ALBUMAll Quiet On The Eastern EsplanadeThe Libertines
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ALBUMAll Quiet On The Eastern EsplanadeThe Libertines
ALBUMAnthems for Doomed Youth (Deluxe Edition)The Libertines
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ALBUMUp the Bracket (2022 Remaster)The Libertines
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Up the Bracket
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Time for Heroes
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Can't Stand Me Now
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Don’t Look Back Into the Sun
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I Get Along
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Gunga Din
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Heart of the Matter
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What Became of the Likely Lads
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You're My Waterloo
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Artist Biography
Powered by dual frontmen Pete Doherty and Carl Barât, The Libertines took the 2000s UK garage rock revival to the top of the charts.
∙ Mick Jones of The Clash produced their Platinum-certified debut, 2002’s Up the Bracket, which made Pitchfork’s list of the Top 200 Albums of the 2000s.
∙ Their 2003 single “Don’t Look Back Into the Sun” peaked just shy of the Top 10 on the UK Singles chart, earning them Best Band honors at the NME Awards.
∙ The singer-songwriter Wolfman recruited Doherty to perform on his 2004 single “For Lovers,” which was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award.
∙ Named one of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time by NME, 2004’s chart-topping The Libertines predicted the band’s breakup in such tracks as the smash “Can’t Stand Me Now.”
∙ Doherty’s side-project Babyshambles released several Top 10 singles, including 2005’s “Albion,” whose title—a mythical reference to England—is a running theme in his music.
∙ In addition to performing in several other bands, Barât is an actor who has appeared on TV, in film, and, in 2012, on the stage, playing Roman emperor Nero in the rock opera Pop’pea.