Down in Albion

Down in Albion
Studio album by Babyshambles
Released November 14, 2005 (2005-11-14)
Recorded 2005
Genre Indie Rock
Garage Punk
Garage Rock
Length 63:49
Label Rough Trade
Producer Mick Jones
Babyshambles chronology
Down in Albion
(2005)		 The Blinding EP
(2006)
Pete Doherty chronology
The Libertines
(2004)		 Down In Albion
(2005)		 The Blinding EP
(2006)

Down in Albion is the debut album by Babyshambles, Pete Doherty's post-Libertines band.

Down in Albion was released on November 14, 2005 on Rough Trade Records, although it was leaked on to the Internet on October 19, 2005. Produced by Mick Jones, Down in Albion contains a rerecorded version of their second single "Killamangiro" as well as a reggae track, "Pentonville". The inclusion of "Albion" is controversial among fans, due to the song's history as a fan favorite from the days of The Libertines. Down in Albion,[1] telling the tale of a beauty and a beast.

The first track, "La Belle et la Bête" (French for "Beauty and the Beast"), features the vocals of Doherty's then-girlfriend Kate Moss, and "Pentonville" was written by Doherty and The General, a friend he met whilst an inmate in Pentonville Prison.[2] The album was seen as a move away from The Libertines' style of music.[3]

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See also

References

  1. ^ O'Keefe, Alice (2005-10-16). "Doherty reveals his sensitive side". The Observer. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1593322,00.html. Retrieved 2007-03-21. 
  2. ^ "Doherty Raps with Cellmate". contactmusic.com. http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/doherty%20raps%20with%20cellmate. Retrieved 2007-03-21. 
  3. ^ Schild, Matt. "Babyshambles: Down in Albion Aversion.com Review". aversion.com. http://www.aversion.com/bands/reviews.cfm?f_id=2547. Retrieved 2007-03-24. "Dropping the punked-up hysteria of The Libertines for a more laid-back sound" 
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  5. ^ "Classifichi Artisti - Archivio" (in Italian). FIMI. http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_result_artisti.php?anno=2005&mese=11&id=142. Retrieved 2007-11-05. 
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