Shotter's Nation

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Shotter's Nation
Shotter's Nation cover
Studio album by Babyshambles
Released October 1, 2007 (UK)
October 23, 2007 (US)
Recorded Olympic Studios, London, England: 2007
Length 43:11
Label EMI, Parlophone (UK)
Astralwerks (US)
Producer Stephen Street
Professional reviews
Babyshambles chronology
The Blinding EP
(2006)		 Shotter's Nation
(2007)		 Oh What a Lovely Tour
(2008)
Pete Doherty chronology
The Blinding EP
(2006)		 Shotter's Nation
(2007)		 Time for Heroes - The Best of The Libertines
(2007)

Shotter's Nation is the second album by English rock band Babyshambles and was released in the United Kingdom on October 1, 2007 by Parlophone[1] to generally favourable reviews.[2][3] In the United States the album was released on October 23, 2007 by Astralwerks.[4] The first single from the album, "Delivery", was released on September 17, 2007.[5]

The album was produced by Stephen Street and recorded at Olympic Studios in London, England.[6] The acoustic closer, "The Lost Art of Murder", features a guest appearance from Bert Jansch.[7]

It is the first Pete Doherty album without Mick Jones producing and his first released by a major label.

In an interview with NME magazine, Pete Doherty said that The Strokes (and solo) guitar player Albert Hammond, Jr., plays guitar on the album. Doherty did not mention the track's name, but did say it was an extremely short three bars of music. A limited edition of the album contains a DVD with a 40-minute track-by-track interview, 5 live songs recorded at the Boogaloo on 5 July 2007, and the music video of "Delivery".

The album's cover painting by Alizé Meurisse is based on the painting The Death of Chatterton by Henry Wallis (1856). It also originally featured an image of Kate Moss, which was replaced with an unknown lookalike.[8]

It was reported Kate Moss has given up the royalties for the songs she co-wrote on Shotter's Nation.[9]

The song "There She Goes" has been compared to "Lovecats" by The Cure by Garry Mulholland of The Observer.[10] Drew McConnell revealed in interviews that the band wanted the song to sound something like "Walk on the Wild Side" by Lou Reed.[citation needed]

The band promoted the album by appearing in TV and radio shows in France and in the UK. They then played "Delivery" at the MTV EMA. The performance has been widely acclaimed.

There is a video for "French Dog Blues" featuring an animated French Dog. Ian Brown has songwriting credits to the aforementioned song. This is because the song contains a verse from "Deep Pile Dreams", a song from Brown's first album Unfinished Monkey Business.

The album was #14 in NME albums of the year.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Carry On Up the Morning" (Peter Doherty, Michael Whitnall) – 2:58
  2. "Delivery" (Doherty, Whitnall) – 2:42
  3. "You Talk" (Doherty, Kate Moss) – 3:30
  4. "UnBiloTitled" (Doherty, Peter Wolfe, Adam Ficek) – 3:52
  5. "Side of the Road" (Doherty) – 2:09
  6. "Crumb Begging Baghead" (Doherty, Whitnall) – 3:44
  7. "Unstookie Titled" (Doherty, Whitnall, Ficek) – 4:30
  8. "French Dog Blues" (Doherty, Ian Brown, Moss) – 3:32
  9. "There She Goes" (Doherty) – 3:36
  10. "Baddie's Boogie" (Doherty, Whitnall, Moss) – 3:55
  11. "Deft Left Hand" (Doherty, Whitnall, Moss) – 4:04
  12. "Lost Art of Murder" (Doherty) – 4:38

[edit] Limited edition bonus DVD: We Like to Boogaloo

  • The Boogaloo Tapes (Track by track interview)
  • Live at the Boogaloo
  1. "Delivery"
  2. "Baddie's Boogie"
  3. "UnBiloTitled"
  4. "There She Goes"
  5. "Pipedown"
  • "Delivery" (Video)

[edit] "French" edition bonus DVD: Drew's Birthday: Live à L'Elysée Montmartre

  • Live at l'Elysee Montmartre recorded on November 13th, 2006
  1. "Pipedown"
  2. "Beg Steal or Borrow"
  3. "You Talk"
  4. "Sedative"
  5. "Killamangiro"
  6. "Time for Heroes"
  7. "Albion"
  8. "Fuck Forever"
  9. "The Blinding"
  10. "Backstage footage"

It will be released on May 12th, 2008

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Singles

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (2007) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[11] 5
Austrian Albums Chart[11] 14
Belgian Albums Chart[11] 45
French Albums Chart[11] 17
German Albums Chart[11] 18
Irish Albums Chart[11] 19
Italian Albums Chart[12] 71
Norwegian Albums Chart[11] 32
Swedish Albums Chart[11] 13
Swiss Albums Chart[11] 29
United World Chart[11] 29

[edit] References

  1. ^ Doherty addresses "Shotter's Nation". Yahoo! Music (2007-08-16). Retrieved on 2007-08-09.
  2. ^ Shotter's Nation by Babyshambles. Metacritic. Retrieved on 2007-10-25.
  3. ^ Vidalon, Dominique (2007-10-12). New Pete Doherty album divides critics. Reuters. Retrieved on 2007-10-14.
  4. ^ Babyshambles album gets a US release. NME (2007-08-22). Retrieved on 2007-08-22.
  5. ^ Babyshambles second album details emerge. NME (2007-07-30). Retrieved on 2007-08-16.
  6. ^ BABYSHAMBLES FINALISE AUTUMN RELEASE. contactmusic.com (2007-08-16). Retrieved on 2007-08-16.
  7. ^ Jones, Allen (23 July 2007). First Thoughts On The New Babyshambles Album. Uncut.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-08-16.
  8. ^ MOSS 'SCRAPPED FROM BABYSHAMBLES COVER'. contactmusic.com (2007-09-29). Retrieved on 2007-10-31.
  9. ^ Kate Moss gives Pete four-sum. The Sun (2007-10-31). Retrieved on 2007-11-07.
  10. ^ Mulholland, Garry (2007-09-16). Babyshambles, Shotter's Nation. The Observer. Retrieved on 2007-11-25.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Babyshambles - Shotter's Nation - Music Charts. acharts.us. Retrieved on 2007-10-20.
  12. ^ Classifichi Artisti - Archivio (Italian). FIMI. Retrieved on 2007-11-05.
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