Keep Calm and Carry On (album) explained

Keep Calm and Carry On
Type:studio
Artist:Stereophonics
Cover:Keepcalmandcarryon.jpg
Alt:Stereophonics members sitting on a table in the ocean on a cloudy day, looking at us. The words "STEREOPHONICS" with a line and "Keep Calm AND Carry On" can be seen above the people.
Recorded:Mid-Late-2008 at
  • State of the Ark, Rak, London
  • Westpoint Studios, London
Length:45:09
Label:V2, Mercury
Producer:Kelly Jones, Jim Abbiss, Jim Lowe
Prev Title:Pull the Pin
Prev Year:2007
Next Title:Graffiti on the Train
Next Year:2013

Keep Calm and Carry On is the seventh studio album by Welsh rock band Stereophonics. Released by Mercury on 16 November 2009, the album debuted at number 11 with sales of 42,771 on the UK Albums Chart,[1] the lowest position for a studio album released by the band. The album was named after a British World War II poster of the same name.[2] [3] Keep Calm and Carry On was the first studio album by the band to feature guitarist Adam Zindani as a permanent member of the band. In the initial months after release, fans could access bonus content from the band's website with their copy of the album. This featured videos of a Track By Track rundown of the album, a Welcome Message from the group, the photoshoot for the album, and live audio of "You're My Star" (Acoustic) and "I Stopped to Fill My Car Up" from the Greatest Hits tour.

Release

RegionDate
United Kingdom[4] 16 November 2009
Taiwan5 February 2010
Germany26 February 2010
United States11 May 2010[5]

Reception

Critical reception of the album was generally mixed. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 59, based on 8 reviews. The Sunday Times called it "their best album yet" but BBC critic Will Dean wrote "musically it's as solid as you'd expect [...] [b]ut Keep Calm... is unlikely to win Stereophonics any new fans,"[2] while Andy Gill, for The Independent, concluded that "overall, what comes across from Keep Calm and Carry On is confusion."[6] [7]

Deluxe edition CD/DVD

Keep Calm and Carry On (Deluxe Edition)
Type:video
Artist:Stereophonics
Cover:KC&CO Deluxe.jpg
Released:16 November 2009
Genre:Rock music, Indie

This deluxe edition of Keep Calm and Carry On, as well as containing the actual album, houses additional pictures and a bonus DVD. The DVD gives a backstage look into the tour, and also footage of the recording process for the album. Hidden live content from Riverside Studios (originally only showcased online by Babelgum) and the Isle of Wight Festival 2009 is also included

Track listing

  1. Keep Calm and Carry On - In the Studio
  2. Just Looking - Behind the Scenes of the 2008 Greatest Hits Arena Tour

Hidden Content

  1. Live at Riverside Studios
  2. "Innocent" (Isle of Wight Festival 2009)

Personnel

Stereophonics[8]
Additional[8]
Technical personnel[8] [9]

Charts and certifications

Album charts (weekly)
Chart (2009)Peak
UK Albums Chart[10] 11
Irish Albums Chart[11] 32
Singles chart (weekly)
YearTitlePeak
UK
2009Innocent54
2010[12] Could You Be the One?-

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stereophonics - Keep Calm And Carry On . αCharts.us . 24 November 2009 .
  2. Web site: Review of Stereophonics - Keep Calm and Carry On . Dean . Will . 13 November 2009 . 24 November 2009 .
  3. News: Stereophonics: Keep Calm and Carry On . Paphides . Pete . . 14 November 2009 . 24 November 2009 .
  4. Web site: New Album Out March 4.
  5. Web site: Keep Calm & Carry on: Stereophonics: Music . Amazon . 2012-01-06.
  6. News: Album: Stereophonics, Keep Calm and Carry On, (Mercury) . Gill . Andy . . 13 November 2009 . 24 November 2009 .
  7. Web site: Stereophonics: Keep Calm And Carry On review . Gittins . Ian . . 24 November 2009 .
  8. Keep Calm and Carry On . . . 2009 . Hardback CD booklet.
  9. Web site: Keep Calm and Carry on credits . AllMusic. 29 July 2013.
  10. Web site: Radio 1 - Chart - The Official UK Top 40 Albums Chart . BBC . 2012-01-01 . 2012-01-06 . 15 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190215220638/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/albums . dead .
  11. Web site: TOP 75 ARTIST ALBUM, WEEK ENDING 19 November 2009 . . 2009-11-19 . 2010-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120229152706/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2009&year=2009&week=47 . 29 February 2012 . dead .
  12. Web site: BBC Wales Music . Wales Music: Stereophonics Could You Be The One . BBC . 2010-01-06 . 2012-01-06.