Up the Bracket

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Up the Bracket
Studio album by The Libertines
Released	October 14, 2002
Recorded	Summer 2002
Genre	Post Punk Revival, Indie rock
Length	39:28 (sans track 14)
Label	Rough Trade
Producer(s)	Mick Jones
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The Libertines chronology
	Up The Bracket (2002)	The Libertines (2004)

Up the Bracket is the debut album from The Libertines, released on the 14th of October, 2002, reaching #35 in the UK Albums chart.

The album was re-released on the 8th of September, 2003 with an additional track, "What a Waster" and DVD featuring the promotional videos for the singles: "Up the Bracket", "Time for Heroes" and "I Get Along".

[edit] Name

There are several explanations for the debut album's name. "Up the Bracket" is a slang term for snorting cocaine. [1] The name may also allude to the phrase used by British comedian Tony Hancock in Hancock's Half Hour, a slang term meaning a punch in the throat. 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'. Pete Doherty is known to be a life-long fan of Hancock and a member of the Tony Hancock Appreciation Society, as well as featuring on a BBC documentary about him.<ref>Doherty, Jacqueline. "Pete Doherty's mum reveals her son's softer side", Daily Mail, 27 August 2006. Retrieved on 2006-08-29.</ref>

[edit] Misc

The Libertines breakthrough was the start of a revival for the British rock scene, with many bands including Razorlight, The Paddingtons, Arctic Monkeys and The Kooks influenced by the album.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Vertigo" – 2:37
2. "Death on the Stairs" – 3:24
3. "Horrorshow" – 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
13. "What a Waster" – 2:57
14. "Mockingbird" / "Mayday"

"What a Waster" and "Mockingbird" are extra tracks on the US and Japanese releases.

"What a Waster" is an extra track on the UK re-release.

"Mayday" is an additional extra track on the Australian release, along with "What a Waster".

[edit] Press Quotes

"Up the Bracket is the assured debut of the most debauched newcomers on the rock scene for some time: the Libertines." – BBC

"...you'll be hard-pushed to find a more pulsating debut by a Brit guitar band all year." - Manchester Online

"Finally we have a bona fide, modern punk band that actually made it out of high school; a band who've got the spirit and the balls, whose lyrical repertoire extends far beyond the naïve teenage escapades of their love-struck American counterparts." - designerpunk.com

[edit] Footnotes

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