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''Keep Calm and Carry On'' is the seventh
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by Welsh
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band
Stereophonics Stereophonics are a Welsh rock band formed in 1992 in the village of Cwmaman in the Cynon Valley, Wales. The band consists of Kelly Jones (lead vocals, lead guitar, keyboards), Richard Jones (bass guitar, harmonica, backing vocals), Adam Zind ...
. Released by
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on 16 November 2009, the album debuted at number 11 with sales of 42,771 on the
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, the lowest position for a studio album released by the band. The album was named after a British
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poster of the same name. ''Keep Calm and Carry On'' was the first studio album by the band to feature guitarist
Adam Zindani Adam Zindani (born 5 March 1972) is an English rhythm guitarist for the Welsh-based rock group Stereophonics, and the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the Birmingham-based band Casino. His debut solo single, "What About Love", is due to ...
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 "You're My Star" is a pop rock song by Welsh rock band Stereophonics from their greatest hits album, '' Decade in the Sun: Best of Stereophonics''. It was released as the lead-single on 27 October 2008 with "Forever" as the B-side. It was produ ...
" (Acoustic) and " I Stopped to Fill My Car Up" from the Greatest Hits tour.


Release


Reception

Critical reception of the album was generally mixed. At
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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an
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score of 59, based on 8 reviews. The Sunday Times called it "their best album yet" but
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critic Will Dean wrote "musically it's as solid as you'd expect .. t ''Keep Calm''... is unlikely to win Stereophonics any new fans," while Andy Gill, for ''
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'', concluded that "overall, what comes across from ''Keep Calm and Carry On'' is confusion."


Track listing


Deluxe edition CD/DVD

This deluxe edition of ''Keep Calm and Carry On'', as well as containing the actual album, houses additional pictures and a bonus
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. The DVD gives a backstage look into the '' Decade in the Sun: The Best of Stereophonics'' tour, and also footage of the recording process for the album. Hidden live content from
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(originally only showcased online by
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is also included


Track listing

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


Hidden Content

#Live at Riverside Studios #"Innocent" (Isle of Wight Festival 2009)


Personnel

;Stereophonics *
Kelly Jones Kelly Jones (born 3 June 1974) is a Welsh singer-songwriter and a founding member, lead singer, and guitarist of the rock band Stereophonics. Early life and debut Kelly Jones was born youngest of three boys for Beryl and Arwyn Jones in the s ...
 –
lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...
,
guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...
* Richard Jones – bass *
Adam Zindani Adam Zindani (born 5 March 1972) is an English rhythm guitarist for the Welsh-based rock group Stereophonics, and the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the Birmingham-based band Casino. His debut solo single, "What About Love", is due to ...
 – guitar,
backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...
*
Javier Weyler Javier Andrés Weyler (born 3 July 1975) is an Argentine-born Venezuelan-English drummer, best known as a member of Stereophonics from 2004 to 2012. He was the drummer in the Venezuelan band Claroscuro for over nine years until he left the countr ...
 –
drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...
;Additional * Niel Cowley –
piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...
, Wurlitzer,
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on track 2, 3, 4, 12 *
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 – piano,
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on track 1. Piano on track 2. Organ on track 3, 4, 5.
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on track 3.
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on track 5. * Arnulf Lindner –
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on track 12 ;Technical personnel *
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 – Kelly Jones, Jim Abbiss * Production on track 7 – Jones * Production on track 8, 9 – Jones, Jim Lowe * Mixing – Barny Barnicott * Additional mixing – Lowe * Mixing on track 9 – Lowe *
Engineering Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...
 – Jonathan Shakhovskoy * Additional Engineering – Tom Hough, Helen Atkinson, Ian Sherwin * Mastering – John Davis


Charts and certifications


References


External links


''Keep Calm and Carry On''
at Stereophonics.com {{Authority control 2009 albums Stereophonics albums V2 Records albums Albums produced by Jim Abbiss pl:Keep Calm and Carry On