Up the Bracket

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Up the Bracket is the debut studio album by British indie rock band The Libertines. The album, released on 14 October 2002 by Rough Trade Records, was produced by Mick Jones (guitarist of The Clash), and was recorded at RAK Studios in London, England.

Peaking at No. 35 on the UK Albums Chart, the album has continued to receive critical acclaim, becoming integral to the development of the British post-punk revival movement of the early 2000s. It's also considered by some to be one of the greatest albums of the decade.[1]

The album's cover art is based on an image of riot police squaring up to protesters during the Argentine economic crisis of 1998-2002.[2]

Background and release

Up The Bracket was released on 14 October 2002, peaking at No. 35 on the UK Albums Chart. The album was reissued on 8 September 2003 with bonus track "What a Waster", and a DVD featuring the promotional videos for the singles "Up the Bracket", "Time for Heroes" and "I Get Along".

In 2022 the album was reissued as 20th anniversary editions and box set that featured Live at the 100 Club disc, a disc of studio outtakes, a disc of demos/radio sessions/b-sides/live tracks, a cassette of early demos and DVD with music videos and live performances.[3]

Title

The title Up the Bracket alludes to a phrase used by English comedian Tony Hancock, of whom the Libertines' Pete Doherty is an avid fan. In Hancock's Half Hour, "Up The Bracket" is a slang term meaning a punch in the throat.[4] 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".[5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[7]
BlenderStarStarStarStarStar[8]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[9]
The GuardianStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[10]
NME8/10[11]
Pitchfork8.5/10[12]
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Rolling StoneStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[14]
SpinA[15]
The Village VoiceA[16]

Upon release, Up the Bracket received generally favourable reviews. The online music publication Pitchfork ranked Up the Bracket at No. 138 on its list of the "Top 200 Albums of the 2000s",[1] and was ranked at No. 44 on a similar list by Uncut. British music website NME ranked the album at No. 10 on its list of "The Greatest British Albums Ever",[17] No. 70 on its "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list, as well as ranking it as the second greatest album of the decade.[18] Rolling Stone ranked Up the Bracket at No. 61 and No. 94 on its lists of "The 100 Greatest Debut Albums of All Time" and "The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2000s" respectively.

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.[19]

Track listing

All songs written by Pete Doherty and Carl Barât.

  1. "Vertigo" – 2:37
  2. "Death on the Stairs" – 3:24
  3. "Horror Show" – 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
Bonus tracks

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  • "What a Waster" is listed as track 13 on US, Canadian, Spanish, Japanese and UK reissue editions

Charts

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Chart (2002–03) Peak
position

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[20] Platinum 300,000 

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200–151". Pitchfork. 28 September 2009. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."11 years on: 11 facts about The Libertines' debut, Up The Bracket". Gigwise.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Libertines - Up the Bracket (20th Anniversary Edition)". roughtraderecords.com. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Davies, Hugh (21 December 2005). "Stone me! Tony Hancock is Pete Doherty's hero". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Barât, Carl (13 February 2013). "lead pipes, fortune made is from Hancock's half-hour, the poetry society episode ..." Twitter. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Reviews for Up The Bracket by The Libertines". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Phares, Heather. "Up the Bracket – The Libertines". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pemberton, Andy (April 2003). "The Libertines: Up the Bracket". Blender (15): 124. Archived from the original on 3 February 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Brunner, Rob (29 November 2002). "What's Rocking Our World". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Simpson, Dave (18 October 2002). "The Libertines: Up the Bracket". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Needham, Alex (19 October 2002). "The Libertines: Up the Bracket". NME.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Carr, Eric (5 January 2003). "The Libertines: Up the Bracket". Pitchfork. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Grundy, Gareth (December 2002). "The Libertines: Up the Bracket". Q (197): 103.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Christgau, Robert (11 March 2003). "The Libertines: Up The Bracket". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Klosterman, Chuck (May 2003). "The Libertines: Up the Bracket". Spin. 19 (5): 109. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Christgau, Robert (1 April 2003). "Consumer Guide: As Long As I Still Can". The Village Voice. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."NME's best British album of all time revealed". NME. Archived from the original on 6 February 2006. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."NME's The Top 100 Greatest Albums of The Decade". NME. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."BBC – Radio 1 – Zane Lowe – Masterpieces – The Libertines – 'Up The Bracket'". bbc.co.uk.
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