Performance and Cocktails
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Performance and Cocktails is Stereophonics
' second album
. It was released by V2 on 8 March 1999. The album was sponsored by Fender guitars which were used by the band on the album. All three members of the band were given equal credit for writing all the songs on this album. The name 'Performance and Cocktails' comes from lyrics in the first song of the album 'Roll Up and Shine'.
The album has been re-released as a deluxe (2 discs) and super-deluxe (3 discs); the deluxe version features 25 songs (the original 13 and 12 b-sides and rarities) and the Super-deluxe version features 38 songs (the original 13, 15 b-sides and 10 rarities). It has been released on the 18th of October 2010.
in Bath, Parkgate in Sussex
and Rockfield in Monmouth
.
in autumn 1998 at a football pitch under the Westway
in London, and was inspired by an earlier Annie Leibovitz
photograph of a couple kissing outside a prison. The British journalist Tony Barrell
did extensive research in 2007 to find the female model in the foreground. In the Sunday Times on 11 November 2007, he revealed the previously unknown identity of the model as 23-year-old Lucy Joplin. In an interview with Barrell, Joplin explained that the "faraway look" in her eyes was the result of an evening consuming absinthe
, opium
and potatoes, and that she was paid just £75 in cash for the shoot. The name of the then 23-year-old male model is Kipp Burns on loan from Mannique models, King's Road.
2 Disc Deluxe Re-release (Out Soon)
CD 1 as original
CD 2 (B-sides and Rarities)
3 Disc Super-Deluxe Re-release
CD 1 as original
CD 2 (B-sides)
CD 3 (Rarities)
" reaching number three, and both "Just Looking
" and "Pick a Part That's New
" reaching number four. The album itself was a big success, topping the UK Albums Chart selling 119,954 copies in its first week and going on to become the 5th best selling album in the UK in 1999. To date, it has sold over 2 million copies worldwide. Such was the album's persistence, that it re-entered the UK charts over four years after its initial release, reaching #25 in January 2004. It spent 98 weeks in total in the UK top 100 charts, the most for a Stereophonics album, in the process being certified 5x platinum.
Stereophonics
The Stereophonics are a Welsh rock band now living in turners x that formed in 1992 in the village of Cwmaman in Cynon Valley, Wales. The band currently comprises lead vocalist and guitarist Kelly Jones, bassist and backing vocalist Richard Jones, drummer Javier Weyler, guitarist and backing...
' second album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
. It was released by V2 on 8 March 1999. The album was sponsored by Fender guitars which were used by the band on the album. All three members of the band were given equal credit for writing all the songs on this album. The name 'Performance and Cocktails' comes from lyrics in the first song of the album 'Roll Up and Shine'.
The album has been re-released as a deluxe (2 discs) and super-deluxe (3 discs); the deluxe version features 25 songs (the original 13 and 12 b-sides and rarities) and the Super-deluxe version features 38 songs (the original 13, 15 b-sides and 10 rarities). It has been released on the 18th of October 2010.
Recording
The songs were variously recorded at Real World StudiosReal World Studios
Real World Studios is a residential recording studio in Box, Wiltshire, England associated with the Real World Records Ltd. record label founded by rock musician Peter Gabriel...
in Bath, Parkgate in Sussex
Sussex
Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
and Rockfield in Monmouth
Monmouth
Monmouth is a town in southeast Wales and traditional county town of the historic county of Monmouthshire. It is situated close to the border with England, where the River Monnow meets the River Wye with bridges over both....
.
Album cover
The cover photograph was taken by Scarlet PageScarlet Page
Scarlet Lilith Eleida Page is an English photographer. She is the daughter of Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and Charlotte Martin, a French model.-Career:...
in autumn 1998 at a football pitch under the Westway
Westway
Westway may refer to:* Westway , a highway in London* Westway a proposed but unbuilt highway* Westway , a BBC World Service soap opera* Westway , a British TV series made in 1976* Westway, Texas...
in London, and was inspired by an earlier Annie Leibovitz
Annie Leibovitz
Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz is an American portrait photographer.-Early life and education:Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Leibovitz is the third of six children. She is a third-generation American whose great-grandparents were Jewish immigrants, from Central and Eastern Europe. Her father's...
photograph of a couple kissing outside a prison. The British journalist Tony Barrell
Tony Barrell (journalist)
Tony Barrell is a British journalist, known for his humour and his exploration of the unusual and the unexplained. He has written many major features for the Sunday Times, and has also contributed to The Times, The Idler, and Cornucopia magazine, among others. He frequently writes about people with...
did extensive research in 2007 to find the female model in the foreground. In the Sunday Times on 11 November 2007, he revealed the previously unknown identity of the model as 23-year-old Lucy Joplin. In an interview with Barrell, Joplin explained that the "faraway look" in her eyes was the result of an evening consuming absinthe
Absinthe
Absinthe is historically described as a distilled, highly alcoholic beverage. It is an anise-flavoured spirit derived from herbs, including the flowers and leaves of the herb Artemisia absinthium, commonly referred to as "grande wormwood", together with green anise and sweet fennel...
, opium
Opium
Opium is the dried latex obtained from the opium poppy . Opium contains up to 12% morphine, an alkaloid, which is frequently processed chemically to produce heroin for the illegal drug trade. The latex also includes codeine and non-narcotic alkaloids such as papaverine, thebaine and noscapine...
and potatoes, and that she was paid just £75 in cash for the shoot. The name of the then 23-year-old male model is Kipp Burns on loan from Mannique models, King's Road.
Track listing
- "Roll Up and Shine" – 3:58
- "The Bartender and the ThiefThe Bartender and the Thief"The Bartender and the Thief" is a 1998 single by British rock band the Stereophonics. It was the first single taken from their second album Performance and Cocktails. It was released on 9 November 1998 and reached #3 in the UK charts....
" – 2:54 - "Hurry Up and WaitHurry Up and Wait (song)"Hurry Up and Wait" is the fifth single from rock band the Stereophonics and the final single taken from the their second album Performance and Cocktails. It was released in November 1999. It reached #11 in the UK charts as did previous single I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio.The song is track 3 on...
" – 4:40 - "Pick a Part That's NewPick a Part That's New"Pick a Part That's New" is the third single from rock band the Stereophonics taken from their second album Performance and Cocktails. It was released in May 1999 and reached #4 in the UK charts. The song is track 4 on Performance and Cocktails...
" – 3:33 - "Just LookingJust Looking (song)"Just Looking" is a 1999 single by British rock band the Stereophonics. It is the second single from the their second album Performance and Cocktails. It was released in February 1999 and reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart. It was certified silver for sales of +200,000. The song is track five on...
" – 4:13 - "Half The Lies You Tell Ain't True" – 2:55
- "I Wouldn't Believe Your RadioI Wouldn't Believe Your RadioI Wouldn't Believe Your Radio is the fourth single from rock band the Stereophonics taken from the' their second album Performance and Cocktails. It was released in August 1999. It reached #11 in the UK charts....
" – 3:50 - "T-Shirt Sun Tan" – 4:04
- "Is Yesterday, Tomorrow, Today?" – 4:02
- "A Minute Longer" – 3:46
- "She Takes Her Clothes Off" – 3:55
- "Plastic California" – 4:30
- "I Stopped to Fill My Car Up" – 4:29
2 Disc Deluxe Re-release (Out Soon)
CD 1 as original
CD 2 (B-sides and Rarities)
- "The Bartender and the ThiefThe Bartender and the Thief"The Bartender and the Thief" is a 1998 single by British rock band the Stereophonics. It was the first single taken from their second album Performance and Cocktails. It was released on 9 November 1998 and reached #3 in the UK charts....
" (Live at Cardiff Castles) - "Sunny AfternoonSunny Afternoon"Sunny Afternoon" is a song by The Kinks, written by chief songwriter Ray Davies. Like its contemporary "Taxman" by The Beatles, the song references the high levels of progressive tax taken by the British Labour government of Harold Wilson. The track later featured on the Face to Face album as well...
" (B-side on Just Looking) - "Positively 4th Street" (B-side on Pick a Part That's New)
- "Fiddlers Green" (B-side on Bartender and the Thief)
- "Angie" (B-side on Hurry Up and Wait)
- "The Old Laughing Lady" (B-side on I Wouldn't Believe your Radio)
- "Something in The Way" (B-side on Pick a Part That's New)
- "Half the lies you tell ain't true" (Live at the Belfort Festival)
- "She Takes her Clothes Off" (Live at the Hippodrome)
- "Roll up and Shine" (Live at the Hippodrome)
- "Local Boy in the PhotographLocal Boy In The Photograph"Local Boy in the Photograph" is the first single from the rock band Stereophonics. The song is taken from their debut album, Word Gets Around and was initially released in March 1997...
" (Live for the BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
) (B-side on Just Looking) - "Just LookingJust LookingJust Looking is an American feature film from the year 1999. It starred Ryan Merriman, was directed by Jason Alexander and received a limited theatrical release....
" (Live from the Hippodrome)
3 Disc Super-Deluxe Re-release
CD 1 as original
CD 2 (B-sides)
- "Sunny Afternoon" (B-side on Just Looking)
- "Positively 4th Street" (B-side on Pick a Part That's New)
- "Fiddlers Green" (B-side on Bartender and the Thief)
- "The Old Laughing Lady" (B-side on I Wouldn't Believe your Radio)
- "Angie" (B-side on Hurry Up and Wait)
- "Something in the Way" (B-side on Pick a Part That's New)
- "Local Boy in the Photograph" (Live for BBC Radio 1BBC Radio 1BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
) (B-side on Just Looking) - "Same Size Feet" (Live for BBC Radio 1) (B-side on Just Looking)
- "In My Day" (B-side on Pick a Part That's New)
- "Bartender and the Thief" (Live At Cardiff Castle) (B-side on Bartender and the Thief)
- "Raymond's Shop" (Live At Cardiff Castle) (B-side on Bartender and the Thief)
- "T - Shirt Suntan" (Live at Morfa) (B-side on I Wouldn't Believe your Radio)
- "I Wouldn't Believe Your RadioI Wouldn't Believe Your RadioI Wouldn't Believe Your Radio is the fourth single from rock band the Stereophonics taken from the' their second album Performance and Cocktails. It was released in August 1999. It reached #11 in the UK charts....
" (with Stuart CableStuart CableStuart Cable was a Welsh rock drummer and broadcaster, best known as the original drummer for the band Stereophonics.- Early life :...
singing) - "Postmen Do Not Make Great Movie Heroes" (B-side on Just Looking)
- "Nice To Be Out" (Demo) (B-side on Pick a Part That's New)
CD 3 (Rarities)
- "Roll Up and Shine" - Live at the Hippodrome 1 March 99
- "Just LookingJust LookingJust Looking is an American feature film from the year 1999. It starred Ryan Merriman, was directed by Jason Alexander and received a limited theatrical release....
" - Live at the Hippodrome 1 March 99 - "Half the Lies You Tell Aint True" - Live from Belfort Festival
- "She Takes Her Clothes Off" -Live at the Hippodrome 1 March 99
- "Bartender and the Thief" - Live Newcastle Uni 98
- "Is Yesterday Tomorrow Today" - Live Newcastle Uni 98
- "Pick a Part That's New" - BBC acoustic session 99
- "I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio" - BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
acoustic session 99 - "Plastic California" - Live at the Hippodrome 1 March 99
- "Sunny Afternoon" - Live from Morfa StadiumMorfa StadiumMorfa Stadium was an athletics stadium in the Landore area of Swansea, Wales. It has now been demolished and the land is occupied by the Morfa Retail Park and the Liberty Stadium, home of the city's football and rugby teams, which opened in 2005....
1999
Reception
Performance and Cocktails was a surprise commercial success, giving the Stereophonics three straight top five singles in the British charts with "The Bartender and the ThiefThe Bartender and the Thief
"The Bartender and the Thief" is a 1998 single by British rock band the Stereophonics. It was the first single taken from their second album Performance and Cocktails. It was released on 9 November 1998 and reached #3 in the UK charts....
" reaching number three, and both "Just Looking
Just Looking
Just Looking is an American feature film from the year 1999. It starred Ryan Merriman, was directed by Jason Alexander and received a limited theatrical release....
" and "Pick a Part That's New
Pick a Part That's New
"Pick a Part That's New" is the third single from rock band the Stereophonics taken from their second album Performance and Cocktails. It was released in May 1999 and reached #4 in the UK charts. The song is track 4 on Performance and Cocktails...
" reaching number four. The album itself was a big success, topping the UK Albums Chart selling 119,954 copies in its first week and going on to become the 5th best selling album in the UK in 1999. To date, it has sold over 2 million copies worldwide. Such was the album's persistence, that it re-entered the UK charts over four years after its initial release, reaching #25 in January 2004. It spent 98 weeks in total in the UK top 100 charts, the most for a Stereophonics album, in the process being certified 5x platinum.