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Down in Albion
Rock · 2005 · 15 tracks

Down in Albion

Babyshambles

A sprawling, seventy-minute document of London indie-sleaze. Shambolic melodies and slurred poetry recorded with a feeling of imminent collapse.

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It's a beautiful, druggy mess of an album that sounds exactly like a 4am walk through London.

A restless and poetic sprawl that oscillates between defiant energy and drug-hazed melancholy.

Down in Albion · vs · Babyshambles
Restless+1.6σ

Restless saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks
01
La Belle et la Bête
5:05
03
A’rebours
3:23
04
The 32nd of December
3:09
05
Pipedown
2:36
06
Sticks and Stones
4:52
07
Killamangiro
3:13
08
8 Dead Boys
4:16
09
In Love With a Feeling
2:52
10
Pentonville
3:50
11
What Katy Did Next
3:08
12
Albion
5:25
13
Back From the Dead
2:52
14
Loyalty Song
3:33
15
Up the Morning
5:43
16
Merry Go Round
5:22
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jarring transition into the skeletal reggae rhythm of Pentonville
Kate Moss's fragile guest vocals drifting over the opening track's grime
The anthemic but weary swell of the chorus in Albion
The way the guitar lines nearly collapse during the bridge of Killamangiro
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