Band: Libertines
Label: Rough Trade
Release: 2002

1. “Vertigo” – A-
2. “Death on the Stairs” – A
3. “Horrorshow” – A-
4. “Time For Heroes” – A+
5. “Boys in the Band” – A+
6. “Radio America” – A-
7. “Up the Bracket” – A+
8. “Tell the King” – A+
9. “The Boy Looked At Johnny” – A+
10. “Begging” – A-
11. “The Good Old Days” – A+
12. “I Get Along” – A+

Comments: A much more polished album than The Libertines, this is , too, a more straight forward, cut-the-shit kind of release. Like the harmonies in “Boys in the Band” are priceless (unless you actually bought this album). I enjoy the bloody humor in a song like “The Boy,” you know what I mean? By the way, “The Good Old Days” is slowing developing into one of my favorite Libertines tunes.

Grade: A (94)