Just Enough Education To Perform - Stereophonics

Advantages: It's that indie band who get all the radio play...
Disadvantages: This is the poorer of their albums...

...you will find that that just may be the high light of the album, but it really depends on the mood that you find yourself reaching for this album in, in the first place. Again, this band has always been an acquired taste. A smile will come to the face for 'The Office,' fans when the album features 'Handbags And Gladrags,' a well covered track in the past by some big names, yet now will be akin with the cult T.V comedy drama series first sown on BBC2. ...
...that stand out to be just noise. I have found that over a certain age, the brain wants to start experiencing instruments and the easy recognition of them. The album does give a promising start, a chorus of perfectly tuned humming gives way to an explosion of what reminds me of Anthrax, (the band, that is, not the substance they use on cows..). This powerful introduction is enough to get the juices flowing, but by the time Jones sits back in his comfortable ... Read review

Advantages: All Good tracks on their own
Disadvantages: A bit too mellow all as one album

...is a mellower start with just the guitar introducing us to “Lying In The Sun”, a nice calm opening, which reflects the mood of the song. The drums and the vocal join in at roughly the same time accompanying the guitar intro from the start. The vocals are very relaxed and the lyrics of the song really stand out. This album makes for a good chill out album with songs like this enabling you to relax. The drum and guitar keep pretty much ...
...Phonics stuff. A good track just a tad overplayed. The next track is probably my favourite on the album, “Nice To Be Out”, a former B-side it was made up to the full album after the praise it received. It’s a slower number, opening with a slow drumbeat gradually getting louder before first the guitars come in and then the vocals. It’s in a similar vain to Stopped to fill my car up but in a more serious mood with a recount ... Read review

Advantages: Abousolutly flawless, CD-ROM a good touch
Disadvantages: non

...Pie, worth the 10 quid just for this laugh, brilliant. Plenty of information on the band and other stuff can be found at: www.stereophonics.com The website is based on the design of the album packaging at the moment and is easy to navigate with an easy to navigate index page. I found plenty of information when I first used it. Some of the information I used to make up this opinion was obtained from the website such as past album stuff and singles. ...
...bands and you contact and connect to loads of information. Available in several languages for different countries with easy to use navigation of all areas including a free stuff area that I will check out as I am an avid freebie hunter. Worth a look as it looks quite impressive. ~ Packaging and CD Design ~ This is my favourite CD design in my collection. The front cover of the inlay reminds me of the 60’s as the wording is written in a style ... Read review

Advantages: Just a few good songs
Disadvantages: Down and dire general feel

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 ...
...of the Christmas rush with just one thing new in it. And it is a cover version of that, Rod Stewart did a just as good version of this. Kelly even sounds a lot like him, so there really seems very little point. Nice song though. 8. Watch them fly Sundays Drones on a bit, before really threatening to get into life somewhere in the middle. Not one of my favourites it is another slow song that I feel drags on a bit. There seem to be good lyrics though ... Read review

Advantages: Offers something different to fans; some pretty good songs
Disadvantages: Not as good as previous albums; could have been better; no really superb songs

...would be that people are just disappointed that J.E.E.P. isn't quite as good as the first two albums, and so decide to dismiss it without really giving it a fair hearing. True, the first time you hear it you're not all that impressed, but after a while some of the tunes do become quite catchy. I must confess that the Stereophonics' first album (Word Gets Around) is one of my all-time favourites, but just because their latest album marks a departure ...
...the Stereophonics, but maybe that's just me. I don't know. Similarly, I like 'Everyday I Think of Money' for its cleverly delivered warning against greed (although the tune itself isn't brilliant), and 'Maybe' for what I interpret as a criticism of people's idleness, as well as for having a good sound and melody. However, I'm still not all that impressed with 'Watch Them Fly Sundays', 'Caravan Holiday' and 'Rooftop', and given their location on the ... Read review