Up the Bracket (20th Anniversary Edition) [CD]

Up The Bracket arrived like a raging bull in a tired post-Britpop china shop and introduced the world to The Libertines, a new gang of London bohemians, whose ragged tunes, red military tunics, opiated poetry and ‘live now pay never’ lifestyle came to define the millennial angst of the early noughties. At the heart of the band is the blood bond bromance between the ramshackle Music Hall Jagger/Richards, Peter Doherty and Carl Barat, ably assisted by the rock solid rhythm twins John Hassall and Gary Powell. Any bookie worth his salt would have given you short odds on this quartet surviving more than a month or two, given the teetering on the brink lifestyle they chose to lead, but here we are two decades later and our Byronic heroes, though older and wiser, are still fighting the good fight and making music every bit as vital as their debut. The belief, talent and fervour that Doherty spoke of in their earliest manifesto has stood them in good stead. Up The Bracket, justly considered one of the greatest albums of the noughties, was originally released on October 21st 2002 by Rough Trade Records. The album, a heady stew of indie rock, skiffle, blues, dub and English bucolic pop, was a huge shot in the arm to a largely redundant music scene and helped to inspire the rebirth of guitar music, going on to influence countless artists who followed in its wake. Up The Bracket, which was produced by Mick Jones of The Clash, takes you on a wondrously poetic journey into the band’s mythical world and their fevered dreams of Albion, a land of squalid glamour, liberty, equality, fraternity, gin palaces and chip shops. Index Vol Side Track Artist Title 1 1 1 1 The Libertines Vertigo 2 1 1 2 The Libertines Death on the Stairs 3 1 1 3 The Libertines Horror Show 4 1 1 4 The Libertines Time for Heroes 5 1 1 5 The Libertines Boys in the Band 6 1 1 6 The Libertines Radio America 7 1 1 7 The Libertines Up the Bracket 8 1 1 8 The Libertines Tell the King 9 1 1 9 The Libertines The Boy Looked at Johnny 10 1 10 The Libertines Begging 11 1 1 11 The Libertines The Good Old Days 12 1 1 12 The Libertines I Get Along 13 2 1 1 The Libertines Horrorshow 14 2 1 2 The Libertines Vertigo 15 2 1 3 The Libertines The Delaney 16 2 1 4 The Libertines What a Waster 17 2 1 5 The Libertines Begging 18 2 1 6 The Libertines Time for Heroes 19 2 1 7 The Libertines Death on the Stairs 20 2 1 8 The Libertines Boys in the Band 21 2 1 9 The Libertines I Get Along

• Format Detail: 2CD Widespine Sleeve w/ 2x printed wallets to hold the CDs
• Format: CD
• Genre: Indie & Alternative