World Exclusive - Pete Doherty Album Tracks

Hear tracks from Pete's solo album here...

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As promised in issue 34’s world exclusive interview with the man, the myth, the legend, here we’ve exclusive album streams from Pete Doherty’s debut solo album, ‘Grace/Wastelands’.

The ex-Libertine’s first-ever album under his own name is released by Parlophone on March 16; its release will be preceded by a single, ‘Last Of The English Roses’, which is one of the three tracks you can hear below.

In issue 34 of Clash magazine we spent some quality time with Doherty, who came clean to us on all manner of topics. Here are just a few highlights…

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Some people might say that Babyshambles is essentially a solo vehicle, so is this a big departure from the usual for you??
I’m quite confused about what exactly it is, because for your Babyshambles aficionado, you know, I don’t wanna be offensive, but your true Libs head or a Shambles head or a Doherty head is gonna look at this list of songs and think, “Hang on, I know that one, and that one’s been around for years”. Although a lot of the songs haven’t ever been recorded or released, they have existed for some time, but they’ve always been songs that, to be honest, I’ve never felt comfortable playing them. Whenever I’ve tried to bring them up in rehearsals or in different album sessions, they’ve just never been able to find their feet really. (Producer) Stephen Street is like an unmanned planet, if you like. He sets his stall out... I’m quite easily swayed. Not that I don’t believe in myself, but if Stephen Street turns around and says, “This is a great song and I wanna record it and it’s going on the album,” then bang, we’ll go along with it.

There are quite a few people who helped you in the making of this album.?
Yeah, we’ve got Dot Allison, who is singing on ‘Sheepskin Tearaway’, which I wrote with her as well - that was 70/30 maybe. And there’s ‘A Little Death Around The Eyes’, which has got the line, “Your boyfriend’s name was Dave / I was bold and brave,” courtesy of Mr. Barat, so that’s a Doherty/Barat one in there - 80/20 I’d say, but I’m sure him and [Alan] McGee and the old firm will dispute that. John Robinson - late of The Bandits - an amazing fella, actually, as it goes. Got a great voice. Stephen Street had him quite low down in the mix, the last I heard. He’s had a song for a while called ‘I Am The Rain’, which we used to play backstage and in hotel rooms and at bus stops back in the days when The Bandits used to play with The Libertines. I always wanted to do it, so we worked on it a bit together, changed a word, nicked a third...

** Check out our world exclusive interview in issue 34 of Clash magazine, replete with exclusive photographs shot by the acclaimed Kevin Westenburg; the full, uncut Q&A can be read online, too – click HERE **

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The tracks below are titled: ‘Last Of The English Roses’, ‘Broken Love Story’ and ‘Baby Don’t Fall Backwards’. These are exclusive to ClashMusic.com – you won’t hear them anywhere else.

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Hi All, I am happy to

Wed, 04/02/2009 am Steven Crichton wrote...

Hi All,

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are there more songs to

Wed, 04/02/2009 am bobbyneeds wrote...

are there more songs to follow Steven?

the flash player worked for

Wed, 04/02/2009 am yangi wrote...

the flash player worked for me before you fixed it.. now there are no songs displayed :( anyways, thanx for the streams. sounding soooo good!

Try refreshing the page.

Wed, 04/02/2009 am Mike Diver wrote...

Try refreshing the page. Worked for me.

so, what do you all think of

Wed, 04/02/2009 am Nick Annan wrote...

so, what do you all think of the three songs?
Looking forward to the album?

sounding good..... Pete's

Wed, 04/02/2009 am Matthew Bennett wrote...

sounding good..... Pete's solo stuff was always gonna be understated and more contemplative ... really like it tho'

where's the video of me dueting with him singing 'I wannna be Adored'????

Buried. Where it should be.

Wed, 04/02/2009 am Mike Diver wrote...

Buried. Where it should be. Deep.

i'm getting a Gorillaz vibe

Wed, 04/02/2009 pm Nick Annan wrote...

i'm getting a Gorillaz vibe from 'Last Of The English Roses'

the player still aint workin

Wed, 04/02/2009 pm nathan dean wrote...

the player still aint workin guys!!

Nathan the player may not be

Thu, 05/02/2009 am Steven Crichton wrote...

Nathan the player may not be working if you have javascript disabled in your browser. I have tested it in all the major ones at their current releases so there's little more we can do just now.
Yangi, thanks for the heads up on the song names. I need to get this one figured out next! Ah the joys of managing all this :)

The Clash Overlord

Mmmm..maybe after sortin'

Thu, 05/02/2009 am bobbyneeds wrote...

Mmmm..maybe after sortin' out the song names you could add another track or 3...anyone with me????

yeah.. another one - lets

Thu, 05/02/2009 pm karaul wrote...

yeah.. another one - lets say in a week..
and before it we can all vote which one - hm? :-)
thats good promo though

Ewww Pete... yuck.

Mon, 06/04/2009 am zombo09 wrote...

Ewww Pete... yuck.

I've tried, but nothing.

Tue, 21/04/2009 pm AaronK wrote...

I've tried, but nothing.

Sure!

Tue, 21/04/2009 pm AaronK wrote...

Sure!

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Tue, 19/05/2009 pm avto wrote...

I feel sorry for Pete

Sun, 07/06/2009 pm Seda wrote...

I feel sorry for Pete Doherty. I think he is a really talented musician and even saw him whilst I was living in Japan. However, it's a real shame that he has taken the path of drugs and has continually failed to overcome his addictions. It would be a shame to see such a talented young man throw his life away.