Just Enough Education to Perform

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

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

Japanese release bonus track
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Maritim Belle Vue in Kiel"	5:39

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

Stereophonics[4] Kelly Jones – vocals, guitar, Richard Jones – bass, harmonica Stuart Cable – drums Additional musicians[4] Marshall Bird – piano, backing vocals, Wurlitzer, harmonica Aileen McLaughlin – backing vocals on "Vegas Two Times" Anna Ross – backing vocals on "Vegas Two Times" Hazel Fernandez – backing vocals on "Vegas Two Times" Glenn Hyde – harmonica on "Rooftop"

Technical personnel[4][5] Production – Bird, Steve Bush Engineering – Bird & Bush Mixing – Andy Wallace Mastering – Bob Ludwig Production on "Handbags and Gladrags" – Laurie Latham, Stereophonics

Reception

Critical response

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

Album charts (weekly) Chart (2001) Peak position Australian Albums Chart[12] 38 Austrian Albums Chart[13] 33 Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[14] 34 Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[14] 16 Dutch Albums Chart[15] 23 French Albums Chart[16] 25 German Albums Chart[17] 35 Irish Albums Chart[18] 1 New Zealand Albums Chart[19] 21 Swedish Albums Chart[20] 59 Swiss Albums Chart[21] 29 UK Albums Chart[22] 1 US Billboard 200[23] 188

Region Certification Sales/shipments Certifications ! United Kingdom (BPI)[11] 5× Platinum 1,750,000[24] Summaries Europe (IFPI)[25] 2× Platinum 2,000,000 ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

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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2. Dark, John (17 April 2001). "Pitchfork Media review". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
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8. Sutherland, Steve (4 April 2001). "NME album review". NME. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
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20. "Swedish albums chart". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
21. "Swiss albums chart". Swiss Hitparade. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
22. "Official Albums Chart Top 100 (15th April 2001)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
23. "Just Enough Education to Perform awards". Billboard. AllMusic. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
24. "Album by Album: Kelly Jones on the Stereophonics' back catalogue". Drowned in Sound. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
25. "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards 1999 Awards". IFPI. 2002. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
26. "Goal.com's Top 50 English Players: Wayne Rooney (44)". Goal.com. 3 May 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
27. Football Focus, 28 November 2009