LIBERTINES - UP THE BRACKET Vinyl LP

Up the Bracketarrived 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 fervor that Doherty spoke of in their earliest manifesto has stood them in good stead.

Tracks:

LP1 -Up the Bracket- Remastered 2022

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. The Boy Looked at Johnny
10. Begging
11. The Good Old Days
12. I Get Along

LP2 -100 Club Live 4/10/02

1. Horrorshow
2. Vertigo
3. The Delaney
4. What a Waster
5. Begging
6. Time for Heroes
7. Death on the Stairs
8. Boys in the Band
9. I Get Along

Label: Rough Trade Us