Actual Libertines shows have been few and far between, thanks to the personal melodrama of singer (and storied drug-taker) Peter Doherty. But thank goodness Doherty managed to drag his ass into the studio for the second disc from these British garage rockers. With the Clash's Mick Jones remaining behind the boards as producer, the Libs still sound like a gloriously combustible rock & roll mess: If they never manage to make another album, this one will have clinched their status as a cult legend.

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