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Performance and Cocktails | 
| Artist: Stereophonics
Label: V2
Category: Music
List Price: £5.99
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Rating:  85 reviews
Sales Rank: 1442
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5033197044927
ASIN: B00000ILO7
Release Date: March 8, 1999
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| Tracks:
| • | Roll Up And Shine | | • | Bartender And The Thief | | • | Hurry Up And Wait | | • | Pick A Part That's New | | • | Just Looking | | • | Half The Lies You Tell Me Ain't True | | • | I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio | | • | T Shirt Sun Tan | | • | Is Yesterday Tomorrow Today | | • | Minute Longer | | • | She Take Her Clothes Off | | • | Plastic California | | • | I Stopped To Fill My Car Up |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
There are three themes to Performance And Cocktails: slow, a bit faster and "hey, let's make a noise for a bit". The former, as heard on "Hurry Up And Wait", start off by making you feel like curling up into a little ball and wallowing, but too much repetition could get wearing, which is why the mid-tempo tunes fill the gaps in the middle with the prettier tunes, like "Just Looking". Yet it's the faster tracks, particularly "The Bartender And The Thief", that hold the most interest. Here, the band can pull themselves out of the mire and show off why they love AC/DC so much--because it's more fun bouncing around a bit than complaining all the time. Performance And Cocktails covers all bases so thoroughly that it's not surprising it catapulted the Stereophonics into the mainstream. --Emma Johnston
From Amazon.com
Stereophonics have evolved remarkably since they were a Welsh covers band who once prided themselves on the authenticity of their Jimi Hendrix set. Though that 1960s influence is muted on the follow-up to their million-selling debut, Word Gets Around, there are enough hard riffs and vocal shred on the power trio's sophomore outing to evoke more contemporary Seattle comparisons. His band's whirlwind success has informed singer-songwriter Kelly Jones's lyrics and vocal persona with some refreshingly wide-eyed cynicism to season his band's hard-edged pop bent. Though they evoke comparisons to everyone from the Faces to Alice in Chains, Stereophonics are clearly carving their own niche, especially on the infectious "She Take Her Clothes Off," the acoustic-rooted "I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio," the raucous opener "Roll Up and Shine," and "A Minute Longer." Like many ambitious young musicians before them, Jones and company have written about the world they've seen from the back of a bar, a tour bus window, and through TV's jaundiced filter; it's the grace, wit, and humanity of those observations that sets them apart from their Brit-pop peers and forecasts even greater things to come. --Jerry McCulley
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| Customer Reviews: Read 80 more reviews...
 on the slide July 20, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
i grew up in the next village to these boys and their first album is annd always will be,there on my top five must haves. like so many othere one-hit wonders,they have proved over the years that they peaked with the first absolutely magic album , and then the rot set in. this album no longer is filled with creative lyrics and must listen to riffs,other than bartender and takes clothes off. this is just dross and fluff for fans who know no better to listen to and pretend they love it. sorry boys , its time to let it go now before the real damage to your reputations is done.
 Their best ever album by far July 1, 2007
This has got to be the best ever album the Stereophonics have released by far and its also one of the best rock albums of all time!
The singles alone are first class - Bartender and the thief, Pick a part thats new, Just looking, I wouldnt believe your radio and Hurry up and wait
but the rest of the tracks are equally as stunning - I stoped to fill my car up, Is yesterday tomorrow today, Roll up and shine and in my opinion the greatest 'Phonics track ever - T -shirt sun tan!
You must own this album if you love great music
Took my phonics virginity. August 7, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My first Stereophonics album when i was about 14. Because of this i will always owe alot to this record but it is hard to pick a favourite because of listening to them all so much. The first track, 'Roll up and Shine' Is made up of a great riff and a very drag style (even by Kelly's standards). What i love about this album is when i am listening to it i feel the guys have enjoyed recording it and every song manages to sound natural and footloose aswell as being worked upon and perfected. 'Just Looking' will live on as a classic and 'I Stopped to Fill My Car Up' is still one of the most interesting and uplifting songs i have ever heard. A crucial part of my stereophonics collection.
Underperformance and Rocktales March 1, 2005
4 out of 21 found this review helpful
After the raw, small-town observations of "Word Gets Around", sincerely expressed and warmly crafted, the appearance of "Performance And Cocktails" heralded the 'Phonics slide into the lumpen, uninspiring and turgid songwriting which has sadly characterised each album release to date. We can only be thankful that "Peformance And Cocktails" sits at the top of the slide, edging nervously towards a frightful plunge, and therefore does contain one or two worthy moments. "The Bartender And The Thief" has a pub-rock catchiness, which infects the ears and refuses to let go, budging up and making room for itself next to "Hurry Up And Wait". Hindsight is a wonderful thing and perhaps had it not signalled the end of the Stereophonics successful attempts to be vital and interesting, this album might not have seemed such a clumsy and routine affair. It contains more highlights than any of the collections which followed, but when the difference between highlight and highlights is one song, it's simply not enough.
What indie music should sound like April 16, 2004
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is aan album which annoys me to some extent. I listen to this, and I feel so disappointed with al the other stereophonics that i've heard - and before i heard this album i loved performance and cocktails and word gets around. This is quite simply brilliant, with a wonderful blend of styles and speeds that keeps the listener interested from the very beginning to the nostalgia evoking end of "i stopped to fill my car up". The palpable emotion in the slower tracks, particularly "is yesterday tomorrow today" - a track possessed of one of the best slow riffs ever - is so well balanced by the faster "bartender and the thief", "plastic california" and more. Kelly jones and co use the melodies so well, and the variations in pace and melody are just exceptional. Oh, and if that wasn't enough, "just looking" is one of THE best ever tracks by any indie band. BUY THIS ALBUM!
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