Peter Doherty : Last of the English Roses

Linked with The Libertines, Babyshambles, Kate Moss, Amy Winehouse, and more infamously with substance abuse, Peter Doherty came clean with this album released earlier this year. Doherty went solo on this slight heart breaker of a masterpiece with his melancholic reminiscing, singing of love and laughter, troubled or otherwise. A soothing musical of his life, though at times a tad depressing. He fully opened up here and sings to us romantic, thought-provoking lyrics devoid of any inhibitions. Not afraid to get intimate and vulnerable on this one, the fragility of this charmingly talented man is easily expressed and felt by the listener. A very personal album venting of times and people been and gone and it’s as if the making of this was his form of rehabilitation. Without a doubt Grace/Wastelands rids of any negative press he brought upon himself in the past; it is beautiful in every way - lyrically, instrumentally, artistically – produced by Stephen Street who also worked with The Smiths. Pete is a true artist of many a medium – music, writing, painting [he did the album artwork with Alize Meurisse] – and even dabbled a bit in modeling.

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