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] The album will be released October 23, 2007, in the United States by Astralwerks.[2] The first single from the album, "Delivery", was released on September 17, 2007.[3]
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The album was produced by Stephen Street and recorded at Olympic Studios in London, England.[4] The acoustic closer, "The Lost Art of Murder", features a guest appearance from Bert Jansch.[5]
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".
Track listing
- "Carry On Up The Morning" (Peter Doherty, Michael Whitnall) – 2:58
- "Delivery" (Doherty, Whitnall) – 2:42
- "You Talk" (Doherty, Kate Moss) – 3:30
- "UnBiloTitled" (Doherty, Peter Wolfe, Adam Ficek) – 3:52
- "Side of the Road" (Doherty) – 2:09
- "Crumb Begging Baghead" (Doherty, Whitnall) – 3:44
- "Unstookie Titled" (Doherty, Whitnall, Ficek) – 4:30
- "French Dog Blues" (Doherty, Ian Brown, Moss) – 3:32
- "There She Goes" (Doherty) – 3:36
- "Baddie's Boogie" (Doherty, Whitnall, Moss) – 3:55
- "Deft Left Hand" (Doherty, Whitnall, Moss) – 4:04
- "Lost Art of Murder" (Doherty) – 4:38
Limited edition bonus DVD: We Like To Boogaloo
- The Boogaloo Tapes (Track by track interview)
- Live at the Boogaloo
- "Delivery"
- "Baddie's Boogie"
- "UnBiloTitled"
- "There She Goes"
- "Pipedown"
- "Delivery" (Video)
Personnel
- Peter Doherty – guitar, vocals, design
- Michael Whitnall – guitar, vocals
- Adam Ficek – drums, percussion, keyboards, vocals
- Drew McConnell – bass guitar, double bass, vocals
- Stephen Large – keyboards on track 4 and 8
- Bert Jansch – guitar on track 12
- Stephen Street – producer, mixing, additional guitar on tracks 11 and 12
- Tom Stanley – engineer
- Mo Hausler – assistant engineer
- Cenzo Townshend – mixing
- Neil Comber – assistant mix engineer
- Traffic – design
- Alizé Meurisse – cover painting
- Todd Korol – cover photograph
Chart performance
| Chart (2007) | Peak position[6] |
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| UK Albums Chart | 5 |
| Austrian Albums Chart | 14 |
| French Albums Chart | 17 |
| German Albums Chart | 18 |
| Irish Albums Chart | 19 |
| Norwegian Albums Chart | 32 |
| Swedish Albums Chart | 13 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 29 |
| United World Chart | 29 |
References
- ^ "Doherty addresses "Shotter's Nation"". Yahoo! Music. 2007-08-16. Retrieved 2007-08-09.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Babyshambles album gets a US release". NME. 2007-08-22. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Babyshambles second album details emerge". NME. 2007-07-30. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "BABYSHAMBLES FINALISE AUTUMN RELEASE". contactmusic.com. 2007-08-16. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Jones, Allen (23 July, 2007). "First Thoughts On The New Babyshambles Album". Uncut.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Babyshambles - Shotter's Nation". acharts.us. Retrieved 2007-10-12.