Just Enough Education To Perform - Stereophonics

Welsh rockers, Stereophonics, surprised their fanatical crowd with their 2001 album, ‘Just Enough Education To Perform.’ To many, it was not the album that was about to punch the lights out of the music industry, and was seen, at the time, as a departure from their recent ‘in your face’ attitude. Mellowed and introspective, this album was a relaxing massage to the mind and although it romped home to number one in the U.K album chart, it was accused of housing too many single releases to keep the rest of us English speaking public interested… Since the essence of their science is the sound of grunge mixed with stoned poetry, it was never to be to everyone’s ...  Read the complete review

The latest album from the Stereophonics ‘Just Enough Education To Perform’ (JEEP for short) offers plenty of great sounds to listen too. This is the third offering from the superb band since there signing in 1996. ~ History ~ The Stereophonics picked up their record deal in 1996 after having been called ‘Tragic Love Company’ since they formed as school kids. The band is Kelly Jones, Richard Jones and Stuart cable. In August 1997 they released their first album entitled ‘Word Gets Around’. Soon after this they racked up three top ten hits from the album, ‘More life In A Tramps vest’, ‘A Thousand ...  Read the complete review

The third album that is released by a band often determines whether they will be around for years to come or whether they will 'take a break'. For Kelly Jones writing the songs for his third album has been the defining moment of his career. The majority of tracks were written whilst on tour through the various parts of Europe and the USA and this comes through not only in the lyrics but in the tunes as well. The sound has matured a lot since 'Word Gets Around' and the progression has definitely been positive, as the 'true' sound of the Stereophonics becomes more apparent. This can only be good for a band that has some of the most varied musical influences from AC/DC to ...  Read the complete review

I've never really been a huge Stereophonics fan. While I do pride myself on my eclectic music tastes, given the choice I do tend to lean towards jazz, soul, motown and rubbish 80s soft rock. Obviously when I was younger, I did occasionally dabble in indie music to look cool at school, but I've come to realise it's just not my thing. This is why I'd had no interest in the Stereophonics until this album - I just always thought they were too cool for me. Imagine my delight, then, when they released their fantastic cover of Rod Stewart's "Handbags and Gladrags" in 2001. One of the few covers around that is notably better than the original recording, I ...  Read the complete review

The Stereophonics are back Just Enough Education to Perform is their latest offering. Having established themselves as one of the top British acts with two top albums what is in store this time with more experience and time to develop? Just Enough Education to Perform (JEEP for short) was released in 2001 as the original, but has since been re-released to include some new tracks. This is the third album from the Stereophonics since their first in 1997 they have come a long way. They are a three piece band; Kelly Jones lead singer and guitarist Richard Jones and Stuart Cable on drums. Their last album from 1999 Performance and Cocktails was also a huge ...  Read the complete review