You Gotta Go There to Come Back

You Gotta Go There to Come Back
Studio album by Stereophonics
Released	2 June 2003
Recorded	January 2002 – January 2003 in England at Hook End Manor, Checkendon Abbey Road, London Demos recorded at BJG/Sahara Sound in Fulham
Genre	Rock[1] blues rock[2]
Length	59:12
Label	V2
Producer	Kelly Jones
Stereophonics chronology
Just Enough Education to Perform (2001) You Gotta Go There to Come Back (2003) Language. Sex. Violence. Other? (2005)
Singles from You Gotta Go There to Come Back
"Madame Helga" Released: 19 May 2003 "Maybe Tomorrow" Released: 21 July 2003 "Since I Told You It's Over" Released: 10 November 2003 "Moviestar" Released: 9 February 2004

You Gotta Go There to Come Back is the fourth studio album by alternative rock band Stereophonics. Produced by Kelly Jones and released on V2 in 2003. It became their third consecutive album to top the UK chart selling 101,946 copies in its first week. It is the final Stereophonics album to feature long-time original drummer Stuart Cable before he was fired in September 2003.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Kelly Jones^[3]. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Help Me (She's Out of Her Mind)"	6:55
2.	"Maybe Tomorrow"	4:33
3.	"Madame Helga"	3:55
4.	"You Stole My Money Honey"	4:18
5.	"Getaway"	4:08
6.	"Climbing the Wall"	4:55
7.	"Jealousy"	4:26
8.	"I'm Alright (You Gotta Go There to Come Back)"	4:36
9.	"Nothing Precious at All"	4:20
10.	"Rainbows and Pots of Gold"	4:11
11.	"I Miss You Now"	4:50
12.	"High as the Ceiling"	3:19
13.	"Since I Told You It's Over"	4:43
Total length:		59:12

Japanese release bonus track
No.	Title	Length
14.	"Lying to Myself Again"	3:50

Bonus tracks

The track "Moviestar" appears on later editions of the album as track 4 and was released with a DVD containing the videos for the singles.

Vinyl editions

The album was released in gatefold sleeve at first, containing two records. When "Moviestar" was included on the album the gatefold sleeve contained three records.

Trivia

This album is the only Stereophonics record which features both Stuart Cable and Javier Weyler. Cable played drums on most tracks as the band's drummer and Weyler, who replaced Cable as the band's drummer in 2005, contributed to the record as an engineer, programmer and percussionist.

The drums on the track "I'm Alright (You Gotta Go There To Come Back)'" are supposedly played by Mac Hine. This is a nod to the drum machine which was used on the track instead of real live drumming.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	60/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
BBC Wales	[5]
Mojo	[6]
NME	(6/10) [2]
Q	[7]
Uncut	(2/10)[8]

Critical response

You Gotta Go There to Come Back received generally mixed reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 60 based on 10 reviews.^[4]

Commercial performance

You Gotta Go There to Come Back joined its predecessors at #1 on release. It was re-issued with bonus tracks in February 2004, coming into the UK charts again at #35, finally re-entering at #16 in September 2004. It was the 28th biggest selling album of 2003 in the UK.^[9] The track "Maybe Tomorrow" became one of their biggest hits; it was played over the credits of the Academy Award-winning movie Crash (2004) and also during the opening scene of the film Wicker Park (2004). It was also used in a season one episode of One Tree Hill and featured on the first Charmed soundtrack.

Personnel

Stereophonics[10] Kelly Jones – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica, Clavinet, Fender Rhodes, mellotron, Wurlitzer Richard Jones – bass guitar, harmonica Stuart Cable - drums, percussion Technical[3][10] Production – Kelly Jones, Jim Lowe Engineering – Andy Burden, Jim Lowe, Steve McNichol, Chris Steffenl, Brian Vibberts Mixing – Kelly Jones, Jim Lowe, Jack Joseph Puig Mastering – Dick Beetham, Chris Blair Digital editing – Steve McNichol Studio assistants – Chris Bolster, Andy Davies, Max Dingle, Javier Weyler

Additional[10] Javier Weyler – hand clapping, percussion Jim Lowe – mellotron, piano Stephen Papworth – hand clapping, kettle drums, percussion Paul Spong – cornet, flugelhorn Backing vocalists – Angie Brown, Sam Brown, Sam Leigh Brown, Melanie Marcus, Aileen McLaughlin, Anna Ross Orchestra[3] Strings – Mark Berrow, Rachel Bolt, Ben Chappell, Gustav Clarkson, David Daniel, David Daniels, Patrick Kiernan, Boguslaw Kostecki, Peter Lale, Paddy Lannigan, Julian Leaper, Rita Manning, Perry Mason, Anthony Pleeth, Mary Scully, Katherine Shave, Chris Tobling, Bruce White, Gavyn Wright, Naomi Wright Alto Sax – Steve Hamilton Cornet and Flugelhorn – Paul Spong Tenor Sax – Andy Hamilton Trombone – Neil Sidwell Trumpet – Sid Gauld

References

1. Wilson, MAcKenzie. You Gotta Go There to Come Back at AllMusic
2. Dalton, Stephen (7 June 2003). "Stereophonics : You Gotta Go There To Come Back". NME. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
3. You Gotta Go There To Come Back (CD booklet). Stereophonics. V2 Records. 2003.
4. "You Gotta Go There To Come Back". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
5. Smith, Jack (2003). "Stereophonics You Gotta Go There To Come Back Review". BBC Cymru Wales. BBC. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
6. "Stereophonics: You Gotta Go There To Come Back". Mojo. July 2003. p. 107.
7. "Stereophonics: You Gotta Go There To Come Back". Q. July 2003. p. 109.
8. "Stereophonics - You Gotta Go There To Come Back". Uncut. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
9. "UK Top 40 Hit Database". Every Hit. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
10. "You Gotta Go There to Come Back credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 July 2013.

External links

• You Gotta Go There To Come Back at stereophonics.com