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.
Reception
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".
Track listing
Personnel Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.
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 + Chart performance for Felt Better Alive Chart (2025) Peakposition
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