Century (Song)

Century (Song)

Infobox Single
Name = Century
Artist = The Long Blondes


from Album = "Couples"
Released = flagicon|UK March 24, 2008
Format = 7", digital download
Recorded = August 2007–December 2007
Genre = Indie rock
Length =
Label = Rough Trade
Writer = Kate Jackson, Dorian Cox
Producer = Erol Alkan
Chart position =
Last single = "Giddy Stratospheres" (2007)
This single = "Century (song)|Century" (2008)
Next single = "Guilt" (2008)

Century is the first single to be taken from The Long Blondes second album "Couples". It was released on March 24, 2008 as a limited edition 2-track 7" vinyl only.

The Video for Century was directed by Minsu Song [ [http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.channel&ChannelID=30242378 MySpaceTV Videos: The Long Blondes Video Channel ] ] , a second year student on the Graphic Design course at Central St. Martins. The video is the first example of a new collaboration between Rough Trade and CSM, where students compete to pitch ideas for a designated track.

The b-side to Century, The Unbearable Lightness of Buildings, was written specifically for Tate Modern as part of their 12-week long Tate Tracks that was held at the beginning of April 2007 [ [http://www.nme.com/news/the-long-blondes/27514 The Long Blondes to debut new material | News | NME.COM ] ] . The idea was Tate invited The Long Blondes to walk around the gallery and find a work of art that would inspire them to write a track. In the end, it was Jannis Kounellis’s Untitled that grabbed their attention. They said "Untitled caught our eye because we saw the stark industrial landscape and pictured ourselves within it" [ [http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/tatetracks/longblondes_kounellis.shtm Tate | Tate Tracks ] ] .

Century was well received by critics [ [http://www.gigwise.com/news/41798/the-long-blondes--century The Long Blondes - 'Century' - GIGWISE ] ] [ [http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/8935/The-Long-Blondes---Century.html This Is Fake DIY: Oooops ] ] [http://www.muzik.co.uk/reviews/the-long-blondes/9575] .

Track listing

All lyrics written by Kate Jackson and Dorian Cox, Music by The Long Blondes

*7"
# Side A "Century"
# Side B "The Unbearable Lightness of Buildings"

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