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Shotter's Nation

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nameShotter's Nation
typestudio
artistBabyshambles
coverBabyshambles shotters.jpg
released1 October 2007
recordedOlympic Studios, London, England: 2007
genreIndie rock, garage punk, garage rock
length43:11
labelEMI, Parlophone (UK)
Astralwerks (US)
producerStephen Street
prev_titleThe Blinding EP
prev_year2006
next_titleOh What a Lovely Tour
next_year2008
misc{{Extra chronology
artistPete Doherty
typestudio album
prev_titleThe Blinding EP
prev_year2006
titleShotter's Nation
year2007
next_titleTime for Heroes - The Best of The Libertines
next_year2007
typestudio
single1Delivery
single1date17 September 2007
single2You Talk
single2date3 December 2007

Astralwerks (US)

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

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

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.

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

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.

Reception

The album was released to generally favorable reviews.

Track listing

Limited edition bonus DVD: ''We Like to Boogaloo''

  • The Boogaloo Tapes (Track by track interview)which actually contains a hidden video (or DVD "easter egg") while the band are talking about the song Crumb Begging Baghead, a French dog appears, and pressing enter selects this video.
  • Live at the Boogaloo
  1. "Delivery"
  2. "Baddie's Boogie"
  3. "UnBiloTitled"
  4. "There She Goes"
  5. "Pipedown"
  • "Delivery" (Video)

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

  • Live at l'Elysee Montmartre recorded on 13 November 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 was released on 12 May 2008

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

Singles

  • Delivery (17 June), (2007), (Parlophone) #6
  • You Talk (3 December), (2007), (Parlophone) #54

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2007)Peak
position

Year-end charts

Chart (2007)PositionFrench Albums (SNEP)UK Albums (OCC)
188
191

Certifications

References

References

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  2. "Shotter's Nation by Babyshambles". [[Metacritic]].
  3. Vidalon, Dominique. (2007-10-12). "New Pete Doherty album divides critics". Reuters.
  4. (2007-08-22). "Babyshambles album gets a US release".
  5. (2007-07-30). "Babyshambles second album details emerge".
  6. (2007-08-16). "BABYSHAMBLES FINALISE AUTUMN RELEASE". contactmusic.com.
  7. Jones, Allen. (23 July 2007). "First Thoughts on the New Babyshambles Album".
  8. (2007-09-29). "MOSS 'SCRAPPED FROM BABYSHAMBLES COVER'". contactmusic.com.
  9. Mulholland, Garry. (2007-09-16). "Babyshambles, Shotter's Nation". [[The Observer]].
  10. "Shotter's Nation – Babyshambles". Metacritic.
  11. Phares, Heather. "Shotter's Nation – Babyshambles". [[AllMusic]].
  12. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: babyshambles".
  13. Gill, Andy. (2007-09-28). "Album: Babyshambles". [[The Independent]].
  14. (2007-09-28). "CD Reviews: Pete delivers". [[Irish Independent]].
  15. "Babyshambles: 'Shotters Nation'". [[NME]].
  16. Mulholland, Garry. (2007-09-16). "Babyshambles, Shotter's Nation". [[The Observer]].
  17. Sheffiels, Rob. (2007-11-01). "Shotter's Nation : Babyshambles : Review : Rolling Stone".
  18. Edwards, Mark. (2007-09-30). "Babyshambles: Shotter's Nation". [[The Sunday Times]].
  19. "Album Review". [[Time Off]].
  20. Paphides, Pete. (2007-09-28). "Babyshambles: Shotter's Nation". [[The Times]].
  21. Jones, Allan. "BABYSHAMBLES – SHOTTER'S NATION". [[Uncut (magazine).
  22. "Babyshambles – Shotter's Nation". [[Pitchfork (website).
  23. "Top de l'année Top Albums 2007". SNEP.
  24. "UK Year-End Charts 2007". [[Official Charts Company]].
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