Someone To Drive You Home is the debut album by The Long Blondes

The Long Blondes

The Long Blondes were a five-piece English indie rock band formed in Sheffield, United Kingdom in 2003 by Dorian Cox , Reenie Hollis , Emma Chaplin , Kate Jackson and Screech Louder .After several critically...

. It was released on November 6, 2006. It received widespread critical praise and was placed 7th in the NME

NME

The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...

s best 50 albums of 2006 list http://www.nme.com/reviews/albums/oftheyear 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

Pulp (band)

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, Elastica

Elastica

Elastica were an English alternative rock band that played punk rock-influenced music. They were best known for their 1995 album Elastica, which produced singles that charted in the US and the UK.-History:...

, Morrissey

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 and Blondie

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 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

Faye Dunaway

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 in the film Bonnie and Clyde

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The film was originally offered to François Truffaut, the best-known director of the New Wave movement, who made contributions to the script. He passed on the project to make Fahrenheit 451. The producers approached Jean-Luc Godard next...

, with a Mark 3 Ford Cortina as her getaway car.
The artwork inside the album sleeve is a painting of Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage

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 & Laura Dern

Laura Dern

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 in the film Wild At Heart

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.

Track listing

1. "Lust in the Movies" – 3:05
2. "Once And Never Again
   Once And Never Again
   "Once And Never Again" is the second major label single from UK indie rock band The Long Blondes. It was released in October 2006, shortly before their debut album Someone To Drive You Home.-Meaning:...
   
   " – 2:56
3. "Only Lovers Left Alive" – 3:59
4. "Giddy Stratospheres
   Giddy Stratospheres
   "Giddy Stratospheres" was a 7" only release by Sheffield band The Long Blondes. It was released on November 29, 2004, on Angular Records. The single was accompanied by two B-sides, "Polly" and "Darts". The single was re-released in 2007 and was the third major label single from their debut album,...
   
   " – 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
    Weekend Without Makeup
    "Weekend Without Makeup" was the first single to be taken from The Long Blondes' first album Someone to Drive You Home. It was released on July 26, 2006, on CD, 2x7" and digital download...
    
    " – 4:11
11. "Madame Ray" – 3:30
12. "A Knife for the Girls" – 5:08

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

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

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

External links

• Someone to Drive You Home Album Review at UKEvents.net