"Couples" is the second album by Sheffield band The Long Blondes. It was released on April 7, 2008 via Rough Trade Records, with the first single, "Century", released on March 24, 2008.
The album was recorded in October 2007 with Erol Alkan reprising production duties, having already produced many of their b-sides including "Fulwood Babylon", "All Bar One Girls" and "Five Ways to End It".
The album was generally well received by critics. The Inde...
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"Couples" is the second album by Sheffield band The Long Blondes. It was released on April 7, 2008 via Rough Trade Records, with the first single, "Century", released on March 24, 2008.
The album was recorded in October 2007 with Erol Alkan reprising production duties, having already produced many of their b-sides including "Fulwood Babylon", "All Bar One Girls" and "Five Ways to End It".
The album was generally well received by critics. The Independent called it "one of the albums of the year from one of the bands of the decade". The Fly described it as "a dark, sultry and sublime album" and gave it a four out of five stars. Uncut gave the album four stars and called it a sleek, sexy affair....Flirtations with a darker sound and Donna Summer-style disco emerge, Mojo labelled the album "ambitious and close to unique". Drowned In Sound said that the band had created "an ambitious, forward-thinking pop record that tops their debut by quite some distance", and Allmusic called the LP an ...
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