Much like Oasis, Stereophonics made two great albums in the 90s but never did a great one again. Their debut Word Gets Around and 1999 follow-up Performance And Cocktails were full of spine tingling, soaring stadium anthems such as A Thousand Trees, Local Boy In The Photograph, Hurry Up And Wait, Pick A Part That’s New and Just Looking, songs that have endured and ensured that the band continue to fill huge venues and festivals to this day.
Okay, singer and sole songwriter Kelly Jones has written the odd banger (Dakota, Maybe Tomorrow, Graffiti On The Train) along the way, but his band have rarely managed to recapture the magic of those first two records.
