- indie rock, rock
- 48 min
- 12 tracks
Couples is the second album by the Sheffield band The Long Blondes. It was released on 7 April 2008 by Rough Trade Records, with the first single, "Century", released on 24 March 2008. The quotation marks in the album title were included as a reference to the David Bowie album "Heroes".
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Spare, grave, contemporary and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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Tracks
- 1Century5:36
- 2Guilt4:35
- 3The Couples3:37
- 4I Liked the Boys1:59
- 5Here Comes the Serious Bit2:49
- 6Round the Hairpin5:43
- 7Too Clever by Half4:26
- 8Erin O’Connor3:09
- 9Nostalgia3:12
- 10I’m Going to Hell5:58
- 11Picture of You3:31
- 12Going Grey3:17
12 tracks, 48 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Long Blondes
- Released
- April 6, 2008
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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