# The Best Libertines Guitar Solos

> The 13 best Libertines guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Up the Bracket (2002), then Time for Heroes and Don't Look Back into the Sun.

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The Libertines revived raw, ramshackle British guitar rock in the early 2000s, with Carl Barât and Pete Doherty's scrappy, interlocking guitars in place of polished virtuosity. Their lead breaks are about energy and melody, not technique.

Informed by: [Wikipedia: The Libertines discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Libertines_discography), [Wikipedia: Up the Bracket](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_the_Bracket), [Wikipedia: The Libertines (album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Libertines_(album))

1. [Up the Bracket](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-libertines-up-the-bracket/) — The Libertines · solo by Carl Barât · 2002
2. [Time for Heroes](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-libertines-time-for-heroes/) — The Libertines · solo by Carl Barât · 2002
3. [Don't Look Back into the Sun](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-libertines-don-t-look-back-into-the-sun/) — The Libertines · solo by Carl Barât · 2003
4. [Can't Stand Me Now](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-libertines-can-t-stand-me-now/) — The Libertines · solo by Carl Barât · 2004
5. [Vertigo](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-libertines-vertigo/) — The Libertines · solo by Carl Barât · 2002
6. [Horror Show](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-libertines-horror-show/) — The Libertines · solo by Carl Barât · 2002
7. [Boys in the Band](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-libertines-boys-in-the-band/) — The Libertines · solo by Carl Barât · 2002
8. [What a Waster](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-libertines-what-a-waster/) — The Libertines · solo by Carl Barât · 2002
9. [What Became of the Likely Lads](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-libertines-what-became-of-the-likely-lads/) — The Libertines · solo by Carl Barât · 2004
10. [The Boy Looked at Johnny](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-libertines-the-boy-looked-at-johnny/) — The Libertines · solo by Carl Barât · 2002
11. [Death on the Stairs](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-libertines-death-on-the-stairs/) — The Libertines · solo by Carl Barât · 2002
12. [Gunga Din](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-libertines-gunga-din/) — The Libertines · solo by Carl Barât · 2015
13. [Music When the Lights Go Out](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-libertines-music-when-the-lights-go-out/) — The Libertines · solo by Pete Doherty · 2004

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