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  • Artist: Stereophonics
  • Rating: StarStar
  • Release Date: October 01, 2007
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Ten years in, Stereophonics sound appropriately settled on their sixth album, 2007's Pull the Pin. Then again, Stereophonics were never the liveliest of rock bands even in their youth. They beat out the likes of Travis to be perhaps the stodgiest of all the post-Oasis bands, aspiring to nothing more than being a solid stadium rock band, borrowing some of the sweeping sonics of U2 but relying more on the revivalism of Oasis with a slight hint of the epic scale of fellow Welsh rockers Manic Street Preachers. Stereophonics soldiered through album after album, aided considerably on their march to popularity by the cinema star good looks of guitarist/vocalist/all-around nice guy Kelly Jones, who was undeniably attractive in photos. Nowhere is that soft center in sharper relief than on Pull the Pin, which sounds bigger and slicker than anything they've ever done -- a large-scale album suited for their large popularity in the U.K. -- but Jones seems to be carried along by the sound instead of driving it. It's not as much that he's overwhelmed as he is...settled. Stereophonics have achieved the maturity they've aspired to all these many years, easily emulating Oasis on "Bank Holiday Monday" while they wash out Nirvana and mellow out the Manics elsewhere, turning out music that's louder than Coldplay (or even Travis' 2007 album) but feels less rock & roll, as everything here is immaculately manicured and mastered; it's a stadium rock album in form, but not in sound. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Soldiers Make Good Targets (Lyrics) Kelly Jones Stereophonics (4:37)
Pass the Buck (Lyrics) Kelly Jones Stereophonics (3:24)
It Means Nothing (Lyrics) Kelly Jones Stereophonics (3:48)
Bank Holiday Monday (Lyrics) Kelly Jones Stereophonics (3:14)
Daisy Lane Kelly Jones Stereophonics (3:38)
Stone (Lyrics) Kelly Jones Stereophonics (4:17)
My Friends (Lyrics) Kelly Jones Stereophonics (3:35)
I Could Lose Ya (Lyrics) Kelly Jones, Javier Weyler Stereophonics (3:17)
Bright Red Star (Lyrics) Kelly Jones Stereophonics (3:39)
Ladyluck Kelly Jones Stereophonics (3:45)
Crush (Lyrics) Kelly Jones Stereophonics (3:56)
Drowning (Lyrics) Kelly Jones Stereophonics (5:08)

Credits

James Lowe (Engineer), Kelly Jones (Vocals), Richard Jones (Group Member), Dario Dendi (Assistant), James Lowe (Producer), Kelly Jones (Guitar), Mark "Spike" Stent (Mixing), Alex Dromgoole (Assistant), Graham Rounthwaite (Art Direction), Kelly Jones (Group Member), Marco Migliari (Assistant), Miles Aldridge (Cover Photo), Ted Jensen (Mastering), Kelly Jones (Producer), Javier Weyler (Drums), Natalie Seymour (Management), Rowen Rossiter (Assistant), Hans Peter VanVelthoven (Photography), Javier Weyler (Group Member), Dan Garnett (Management), Richard Jones (Bass)
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Pull the Pin
Studio album by Stereophonics
Released Republic of IrelandGermany12 October 2007
Japan10 October 2007
Genre Rock
Length 46:25
Label V2
[Vox Populi Records]
RMG Chart (Ireland)
Sony Music (France)
Rough Trade (Germany)
Producer Kelly Jones, Jim Lowe
Professional reviews
Stereophonics chronology
Live from Dakota
(2006)		 Pull the Pin
(2007)		 Decade in the Sun: The
Best of Stereophonics
(2008)
Singles from Pull the Pin
  1. "Bank Holiday Monday"
    Released: May 28, 2007 (digital download)
  2. "It Means Nothing"
    Released: September 24, 2007
  3. "My Friends"
    Released: December 3, 2007

Pull the Pin is the sixth studio album by Stereophonics, released in the UK on 15 October 2007. A Stereophonics newsletter released the "Pull the Pin" album artwork to subscribers. The cover was also shown to MySpace users that had added the band in a bulletin. The album reached number 1 in the UK, becoming the band's fifth consecutive album to do so. Despite this, it sold relatively poorly compared to their previous albums.

The taster track "Bank Holiday Monday" had its world premier on Radio 1's Chris Moyles Show on Tuesday 1 May 2007 and was made available for digital download on Monday 28 May 2007 from online retailers.

"Daisy Lane" is about a young boy who was stabbed to death on the street where Kelly Jones lives. He told The Sun: "It was something I saw looking out of my very own window. I saw a row of seven policeman searching an area of my street. Then I read in the paper that they'd been searching for a knife as this kid had been stabbed." [1]

The band's newsletter on 24 July 2007 confirmed details and artwork of the first 'proper' single to be released from the album. "It Means Nothing" was released in the UK on 24 September 2007, followed by My Friends on 10 December 2007.

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Reception

Initial critical response to Pull the Pin was generally negative. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 46, based on 12 reviews.[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Kelly Jones, except where noted.

  1. "Soldiers Make Good Targets" – 4.37
  2. "Pass the Buck" – 3.24
  3. "It Means Nothing" – 3.48
  4. "Bank Holiday Monday" – 3.14
  5. "Daisy Lane" – 3.37
  6. "Stone" – 4.17
  7. "My Friends" – 3.35
  8. "I Could Lose Ya" (Kelly Jones, Richard Jones, Javier Weyler) – 3.17
  9. "Bright Red Star" – 3.39
  10. "Ladyluck" – 3.45
  11. "Crush" – 3.56
  12. "Drowning" – 5.08

Charts

Charts (2007) Peak
position
Dutch Albums Chart 46 [3]
Irish Albums Chart 15 [3]
French Albums Chart 30 [3]
New Zealand Albums Chart 38 [3]
Swiss Albums Chart 40 [3]
UK Albums Chart 1 [3]

Worldwide Sales: 314,300

References

  1. ^ Daisy Lane Songfacts
  2. ^ "Stereophonics:Pull the Pin (2007): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/stereophonics/pullthepin. Retrieved 2009-03-24. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Stereophonics - Pull The Pin worldwide chart positions and trajectories". aCharts.us. Retrieved October 23, 2007.
Preceded by
Change by Sugababes		 UK Albums Chart Number-one album
21 October 2007		 Succeeded by
The Trick to Life by The Hoosiers
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