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The album was re-released on the September 8, 2003 with an additional track, "What a Waster" and DVD featuring the promotional videos for the singles: "Up the Bracket", "Time for Heroes" and "I Get Along". September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Name

There are several explanations for the debut album's name. "Up the Bracket" is a slang term for snorting cocaine.^[1] The name may also allude to the phrase used by British comedian Tony Hancock in Hancock's Half Hour, a slang term meaning a punch in the throat. Hancock is also referenced in the opening track, "Vertigo" - "lead pipes, your fortune's made", being a line from the Half Hour episode 'The Poetry Society'. Pete Doherty is known to be a life-long fan of Hancock and a member of the Tony Hancock Appreciation Society, as well as featuring on a BBC documentary about him.^[2] Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. ... Biography published in 1978 (1983 paperback reprint shown) Anthony John Hancock, best known as Tony Hancock (May 12, 1924 – June 24, 1968) was a major figure in British television and radio comedy in the 1950s and 1960s. ... Hancocks Half Hour was a famous BBC radio comedy series of the 1950s starring Tony Hancock. ... Peter Doherty (born March 12, 1979) is an English musician and poet. ...

Influences

The band have cited the following as being inspiration for the album:

Peter Ackroyd (who was often referenced by the band in early interviews) Peter Ackroyd (born October 5, 1949, London) is an English author. ...

Michael Bracewell (who's book England Is Mine celebrated 'Albion' as referenced in The Good Old Days) Michael Bracewell (b. ...

The Beatles (the "yeah, yeah, yeah"s at the end of Radio America were lifted from She Loves You) The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ...

The Smiths The Smiths were an English rock group active from 1982 to 1987. ...

The Strokes The Strokes are an American rock band formed in 1998 that rose to fame in the early 2000s as a leading group in the garage rock revival. ...

Belle & Sebastian (writing on thelibertines.org forum, Peter said that Death On The Stairs was a mix of The Strokes and Belle & Sebastian) This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Miscellaneous

The Libertines' breakthrough was the start of a revival for the British rock scene, with many bands including Razorlight, The Paddingtons, Arctic Monkeys, The View, The Kooks and many others influenced by the album. Razorlight are an Anglo-Swedish band formed in 2002 by singer-songwriter Johnny Borrell. ... The Paddingtons: Panic Attack photo shot. ... Arctic Monkeys are an English indie rock/rock band. ... This article is about the Scottish rock band. ... For the book Kooks, see Donna Kossy. ...

The title of track 9, "The Boy Looked at Johnny", is taken from a book by Julie Burchill and Tony Parsons about the death of rock music (it was written in the late 1970s and is famously over-the-top). The book in turn took its name from the lyrics of Patti Smith's classic song-suite "Land", from the album Horses. The song is commonly thought to be about Johnny Borrell, frontman of Razorlight and former Libertines bassist. Patricia Lee (Patti) Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American musician, singer, and poet. ... Horses is the debut album by Patti Smith released in November 1975, produced by John Cale. ... Razorlight are an Anglo-Swedish band formed in 2002 by singer-songwriter Johnny Borrell. ...

The track, What a Waster was originally not included on the album, but later turned up on a re-release along with the band's early videos. What a Waster was also used in the film, The Football Factory. The film was about a promising young man who is part of a football firm, and is having doubts about the effect it is having on his life. Promotional poster for The Football Factory The Football Factory is a 2004 English film, directed by Nick Love and starring Danny Dyer and Frank Harper. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Horrorshow may take its name from the film A Clockwork Orange. The song was the subject of supposed legal action early in the band's career, as the first line ("I've been following, following my minds instructions on how to slowly, sharply, screw myself to death") was written on a note to Pete Doherty by his then girlfriend Francesca - who was not given a writing credit. However, it is unknown if anything ever came of the supposed lawsuit. A video of Horrorshow featuring Pete and Carl in graveyard was recording sometime in 2001, although this has sadly never seen the light of day.

Radio America had been around since the band's early days. There is another recording of the song taken from a rehearsal before the band signed to Rough Trade Records. The song arrangement is slightly different on this compared to the version recorded for the album. Incidentally, it was said at the time of recording Radio America properly, that the band rented antique guitars from a pawn shop for 24 hours so that they could get an authentic 'old' sound.

The track, Time for Heroes was used on the film, American Pie: The Wedding. Its lyrics are commonly thought to be among Pete's best.

Track listing

1. "Vertigo" – 2:37
2. "Death on the Stairs" – 3:24
3. "Horrorshow" – 2:34
4. "Time for Heroes" – 2:40
5. "Boys in the Band" – 3:42
6. "Radio America" – 3:44
7. "Up the Bracket" – 2:40
8. "Tell the King" – 3:22
9. "The Boy Looked at Johnny" – 2:38
10. "Begging" – 3:20
11. "The Good Old Days" – 2:59
12. "I Get Along" – 2:51
13. "What a Waster" – 2:57
14. "Mockingbird" / "Mayday"

"What a Waster" and "Mockingbird" are extra tracks on the US and Japanese releases. The Libertines in concert, 2004 The Libertines were a critically acclaimed British rock and roll band noted for their chaotic live outings, often seemingly ramshackle touring schedule and quintessentially English take on punk rock. ... Up the Bracket is the second single from The Libertines and their first from debut album Up the Bracket. ... I Get Along is a songs by the The Libertines. ... What A Waster is the first single from The Libertines. ...

"What a Waster" is an extra track on the UK re-release.

"Mayday" is an additional extra track on the Australian release, along with "What a Waster".

Press quotes

"Up the Bracket is the assured debut of the most debauched newcomers on the rock scene for some time: the Libertines." – BBC

"...you'll be hard-pushed to find a more pulsating debut by a Brit guitar band all year." - Manchester Online

"Finally we have a bona fide, modern punk band that actually made it out of high school; a band who've got the spirit and the balls, whose lyrical repertoire extends far beyond the naïve teenage escapades of their love-struck American counterparts." - designerpunk.com

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