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- Date Released: November 18, 2008
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Label: Fontana International
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One of those British phenomena that has stayed distinctly provincial -- talk all you want about Oasis or Blur never cracking the U.S. charts, Stereophonics never came close, never even managing to cobble together a cult of college students or Anglophiles -- Stereophonics managed to carve out a nice living as workaday rockers in the post-Oasis age. They were guitar rock traditionalists in the time when Radiohead and their happy followers Coldplay ruled British rock, marching just outside of the Zeitgeist but appealing to thousands anyway, probably because they never tried to compete with Radiohead's spacy explorations. Instead, Stereophonics adapted the anthemic roar of their Welsh forefathers Manic Street Preachers, substituting the Manics' Guns N' Roses fascination with a love of Nirvana, and then made big arena rock, tempered slightly with rambling acoustic singalongs straight out of Oasis and vague electronica-flavored pop. All this is chronicled on Decade in the Sun: The Best of Stereophonics, the group's first hits compilation and one that traces its evolution effectively across 20 tracks best appreciated by listeners familiar with these tunes as part of the general cultural fabric. For U.K. listeners, this is a good sampling of what they heard in the background for a decade.
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Dakota
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4:57 |
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| 02. | |
The Bartender And The Thief
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2:54 |
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| 03. | |
Just Looking
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4:14 |
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| 04. | |
Have A Nice Day
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3:26 |
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| 05. | |
Local Boy In The Photograph
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3:22 |
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| 06. | |
Maybe Tomorrow
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4:32 |
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| 07. | |
Superman
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3:52 |
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| 08. | |
Pick A Part That's New
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3:31 |
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| 09. | |
My Own Worst Enemy
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3:35 |
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| 10. | |
I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio
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3:47 |
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| 11. | |
You're My Star
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4:27 |
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| 12. | |
Mr. Writer
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4:25 |
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| 13. | |
Step On My Old Size Nines
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4:00 |
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Devil
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4:39 |
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| 15. | |
It Means Nothing
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3:48 |
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| 16. | |
A Thousand Trees
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3:02 |
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| 17. | |
Vegas Two Times
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3:40 |
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| 18. | |
Traffic
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4:53 |
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| 19. | |
More Life In A Tramps Vest
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2:20 |
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| 20. | |
Handbags And Gladrags
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4:37 |
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20 Total Tracks, 78:01 Total Length
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Credits
- Chris Blair - Mastering // Al Clay - Mixing // Bob Clearmountain - Mixing // Scott James - Guitar // Ted Jensen - Mastering // Laurie Latham - Producer // Laurie Latham - Engineer // Jim Lowe - Keyboards // Jim Lowe - Programming // Jim Lowe - Producer // Jim Lowe - Engineer // Jim Lowe - Mixing // Bob Ludwig - Mastering // Jack Joseph Puig - Mixing // Mark "Spike" Stent - Mixing // Dick Beetham - Mastering // Ian Cooper - Mastering // Hazel Fernandez - Vocals (Background) // Chapman Baehler - Cover Photo // Aileen McLaughlin - Vocals (Background) // Kelly Jones - Guitar // Kelly Jones - Piano // Kelly Jones - Vocals // Kelly Jones - Producer // Kelly Jones - Mellotron // Kelly Jones - Mixing // Kelly Jones - Wurlitzer // Anna Ross - Vocals (Background) // Richard Jones - Bass // Richard Jones - Harmonica // Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra - Performer // Javier Weyler - Drums // Tony Kirkham - Mellotron // Tony Kirkham - Fender Rhodes // Marshall Bird - Piano // Marshall Bird - Keyboards // Marshall Bird - Organ (Hammond) // Marshall Bird - Vocals (Background) // Marshall Bird - Mellotron // Marshall Bird - Fender Rhodes // Marshall Bird - Wurlitzer // John C.F. Davis - Mastering // Graham Rounthwaite - Art Direction // Hans Peter VanVelthoven - Photography // Scarlet Page - Photography
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