and becoming a great band..." – King magazine (official site) King magazine is a mens magazine geared toward African-American and urban audiences. ...

Trivia

• The band Half Man Half Biscuit recorded a song called "Shit Arm, Bad Tattoo" about the picture on the cover of this album. It appears on their 2005 album Achtung Bono.
• The song "Arbeit Macht Frei" is featured in the 2006 dystopian film "Children of Men". It is also the words at the entrance of Auschwitz camp
• The song titled, The Saga was largely written by Doherty's literary manager, Paul Roundhill. The lyrics came from a letter Roundhill wrote to Doherty, warning him of his growing drug problem. The share with Roundhill of the writing credits marked the first time that Doherty and Barat had not shared the writing credits equally and alone.

Nigel Blackwell, singer, guitarist and songwriter Half Man Half Biscuit, often abbreviated to HMHB, are a UK rock band from Birkenhead, active sporadically since the mid-1980s, known for their satirical, sardonic and sometimes surreal songs. ... Achtung Bono is the tenth album released by UK rock band Half Man Half Biscuit, in 2005. ... A dystopia (or alternatively cacotopia) is a fictional society, usually portrayed as existing in a future time, when the conditions of life are extremely bad due to deprivation, oppression, or terror. ... Children of Men is an Academy Award-nominated 2006 dystopian thriller film directed by Alfonso Cuarón, loosely adapted from P.D. Jamess 1992 novel The Children of Men. ...

Professional Critic Reviews

• Evening Standard:
• The Guardian: link Sept 2004
• The Independent On Sunday:
• Metro:
• Daily Mirror:
• Mojo:
• NME: (9/10) link Aug 2004
• Planet Sound: (6/10)
• PlayLouder: link Aug 2004
• Q Magazine:
• The Sun:
• Spin: A- link Sept 2004
• Uncut: