Released November 6, 2006 Someone to Drive You Home
(2006) "Couples"
(2008) Release date 6 November 2006 Label Rough Trade Records | Length US release: 62:42 Artist The Long Blondes Producer Steve Mackey Genre Indie rock | |
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Recorded July 2006, Konk Studios, London Similar Couples, Singles, British Road Movies, We Are The Pipettes, Return to Cookie Mountain | ||
The long blondes once and never again
Someone To Drive You Home is the debut album by The Long Blondes. It was released on November 6, 2006. It received widespread critical praise and was placed 7th in the NME's best 50 albums of 2006 list [1] and features in many other best of lists for 2006.
Contents
The predominant theme of the album is relationships from a female perspective, although 10 of the tracks on the album were written by male guitarist Dorian Cox. Themes dealt with include competition between females, isolation, sexual exploration and deceit. Influences of Pulp, Elastica, Morrissey and Blondie have been frequently quoted when the album is discussed in the media.
The title of the album comes from a line in the song "You Could Have Both".
The album's artwork is a painting by lead singer Kate Jackson; it is an image of Faye Dunaway in the film Bonnie and Clyde, with a Mark 3 Ford Cortina as her getaway car. The artwork inside the album sleeve is a painting of Nicolas Cage & Laura Dern in the film Wild At Heart.
Track listing
- "Lust in the Movies" – 3:05
- "Once And Never Again" – 2:56
- "Only Lovers Left Alive" – 3:59
- "Giddy Stratospheres" – 5:08
- "In the Company of Women" – 2:39
- "Heaven Help the New Girl" – 3:54
- "Separated by Motorways" – 2:19
- "You Could Have Both" – 4:47
- "Swallow Tattoo" – 2:31
- "Weekend Without Makeup" – 4:11
- "Madame Ray" – 3:30
- "A Knife for the Girls" – 5:08
US bonus disc
- "Fulwood Babylon" – 4:05
- "Five Ways to End It" – 6:06
- "Never to Be Repeated" – 3:43
- "All Bar One Girls" – 4:09
The Long Blondes
Other
Songs
1Lust In The Movies3:02
2Once and Never Again3:00
3Only Lovers Left Alive3:59