Up The Bracket
by The Libertines

Album
Up The Bracket by The Libertines
Year: 2002
Release date: 2002-10-14
Overall rank: 595th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 682 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 2002 (12th)
Award Top 100 albums of of the 2000s (95th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (595th)

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Up The Bracket is ranked as the best album by The Libertines.

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Up The Bracket track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Vertigo
Average Rating: 85 (131 votes)Comments: View 0
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Death On The Stairs
Average Rating: 84 (126 votes)Comments: View 0
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Horrorshow
Average Rating: 84 (123 votes)Comments: View 1
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Time For Heroes
Average Rating: 89 (163 votes)Comments: View 1
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Boys In The Band
Average Rating: 86 (128 votes)Comments: View 1
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Radio America
Average Rating: 79 (115 votes)Comments: View 1
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Up The Bracket
Average Rating: 88 (149 votes)Comments: View 0
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Tell The King
Average Rating: 83 (119 votes)Comments: View 0
9.
The Boy Looked At Johnny
Average Rating: 84 (124 votes)Comments: View 0
10.
Begging
Average Rating: 80 (111 votes)Comments: View 0
11.
The Good Old Days
Average Rating: 83 (118 votes)Comments: View 1
12.
I Get Along
Average Rating: 84 (121 votes)Comments: View 1

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Up The Bracket rankings

Up The Bracket rankings summary
Overall rank: 595th | 2000s rank: 95th | 2002 rank: 12th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 682 votes)
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 !		04/22/2026 09:17 Liks_on_music  Ratings distribution  67881/100
 
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Up The Bracket forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 10/02/2026 08:18 in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026
“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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From Romanelli 09/27/2026 18:29 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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From BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements - August 2026
“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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Up The Bracket comments

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90/100
From 08/06/2013 13:50 | #83253 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
One of the greatest albums of all time. Every track is brilliant and the album has plenty of energy.
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65/100
From 12/14/2018 20:28 | #227110 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Never got into them at the time - I was 14 so probably prime audience. I loved The Strokes but I couldn't get the hype surrounding Pete and Carl. The minimal output vs endless column inches for a so-called lyrical genius pretty much ruined any hope for me. Listening to this 16 years later (and a few times in between)... yeah, still not for me.
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95/100
From 02/27/2013 17:00 | #66343 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Close to perfect. The lyrics, the energy, the romance, the chaos. One of the defining bands of the generation.
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75/100
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This band is so british it's not even funny.
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From 06/01/2012 21:38 | #43445 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This album is just so underrated. It really is a masterpiece. This album is just guitar heaven, great riffs, great lyrics, and just a great feeling. You need to listen to this album.
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