Why are people so down on the second Libertines album?

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Metaphors aside, their a reasonably good band doing nothing of note in a not-very-interesting genre. With a couple of near-great singles, maybe.

And there we have it.

Craig, are you going to defend Babyshambles too?

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Monday, 5 December 2005 11:03 (eighteen years ago) link

OK, fair enough. Don't read the Enemy and don't usually have any enthusiasm for those it hypes. It's the Libs sound that I love, a messy, rowdy punk revival with a deeply melodic undertow. Who but Doherty writes pop songs with augmented chords? Who else writes such quotable lyrics, morrisey and jarvis aside? Who else actually sounds like they mean it, maan?

― Dr X O'Skeleton, Monday, 5 December 2005 11:10 (eighteen years ago) link

I thought Pete had lost it with the Babyshambles singles, but was proved wrong when I heard the album - they just make more sense in that format. There'll probably never be another band like the Libertines, but I'll happily defend Babyshambles.

― Dr X O'Skeleton, Monday, 5 December 2005 11:13 (eighteen years ago) link

Down on the album? It seemed to get a pretty easy ride as I recall.

As for people critical of the record, I always thought it was because of the weak songwriting and half-finished feel of the album. A lot of strumming and mumbling. They seem to have left the hooks and the passion back on Up the Bracket.

― Swamp Thing (Swamp Thing), Monday, 5 December 2005 15:10 (eighteen years ago) link

Metaphors aside, their a reasonably good band doing nothing of note in a not-very-interesting genre. With a couple of near-great singles, maybe. It's this gap between my perception and the florid but unspecific praise - "the last great British band"? please - that generates the hatred.

-- Amity Wong

1000% OTM

― fandango (fandango), Monday, 5 December 2005 15:19 (eighteen years ago) link

thirteen years pass...

Trapped in a pub where this utter shite is being played.

― Freddie Starr (Hitler in shorts) (Tom D.), Monday, 22 April 2019 18:02 (five years ago) link

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