Keep Calm and Carry On (album)

Keep Calm and Carry On
Studio album by Stereophonics
Released November 16, 2009 (2009-11-16)
Recorded September–December 2008
Genre Rock, alternative rock, indie rock, pop rock
Length 55:09
Label V2, Mercury
Producer Kelly Jones, Jim Abbiss, Jim Lowe
Stereophonics chronology
Decade in the Sun: The Best of Stereophonics
(2008)		 Keep Calm and Carry On
(2009)		 TBA
(2012)

Keep Calm and Carry On is the seventh studio album by Welsh rock band Stereophonics. Released by Mercury on 16 November 2009, the album debuted at number 11 with sales of 42,771 on the UK Albums Chart,[1] the lowest position for a studio album released by the band. The album was named after a British World War II poster of the same name.[2][3] In the initial months after release, fans could access bonus content from the band's website with their copy of Keep Calm and Carry On. This featured videos of a Track By Track rundown of the album, a Welcome Message from the group, the photoshoot for the album, and live audio of "You're My Star" (Acoustic) and "I Stopped to Fill My Car Up" from the Greatest Hits tour.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Kelly Jones; except where stated.

  1. "She's Alright" – 3:27
  2. "Innocent" (Richard Jones) – 3:41
  3. "Beerbottle" – 3:54
  4. "Trouble" – 3:04
  5. "Could You Be the One?" – 3:52
  6. "I Got Your Number" – 3:22
  7. "Uppercut" – 4:16
  8. "Live 'n' Love" – 3:45
  9. "100mph" – 4:15
  10. "Wonder" – 3:44
  11. "Stuck In A Rut" – 3:07
  12. "Show Me How" – 4:42

Personnel

Stereophonics
Additional personnel

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [4]
BBC (unfavourable)[2]
Daily Express [5]
The Guardian [6]
Guitarist [7]
Virgin Media (favourable)[8]

Critical reception of the album was generally mixed. The Sunday Times called it "their best album yet" but BBC critic Will Dean wrote "musically it's as solid as you'd expect [...] [b]ut Keep Calm... is unlikely to win Stereophonics any new fans,"[2] while Andy Gill, for The Independent, concluded that "overall, what comes across from Keep Calm and Carry On is confusion." Keep Calm and Carry On has so far spent 11 weeks in the top 100 UK Albums Chart, the fewest for any Stereophonics album, selling 165,000 copies in the UK.[9]

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position		 Certification Sales
UK Albums Chart[10] 11 Gold 160,000+
Irish Albums Chart[11] 32

Release

Region Date
United Kingdom[12] 16 November 2009
Taiwan 5 February 2010
Germany 26 February 2010
USA 11 May 2010 [13]

Singles

Single Release Date Peak Position (UK Singles Chart)
Innocent 9 November 2009 54
Could You Be the One? 15 February 2010[14] -

Deluxe Edition CD/DVD

Keep Calm and Carry On (Deluxe Edition)
Video by Stereophonics
Released November 16, 2009
Genre Rock music, Indie

This deluxe edition of Keep Calm and Carry On, as well as containing the actual album, houses additional pictures and a bonus DVD. The DVD gives a backstage look into the Decade in the Sun: The Best of Stereophonics tour, and also footage of the recording process for the album. Hidden live content from Riverside Studios (originally only showcased online by Babelgum) and the Isle of Wight Festival 2009 is also included

Track listing

  1. Keep Calm and Carry On - In the Studio
  2. Just Looking - Behind the Scenes of the 2008 Greatest Hits Arena Tour

Hidden Content

  1. Live at Riverside Studios
  2. "Innocent" (Isle of Wight Festival 2009)

References

  1. ^ "Stereophonics - Keep Calm And Carry On". αCharts.us. http://acharts.us/album/51966. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  2. ^ a b c Dean, Will (November 13, 2009). "Review of Stereophonics - Keep Calm and Carry On". http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/52q4. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  3. ^ Paphides, Pete (November 14, 2009). "Stereophonics: Keep Calm and Carry On". The Times. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article6911257.ece. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  4. ^ "Review: Keep Calm And Carry On". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1667503. Retrieved 1 December 2009. 
  5. ^ Spellman, Robert (November 20, 2009). "Stereophonics: Keep Calm And Carry On (Review)". Daily Express. http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/141449/Stereophonics-Keep-Calm-And-Carry-On-review-. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  6. ^ Simpson, Dave (November 13, 2009). "Stereophonics: Keep Calm and Carry On". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/nov/13/stereophonics-keep-calm-and-carry-on-review. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  7. ^ Guitarist Magazine, Issue 323, December 2009, p.199
  8. ^ Gittins, Ian. "Stereophonics: Keep Calm And Carry On review". Virgin Media. http://www.virginmedia.com/music/reviews/albumreviews/stereophonics-keepcalmandcarryon.php. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  9. ^ Gill, Andy (November 13, 2009). "Album: Stereophonics, Keep Calm and Carry On, (Mercury)". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-stereophonics-keep-calm-and-carry-on-mercury-1819431.html. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  10. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/albums/
  11. ^ "TOP 75 ARTIST ALBUM, WEEK ENDING 19 November 2009". GfK. 2009-11-19. http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2009&year=2009&week=47. Retrieved 2010-02-28. 
  12. ^ http://www.stereophonics.com/#/news/
  13. ^ http://www.amazon.com/Keep-Calm-Carry-Stereophonics/dp/B002PAQETY
  14. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/walesmusic/2010/01/stereophonics-could-you-be-the.shtml
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