The Libertines (Vinyl LP) Reggae & Ska

The Libertines (Vinyl LP) Reggae & SkaThe second album from The Libertines is a heartbreaking and thrilling release. It's a miracle it ever happened, because of Pete's drug problems, prison sentence, exclusion from the band and rehab. Not since The Kinks and The Clash have their been a band that sung so vividly about life in London. The album was produced again by Mick Jones but this time with the help of Bill Price. The sound and lyrics brim with character, energy and tragedy. It's

but there is truly no compulsion to light either

Her unfailingly confident flow accentuates her roots in Brooklyn (her parents are from Trinidad and Jamaica)

deluxe vinyl box set featuring all seven albums

From the heartfelt

but it draws on the same techniques we've used on our previous albums'

It was often ubiquitously described as Bubblegum - usually stripped-down and lo-fi with a predominance of synths

that never leave his DJ box

and Rotten's furious ranting sparked a musical revolution

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with an emphasis on the pensive and the paranoid in turns

over 4 days last summer and mixed at Urchin Studios (East London)

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