The Libertines is the second album by the British indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band The Libertines

The Libertines

The Libertines were an English rock band, formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Barât and Pete Doherty . The band, centred on the song-writing partnership of Barat and Doherty, also included John Hassall and Gary Powell for most of its recording career...

. Released on 30 August 2004, it is particularly biographical of the relationship between frontmen Carl Barât

Carl Barât

Carl Ashley Raphael Barât is an English musician, actor and author. He was the frontman and lead guitarist of Dirty Pretty Things, and recently debuted a solo album, but is best known for being the co-frontman with Peter Doherty of the garage rock band The Libertines.-Early life:Carl Barât was...

 and Pete Doherty

Pete Doherty

Peter Doherty is an English musician, writer, actor, poet and artist. He is best known musically for being co-frontman of The Libertines, which he reformed with Carl Barât in 2010. His other musical project is indie band Babyshambles...

. The album instantly reached #1 in the UK and is on its way to achieving platinum certification. It sold 72,189 copies in its first week.
The album is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die is a musical reference book edited by Robert Dimery, first published in 2005. The most recent edition consists of a list of albums released between 1955 and 2010, part of a series from Quintessence Editions Ltd...

.http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/1001albums.html. In 2006, NME placed the album 47 in a list of the greatest British albums ever.http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nmes_100_best_albums.htm#Greatest%20British%20Albums

The Libertines, like its 2002 predecessor, Up the Bracket

Up the Bracket

Up the Bracket is the debut album by British rock band The Libertines, released in October 2002. It reached #35 in the UK Albums Chart.The album was re-released on 8 September 2003 with an additional track, "What a Waster" and DVD featuring the promotional videos for the singles: "Up the Bracket",...

, was re-released with a bonus DVD on 22 November 2004. The DVD, entitled Boys in the Band

Boys in the Band (DVD)

Boys in the Band was included in a re-release of the The Libertines' second and final self-titled album, The Libertines.-Track listing:*Live footage**Factory**Moby Dick**Busking for Beer*Videos**"Can't Stand Me Now"**"Scenes from the Forum"...

, is a collection of live shows, band interviews, and the "Can't Stand Me Now" promotional video.

The song Arbeit Macht Frei featured in the 2006 film Children of Men

Children of Men

Children of Men is a 2006 science fiction film loosely adapted from P. D. James's 1992 novel The Children of Men, directed by Alfonso Cuarón. In 2027, two decades of human infertility have left society on the brink of collapse. Illegal immigrants seek sanctuary in England, where the last...

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Track listing

1. "Can't Stand Me Now
   Can't Stand Me Now
   "Can't Stand Me Now" is the first single from The Libertines' eponymous second album. The song was their biggest hit and peaked at #2 on the UK singles chart....
   
   " (Peter Doherty
   Pete Doherty
   Peter Doherty is an English musician, writer, actor, poet and artist. He is best known musically for being co-frontman of The Libertines, which he reformed with Carl Barât in 2010. His other musical project is indie band Babyshambles...
   
   , Carl Barât
   Carl Barât
   Carl Ashley Raphael Barât is an English musician, actor and author. He was the frontman and lead guitarist of Dirty Pretty Things, and recently debuted a solo album, but is best known for being the co-frontman with Peter Doherty of the garage rock band The Libertines.-Early life:Carl Barât was...
   
   , Richard Hammerton) – 3:23
2. "Last Post on the Bugle" (Doherty, Barât, Michael Bower
   The Masters Apprentices
   The Masters Apprentices were an Australian rock band fronted by mainstay Jim Keays on lead vocals, which formed in 1965 in Adelaide, South Australia, relocated to Melbourne in February 1967 and attempted to break into the United Kingdom market from 1970, before disbanding in 1972...
   
   ) – 2:32
3. "Don't Be Shy" (Doherty, Barât) – 3:03
4. "The Man Who Would Be King" (Doherty, Barât) – 3:59
5. "Music When the Lights Go Out" (Doherty) – 3:02
6. "Narcissist" (Barât) – 2:10
7. "The Ha Ha Wall" (Doherty, Barât) – 2:29
8. "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Doherty) – 1:13
9. "Campaign of Hate" (Doherty) – 2:10
10. "What Katie Did" (Doherty) – 3:49
11. "Tomblands" (Barât, Doherty) – 2:06
12. "The Saga" (Doherty, Paul Roundhill
    Paul Roundhill
    Paul Roundhill , and the son of a Church of England vicar, is an English artist and writer based in the [East End of London, England]...
    
    ) – 1:53
13. "Road to Ruin" (Doherty, Barât) – 4:21
14. "What Became of the Likely Lads
    What Became of the Likely Lads
    "What Became of the Likely Lads" is a song by The Libertines, which was released as the final single from their self-titled, second album, The Libertines....
    
    " (Doherty, Barât) / "France" (Barât) (Hidden track) – 5:54

Japanese bonus tracks

15. "Don't Look Back into the Sun" (New Version) (Doherty, Barât)
    
16. "Cyclops" (Doherty, Peter Wolfe)
    
17. "Dilly Boys" (Doherty, Barât)
    

Australian bonus tracks

15. "Never Never" (Doherty, Barât)
    
16. "I Got Sweets" (Doherty, Barât)
    

Japanese and Mexican bonus DVD

1. "What a Waster" (Live at The Factory, Japan)
2. "Death on the Stairs" (Live at The Factory, Japan)
3. "Up the Bracket" (Live at The Factory, Japan)
4. "I Get Along" (Live at The Factory, Japan)
5. "The Boy Looked at Johnny" (Live at The Factory, Japan)
6. "The Boy Looked at Johnny" (Live at Moby Dick, Spain)
7. Busking for Beer + Assorted Covers and Song Segments (Live at Filthy McNasty's Pub, London)
8. "Can't Stand Me Now" (Video)
9. Photo Gallery
10. Extras (Footage of Band, Interviews and NME award footage)

As well as the songs listed above, there is a hidden track, titled "France", composed by Barat, which starts at 3:28 of "What Became of the Likely Lads". A re-recording of an old Libertines song which originally appeared on one of their first demos, recorded at Odessa Studios, "France" was written and performed by Carl Barât

Carl Barât

Carl Ashley Raphael Barât is an English musician, actor and author. He was the frontman and lead guitarist of Dirty Pretty Things, and recently debuted a solo album, but is best known for being the co-frontman with Peter Doherty of the garage rock band The Libertines.-Early life:Carl Barât was...

. The final listed track is a nod to the British sitcom Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? is a 1970s British sitcom broadcast between 9 January 1973 and 9 April 1974 on BBC1. It is the colour sequel to the mid-1960s hit The Likely Lads. It was created and written, as was its predecessor, by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais...

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Singles

• "Can't Stand Me Now
  Can't Stand Me Now
  "Can't Stand Me Now" is the first single from The Libertines' eponymous second album. The song was their biggest hit and peaked at #2 on the UK singles chart....
  
  " 9 August 2004, (Rough Trade
  Rough Trade Records
  Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London. It was formed in 1978 by Geoff Travis who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove...
  
  ) #2
• "What Became of the Likely Lads
  What Became of the Likely Lads
  "What Became of the Likely Lads" is a song by The Libertines, which was released as the final single from their self-titled, second album, The Libertines....
  
  " 25 October 2004 (Rough Trade
  Rough Trade Records
  Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London. It was formed in 1978 by Geoff Travis who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove...
  
  ) #9
• "What Katie Did" was released as a one-sided, 7-inch flexi disc
  Flexi disc
  The flexi disc is a phonograph record made of a thin, flexible vinyl sheet with a molded-in spiral stylus groove, and is designed to be playable on a normal phonograph turntable...
  
   given away with Amelia's Magazine

Freedom Gig

The album cover was taken by Roger Sargent during the emotional "Freedom Gig" at the Tap 'N' Tin club, Chatham, Kent

Kent

Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...

, on 8 October 2003, when Pete Doherty reunited with the Libertines for a gig just hours after being released from jail. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3178394.stm Pete Doherty returned to the Tap 'N' Tin club on 20 December 2008 for a one-off gig with Chas & Dave.

Chart performance

Chart (2004)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	1
Australian Albums Chart	53
Austrian Albums Chart	31
Belgian Albums Chart	24
Dutch Albums Chart	53
French Albums Chart	27
German Albums Chart	20
Irish Albums Chart Irish Albums Chart The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically...	5
Japan Albums Chart Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...	18
Norwegian Albums Chart	34
Swedish Albums Chart	18
Swiss Albums Chart	51
Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	111
US Top Heatseekers	4