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Near Mint Original U.S. 1st PressingRough Trade Records: 83213-1
Format: 12" LP, Black Vinyl
Includes: NM Custom Photos/Lyrics Inner Sleeves
Cover Condition: NM, No ring wear, splits, creases, holes, or saw-cuts. Near perfect collectible condition. Always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve.
Vinyl Condition: NM! Beautiful copy, plays flawlessly! Labels are NM!
Release Info: Up the Bracket is the debut album by British indie rock band The Libertines, released in October 2002. It reached #35 in the UK Albums chart.
The album was the start of a revival for the British rock scene. 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.
The title "Up the Bracket" alludes to the phrase used by British comedian Tony Hancock in Hancock's Half Hour, 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". Pete Doherty is known to be a life-long fan of Hancock and a member of the Tony Hancock Appreciation Society, as well as featuring on a BBC documentary about him. The line "up the bracket" is also a slang term for snorting cocaine.
Online music magazine Pitchfork Media placed Up the Bracket at number 138 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s, and 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 2nd Greatest Album of the decade 2000-09.
Track listing
All songs were 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
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