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Released
  
October 14, 2002

Up the Bracket (2002)
  
The Libertines (2004)

Release date
  
14 October 2002

Label
  
Rough Trade Records

Length
  
36:33

Artist
  
The Libertines

Producer
  
Mick Jones

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Recorded
  
August 2002, RAK, London

Genres
  
Rock music, Indie rock, Punk rock, Garage rock, Post-punk revival

Similar
  
The Libertines albums, Indie rock albums

The libertines vertigo


Up the Bracket is the debut album by English indie rock band The Libertines, released in October 2002. It reached #35 in the UK Albums Chart. The album was part of a resurgence for the British indie/alternative scene and received widespread praise from critics and has quickly become considered one of the greatest albums of the 2000s.

Contents

The album's cover is based on an image of rioting during the Argentine economic crisis of 1999–2002.

Vertigo the libertines lyrics


Title

The title Up the Bracket alludes to a phrase used by English comedian Tony Hancock, of whom the Libertines' Pete Doherty is an avid fan. In Hancock's Half Hour, "Up The Bracket" is a slang term meaning a punch in the throat. Hancock is also referenced in the opening track, "Vertigo" – "lead pipes, your fortune's made", being a line from the Half Hour episode "The Poetry Society".

Release

The album was re-released on 8 September 2003 with an additional track, "What a Waster" and DVD featuring the promotional videos for the singles: "Up the Bracket", "Time for Heroes" and "I Get Along".

Reception

Upon release, Up the Bracket received universal acclaim and praise. Online music magazine Pitchfork Media placed Up the Bracket at number 138 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s, and it was placed 44 on a similar list by Uncut. NME placed the album tenth in a list of the greatest British albums ever, as well as calling it the second greatest album of the decade. NME also placed the album number 70 on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Rolling Stone placed the album number 61 on its list of the 100 Greatest Debut Albums of All Time and number 94 on its list of the 100 Greatest Albums of the 2000s.

In April 2008, BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe chose the album as one of his Masterpieces, playing the album in full with interviews from the band members, fans and fellow musicians who were influenced by the album.

Track listing

All songs written by Pete Doherty and Carl Barât.

  1. "Vertigo" – 2:37
  2. "Death on the Stairs" – 3:24
  3. "Horrorshow" – 2:34
  4. "Time for Heroes" – 2:40
  5. "Boys in the Band" – 3:42
  6. "Radio America" – 3:44
  7. "Up the Bracket" – 2:40
  8. "Tell the King" – 3:22
  9. "The Boy Looked at Johnny" – 2:38
  10. "Begging" – 3:20
  11. "The Good Old Days" – 2:59
  12. "I Get Along" – 2:51
Bonus tracks
  • "What a Waster" is listed as track 113 on US, Canadian, Spanish, Japanese and UK reissue editions

    • Songs

    1Vertigo2:38
    2Death on the Stairs3:24
    3Horrorshow2:34

    References

    Up the Bracket Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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