Decade in the Sun: Best of Stereophonics

by Stereophonics

Overview

One of those British phenomena that has stayed distinctly provincial -- talk all you want about Oasis or Blur never cracking the U.S. charts, Stereophonics never came close, never even managing to cobble together a cult of college students or Anglophiles -- Stereophonics managed to carve out a nice living as workaday rockers in the post-Oasis age. They were guitar rock traditionalists in the time when Radiohead and their happy followers Coldplay ruled British rock, marching just outside of the Zeitgeist but appealing to thousands anyway, probably because they never tried to compete with Radiohead's spacy explorations. Instead, Stereophonics adapted the anthemic roar of their Welsh forefathers Manic Street Preachers, substituting the Manics' Guns N' Roses fascination with a love of Nirvana, and then made big arena rock, tempered slightly with rambling acoustic singalongs straight out of Oasis and vague electronica-flavored pop. All this is chronicled on Decade in the Sun: The Best of Stereophonics, the group's first hits compilation and one that traces its evolution effectively across 20 tracks best appreciated by listeners familiar with these tunes as part of the general cultural fabric. For U.K. listeners, this is a good sampling of what they heard in the background for a decade. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	06/08/2018
Label:	Universal
UPC:	0602567428404

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Stereophonics   Primary Artist
Tom Jones   Primary Artist
Gallagher   Primary Artist
Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra   Primary Artist
The Who   Primary Artist
Ron Wood   Primary Artist
Jim Lowe   Keyboards,Sound Effects
Kelly Jones   Mellotron,Wurlitzer,Piano,Guitar,Vocals
Anna Ross   Vocals (Background)
Astrid   Vocals (Background)
Richard Jones   Harmonica,Guitar (Bass)
Marshall Bird   Piano,Keyboards,Mellotron,Wurlitzer,Fender Rhodes,Vocals (Background)
Hazel Fernandez   Vocals (Background)
Javier Weyler   Drums,Percussion
Stuart Cable   Drums,Percussion
Adam Zindani   Vocals (Background)
Tony Kirkham   Piano,Clavinet,Keyboards,Mellotron,Wurlitzer,Fender Rhodes
Aileen McLaughlin   Vocals (Background)
Stephen Papworth   Percussion
Nadia Lanman   Cello
Vicky Silver   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Mike d'Abo   Composer
Jim Lowe   Mixing,Programming,Audio Engineer,Audio Production
Fogherty   Composer
Kelly Jones   Composer,Audio Engineer,Audio Production,Mixing
Michael d'Abo   Composer
Andy Wallace   Mixing
Bob Clearmountain   Mixing
Bob Kraushaar   Audio Engineer
Jeremy Wheatley   Mixing
Jack Joseph Puig   Mixing
Ewan MacColl   Composer
Mark "Spike" Stent   Mixing
Richard Jones   Composer
Marshall Bird   Composer
Randy Newman   Composer
Stuart Cable   Composer
Al Clay   Mixing
Stereophonics   Composer,Audio Production
Bird & Bush   Mixing,Audio Engineer,Audio Production
Laurie Latham   Audio Engineer,Audio Production
Adam Zindani   Composer
Cable   Composer
Zindani   Composer