Felt Better Alive
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| Released | 16 May 2025 | |||
| Length | 28:48 | |||
| Label | Strap Originals | |||
| Producer | Mike Moore | |||
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Felt Better Alive is the fifth solo studio album from the Babyshambles frontman and The Libertines co-frontman Pete Doherty. It was released on 16 May 2025 through Strap Originals.[1]
Reception
[edit]| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.1/10[2] |
| Metacritic | 79/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| The Arts Desk |   [4] |
| DIY |  [5] |
| The Independent | [6] |
| Mojo | [7] |
| MusicOMH | [8] |
| The Daily Telegraph | [9] |
| Uncut | 7/10[10] |
Felt Better Alive has received acclaim from critics. At the review aggregator Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Felt Better Alive received a rating of 79 out of 100 based on six critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Calvados" | Peter Doherty | 2:48 |
| 2. | "Pot of Gold" |
| 2:42 |
| 3. | "The Day Baron Died" |
| 3:42 |
| 4. | "Stade Océan" |
| 3:02 |
| 5. | "Out of Tune Balloon" |
| 2:25 |
| 6. | "Felt Better Alive" | Doherty | 3:20 |
| 7. | "Ed Belly" | Doherty | 2:20 |
| 8. | "Poca Mahoney's" |
| 1:47 |
| 9. | "Fingee" | Doherty | 1:51 |
| 10. | "Prêtre De La Mer" |
| 3:02 |
| 11. | "Empty Room" | Doherty | 1:44 |
| Total length: | 28:48 | ||
Personnel
[edit]Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[11]
- Peter Doherty – vocals (all tracks), guitar (tracks 6–9, 11), art
- Mike Moore – production, mixing (all tracks); guitar (1–6, 9–11), keyboards (3, 4, 10), backing vocals (4, 10), bass (11)
- Mark Neary – engineering (all tracks), bass (1–9), double bass (10)
- Jason Stafford – engineering
- Pascal Bromy – engineering
- Christian Wright – mastering
- Seb Rochford – drums (1, 2, 6–9, 11), piano (1, 6, 7, 9, 11)
- Gloria Gashi – violin (1, 2, 6)
- Justina Zajancauskaité – violin (1, 2, 6)
- Vincent Dormieu – violin (1, 2, 6)
- Frédéric Deville – cello (1, 2, 6)
- Kyle Williams – violin (1, 5, 11), piano (5)
- Matt Hector – drums (3)
- Quentin "Q" Dos Santos – trumpet (3)
- Adam Falkner – drums (4, 5, 10)
- Martin Slattery – clarinet (7), bass clarinet (9), saxophone (10)
- Lisa O'Neill – vocals (8)
- Father Didier – vocals (10)
- Jean Legoupil – pump organ (10)
- Peter Doherty – art
- Thomas Leprêtre – art
- Wayne "Chu" Edwards – design
Charts
[edit]| Chart (2025) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12] | 34 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] | 105 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] | 52 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] | 16 |
| Scottish Albums (Official Charts)[16] | 5 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] | 91 |
| UK Albums (Official Charts)[18] | 7 |
| UK Independent Albums (Official Charts)[19] | 2 |
References
[edit]- ↑ Trendell, Andrew (15 January 2025). "Pete Doherty tells us about new solo album 'Felt Better Alive': "The Libertines are stark-raving mad not to want these songs"". NME. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ↑ "Felt Better Alive by Pete Doherty reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- 1 2 "Reviews for Felt Better Alive by Peter Doherty". Metacritic. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ↑ Cumming, Tim (10 May 2025). "Album: Peter Doherty". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ↑ Harris, Cameron Sinclair (14 May 2025). "Felt Better Alive". DIY. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ↑ Brown, Helen (16 May 2025). "Pete Doherty channels his current domestic bliss and freedom on Felt Better Alive". The Independent. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ↑ Aizlewood, John (June 2025). "Peter Doherty: Felt Better Alive". Mojo. p. 88. ISSN 1351-0193. Retrieved 26 April 2025 – via the Internet Archive.
- ↑ Livesey, Donovan (13 May 2025). "Felt Better Alive". musicOMH. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ↑ Hall, James; Perry, Andrew; Platt, Poppie (16 May 2025). "Morgan Wallen's 37-track break-up album leaves a bad taste". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ↑ Shepherd, Fiona (June 2025). "Peter Doherty: Felt Better Alive". Uncut. p. 31. ISSN 1368-0722.
- ↑ Felt Better Alive (Media notes). Peter Doherty. Strap Originals. 16 May 2025.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Peter Doherty – Felt Better Alive" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Peter Doherty – Felt Better Alive" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Peter Doherty – Felt Better Alive" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Peter Doherty – Felt Better Alive" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
- ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart on 23/5/2025 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
- ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Peter Doherty – Felt Better Alive". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ↑ "Official Albums Chart on 23/5/2025 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
- ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart on 23/5/2025 – Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 May 2025.