Product Description

BABYSHAMBLES Shotters Nation (Deleted 2007 UK 2-disc set comprised of a 12-track CD album which captures the many facets of Petes character: storyteller lyricist street poet hopeless romantic & chronicler of British life; from capturing thefeeling at sunrise after a night on the tiles to delving into a self-destructive 20 year marriage it is an album of rare emotional breadth includes the single Delivery plus Bonus Region 0 PAL DVD containing a 40 minute making of... documentary 5 live tracks taken from a session at the Boogaloo Pub Delivery music video & more presented in card slipcase)

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Carry On Up The Morning
2. Delivery
3. You Talk
4. UnBiloTitled
5. Side Of The Road
6. Crumb Begging
7. Unstookie Titled
8. French Dog Blues
9. There She Goes
10. Baddies Boogie
11. Deft Left Hand
12. Lost Art Of Murder

Disc 2:

1. The Boogaloo Tapes (40 minute documentary)
2. Delivery (Live At Boogaloo)
3. Baddies Boogie (Live At Boogaloo)
4. UnBiloTitled (Live At Boogaloo)
5. There She Goes (Live At Boogaloo)
6. Pipedown (Live At Boogaloo)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #39436 in Music
• Released on: 2007-10-01
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .28 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review

Even Pete Doherty stoops to making records from time to time, and Shotter’s Nation might be the best chance he’ll ever have to convince the wider public that there’s more to him than his role as Britain’s favourite comedy junkie. Finally given a major label budget and a big-name producer, the eternally erratic Doherty can show that he didn’t peak with the Libertines' early singles. Babyshambles’ murky sounding debut Down in Albion was patchy but had its moments, but thankfully the present line-up, bolstered by veteran guitarist Mick Whitnall, sound focussed throughout, with producer Stephen Street absolutely nailing a classic if dated Brit rock sound. Doherty’s chaotic existence certainly generates plenty of material and what used to be called side one is cracking. "Carry on up the Morning", the punchy if mawkish hit single "Delivery" and the catchy "UnBiloTitled", a pretty song about seedy lives, are powerful and compelling. "Crumb Begging Baghead" is lyrically pitiful yet insistently memorable and "Unstookie Titled" appears to offer some unexpected self-awareness. The second half of the record is less strong, though veteran acoustic guitarist Bert Jansch appears on the maudlin closer ‘Lost Art of Murder’ and the junkie business of ‘There She Goes’ is amusingly sleazy if musically slight.

Doherty is an unusual star, living a life no one could aspire to, and in his defence, he never glamorises it. But if fame is a state where one’s life is beyond one’s control, then it’s no surprise that a junkie should take to it so naturally. Shotter's Nation almost justifies his status. --Steve Jelbert