Performance and Cocktails
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| Performance and Cocktails | ||
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| LP by Stereophonics | ||
| Released | March 8, 1999 | |
| Recorded | various (see article) | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 50 min 55 sec | |
| Record label | V2 | |
| Producer | Marshall Bird | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| Q | 3 stars out of 5 | link (http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.review.redirect&fixture_review=134146&resource=134146&fixture_artist=142974) |
| NME | 6 out of 10 | link (http://www.nme.com/reviews/2171.htm) |
| Allmusic.com | 3 stars out of 5 | link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Ave1ibkj90ak0) |
| Dave Veitch – Calgary Sun | ”Kinks-y qualities that elevate this band above the classic-rock hordes” | link (http://www.canoe.ca/JamAlbumsS/stereophonics_cocktails.html) |
| Stereophonics Discography | ||
| Word Gets Around (1997) | Performance and Cocktails (1999) | Just Enough Education to Perform (2001) |
| You Gotta Go There to Come Back (2003) | Language. Sex. Violence. Other? (2005) | |
Performance And Cocktails is the Stereophonics second album. Released by V2 March 8 1999.
The album was a surprise commercial success giving the phonics three straight top ten singles in the British charts with "The Bartender And The Thief" reaching number three, and both "Just Looking" and "Pick A Part That's New" reaching number four.
All three members of the band were given equal credit for writing all the songs on this album.
Recording
The songs were variously recorded at Real World Studios, (Bath), Parkgate, (Sussex) and Rockfield, (Monmouth).
Track listing
- "Roll Up And Shine"
- "The Bartender And The Thief"
- "Hurry Up And Wait"
- "Pick A Part That's New"
- "Just Looking"
- "Half The Lies You Tell Ain't True"
- "I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio"
- "T-Shirt Sun Tan"
- "Is Yesterday, Tomorrow, Today?"
- "A Minute Longer"
- "She Takes Her Clothes Off"
- "Plastic California"
- "I Stopped To Fill My Car Up"
External link
- Homepage of the Stereophonics (http://www.stereophonics.com/main.html)