Artist.......: Stereophonics
Album........: Berlin Live
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Alt. Rock
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2015-11-29
Str.date.....: 2015-11-28
Quality......: 232kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://www.stereophonics.com/
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1. Berlin Live 56:59
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A bright new noise in U.K. alternative rock in the '90s and into the new
millennium, Stereophonics were comprised of vocalist/guitarist Kelly Jones,
bassist Richard Jones, guitarist Adam Zindani, and drummer Jamie Morrison. They
were formed in Cwmaman, South Wales, originally as the teenage cover band Tragic
Love Company and with the late Stuart Cable on drums. Early reviews cited the
Manic Street Preachers as their most obvious influence, and their initial batch
of singles struggled to disabuse cynics of this notion.
Yet in Jones, Stereophonics possessed an able writer as well as a singer of some
distinction, a fact that was only truly acknowledged following the release of
their debut LP. One of the first bands on Richard Branson's new V2 label, they
were signed by chief executive Jeremy Pearce in August 1996 before the label was
officially up and running. They made their debut in November with "Looks Like
Chaplin" b/w "More Life in a Tramp's Vest," which later became a single in its
own right. They entered the charts for the first time with "Local Boy in the
Photograph" and didn't look back. Each of their subsequent singles sold
progressively better, culminating in a U.K. Top Ten placing for their debut
album, Word Gets Around, and Top 20 honors for "Traffic." The latter's resigned
themes provided the perfect platform for Jones' plaintive vocals. A reissue of
"Local Boy in the Photograph" also made the Top 20, in the same week as they
received a Brit Award for Best New Group. As a singles band, they seem
overburdened with riches -- "The Bartender and the Thief" duly became a British
radio staple through the closing months of 1998, followed the next year by the
full-length Performance and Cocktails.
The band's third studio effort, Just Enough Education to Perform was initially
slated to go by the abbreviated J.E.E.P.; however, Daimler-Chrysler objected to
the plan and claimed ownership of the actual word Jeep. In September 2003,
Stereophonics returned with their most honest material to date on You Gotta Go
There to Come Back. Not even a month after the long-player's domestic release,
the band announced the departure of founding member Cable. Frontman Jones said
Cable had had issues committing himself to the band ever since Just Enough
Education to Perform. Stereophonics planned to carry on as a duo while ex-Black
Crowes drummer Steve Gorman sat in on drums for several tour dates. Language.
Sex. Violence. Other? appeared in 2005. It also marked the debut of drummer
Javier Weyler. The band's first live album, Live from Dakota, arrived in spring
2006. After an extensive tour, including performances in Moscow and Latvia, the
group returned to the U.K. and released three formats of the single "It Means
Nothing" two weeks before Pull the Pin hit store shelves in mid-October 2007.
The compilation Decade in the Sun: The Best of Stereophonics arrived in 2008,
followed by the all new Keep Calm and Carry On in 2009.
Following a supporting tour for Keep Calm and Carry On, the group once again
changed drummers, swapping Weyler for Jamie Morrison. This new lineup was
unveiled on 2013's Graffiti on the Train, an album that featured the hit single
"Indian Summer." Graffiti on the Train was certified platinum -- the previous
two albums only went gold -- thanks in part to "Indian Summer" and the title
track. Two years later came Keep the Village Alive.
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