The Libertines

Rock · 2004 · 15 tracks

The Libertines

A shambolic, poetic document of a band falling apart. Clattering guitars and dual vocals capture the tragic beauty of a fractured friendship.

August 30, 2004 · Rough Trade

A desperate, poetic struggle between fraternal love and self-destruction.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks

02

Last Post on the Bugle

2:33

03

Don’t Be Shy

3:04

04

The Man Who Would Be King

3:59

05

Music When the Lights Go Out

3:02

07

The Ha Ha Wall

2:30

08

Arbeit macht frei

1:14

09

Campaign of Hate

2:10

10

What Katie Did

3:50

11

Tomblands

2:06

12

The Saga

1:54

13

Road to Ruin

4:22

14

What Became of the Likely Lads

3:23

15

France

2:24

16

Never Never

2:25

17

I Got Sweets

3:05

Moments Worth Listening For

The desperate, overlapping vocal trade-offs in Can't Stand Me Now that feel like a real-time argument.

The sudden, skeletal shift into the whistling hook and campfire strumming of What Katie Did.

The exhausted, melodic resignation of the final chorus in What Became of the Likely Lads.

Reviews

BBC Music

AllMusic

Where This Album Departs

How does The Libertines sound next to the rest of The Libertines's catalogue?

Live Recording+0.9σ

The production is pushed a touch harder into live recording than this artist usually allows.

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