The Libertines

Barely a 3. Would listen again. Girls thought it was a 2.

Pretty alright stuff.

Ein musikalisch kurzweiliges Album voller britischem Indie-Chaos und Charme. Mit witzigen Texten und roher Energie erzählen Pete Doherty und Carl Barât von Freundschaft, Streit und Sehnsucht. Unperfekt, aber genau deshalb so fesselnd.

I really enjoyed some of the sounds, riffs, and tracks on this album. However, I found most of the sound relatively flat and the album as a whole uninteresting. 3/5

good album

Didn't care then. Don't care now.

This is punk-adjacent indie rock, and they sound very nostalgic for The Clash at times. But there is a splash of new wave here too, and some more mainstream brit-rock creeping in (also some errant horns and harmonica!). The vocals are...bad? I'm sure they work when mixed down on stage, but it's hard to hide in the studio. All in all, this is kind of a choppy experience and you never know what the next track will give you. Some tracks, like "Music When The Lights Go Out" can't seem to pick a tempo to last 3 minutes and vacillate back and forth between frenetic and meandering. If Carl & Pete's relationship was the same way, it's no wonder they broke up.

Part of my thinks I would have enjoyed this if I heard it in 2006, but I don't think it would have made it into my CD rotation for the same reasons it won't today. But I probably would have seen them live.

“Can’t Stand Me Now” - The big hit, based on the Spotify streams. A solid, slightly new wave, opening track with a surprise harmonica appearance in the outro.

"Don't Be Shy" - Nobody should write songs with high notes that they can't hit. Especially in the chorus.

"What Katie Did" - even on this rollercoaster, I didn't expect a 'shoo wop' song.

Oh man, I really did not enjoy this.

The fuck is this

Specifičan slučaj gdje mi se nijedna pjesma ne sviđa spektakularno, a nijedna mi se ne ne sviđa? Odličan album sveukupno, pogotovo za ljude koji više vole ovakvu muziku.

There is a ramshackle, off kilter charm to the Libertines, whether they are delivering an adrenaline fuelled anthem or a more nostalgic, sweet song. I love the harmonies, I think both Karl and Pete have very interesting voices that sound unique together. It’s rare to have two vocalists share equal billing.

I do wonder why they received such an extreme backlash from beard stroking music fans at the time. The fact that they were unlikeable tabloid fodder can’t have helped, with their celebrity getting in the way of their music. Listening back, this is a very well turned out record, lots of fun, with plenty of exciting detail that pops (brilliant little asides) and huge, amped up melodies. They know how to write a song! Perhaps I should take the fact that the kids were loving it and grown ups were groaning as proof that they were doing something interesting and different.

If I was to find one flaw in this beautiful collection of songs it would be the sequencing of the back half of the record. The album keeps feeling like it’s about to end with too many tracks feeling very “final.”

Nothing special. It's not bad, but very much the perfect example of an absolutely ho-hum album.

They have matching 'libertine' tattoos they really do love each other ❤️❤️

There are so many hip 90s British "man" bands that I deftly swerved during this time. A lot of people, including my brother, really rate them but I didnt really care. Listening to their album for the first time I would amend my opinion to say that the songs are catchy and nice to listen, but there is nothing new under the sun here. I cannot go higher than 3 stars for this o ne.

Bargain bin indie by a band who can't play. All most people remember of The Libertines was Pete Doherty sucking all the air out with his various drug addiction issue headlines. "Can't Stand Me Now" and "Don't Look Back Into The Sun" remain on regular rotation to this day though.

Whilst never a particularly big fan (always too popular with the "oy oy, nawty ladz" crowd for my liking) it does make me nostalgic and wistful for a time when the UK wasn't totally shit. Bonus point for that.

I have a vague memory of them being so hyped when they came out, but I never got into them. Smart decision.

Pretty meh. The vocals were the toughest part, but the rough around the edges garage esthetic is also not for me. 2/5

Outside of a few songs, it's really not that notable. So much generic sounding, soft filler. I was never really into the Libertines at the time, but looking back I can confirm I really didn't miss out on much by avoiding the albums. There's precisely zero oomph to this. It seems to be going for a punk energy, so why does it sound so flat? The guitars are jangly but otherwise completely unremarkable. The vocals are really weak. Maybe it's the recording letting it down? I can't believe this is 42 minutes, I could have sworn it was well over an hour. Really boring.

Fine