Beggars Group Canada is proud to announce the domestic release of 'Time For Heroes - The Best Of The Libertines', on UK import CD, November 13th via Rough Trade Records. Best of compilation spanning the two albums and singles is a timely reminder of the unique talent of Albion's favourite sons Pete Doherty, Carl Barât , John Hassall and Gary Powell. The collection includes the classic singles; 'Can't Stand Me Now' (UK No. 2 single), 'Time For Heroes', fan picks; 'What A Waster', 'Boys In The Band' and live favourites / b-sides 'The Delaney' and 'May Day'. Also included are, 'What AWaster' The Libertines' debut single, the in-between albums single, 'Don't Look Back Into The Sun', plus accompanying b-sides 'Mayday', and a re-recorded 'Death On The Stairs' respectively, not previously featured on any album, and produced by Bernard Butler. Press features and reviews are set to appear in Mojo, Q, Uncut, GQ, along with numerous Canadian publications. Further press will be generated with the release Time For Heroes in the US in early Dec. Rough Trade's Geoff Travis and Jeanette Lee; "The Libertines were the best and most influential band of the last decade, please forget the hype and just listen to the music."
Produced by ex-Clash founder, Mick Jones, the debut album from The Libertines - Up The Bracket - is now available domestically through Rough Trade / Beggars Group Canada. The album’s release and it’s subsequent success (hitting #35 on the UK Charts) was the start of a revival for the British rock scene, with many bands including Razorlight, The Paddingtons, Arctic Monkeys, The View, The Kooks drawing influence from the album. The album went on to spawn 3 top 40 UK singles and earned the band support slots with The Sex Pistols and Morrisey, en route to a Best New Band nod at the NME Awards in 2002.
The eponoymous second album from The Libertines instantly shot to the #1 spot on the UK charts upon release Aug. 21st, 2004, easily surpassing the debut in terms of energy and creativity. As with Up The Bracket, The Libertines was produced by former Clash frontman, Mick Jones, who brilliantly captures Pete Doherty and Carl Barat as they trade melodic slurring and mumbled choruses while propulsive guitar grooves take left turns and threaten to careen out of control. Tough and heart-rending, tracks like "Can't Stand Me Now" and "What Became of the Likely Lads" reach out to the drunken lout inside us all. "For Lovers", a song written by his friend (and fellow drug user) Peter "Wolfman" Wolfe, reached #7 in the charts, eclipsing The Libertines' best single performance to that date.
Available now. The Libertines will release their highly-anticipated and long-awaited third album, Anthems For Doomed Youth, on September 4, 2015, via Harvest Records. Annie Mac at BBC Radio 1 exclusively premiered the record’s first single, "Gunga Din". Anthems For Doomed Youth was produced by Jake Gosling and recorded at Karma Sound Studios, Thailand, over 6 weeks during April and May 2015. It is The Libertines’ first album in eleven years.
October 21 street date. "Up The Bracket" arrived like a raging bull in a tired post-Britpop china shop and introduced the world to The Libertines, a new gang of London bohemians whose ragged tunes, red military tunics, opiated poetry and "live now pay never" lifestyle came to define the millennial angst of the early noughties. At the heart of the band is the blood bond bromance between Peter Doherty and Carl Barat, ably assisted by the rock solid rhythm twins John Hassall and Gary Powell. The Mick Jones (The Clash) produced album, a heady stew of indie rock, skiffle, blues, dub and English bucolic pop, was a huge shot in the arm to a largely redundant music scene and helped to inspire the rebirth of guitar music, going on to influence countless artists who followed in its wake. To celebrate the release of their astonishing debut album, The Libertines present the remastered 20th anniversary edition, including the "Up The Bracket" LP, along with a 9-track live at The 100 Club disc.
October 21 street date. "Up The Bracket" arrived like a raging bull in a tired post-Britpop china shop and introduced the world to The Libertines, a new gang of London bohemians whose ragged tunes, red military tunics, opiated poetry and "live now pay never" lifestyle came to define the millennial angst of the early noughties. At the heart of the band is the blood bond bromance between Peter Doherty and Carl Barat, ably assisted by the rock solid rhythm twins John Hassall and Gary Powell. The Mick Jones (The Clash) produced album, a heady stew of indie rock, skiffle, blues, dub and English bucolic pop, was a huge shot in the arm to a largely redundant music scene and helped to inspire the rebirth of guitar music, going on to influence countless artists who followed in its wake. To celebrate the release of their astonishing debut album, The Libertines present the remastered 20th anniversary edition, including the "Up The Bracket" LP, along with a 9-track live at The 100 Club disc.
October 21 street date. "Up The Bracket" arrived like a raging bull in a tired post-Britpop china shop and introduced the world to The Libertines, a new gang of London bohemians whose ragged tunes, red military tunics, opiated poetry and "live now pay never" lifestyle came to define the millennial angst of the early noughties. At the heart of the band is the blood bond bromance between Peter Doherty and Carl Barat, ably assisted by the rock solid rhythm twins John Hassall and Gary Powell. The Mick Jones (The Clash) produced album, a heady stew of indie rock, skiffle, blues, dub and English bucolic pop, was a huge shot in the arm to a largely redundant music scene and helped to inspire the rebirth of guitar music, going on to influence countless artists who followed in its wake. To celebrate the release of their astonishing debut album, The Libertines present the remastered 20th anniversary edition, including the "Up The Bracket" LP, along with a 9-track live at The 100 Club disc.
October 21 street date. To celebrate the release of their astonishing debut album, The Libertines present the remastered 20th anniversary Super Deluxe Box Set edition. Expanding on, and charting the making of "Up The Bracket", the box includes a 60 page book of interviews, unseen photos, memorabilia, a DVD, a cassette, and a remarkable 65 previously unreleased recordings in the form of original demos, radio sessions, and live recordings (including the infamous 2002 100 Club performance).
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