Dirty Pretty Things - Waterloo To Anywhere

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: UMCLP060
Barcode: 805520240604
Release Date: 07 Jun 2024
Genre: Indie

Nicely timed after the recent #1 Libertines album ‘All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade’.

Waterloo To Anywhere was the debut album from the short-lived, briefly adored Dirty Pretty Things - Originally released on Vertigo Records in May 2006, the album reached No 3 in the UK charts and spawned three Top 40 singles - This re-issue is pressed on high-quality 180g black vinyl.

What do you do after being in the Libertines, one of the most notorious British bands of the early 21st Century? For Carl Barât, you form Dirty Pretty Things, something of an indie supergroup of their moment. Joining Barât was Libertines drummer Gary Powell, guitarist Anthony Rossomando, who'd stood in for Doherty, and former Cooper Temple Clause bassist, Didz Hammond.

Leading Waterloo To Anywhere was the infectious UK Top 5 hit Bang Bang You're Dead (better known in recent years as live favourite for The Mighty Olafs), which set the tone for the fabulous collection of rock, punk and ska. Recorded in Los Angeles with producer Dave Sardy and then later in Glasgow with Tony Doogan, the album showed the strength of the group's writing. Away from the standard high-octane indie of Gin & Milk and You F*cking Love It, The Gentry Cove was particularly captivating, marrying Barât's fascinating wordplay with robust Clash reggae/sea shanty interludes.

Two years later, it was all over; Barât and Powell rejoined the Libertines (and Rossomando later going on to win an Oscar for co-writing Shallow from the film A Star Is Born).

LIBERTINES TOUR DATES

JUL 05 FRI - Redar, Majuba Beach  

JUL 28 SUN - Brighton Beach -

On The Beach 2024 - The Libertines The Charlatans, The Mary Wallopers, The Big Moon, The Futureheads…

SEP 24 TUE - Belfast, The Telegraph Building

OCT 03 THU - O2 Academy Birmingham  

OCT 04 FRI - Norwich, UEA Sold out 

OCT 05 SAT - Cambridge Corn Exchange Sold out  

OCT 07 MON - Cardiff University SU  

OCT 08 TUE - O2 Academy Bristol  

OCT 17 THU - Glasgow, Barrowland Sold out  

OCT 18 FRI - Glasgow, Barrowland Sold out  

OCT 19 SAT - Liverpool Guild of Students Sold out  

OCT 21 MON - Nottingham, Rock City Sold out  

OCT 22 TUE - O2 Academy Leeds  

OCT 30 WED - London, The Roundhouse  

OCT 31 THU - London, The Roundhouse 

NOV 01 FRI - London, The Roundhouse  

NOV 04 MON - Sheffield, The Octagon Centre  

NOV 05 TUE - Newcastle upon Tyne, NX Newcastle Sold out  

NOV 07 THU - Manchester, Albert Hall Sold out  

NOV 08 FRI - Manchester, Albert Hall Sold out  

NOV 09 SAT - Manchester, Albert Hall

Tracks: Deadwood / Doctors And Dealers / Bang Bang You're Dead / Blood Thirsty Bastards / The Gentry Cove / Gin & Milk / The Enemy / If You Love A Woman / You Fucking Love It / Wondering / Last Of The Small Town Playboys

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