Up the Bracket

Up the Bracket Artist: The Libertines
Label: Rough Trade Us
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 021823001128
EAN: 0021823001128
ASIN: B0007M7O2I


Release Date: 2005-01-25

Up the Bracket


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Tracks:

  1. Vertigo
  2. Death on the Stairs
  3. Horrorshow
  4. Time for Heroes
  5. Boys in the Band
  6. Radio America
  7. Up the Bracket
  8. Tell the King
  9. Boy Looked at Johnny
  10. Begging
  11. Good Old Days
  12. I Get Along
  13. What a Waster [*]
  14. Mayday [*]

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Masterpiece.......2007-03-24

Wow, this album, is just so great, such great songs, it opens with a killer trio that will leave you wanting for more, key tracks on this album are:Horrorshow,Vertigo,Time For Heroes,I Get Along,Up The Bracket,and The Good Old Days

5 out of 5 stars You need this........2007-03-09

I absoutely adore this album. It's intelligent, witty and overall a very good time. I say, buy it now.

4 out of 5 stars Ups and downs.......2005-04-09

The Libertines are a band that would have fitted in perfectly in the golden days of rock'n'roll, and it's only a shame that they have yet to really reform. In their debut album, "Up The Bracket," this London band churns out catchy, gritty rock'n'roll with a Britpop twist.

The album starts on a strong note with "Vertigo," a catchy garage-rocker that alternates between Pete Doherty's slightly slurred singing, and combustive short basslicks. "The rapture of vertigo/And letting go/Me myself I was never sure/Was it the liquor/Or was it my soul?" Doherty asks. His irreverent edge takes away any softer sentiments.

That style carries over to the yowling "Horror Show" and and sizzling "Boys in the Band," and drapes itself over the entire album like a worn leather jacket. There are a handful of lower-key guitar rockers, like the simmering "Begging" and the smooth "Tell the King," as well as the strummy and slightly surreal "Radio America."

The Libertines have only made two albums, but their kinetic sound has made them a musical presence on both sides of the pond. What's more, it's just fun to listen to -- their music has the rare quality of being genuinely catchy, energetic, rough and well-written. It's difficult enough to find one of those qualities, so finding one with all of the above is a rarity.

Pete Doherty, now out of the band, does pretty good service as a frontman. His vocals are strong if a bit slurred; he can raise his voice to a scream, or lower it to a seductive little chant. But surprisingly, the more you listen to this, the more it becomes obvious that the other Libertines are just as important to their sound.

Doherty and Carl Barat do exceptional double-duty as guitarists, all punk riffs and deliberately sloppy edges. And it's all wrapped around strong, lyrics about drinking, groupies and being bad-boy rockers is some good music. If Doherty doesn't shoot himself up into the grave, he will undoubtedly be regarded as a masterful rock writer.

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