"Couples" (album)

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"Couples"
Studio album by The Long Blondes
Genre	Indie rock
Label	Rough Trade Records
Producer	Erol Alkan
Professional reviews
All Music Guide Link Drowned In Sound (8/10) Link DOA Link The Fly Link The Guardian Link The Independent (Positive) Link LAUNCHcast (9/10) Link Metro Link Mojo Link Music Week (Positive) Link NME (6/10) Link Pitchfork Media (5.8/10) Link PopMatters Link Uncut Link
The Long Blondes chronology
Someone to Drive You Home (2006) "Couples" (2008)

"Couples"^[1] is the second album by Sheffield band The Long Blondes. It was released on April 7, 2008 with the first single, "Century", released on March 24, 2008.^[2]

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2.1 The Long Blondes 2.2 Other 3 References

[edit] Track listing

1. "Century" – 5:36
2. "Guilt" – 4:35
3. "The Couples" – 3:37
4. "I Liked the Boys" – 1:59
5. "Here Comes the Serious Bit" – 2:49
6. "Round the Hairpin" – 5:43
7. "Too Clever By Half" – 4:26
8. "Erin O'Connor" – 3:09
9. "Nostalgia" – 3:12
10. "I'm Going to Hell" – 5:58^[3]

[edit] Personnel

[edit] The Long Blondes

• Emma Chaplin: guitars, keyboards, vocals
• Dorian Cox: guitars, keyboards, vocals, lyrics except on tracks 1 and 4
• Reenie Hollis: bass guitar, vocals
• Kate Jackson: lead vocals, lyrics on tracks 1 and 4, artwork
• Screech Louder: drums

[edit] Other

• Produced and mixed by: Erol Alkan
• Engineered by: Jimmy Robertson
• Assistant engineers: Mark 'Elton' Alloway, John Sephton and Paul Harris
• Mastered by: Guy Davie at the Exchange
• Artwork: Kate Jackson
• Photography: Steve Harries

[edit] References