Felt Better Alive

Felt Better Alive
Studio album by Pete Doherty
Released	16 May 2025
Length	28:48
Label	Strap Originals
Producer	Mike Moore
Pete Doherty chronology
The Fantasy Life of Poetry & Crime (2022) Felt Better Alive (2025)
Singles from Felt Better Alive
"Felt Better Alive" Released: 15 January 2025 "Calvados" Released: 26 February 2025 "The Day That Baron Died" Released: 9 April 2025 "Pot Of Gold" Released: 14 May 2025

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

Professional ratings

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

Felt Better Alive track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Calvados"	Peter Doherty	2:48
2.	"Pot of Gold"	Doherty Alan Wass	2:42
3.	"The Day Baron Died"	Doherty Mike Moore	3:42
4.	"Stade Océan"	Doherty Mik Whitnall	3:02
5.	"Out of Tune Balloon"	Doherty Carl Barât	2:25
6.	"Felt Better Alive"	Doherty	3:20
7.	"Ed Belly"	Doherty	2:20
8.	"Poca Mahoney's"	Doherty Lisa O'Neill	1:47
9.	"Fingee"	Doherty	1:51
10.	"Prêtre De La Mer"	Doherty Moore	3:02
11.	"Empty Room"	Doherty	1:44
Total length:			28:48

Personnel

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

Chart performance for Felt Better Alive

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 (OCC) [16]	5
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [17]	91
UK Albums (OCC) [18]	7
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [19]	2

References

1. 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.
2. "Felt Better Alive by Pete Doherty reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
3. "Reviews for Felt Better Alive by Peter Doherty". Metacritic . Retrieved 16 May 2025.
4. Cumming, Tim (10 May 2025). "Album: Peter Doherty". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
5. Harris, Cameron Sinclair (14 May 2025). "Felt Better Alive". DIY. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
6. Brown, Helen (16 May 2025). "Pete Doherty channels his current domestic bliss and freedom on Felt Better Alive". The Independent. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
7. Aizlewood, John (June 2025). "Peter Doherty: Felt Better Alive" . Mojo . p. 88. ISSN   1351-0193 . Retrieved 26 April 2025– via the Internet Archive.
8. Livesey, Donovan (13 May 2025). "Felt Better Alive". musicOMH. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
9. 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.
10. Shepherd, Fiona (June 2025). "Peter Doherty: Felt Better Alive". Uncut . p. 31. ISSN   1368-0722.
11. Felt Better Alive (Media notes). Peter Doherty. Strap Originals. 16 May 2025.
12. "Austriancharts.at – Peter Doherty – Felt Better Alive" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
13. "Ultratop.be – Peter Doherty – Felt Better Alive" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
14. "Ultratop.be – Peter Doherty – Felt Better Alive" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
15. "Offiziellecharts.de – Peter Doherty – Felt Better Alive" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
16. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
17. "Swisscharts.com – Peter Doherty – Felt Better Alive". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
18. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
19. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 May 2025.