A great listen for any Doherty fan. But if it's The Libertines your looking for this may not be for you. Whilst theres no doubt that Pete Doherty is one of the great musical talents of this generation at times whilst listening to the album theres a feeling that somethings missing, in the form of Doherty's former Libertine partner Carl Barat.
The album at times sounds unfinished and rough, but this is part of the charm in the same sort of way 'Up The Bracket' was. One critisism of the album is that there are too many tracks, some of which could have been scrapped to form a much more complete album. Tracks such as 'Merry go Round' and 'Back from the Dead' off nothing, in comparison to the already hit anthems of 'F*** Forever' and 'Killimangiro'
Overall 'Down In Albion' will never be a true classic but deffinatly worth a listen, even if you just borrow it off a friend but I would deffinatly recommend you purchase this CD as it would be a good addition to your collection.
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Advantages: Lyrically sublime with raw anthems, filled with emotion and charisma Disadvantages: The band aren't quite as strong musically as the Libertines were
Advantages: impressive work with lyircs and melody, interesting artwork with the album Disadvantages: some people may find some of the lyrics offensive
May 29th, 2007
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