Let It Reign

{{Music ratings

| ADM = 6.5/10{{Cite web |title=Let It Reign by Carl Barât & The Jackals reviews {{!}} Any Decent Music |url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/6989/Carl-Barat--The-Jackals-Let-It-Reign.aspx |access-date=29 June 2025 |website=AnyDecentMusic?}}

| MC = 67/100{{Cite web |title=Critic Reviews for Let It Reign - Metacritic |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/let-it-reign/carl-barat/critic-reviews |access-date=29 June 2025 |website=Metacritic |language=en}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web |last=Phares |first=Heather |title=Let It Reign - Carl Barât & the Jackals, Carl Barât |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/let-it-reign-mw0002784385 |access-date=29 June 2025 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}

| rev2 = Consequence of Sound

| rev2score = C{{Cite web |last=Henry |first=Dusty |date=17 February 2015 |title=Album Review: Carl Barât and the Jackals – Let It Reign |url=https://consequence.net/2015/02/album-review-carl-barat-and-the-jackals-let-it-reign/ |access-date=29 June 2025 |website=Consequence Of Sound |language=en-US}}

| rev3 = DIY

| rev3score = {{Rating|1|5}}{{Cite web |last=Owens |first=Dan |date=14 February 2015 |title=Carl Barât and the Jackals - Let It Reign |url=https://diymag.com/review/album/carl-barat-let-it-reign-album-review |access-date=29 June 2025 |website=DIY |language=en}}

| rev4 = Drowned in Sound

| rev4score = 5/10{{Cite web |last=Lukowski |first=Andrzej |date=17 February 2015 |title=Album Review: Carl Barât and The Jackals - Let It Reign |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18644/reviews/4148703 |access-date=29 June 2025 |website=Drowned in Sound |language=en}}

| rev5 = Exclaim!

| rev5score = 7/10{{Cite web |last=Sookraj |first=Lisa |date=13 February 2015 |title=Carl Barât & the Jackals │ Let It Reign |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/carl_barat_jackals-let_it_reign |access-date=29 June 2025 |website=Exclaim! |language=en}}

| rev6 = NME

| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web |last=Beaumont |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Beaumont (journalist) |date=30 January 2015 |title=Carl Barat & The Jackals |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-carl-barat-the-jackals-15909-307445 |access-date=29 June 2025 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}

| rev7 = PopMatters

| rev7score = 7/10{{Cite web |last=Strowe |first=Jeff |date=19 February 2015 |title=Carl Barat and the Jackals: Let It Reign » PopMatters |url=https://www.popmatters.com/190603-carl-barat-the-jackals-let-it-reign-2495560717.html |access-date=29 June 2025 |website=PopMatters |language=en-US}}

| rev8 = The Guardian

| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Caroline |date=12 February 2015 |title=Carl Barât and the Jackals: Let It Reign review – brief and snarling |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/12/carl-barat-jackals-let-it-reign-review |access-date=29 June 2025 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

| rev9 = The Observer

| rev9score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{Cite news |last=Mongredien |first=Phil |date=15 February 2015 |title=Carl Barât and the Jackals: Let It Reign review – a solid, unspectacular comeback |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/15/carl-barat-jackals-let-it-reign-observer-review |access-date=29 June 2025 |work=The Observer |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

| rev10 = Under the Radar

| rev10score = {{Rating|5.5|10}}{{Cite web |last=Moayeri |first=Lily |date=9 March 2015 |title=Let It Reign |url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/carl_barat_let_it_reign |access-date=29 June 2025 |website=Under The Radar |language=en}}

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Let It Reign was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 67, based on sixteen reviews. The aggregator AnyDecentMusic? has the critical consensus of the album at a 6.5 out of 10, based on thirteen reviews.

Mark Beaumont of NME praised the album, calling it "the most electric and exuberant record he's made since Up the Bracket". Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian stated: "this feels like a placeholder for the forthcoming Libertines album, but, as placeholders go, it's a stormer". AllMusic's Heather Phares determined: "Let It Reign{{'}}s appealing mix of nostalgia and vitality proves that Barât can not just survive, but thrive outside of the confines of his other, storied band". Lisa Sookraj of Exclaim! noted: "it's the slower, more "mature" tracks that disappoint here.... Still there's plenty to like on Let It Reign for Libertines fans missing that garage rock sound". Jeff Strowe of PopMatters wrote: "it's an affair that is much more snarling and punkish than solemn and introspective and one that appears to have been a good representation of what he had in mind".

In mixed reviews, Lily Moayeri of Under the Radar declared: "a return to the garage rock that has propelled most of his musical endeavors, the primary thrust of Let It Reign is guttural. There are, however, tempo and minor style changes along the way that stop the album from being one long string of yells". Dusty Henry of Consequence stated: "save for the singles, it all feels inconsequential. It plays more like a young band who grew up worshipping Up the Bracket, rather than identifying with the songwriter who helped forge the sound". Andrzej Lukowski of Drowned in Sound concluded: "as a warm up exercise for Barât's musical muscles and an honouring of a debt to The Jackals, Let It Reign is absolutely fine. But Libertines album number three will need to deliver a lot more than this". Phil Mongredien of The Observer resumed: "for the most part, these songs just sound as if they're being bashed out at a slower tempo".

Dan Owens of DIY gave the album one-out-of-five stars, admitting "Let It Reign{{'}}s abrasiveness does little to deflect from its disappointing lack of ambition".

{{Track listing

| all_writing =

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Glory Days

| writer1 = {{hlist|Carl Barât|Benjamin Biolay}}

| extra1 = Joby J Ford

| length1 = 3:42

| title2 = Victory Gin

| writer2 = {{hlist|Barât|Daniel Mills}}

| extra2 = Joby J Ford

| length2 = 3:54

| title3 = Summer in the Trenches

| writer3 = {{hlist|Barât|Mills}}

| extra3 = Joby J Ford

| length3 = 3:03

| title4 = A Storm Is Coming

| writer4 = {{hlist|Barât|Andrew Burrows}}

| extra4 = Joby J Ford

| length4 = 3:59

| title5 = Beginning to See

| writer5 = {{hlist|Barât|David Raymond Moore}}

| extra5 = Joby J Ford

| length5 = 3:47

| title6 = March of the Idle

| writer6 = {{hlist|Barât|Ed Harcourt}}

| extra6 = Joby J Ford

| length6 = 3:40

| title7 = We Want More

| writer7 = {{hlist|Barât|Anthony Rossomando}}

| extra7 = Davey Ray Moor

| length7 = 3:33

| title8 = War of the Roses

| writer8 = {{hlist|Barât|Mills}}

| extra8 = Joby J Ford

| length8 = 4:54

| title9 = The Gears

| writer9 = {{hlist|Barât|Billy Tessio|Drew McConnell|Jay Bone}}

| extra9 = Davey Ray Moor

| length9 = 1:32

| title10 = Let It Rain

| writer10 = {{hlist|Barât|Harcourt}}

| extra10 = Joby J Ford

| length10 = 3:27

| total_length = 35:31

}}

• Carl Barât – vocals, guitar (tracks: 1–6, 8, 10)
• Ray Suen – bass (tracks: 1–6, 8, 10), strings (tracks: 5, 10)
• Jarrod Alexander – drums (tracks: 1–6, 8, 10)
• Alfredo Ortiz – percussion (tracks: 1, 3, 4)
• Sara Bauza – trumpet (tracks: 2, 8)
• Joby J. Ford – additional background vocals (tracks: 3, 5), producer & engineering (tracks: 1–6, 8, 10), vocal editing (track 6)
• Billy Tessio – guitar (tracks: 7, 9)
• Drew McConnell – bass (tracks: 7, 9)
• Jay Bone – drums (tracks: 7, 9)
• Andrew Wyatt – piano (track 10)
• Beau Burchell – mixing
• Jonathan Gilmore – engineering (tracks: 7, 9)

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• {{Discogs master|827313|Carl Barât And The Jackals – Let It Reign}}

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