Performance & Cocktails
Released: March 8, 1999 - Chart: #1
Stereophonics ignore the difficult second album rule and deliver Performance & Cocktails, arguably their finest hour and their first of many #1 albums.
The album was a surprise commercial success giving the Stereophonics three straight top ten singles in the British charts with "The Bartender and the Thief" reaching number three, and both "Just Looking" and "Pick a Part That's New" reaching number four. The album itself was a big success, topping the UK Albums Chart and going on to become the 5th best selling album in the UK in 1999. To date, it has sold over 2 million copies worldwide. The album was sponsored by Fender guitars used throughout the album, a brave move from an "indie" band.
Tracklisting
1. Roll Up and Shine2. The Bartender and the Thief
3. Hurry Up and Wait
4. Pick a Part That's New
5. Just Looking
6. Half The Lies You Tell Ain't True
7. I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio
8. T-Shirt Sun Tan
9. Is Yesterday, Tomorrow, Today?
10. A Minute Longer
11. She Takes Her Clothes Off
12. Plastic California
13. I Stopped to Fill My Car Up
