The Libertines is a record of such raw autobiographical honesty that it carries a weight few others in 2004 can match.
A step on from Up the Bracket, this album is a winningly idiosyncratic explosion of dizzy pop and punk fury that could yet be honed to perfection.
It's brilliant at points, exhibiting the casual, grimy grace that laced Up the Bracket through English countryside benders, sing-alongs, and pub anthems, but evidently, The Libertines are creatures of excess, and even a good thing can be overdone.
Like the Strokes on their own sophomore effort, the Libs thoroughly disappoint on this eponymous follow-up.
This just makes me wanna listen to the arctic monkeys debut, they did this sound it way better
(Analbumaday Day 155)
Pretty similar feel to the garage rock Arctic Monkeys started off with, which is quite outdated and probably the type of rock that least interests me. There are absolutely parts that I was engaged with, and it’s easy to see why this was popular at the time, but it really isn’t my thing. Not a fan of the vocals, the tracks don’t really go anywhere, nor do they switch up at all, it’s a typical feel good groove basically the whole time. I can’t ... read more
okay i get it now
most of it is alright but cant stand me now is so comedically better then all the rest of the songs
1 | Can't Stand Me Now 3:23 | 90 |
2 | Last Post On the Bugle 2:32 | 83 |
3 | Don't Be Shy 3:03 | 70 |
4 | The Man Who Would Be King 3:59 | 80 |
5 | Music When the Lights Go Out 3:02 | 90 |
6 | Narcissist 2:10 | 78 |
7 | The Ha Ha Wall 2:29 | 84 |
8 | Arbeit Macht Frei 1:13 | 73 |
9 | Campaign of Hate 2:10 | 75 |
10 | What Katie Did 3:49 | 89 |
11 | Tomblands 2:06 | 78 |
12 | The Saga 1:53 | 76 |
13 | Road to Ruin 4:21 | 82 |
14 | What Became of the Likely Lads 5:54 | 85 |