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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,

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, Morrissey and Blondie 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

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in the film Wild At Heart.

Track listing

#"Lust in the Movies" – 3:05 #" Once And Never Again" – 2:56 #"Only Lovers Left Alive" – 3:59 #"

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" – 5:08 #"In the Company of Women" – 2:39 #"Heaven Help the New Girl" – 3:54 #"Separated by Motorways" – 2:19 #"You Could Have Both" – 4:47 #"Swallow Tattoo" – 2:31 #" Weekend Without Makeup" – 4:11 #"Madame Ray" – 3:30 #"A Knife for the Girls" – 5:08

US bonus disc

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

15th Anniversary Edition Disc 2

#"Five Ways To End It" - 6:06 #"Fulwood Babylon" – 4:05 #"The Whippet Fancier" - 3:46 #"Who Are You To Her?" - 4:29 #"Never To Be Repeated" – 3:43 #"All Bar One Girls" – 4:09 #"I'm Coping" - 3:13 #"Last Night On Northgate St" - 2:54 #"Platitudes" - 3:18 #"Melville Farr" - 1:37 #"The Unbearable Lightness Of Buildings" - 5:42

Personnel

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Someone To Drive You Home 2006 debut albums The Long Blondes albums Rough Trade Records albums Albums produced by Steve Mackey