Stereophonics discography

Stereophonics discography
A band of four playing on a stage lit with purple lights
Stereophonics performing at Hamburg, Germany on 13 September 2007.
Releases
↙Studio albums 8
↙Live albums 1
↙Compilation albums 1
↙EPs 3
↙Singles 32
↙Video albums 8
↙Music videos 33

Welsh rock band Stereophonics have released eight studio albums, one live album, one compilation album, one extended play, thirty-two singles and thirty-two music videos. The band released their first studio album, Word Gets Around in 1997 which reached number six in the UK Albums Chart. With the release of "The Bartender and the Thief" and its album Performance and Cocktails, the band achieved mainstream success within the UK. The album was certified 5× platinum[1] and is one of the band's best-selling albums.[2]

In 2001 the group released their best-selling album Just Enough Education to Perform which was certified 5× platinum in the UK,[1] having sold over 1,750,000 copies,[2] and 2× platinum in Europe.[3] It contains one of the band's signature songs "Have a Nice Day" which charted at number five in the UK.[4] In 2003 the band released "Maybe Tomorrow", the second single from You Gotta Go There to Come Back. It became one of Stereophonics' best charting singles in the UK, peaking at number three.[4]

"Dakota" was released in 2005 and brought Stereophonics their only UK number one.[4]

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[4]		 AUS
[5]		 BEL
[6]		 FRA
[7]		 GER
[8]		 IRE
[9]		 NLD
[10]		 NZ
[11]		 SWI
[12]		 US
[13]
Word Gets Around
  • Released: 25 August 1997
  • Label: V2
  • Formats: CD, LP[14]
 6 71 — 35 — 29 — 8 — —
Performance and Cocktails 1 67 — 24 82 3 — 31 — 134
Just Enough Education to Perform
  • Released: 17 April 2001
  • Label: V2
  • Formats:CD, LP[17]
 1 38 16 25 35 1 43 21 29 188
  • BPI: 5× Platinum[1]
  • IFPI: 2× Platinum[3]
You Gotta Go There to Come Back
  • Released: 2 June 2003
  • Label: V2
  • Formats: CD, LP[18]
 1 50 — 42 60 1 32 18 39 —
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[1]
Language. Sex. Violence. Other?
  • Released: 14 March 2005
  • Label: V2
  • Formats: CD, LP[19]
 1 28 35 46 39 1 30 32 34 127
Pull the Pin 1 68
[22] 		62 30 100 15 46 38 40 —
Keep Calm and Carry On
  • Released: 16 November 2009
  • Label: V2
  • Formats: CD, CD/DVD, LP[24]
 11 — — 128 — 32 — — — —
Graffiti on the Train
  • Released: 4 March 2013
  • Label: Stylus Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download[25]
 3 42 44 58 69 13 51 — — —
  • BPI: Platinum[1]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[4]		 BEL
[6]		 FRA
[7]		 IRE
[9]
Live from Dakota
  • Released: 3 April 2006
  • Label: V2
 13 98 166 22

Compilation albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[4]		 BEL
[6]		 IRE
[9]
Decade in the Sun: Best of Stereophonics
  • Released: 10 November 2008
  • Label: V2
 2 75 16
  • BPI: 4× Platinum[1]
  • IRMA: Gold[26]

Extended plays

List of albums
Title Album details
Live from London EP
  • Released: 27 April 2005
  • Label: V2
  • Formats: Digital download, 7" vinyl[27]
Pull the Pin
  • Released: 18 February 2008
  • Label: V2
  • Formats: Digital download[28]
Pass the Buck
  • Released: 14 March 2008
  • Label: V2
  • Formats: Digital download[29]

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)		 Album
UK
[4]		 AUS
[5]		 BEL
[6]		 IRE
[30]		 NLD
[10]		 NZ
[11]		 SWE
[31]		 US Mod/

Adult
[13]

 UK Indie
[32]
"Local Boy in the Photograph" 1997 51 — — — — — — — — Word Gets Around
"More Life in a Tramps Vest" 33 — — — — — — — —
"A Thousand Trees" 22 — — — — — — — —
"Traffic" 20 — — — — — — — —
"Local Boy in the Photograph" (re-issue) 1998 14 — — 28 — — — — —
"The Bartender and the Thief" 3 — — 30 — — — — — Performance and Cocktails
"Just Looking" 1999 4 — — 18 — — — — —
  • BPI: Silver[1]
"Pick a Part That's New" 4 — — 17 — — — — —
"I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio" 11 — — — — — — — —
"Hurry Up and Wait" 11 — — 23 — — — — —
"Mr. Writer" 2001 5 — — 7 96 — 53 21 1 Just Enough Education to Perform
"Have a Nice Day" 5 73 — 11 84 37 — 26 1
  • BPI: Silver[1]
"Step on My Old Size Nines" 16 — — 26 — — — — —
"Handbags and Gladrags" 4 — 59 3 57 — — — 1
"Vegas Two Times" 2002 23 — — 39 — — — — —
"Madame Helga" 2003 4 — — 15 — — — — — You Gotta Go There to Come Back
"Maybe Tomorrow" 3 — — 18 32 — — — 1
  • BPI: Silver[1]
"Since I Told You It's Over" 16 — — — 50 — — — 1
"Moviestar" 2004 5 — — 26 85 — — — 1
"Dakota" 2005 1 22 68 8 74 20 — 34 1 Language. Sex. Violence. Other?
"Superman" 13 — — 19 — — — — —
"Devil" 11 — — — — — — — —
"Rewind" 17 — — — — — — — —
"It Means Nothing" 2007 12 — 73 — — — — — — Pull the Pin
"My Friends" 32 — — — — — — — —
"You're My Star" 2008 170 — — — — — — — — Decade in the Sun: Best of Stereophonics
"Innocent" 2009 54 — 30 — — — — — — Keep Calm and Carry On
"Could You Be the One?" 2010 101 — — — — — — — —
"In a Moment" 2012 — — — — — — — — — Graffiti on the Train
"Indian Summer" 2013 30 — 79 33 — — — — 5
"Graffiti on the Train" 44 — — — — — — — 7
"We Share the Same Sun" — — — — — — — — 28
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

As featured artist

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
UK
[4]		 AUS
[5]		 IRE
[30]		 NLD
[10]		 NZ
[11]		 SWI
[33]
2000 "Mama Told Me Not to Come"
(Tom Jones and Stereophonics)		 4 141 11 77 45 51 Reload

Other appearances

Year Song Album
2002 "Revolution" Jools Holland's Big Band Rhythm & Blues[34]

Video albums

Title Year Note(s) Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Live at Cardiff Castle[35] 1998 Concert film
Performance and Cocktails: Live at Morfa Stadium[36] 1999 Concert film
Call Us What You Want But Don't Call Us in the Morning[37] 2000 Video compilation
A Day at the Races[38] 2002 Concert film
The Stereophonics Collection[39] 2005 Box set
Language. Sex. Violence. Other?[40] 2006 Rockumentary
Rewind[41] 2007 Rockumentary
Decade in the Sun: Best of Stereophonics[42] 2008 Video compilation

Music videos

As lead artist

A man wearing sunglasses, a waistcoat and a checked shirt, singing into a microphone whilst playing an electric guitar
Lead singer and guitarist Kelly Jones directed all five of the music videos related to Graffiti on the Train.
Title Year Director Album
"Not Up to You" (promo) 1997 Kelly Jones[43] Word Gets Around
"More Life in a Tramps Vest" Mark Nunneley[43]
"A Thousand Trees" Tom Connoly[43]
"Traffic" Pinko[43]
"Local Boy in the Photograph" Pinko and Duncan Telford[43]
"The Bartender and the Thief" 1999 Pinko[43] Performance and Cocktails
"Just Looking"
"Pick a Part That's New"
"I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio"
"Hurry Up and Wait"
"Mr. Writer" 2001 David Slade[43] Just Enough Education to Perform
"Have a Nice Day" Jake & Jim[43]
"Step on My Old Size Nines" Peter Bonnetti[43]
"Handbags and Gladrags"
(with Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues orchestra)		 Ben Unwin[43]
"Vegas Two Times" 2002
"Madame Helga" 2003 Robert Hales[43] You Gotta Go There to Come Back
"Maybe Tomorrow" Wiz[43]
"Since I Told You It's Over" Ben Unwin[43]
"Moviestar" 2004 Alex and Martin[43]
"Dakota" 2005 Charles Mehling[43] Language. Sex. Violence. Other?
"Superman"
"Devil"
"Rewind"
"It Means Nothing" 2007 Pull the Pin
"My Friends" (promo)
"You're My Star" 2008 Luc Janin[43] Decade in the Sun: Best of Stereophonics
"Innocent" 2009 Keep Calm and Carry On
"Could You be the One?" 2010
"Violins and Tambourines" 2012 Kelly Jones[44] Graffiti on the Train
"In a Moment"
"Indian Summer" 2013
"Graffiti on the Train"
"We Share the Same Sun"

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 "BPI > Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 13 September 2013. Note: "Stereophonics" must be searched manually.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Burrows, Marc (8 March 2013). "Album by Album: Kelly Jones on the Stereophonics' back catalogue". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards 2002 Awards". IFPI. 2002. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 "STEREOPHONICS". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
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  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Ultratop 50: Stereophonics". ultratop.be. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
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  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "dutchcharts.nl - Discografie Stereophonics". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
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  15. ↑ "Performance and Cocktails". The Stereophonics Ltd. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  16. ↑ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards 1999 Awards". IFPI. 1999. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  17. ↑ "Just Enough Education To Perform". The Stereophonics Ltd. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  18. ↑ "You Gotta Go There To Come Back". The Stereophonics Ltd. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  19. ↑ "Language.Sex.Violence.Other?". The Stereophonics Ltd. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
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  23. ↑ "2007 Certifications Awards - Gold". The Irish Charts. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
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  25. ↑ "Graffiti On The Train". The Stereophonics Ltd. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  26. ↑ http://www.irishcharts.ie/awards/gold08.htm
  27. ↑ "Live From London EP". The Stereophonics Ltd. 27 April 2005. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  28. ↑ "Pull the Pin - EP". iTunes Store. 18 February 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  29. ↑ "Pass The Buck - EP". iTunes Store. 14 March 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
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  32. ↑ "2013 Top 40 Independent Singles Archive". Official Charts Company. 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
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  42. ↑ "Stereophonics: Decade In The Sun - Best Of [DVD]". Amazon.co.uk. Amazon.com. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 43.2 43.3 43.4 43.5 43.6 43.7 43.8 43.9 43.10 43.11 43.12 43.13 43.14 43.15 Stereophonics (2008). Decade in the Sun (liner notes). Fontana Entertainment.
  44. ↑ Kelly Jones' directing for Graffiti on the Train: