Keep Calm and Carry On (album)

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,^[4] 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.^[1]^[5] 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

Region	Date
United Kingdom^[6]	16 November 2009
Taiwan	5 February 2010
Germany	26 February 2010
United States	11 May 2010 ^[7]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[8]
BBC	(unfavourable)^[1]
Daily Express	^[9]
The Guardian	^[10]
Guitarist	^[11]
Virgin Media	(favourable)^[12]

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.^[13] 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,"^[1] while Andy Gill, for The Independent, concluded that "overall, what comes across from Keep Calm and Carry On is confusion."^[14]

Track listing

All tracks written by Kelly Jones^[15].

No.	Title	Length
1.	"She's Alright"	3:27
2.	"Innocent"	3:41
3.	"Beerbottle"	3:54
4.	"Trouble"	3:04
5.	"Could You Be the One?"	3:52
6.	"I Got Your Number"	3:22
7.	"Uppercut"	4:16
8.	"Live 'n' Love"	3:45
9.	"100mph"	4:15
10.	"Wonder"	3:44
11.	"Stuck in a Rut"	3:07
12.	"Show Me How"	4:42

Japanese release bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Innocent" (live)	4:03
14.	"I Stopped to Fill My Car Up" (live)	6:49
15.	"You're My Star" (live)	6:05

Deluxe edition CD/DVD

Keep Calm and Carry On (Deluxe Edition)

Video by Stereophonics
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 Decade in the Sun: The Best of Stereophonics 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

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^[15]

Additional^[15]

Niel Cowley – piano, Wurlitzer, organ on track 2, 3, 4, 12
Jim Abbiss – piano, percussion on track 1. Piano on track 2. Organ on track 3, 4, 5. Synthesizer on track 3. Vibraphone on track 5.
Arnulf Lindner – cello on track 12

Technical personnel^[15]^[16]

Production – 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 – Jonathan Shakhovskoy
Additional Engineering – Tom Hough, Helen Atkinson, Ian Sherwin
Mastering – John Davis

Charts and certifications

**Album charts (weekly)**
Chart (2009)	Peak
UK Albums Chart^[17]	11
Irish Albums Chart^[18]	32

**Singles chart (weekly)**
Year	Title	Peak
Year	Title	UK
2009	Innocent	54
2010^[19]	Could You Be the One?	-


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[20]	Gold	165,000^[21]
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1 2 3 4 Dean, Will (13 November 2009). "Review of Stereophonics - Keep Calm and Carry On". Retrieved 24 November 2009.
↑ "Keep Calm and Carry On Review". Ultimate Guitar Archive. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
↑ "Album Review: Stereophonics - Keep Calm and Carry On". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
↑ "Stereophonics - Keep Calm And Carry On". αCharts.us. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
↑ Paphides, Pete (14 November 2009). "Stereophonics: Keep Calm and Carry On". The Times. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
↑ http://www.stereophonics.com/#/news/
↑ "Keep Calm & Carry on: Stereophonics: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
↑ "Review: Keep Calm And Carry On". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
↑ Spellman, Robert (20 November 2009). "Stereophonics: Keep Calm And Carry On (Review)". Daily Express. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
↑ Simpson, Dave (13 November 2009). "Stereophonics: Keep Calm and Carry On". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
↑ Guitarist Magazine, Issue 323, December 2009, p.199
↑ Gittins, Ian. "Stereophonics: Keep Calm And Carry On review". Virgin Media. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
↑ "Keep Calm And Carry On - Stereophonics". Metacritic. CBS. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
↑ Gill, Andy (13 November 2009). "Album: Stereophonics, Keep Calm and Carry On, (Mercury)". The Independent. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
1 2 3 4 Keep Calm and Carry On (Hardback CD booklet). Stereophonics. Universal Music Publishing Year=2009.
↑ "Keep Calm and Carry On credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
↑ "Radio 1 - Chart - The Official UK Top 40 Albums Chart". BBC. 2012-01-01. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
↑ "TOP 75 ARTIST ALBUM, WEEK ENDING 19 November 2009". GfK. 2009-11-19. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
↑ BBC Wales Music (2010-01-06). "Wales Music: Stereophonics Could You Be The One". BBC. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
↑ "Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
↑ "Album by Album: Kelly Jones on the Stereophonics' back catalogue". Drowned in Sound. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2013.

External links

Keep Calm and Carry On at Stereophonics.com

Stereophonics

Kelly Jones Richard Jones Adam Zindani Jamie Morrison Stuart Cable Javier Weyler

Studio albums	Word Gets Around Performance and Cocktails Just Enough Education to Perform You Gotta Go There to Come Back Language. Sex. Violence. Other? Pull the Pin Keep Calm and Carry On Graffiti on the Train Keep the Village Alive

Live albums	Live from Dakota

Compilations and EPs	Live from London EP Decade in the Sun: Best of Stereophonics

Singles	"Local Boy in the Photograph" "More Life in a Tramps Vest" "A Thousand Trees" "Traffic" "The Bartender and the Thief" "Just Looking" "Pick a Part That's New" "I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio" "Hurry Up and Wait" "Mama Told Me Not to Come" "Mr. Writer" "Have a Nice Day" "Step on My Old Size Nines" "Handbags and Gladrags" "Vegas Two Times" "Madame Helga" "Maybe Tomorrow" "Since I Told You It's Over" "Moviestar" "Dakota" "Superman" "Devil" "Rewind" "It Means Nothing" "My Friends" "You're My Star" "Innocent" "Could You Be the One?" "In a Moment" "Indian Summer" "Graffiti on the Train" "We Share the Same Sun" "C'est la Vie" "I Wanna Get Lost with You" "Song for the Summer" "White Lies" "Mr and Mrs Smith"

Concert videos	Live at Cardiff Castle Performance and Cocktails: Live at Morfa Stadium A Day at the Races

Promotional films	Call Us What You Want but Don't Call Us in the Morning Language. Sex. Violence. Other? Rewind Decade in the Sun: Best of Stereophonics

Tours	Graffiti on the Train Tour

Related articles	Discography Songs Awards and Nominations Music of Cardiff

Category:Stereophonics

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