Someone to Drive You Home

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Someone to Drive you Home
Studio album by The Long Blondes
Released	November 6, 2006 June 5, 2007
Recorded	July 2006, Konk Studios, London
Genre	Indie rock
Length	US release: 62:42
Label	Rough Trade Records
Producer	Erol Alkan, Steve Mackey
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Drowned in Sound (8/10) link LAUNCHcast (9/10) link Mojo (magazine) Link NME (9/10) link Pitchfork Media (8.2/10) link Stranger (Positive) link Stylus (B+) link The Guardian link The Observer link This Is Fake DIY link Uncut link
The Long Blondes chronology
Someone to Drive You Home (2006) "Couples" (2008)

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.

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^{[citation needed]}.

The title of the album comes from a line in the song "You Could Have Both".

The albums artwork is a painting by lead singer Kate Jackson; it is an image of Faye Dunaway in the film Bonnie and Clyde, with a Ford Cortina as her getaway car.^[1]

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 US bonus disc 2 Personnel 2.1 The Long Blondes 2.2 Other 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Track listing

1. "Lust in the Movies" – 3:05
2. "Once And Never Again" – 2:56
3. "Only Lovers Left Alive" – 3:59
4. "Giddy Stratospheres" – 5:08
5. "In the Company of Women" – 2:39
6. "Heaven Help the New Girl" – 3:54
7. "Separated by Motorways" – 2:19
8. "You Could Have Both" – 4:47
9. "Swallow Tattoo" – 2:31
10. "Weekend Without Makeup" – 4:11
11. "Madame Ray" – 3:30
12. "A Knife for the Girls" – 5:08

[edit] US bonus disc

1. "Fulwood Babylon" – 4:05
2. "Five Ways to End It" – 6:06
3. "Never to Be Repeated" – 3:43
4. "All Bar One Girls" – 4:09

[edit] Personnel

[edit] The Long Blondes

• Emma Chaplin: guitars, keyboards, vocals
• Dorian Cox: guitars, keyboards, vocals, lyrics except on tracks 7 and 11
• Reenie Hollis: bass guitar, vocals
• Kate Jackson: lead vocals, lyrics on tracks 7 and 11, artwork
• Screech Louder: drums

[edit] Other

• Produced and mixed by: Steve Mackey and Richard Flack
• Assistant engineers: Ben Mason, Serge Krebs
• Mastered by: Guy Davie at the Exchange
• Logo by: Matt Bolton
• Layout by: Jeff Teader

[edit] External links

• The Long Blondes discography at MusicBrainz
• Someone to Drive You Home at MusicBrainz
• Someone to Drive You Home Album Review at UKEvents.net

[edit] References

1. ^ Wiseman, Eva (2006-11-11). Eva Wiseman meets the Long Blondes. Guardian. Retrieved on 2007-12-09.