Shotter's Nation

Shotter's Nation
Studio album by
Babyshambles
Released1 October 2007
RecordedOlympic Studios, London, England: 2007
GenreIndie rock, garage punk, garage rock
Length43:11
LabelEMI, Parlophone (UK)
Astralwerks (US)
ProducerStephen Street
Babyshambles chronology
The Blinding EP
(2006) 		Shotter's Nation
(2007) 		Oh What a Lovely Tour
(2008)
Pete Doherty chronology
The Blinding EP
(2006) 		Shotter's Nation
(2007) 		Time for Heroes - The Best of The Libertines
(2007)
Singles from Shotter's Nation
  1. "Delivery"
    Released: 17 September 2007
  2. "You Talk"
    Released: 3 December 2007

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[1] to generally favourable reviews.[2][3] In the United States the album was released on 23 October 2007 by Astralwerks.[4] The first single from the album, "Delivery", was released on 17 September 2007.[5]

The album was produced by Stephen Street and recorded at Olympic Studios in London, England.[6] The acoustic closer, "The Lost Art of Murder", features a guest appearance from Bert Jansch.[7]

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.[8]

The song "There She Goes" has been compared to "Lovecats" by The Cure by Garry Mulholland of The Observer.[9] Drew McConnell revealed in interviews that the band wanted the song to sound something like "Walk on the Wild Side" by Lou Reed.[citation needed]

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.

  1. ^ "Doherty addresses "Shotter's Nation"". Yahoo! Music. 16 August 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2007.
  2. ^ "Shotter's Nation by Babyshambles". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 October 2007.
  3. ^ Vidalon, Dominique (12 October 2007). "New Pete Doherty album divides critics". Reuters. Retrieved 14 October 2007.
  4. ^ "Babyshambles album gets a US release". NME. 22 August 2007. Archived from the original on 18 November 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2007.
  5. ^ "Babyshambles second album details emerge". NME. 30 July 2007. Retrieved 16 August 2007.
  6. ^ "BABYSHAMBLES FINALISE AUTUMN RELEASE". contactmusic.com. 16 August 2007. Retrieved 16 August 2007.
  7. ^ Jones, Allen (23 July 2007). "First Thoughts on the New Babyshambles Album". Uncut.co.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2007.
  8. ^ "MOSS 'SCRAPPED FROM BABYSHAMBLES COVER'". contactmusic.com. 29 September 2007. Retrieved 31 October 2007.
  9. ^ Mulholland, Garry (16 September 2007). "Babyshambles, Shotter's Nation". The Observer. Retrieved 25 November 2007.