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Up The Bracket
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This debut disc from the hyped London garage band (deemed the UK's version of The Strokes by British music mags) was produced by The Clash's Mick Jones.
| LABEL: | Sanctuary / Rough Trade |
| RELEASE DATE: | 18 March 2003 |
| DISCS: | 1 disc |
| GENRE(S): | Indie, Rock |
NOTES: Original UK release 21 October 2002 on Rough Trade.
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The average user rating for this album is 8.8 (out of 10) based on 45 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
cristian b gave it a10:
I usually like cut my wrist bands but this is not one and I loove it!
Duncan B gave it an8:
I think it is a shame that the slavish devotion of Libertines fans stopped me from enjoying this album at the time of its release as it really is fun and a breath of fresh air. Though a fine album the musicianship is average and it is only the charisma of the two frontmen and their lyrical skill that lifts this album. The Libertines like the Arctic Monkeys are blighted by obsessive fans whose inability to view the band objectively harms the public perception of them, slavish devotion will only lead to the artist growing complacent as shown by the inferior second album. Most of the L:ibertines die hards I know are like the character in Pulps "common people": Upper Middle Class drama students slumming it whilst they are at university but with the emergency get out of Papa if things get to grim.
Elliot M gave it a9:
Aside from a couple of weak links (which only pale in comparison to the greatness of the rest of the album), this is raw, invigorating and wholly British in all of it's thirty minutes plus. Messy and refined all at once.
Niall B gave it a10:
4 years after it was released and i still listen to this masterpiece everyday. it is quite simply the greatest album ever made. Every song is a classic. They are an amazng band who have totally changed my life and inspired me to pick up a guitar. up the albion!
maxwell w gave it a10:
The following fuckwit medias can FUCK off: uncut (who gives a fuck what you think you cunts) the onion a.v club or whatever (who the fuck are you?). oh and Q magazine. what cd were you listening to when you reviewed up the bracket?? i think this is a case of 'look at us we're controversial and give the best music the worst marks'. dick heads, perhaps you should review it again and remember to listen to it this time, rather than talk about U2 and the foo fighters.
jack r gave it a10:
amzing carefree lyrics stunnig guitar work and a tight ryhtem section a masterpiece.
Anon gave it a10:
One of the best albums ever recorded. There is not even one average track on the whole cd - everything is great!
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