Babyshambles - Down in Albion

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Well it leaked. I'm listening to it now it's it's pretty good so far.

― Voodoo Child, Friday, 21 October 2005 16:57 (twenty years ago)

Turns out a close friend of mine is a close friend of Pete Doherty's, which is rather trippy. I've heard a few songs now and it's better than the Libertines at least.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 21 October 2005 17:00 (twenty years ago)

Can I be a close friend of your close friend too?

― Voodoo Child, Friday, 21 October 2005 17:01 (twenty years ago)

"Heard" does not necessarily mean "possess."

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 21 October 2005 17:02 (twenty years ago)

could a close friend please YSI this to me?

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Friday, 21 October 2005 17:10 (twenty years ago)

>> In it for the crack

― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Friday, 21 October 2005 17:12 (twenty years ago)

the whole album? because last time i shared a whole album everyone was against it.

― Voodoo Child, Friday, 21 October 2005 17:12 (twenty years ago)

Babyshambles manager: not a catch

Why does Pete Doherty get so much press? If
you want to see a REAL out-of-control drug pig
idiot, then you should be checking out Pete's
old manager James Mullord.

James is currently hiding in Prague, now that
the news has leaked out that it was him
who sold out kate moss to the tabloids.

Now other rumours are flying around. Which do
you think are true?

1. Enjoys underage groupies.
2. Beat up an ex-girlfriend on the band's tour
bus, causing the drummer to quit.
3. Threatened the ex-drummer (from a wealthy
family) unless she gave him money for drugs.
4. Smuggled drugs to Pete Doherty when he
was in rehab.
5. Left label, 1234 records, and partner Sean
McLuskey, in a parlous state thanks to his
expensive habits.

(From Popbitch, not sure why it didn't all copy before.)

― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Friday, 21 October 2005 17:14 (twenty years ago)

Bittorrent: http://www.mininova.org/tor/134445

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Friday, 21 October 2005 17:25 (twenty years ago)

ned: have you heard the libertines first album?

― Lovelace (Lovelace), Friday, 21 October 2005 17:27 (twenty years ago)

God help me, yes. I really really *really* dislike the Libertines. Thus my surprise to hear Babyshambles songs that I could actually like.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 21 October 2005 17:28 (twenty years ago)

okay, just making sure you werent comparing the libertines second album with babyshambles cause the second album is SHIT. just like the majority of down in albion.

― Lovelace (Lovelace), Friday, 21 October 2005 17:31 (twenty years ago)

I may be being overly paranoid here but my moderator alarm bells are ringing slightly at the hugely google-able post by Raw Patrick sitting right next to a "GET THIS ALBUM 4 FREE ILLEGAL DOODZ" link. (Update I have appeased them by de-indexing it)

― Tom (Groke), Friday, 21 October 2005 17:32 (twenty years ago)

"Up the Bracket" could never be topped. It was just a great album atthe right time (when the Strokes weren't releasing anything") and it's just a good album to smoke my crack to.

― Voodoo Child, Friday, 21 October 2005 17:34 (twenty years ago)

i cant bitorrent this. im at work, so YSI will have to do.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Friday, 21 October 2005 17:34 (twenty years ago)

Here's "The 32 of December" for now.

http://s63.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=113XBSX6IMDG40G32OHVP0WSLG

― Voodoo Child, Friday, 21 October 2005 17:38 (twenty years ago)

is it (the album) a rock opera? I read that somewhere. I'm sort of hoping it's true.

― zebedee (zebedee), Friday, 21 October 2005 17:40 (twenty years ago)

I dunno. I'll listen to it carefully later and make sure.

― Voodoo Child, Friday, 21 October 2005 17:41 (twenty years ago)

this sounds like it's not done being mixed. is it the final album?

― richard wood johnson, Friday, 21 October 2005 17:49 (twenty years ago)

from what I heard, it is. It's suppose to come out in Nov. I think so I'm pretty sure it's mixed.

― Voodoo Child, Friday, 21 October 2005 17:52 (twenty years ago)

Sorry Tom.

Also, does it matter if it's unmixed or not? Either way, it's bound to be fucking shit.

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Friday, 21 October 2005 17:58 (twenty years ago)

ummmm...i don't know too much about this. i though "up the bracket" was ok, and the 2nd album was a piece of garbage. and from what i've heard of this babyshambles album, it sounds pretty much exactly like the 2nd lib's albums.

also, is anyone else tires of seeing this stupid picture on nme.com?
http://www.nme.com/images/05921_173254_babyshambles210905.jpg

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Friday, 21 October 2005 18:45 (twenty years ago)

that should sat tired up there, not tires.

i just got to "pipedown". that song was ok.

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Friday, 21 October 2005 18:52 (twenty years ago)

I just listened to the whole album. Pretty damn good.

― Voodoo Child, Saturday, 22 October 2005 04:13 (twenty years ago)

I fu['m fucking glafd somebody has realised how fucking gtreat I am thsi is great Kate said i was great when we were blowing coke las night? what is last nighjt? wasn;t i okasying at a 145 year old girkls house? i font know dont leae me kate i need coke i m hteay i;m s ahenoius and so etter than Varsjk

― pete doherty, Saturday, 22 October 2005 08:52 (twenty years ago)

If you want to head to a 3rd party (who uses savefile, track by track)

http://callmemickey.blogspot.com/2005/10/mp3alert-new-babyshambles-album.html

― paulhw (paulhw), Saturday, 22 October 2005 14:06 (twenty years ago)

When is it coming out in THE SHOPS?

― feminazi (feminazi), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 16:11 (twenty years ago)

November 14.

'Albion' is out as a single on November 28.

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 16:35 (twenty years ago)

Thanks James Mitchell.

― feminazi (feminazi), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 16:46 (twenty years ago)

I got a leaked copy of this about a week ago... I still don't understand why people are nuts for Libertines and Babyshambles. It's OK, I guess, but why is this so different from the million other power pop acts?

― js (honestengine), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 17:11 (twenty years ago)

Talent, man.

― feminazi (feminazi), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 18:06 (twenty years ago)

24/7 hitting the pipe requires talent indeed

― taxah, Tuesday, 25 October 2005 21:06 (twenty years ago)

the promise of having liked a sweaty martyr OD casualty before the date of death

― gear (gear), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 21:10 (twenty years ago)

i like this album a lot, surprisingly

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 21:31 (twenty years ago)

i also, surprisingly , like this album a lot.

Does anyone else surprisingly , like this album a lot? or not?

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 10:28 (twenty years ago)

i haven't heard it, but NO NO NO AND FOUR TIMES NO I DO NOT LIKE THIS.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 10:33 (twenty years ago)

Zane Lowe has played a track off it a couple of times. It's kind of nowt-nor-summat.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 10:36 (twenty years ago)

"Killimangiro" is fucking brilliant

― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Friday, 11 November 2005 18:09 (twenty years ago)

The album version is OK. The single version is one of my favorite songs from recent years full-stop.

I like the album OK, but I can't shake the feeling that all its pleasures were effectively distilled into that recent single Doherty put out with Littl'Ans.

― James.Cobo (jamescobo), Saturday, 12 November 2005 00:09 (twenty years ago)

its a good record

― noizem duke (noize duke), Saturday, 12 November 2005 00:10 (twenty years ago)

also, is anyone else tires of seeing this stupid picture on nme.com?

-- Christopher Costello

Yes, but being heterosexual, male and over the age of 14 I suspect it's not really there for my benefit.

Anyway.. a "pretty decent" album, whoopie do the hype is finally justified eh?

(burps, yawns, closes page)

― Worst song, played on ugliest guitar (fandango), Saturday, 12 November 2005 00:15 (twenty years ago)

It's a wonderful messy beast. Great album.

― paulhw (paulhw), Saturday, 12 November 2005 22:01 (twenty years ago)

I'm actually kind of interested in hearing this....never a big Libetines fan, the popmatters review made me want to buy this...

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Saturday, 12 November 2005 22:14 (twenty years ago)

thirteen years pass...

Christ, what a massive heap of fucking dogshit this album is.

― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Thursday, 23 May 2019 22:08 (seven years ago)

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