| Libertine | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Silkworm |
| Cover: | Libertine (album).jpg |
| Recorded: | May 17–20, 1994 |
| Genre: | Indie rock |
| Length: | 46:04 |
| Label: | El Recordo, Comedy Minus One |
| Producer: | Steve Albini[1] |
| Prev Title: | In The West |
| Prev Year: | 1994 |
| Year: | 1994 |
| Next Title: | Firewater |
| Next Year: | 1996 |
Libertine is the third full-length studio album by indie rock band Silkworm.[2] It was released in 1994 on El Recordo. It was their last recorded release before guitarist/vocalist Joel RL Phelps left the band.
A remastered and expanded 2x12" + CD reissue of the record, including the group's Marco Collins Sessions EP and two additional tracks, was issued by Comedy Minus One in May 2014.[3]
The album was recorded over three days with Steve Albini.[4]
Trouser Press wrote that "although it still emphasizes snap and crackle over pop, Libertine is slightly more immediate than its predecessors."[5] Magnet called "Couldn't You Wait?" a "lost classic" of the era; the track provided the title to the 2013 documentary film about the band.[6] Paste called the album "a favorite with Silkworm afficionados," writing that the album is "strong" but that the "grunge-fallout muddiness sounds dated."[7]