Down in Albion isn't the sound of defeat or surrender -- it's the sound of a "likely lad" embracing his promise.  Full text...

Down in Albion is the opposite of Up the Bracket, and not just for prepositional reasons.  Full text...

Pete Doherty has finally made an album rather than tabloid headlines, and surprisingly it is rather good in parts.   Full text...

It's testament to the song's perfection that, despite this, it remains the finest thing here.  Full text...

Down In Albion could either be the ultimate triumph over adversity and a two-fingered salute to every nay-saying critic in the Western world, or what's likely to be the final chapter in a story titled "We Knew You'd Blown It".  Full text...

Overall, Down in Albion is a supremely frustrating effort, and whilst perseverance brings some rewards, the A class student who has abused Class A, can’t keep winging his exams.   Full text...

Still, keep in mind that the music is totally secondary here.  Full text...

Down In Albion is a mess.  Full text...

It's a result, see, after the horrors of The Libertines disintegrating, after the spells in rehab facilitations and prisons and the countless shows canceled, re-scheduled and canceled again.  Full text...

'Down in Albion' is a truly abhorrent and occasionally upsetting record.  Full text...

It sounds like The Zutons trying to record one of their more out-there b-sides having just lost the ability to play music. "It'll be alright La, let's give it a go anyway" they might have said.  Full text...