Carl Barât

Carl Ashley Raphael Barât (born 6 June 1978) is an English musician, best known for being the co-frontman with Peter Doherty of the garage rock band The Libertines. He was the frontman and lead guitarist of Dirty Pretty Things, and in 2010 debuted a solo album. In 2014 he announced the creation of his new band, The Jackals.

Early life

Carl Barât was born in Basingstoke, England on 6 June 1978, and spent most of his childhood in Whitchurch, Hampshire. In a September 2004 interview with Blender Magazine, Barât mentioned having a French, Russian and Polish ethnic background.

As a youth, Barât divided his time between his divorced parents. His father, a former artist, worked in an armaments factory, and his mother, Chrissie, was part of the commune-dwelling counterculture and a member of peace groups such as the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Barât spent part of his childhood living with his mother on a commune in Somerset. He has one sister, actress-turned-singer Lucie Barât, who played Helen's handmaiden in the 2004 film Troy, founded publishing house and artistic organization Little Episodes, and is currently the lead singer of The Au Revoirs. He also has three half-siblings, one step brother and one step sister.

Carl Barât (album)

Carl Barât is the debut solo album by Libertines co-frontman Carl Barât. It was released on 4 October 2010 in the UK. The album was mastered in New York and was the first album released through his own self-funded record label Arcady, but distributed through PIAS Recordings. The first single to be released from the album was "Run with the Boys".

Its release was timed to coincide with Barât's memoirs, titled Threepenny Memoirs.

Track listing

  • "[The] Magus" (Barat/ Andrew Wyatt) [3:16]
  • "Je Regrette, Je Regrette" (Barat/ Andrew Wyatt/ Leo Abrahams) [3:05]
  • "She's Something" (Barat/ Findlay Brown) [2:29]
  • "Carve My Name" (Barat/ Davey Ray Moor/ Leo Abrahams) [4:33]
  • "Run With The Boys" (Barat/ Davey Ray Moor) [3:24]
  • "The Fall" (Barat/ Neil Hannon) [3:31]
  • "So Long, My Lover" (Barat) [3:38]
  • "What Have I Done" (Barat/ Andrew Wyatt) [3:42]
  • "Shadows Fall" (Barat/ Davey Ray Moor) [4:16]
  • "Ode To A Girl" (Barat/ Andrew Wyatt) [3:59]
  • "Death Fires Burn at Night (Japanese bonus track)"
  • "Irony of Love (Japanese bonus track)"
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