Time For Heroes: The Best Of The Libertines - Libertines

The Libertines were in my opinion one of the best bands around in the first few years of the 21st century. The quartet of Carl Barat, Pete Doherty, Gary Powell and John Hassall touched a generation with their music, singing of the topics like drugs and riots which few other mainstream bands dared to breach. I was, like many people in the country, taken in by their clumsy manner and hard hitting vocals. The two albums that they released during their relatively short time in the spotlight - "Up The Bracket" and the self-titled "Libertines" - shot them into fame pretty quickly, and I only really caught up at the release of the ...  Read the complete review

I used to get this lot muddled with The Strokes, I guess their sound is quite similar if you are a first time listener. I am unsure whether they warrant a best of album, considering they did not have that many hits, but this release packs thirteen tracks onto the disc. The cover artwork is a draw, all the band wearing very militant uniform is visually striking and harks back to the seventies with the imagery, so thumbs up in that department. 'Up The Bracket' is causally delivered with a careless and appealing vocal from Pete. The backing vocals are warming and it is a good start to the album, though the tune is not that instant on first listen. Good ...  Read the complete review

As i'm fairly young i never got into the liberteens when they were first around, which is a bit annoying, as they are awesome. Shamefully the first time I ever heard them was when "can't stand me now" was in the singles chart. I then heard Don't look back into the sun. These are two blinding songs and I love them. They, however are not my favourite on this album. That is on of the main reasons I would suggest buying this "best of" collection. It will give you an overview on the bands sound and probably turn you into a fan. What I love about the Liberteens is just how frantic they are. This is shown on "mayday", a very short song ...  Read the complete review

While this CD is a good place to start if you're interested in The Libertines, in actuality it appears to be a quickly put-together attempt by Rough Trade to make more money off a deceased band. Which I suppose is fair enough, if I had THE BEST BAND EVER's catelogue, I'd resell sell sell! However, this could have been so much more. I was expecting them to release a longer-format dvd as was promised at the end of the release of 'The Libertines' +DVD release. But there is nothing here for a Libertines fan, because one most likely has everything on this CD. The B-sides included are not hard to get ahold of, and the majority is included on their two albums. ...  Read the complete review

Lets get this out of the way. I am a huge libertines fan. So naturally i would highly recommend this album! The libertines are one of the best bands I know and show real raw spirit in their music. This album combines the best of both albums that were released (Up the bracket and The Libertines) with nearly every track being just unbelievable. Tracks that are defiantly worth listening to include up the bracket, don't look back into the sun, what a waster and I get along. This album shows how great the libertines truly were, however I cant help but feel that some of the best tracks from both albums are missing. My favorite two songs by the libertines (haha wall and music ...  Read the complete review