The Libertines
by The Libertines

The Libertines by The Libertines
Year: 2004
Release date: 2004-08-30
Overall rank: 1,248th   
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 496 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 2004 (19th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (187th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,248th)

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The Libertines bestography

The Libertines is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by The Libertines on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Libertines is Up The Bracket which is ranked number 590 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,880.

The Libertines album bestography « Higher ranked (590th)
Up The Bracket
This album (1,248th)
The Libertines
Lower ranked (5,056th) »
Anthems For Doomed Youth

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The Libertines track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Libertines rankings

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Overall rank: 1,248th | 2000s rank: 187th | 2004 rank: 19th

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The Libertines ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 496 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.

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From 03/28/2025 19:21 | #308241
Indie / punk rock. Can't Stand Me Now is a classic. Also liked Music When The Lights Go Out and The Ha Ha Wall. But a few too many mediocre tracks dragging the rating down.
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From 02/07/2021 14:58 | #265959
Typical early 2000's garage/indie sound, but it's far from the most entertaining or the most challenging attempts of that era.
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85/100
From 11/15/2016 14:37 | #178468
There's some great highlights in this record but a lot of the tracks feel inconsistent. It's really clear how bad the relationship between Pete and Carl was at the time. I think it's clear Up the Bracket is a much stronger record than this one but this was a decent album by The Libertines
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From 07/04/2015 21:31 | #145143
Good album, but it doesn't have the punch of the first one
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90/100
From 06/07/2015 20:51 | #143266
Good album. Not better than "Up The bracket" but its very enjoyable. "Can't Stand Me Now", "Last Post On The bugle", "Music When The Lights Go Out" "What became Of The Likely Lads" and "What Katie Did" are incredible songs!!
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70/100
From 02/11/2015 03:20 | #134670
Would be ranked higher if not for Up The Bracket. It pales in comparison to their debut, and my perception of it suffers as a result.
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From 08/06/2013 09:18 | #83210
Not as good as the debut, but still a truly great album. I wish they had made more than the two albums.
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80/100
From 06/19/2013 15:07 | #79356
Less consistent than UTB but still a very good album. The sound of a band disintegrating, miss them.
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From 06/13/2013 14:12 | #78757
This is a great album from a great, although I have always said with the Libertines the sum of the two parts is greater than the whole. I much prefer the Dirty Pretty Things and Babyshambles to the stuff they did together.
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