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
In college I had the poster of the front of this album in my dorm room and it was awesome.
1 | Can't Stand Me Now 3:23 | 97 |
2 | Last Post On the Bugle 2:32 | 91 |
3 | Don't Be Shy 3:03 | 78 |
4 | The Man Who Would Be King 3:59 | 83 |
5 | Music When the Lights Go Out 3:02 | 94 |
6 | Narcissist 2:10 | 78 |
7 | The Ha Ha Wall 2:29 | 96 |
8 | Arbeit Macht Frei 1:13 | 74 |
9 | Campaign of Hate 2:10 | 88 |
10 | What Katie Did 3:49 | 90 |
11 | Tomblands 2:06 | 81 |
12 | The Saga 1:53 | 86 |
13 | Road to Ruin 4:21 | 88 |
14 | What Became of the Likely Lads 5:54 | 90 |