Shotter's Nation Explained

Shotter's Nation
Type:	studio
Artist:	Babyshambles
Cover:	Babyshambles shotters.jpg
Released:	1 October 2007
Recorded:	Olympic Studios, London, England: 2007
Genre:	Indie rock, garage punk, garage rock
Length:	43:11
Label:	EMI, Parlophone (UK) Astralwerks (US)
Producer:	Stephen Street
Prev Title:	The Blinding EP
Prev Year:	2006
Next Title:	Oh What a Lovely Tour
Next Year:	2008

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.

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.

Reception

The album was released to generally favorable reviews.

Track listing

1. "Carry On Up the Morning" (Peter Doherty, Michael Whitnall) – 2:57
2. "Delivery" (Doherty, Whitnall) – 2:41
3. "You Talk" (Doherty, Kate Moss) – 3:30
4. "UnBiloTitled" (Doherty, Peter Wolfe, Adam Ficek) – 3:52
5. "Side of the Road" (Doherty) – 2:09
6. "Crumb Begging Baghead" (Doherty, Whitnall) – 3:43
7. "Unstookie Titled" (Doherty, Whitnall, Ficek) – 4:30
8. "French Dog Blues" (Doherty, Ian Brown, Moss) – 3:32
9. "There She Goes" (Doherty) – 3:36
10. "Baddie's Boogie" (Toczek, Doherty, Whitnall, Moss) – 3:55
11. "Deft Left Hand" (Doherty, Whitnall, Moss) – 4:04
12. "Lost Art of Murder" (Doherty) – 4:38

Limited edition bonus DVD: We Like to Boogaloo

• The Boogaloo Tapes (Track by track interview)which actually contains a hidden video (or DVD "easter egg") while the band are talking about the song Crumb Begging Baghead, a French dog appears, and pressing enter selects this video.
• Live at the Boogaloo

1. "Delivery"
2. "Baddie's Boogie"
3. "UnBiloTitled"
4. "There She Goes"
5. "Pipedown"

• "Delivery" (Video)

"French" edition bonus DVD: Drew's Birthday: Live à L'Elysée Montmartre

• Live at l'Elysee Montmartre recorded on 13 November 2006

1. "Pipedown"
2. "Beg Steal or Borrow"
3. "You Talk"
4. "Sedative"
5. "Killamangiro"
6. "Time for Heroes"
7. "Albion"
8. "Fuck Forever"
9. "The Blinding"
10. "Backstage footage"

It was released on 12 May 2008

Personnel

• Peter Doherty – guitar, vocals, design
• Michael Whitnall – guitar, vocals
• Adam Ficek – drums, percussion, keyboards, vocals
• Drew McConnell – bass guitar, double bass, vocals
• Stephen Large – keyboards on track 4 and 8
• Bert Jansch – guitar on track 12
• Stephen Street – producer, mixing, additional guitar on tracks 11 and 12
• Tom Stanley – engineer
• Mo Hausler – assistant engineer
• Cenzo Townshend – mixing
• Neil Comber – assistant mix engineer
• Traffic – design
• Alizé Meurisse – cover painting
• Todd Korol – cover photograph

Singles

• Delivery (17 June), (2007), (Parlophone) #6
• You Talk (3 December), (2007), (Parlophone) #54

Charts and certifications

Year-end charts

Chart (2007)	Position
French Albums (SNEP)^[10]	188
UK Albums (OCC)^[11]	191

Certifications

See also

• Babyshambles discography

Notes and References

1. Web site: Doherty addresses "Shotter's Nation" . 2007-08-09 . 2007-08-16 . Yahoo! Music . 27 September 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927165220/http://uk.news.launch.yahoo.com/dyna/article.html?a=/070809/340/hf477.html&e=l_news_dm . dead .
2. Web site: Shotter's Nation by Babyshambles. Metacritic. 2007-10-25.
3. News: New Pete Doherty album divides critics. 2007-10-14. Vidalon. Dominique. 2007-10-12. Reuters.
4. Babyshambles album gets a US release . . 2007-08-22 . 2007-08-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071118122913/http://www.nme.com/news/30580 . 18 November 2007 .
5. Babyshambles second album details emerge. NME. 2007-07-30. 2007-08-16 .
6. Web site: BABYSHAMBLES FINALISE AUTUMN RELEASE . 2007-08-16 . 2007-08-16 . contactmusic.com.
7. First Thoughts on the New Babyshambles Album . Allen . Jones . Allan Jones (editor) . 2007-08-16 . 23 July 2007 . Uncut.co.uk .
8. Web site: MOSS 'SCRAPPED FROM BABYSHAMBLES COVER'. 2007-10-31. 2007-09-29. contactmusic.com.
9. Web site: Babyshambles, Shotter's Nation . 2007-11-25 . Mulholland . Garry . 2007-09-16 . The Observer.
10. Web site: Top de l'année Top Albums 2007. SNEP. fr. 5 April 2021.
11. Web site: UK Year-End Charts 2007. Official Charts Company. 5 April 2021.