| CD REVIEW Stereophonics |
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Band : Stereophonics Keep Calm And Carry On is the seventh studio album of the Welsh rock band Stereophonics. The so-called ‘pub rock’ of Stereophonics, with singer/guitar player Kelly Jones and his characteristic gravelly voice as main point of attraction, is very successful in the UK. After their initial breakthrough with their debut album Word Gets Around (1997), not less than all five of the succeeding albums (Performance And Cocktails, Just Enough Education To Perform, You Gotta Go There To Come Back, Language. Sex. Violence. Other? and Pull The Pin) reached the number one position in the English charts, which clearly indicates how popular these Welshmen are in the UK. But now, with Keep Calm And Carry On, they didn’t make it to the number one position and that’s maybe because Stereophonics are starting to repeat themselves after all these years. Truth be told, on each album of the band, there has always been an excellent single and this isn’t different for Keep Calm And Carry On, where the single “Innocent” does the trick. But after the first ten years and the greatest hits collection Decade In The Sun: The Best Of Stereophonics (2008), Kelly Jones and his fellow companions need to regenerate again to find the right direction for the next ten years or they will stay put. Keep Calm And Carry On contains 12 songs and has a playing time of 45 minutes. Highlights of the album are the first single “Innocent”, “Trouble”, the second single “Could You Be The One”, “Live ‘n’ Love”, “100 MPH” and “Wonder”. Stereophonics are currently touring the UK in March 2010, but there are no festival dates outside the UK for the summer of 2010 confirmed yet. 70/100 Erik. |
