Tracklist (CD)
| 1 | | Does He Have A Name? | | 7:16 | | 2 | | A Simple Request | | 3:49 | | 3 | | Is It Over? | | 4:42 | | 4 | | O Lover | | 5:58 | | 5 | | Let Me Rest | | 6:13 | | 6 | | We'll Get What We Deserve | | 4:51 | | 7 | | Walking In The Shallows | | 2:54 |
See more tracks| 8 | | Yours For The Taking | | 6:25 | | 9 | | You | | 4:05 | | 10 | | Spy In The Clubs | | 4:16 | | 11 | | Somewhere In The World | | 3:03 |
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Review
Gene were once hailed as the likely successors to the Smiths' mournful guitar-rock throne, but then quickly and dramatically fell out of favor. Having weathered the Britpop years, however, the group resorted to setting up its own label to release this album. As a result Libertine is less grandiose and more emotional than its major-label predecessors, with lyrics steeped heavily in disintegrating relationships. Gene have lost much of the swagger that characterized their classic debut, Olympian, but they have not lost their soulful edge.… Read More "Is It Over" is a gorgeous piano ballad in the mold of the Style Council, while "Walking in the Shallows" revisits the bruised guitar rock of its vintage years. The adversity has not entirely done Gene in. AIDIN VAZIRI
(August 6, 2002)
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