Just Enough Education to Perform

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Just Enough Education to Perform
Just Enough Education to Perform.jpg
Studio album by Stereophonics
Released 11 April 2001
Recorded Late 1998 – late 2000
Genre
Length 45:46
Label V2
Producer Bird and Bush
Stereophonics chronology
Performance and Cocktails
(1999)Performance and Cocktails1999		 Just Enough Education to Perform
(2001)		 You Gotta Go There to Come Back
(2003)You Gotta Go There to Come Back2003
Singles from Just Enough Education to Perform
  1. "Mr. Writer"
    Released: 19 March 2001
  2. "Have a Nice Day"
    Released: 11 June 2001
  3. "Step On My Old Size Nines"
    Released: 24 September 2001
  4. "Handbags and Gladrags"
    Released: 12 December 2001 and 2 January 2002
  5. "Vegas Two Times"
    Released: 1 April 2002
  6. "Lying in the Sun"
    Released: 1 April 2003

Just Enough Education to Perform is the third studio album by Welsh rock band Stereophonics. Released on 11 April 2001, the album topped the UK Albums Chart with 140,000 copies sold. and spawned three top-ten singles in the form of "Mr. Writer", "Have a Nice Day" and "Handbags and Gladrags".[3]

When the album was originally released it had 11 tracks; it was then re-released in 2002 to include "Handbags and Gladrags" after it was released as a single.[citation needed]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Kelly Jones, all music composed by Kelly Jones (except where noted).

No. Title Length
1. "Vegas Two Times"   4:29
2. "Lying in the Sun"   4:31
3. "Mr. Writer" (Jones and Marshall Bird) 5:19
4. "Step on My Old Size Nines"   4:00
5. "Have a Nice Day"   3:25
6. "Nice to Be Out"   3:08
7. "Watch Them Fly Sundays"   3:29
8. "Everyday I Think of Money"   3:24
9. "Maybe"   4:34
10. "Caravan Holiday"   3:12
11. "Rooftop" /
"Surprise" (hidden bonus track)		 6:15
4:07
Total length:
 45:46

Bonus CD-Rom tracks

No. Title Length
1. "Lying in the Sun" (Acoustic version)  
2. "Step on My Old Size Nines" (Acoustic version)  

2002 re-release

All songs written and composed by Mike d'Abo. 

No. Title Length
7. "Handbags and Gladrags"   4:37

Personnel

Reception

Critical response

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (68/100) [6]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars[1]
Mojo 4/5 stars[7]
NME (5/10)[8]
Pitchfork Media (5.2/10)[2]
Q 3/5 stars[9]

Just Enough Education to Perform received generally mixed to positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68 based on 10 reviews.[6]

Q listed Just Enough Education to Perform as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.[10]

Commercial performance

On its initial release in 2001, Just Enough Education to Perform reached #1 in the UK charts where it stayed for two weeks, it topped the charts for another two weeks in the second week of January 2002, nine months after its initial release. The album then went on to re-enter the charts several times: it peaked at #27 during June 2002, #37 in July 2003 and #34 in August 2003, until finally disappearing from the top 100. In 2001 it was the 4th biggest selling album in the UK, and in 2002 it was the 24th biggest selling album in the UK, as well as being the 39th biggest selling album of the decade. It went on to be certified 5× platinum in the UK.[11]

Charts and certifications

Popular culture

Manchester United and England forward Wayne Rooney has the album's name tattooed in a design on his right forearm.[26] Rooney is a longtime fan of the band and is good friends with them.[27]

References

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  27. ↑ Football Focus, 28 November 2009
Preceded by
Popstars by Hear’Say
 UK number-one album
21 April 2001 – 4 May 2001		 Succeeded by
Free All Angels by Ash
Preceded by UK number-one album
19 January 2002 – 8 February 2002		 Succeeded by
Come with Us by The Chemical Brothers
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