Performance and Cocktails (Super Deluxe Edition)

The SUPER DELUXE EDITION is a digitally re-mastered and expanded three CD edition of this 1999 album from the Welsh rockers, and comes in luxurious box set packaging complete with art cards and a replica of Kelly Jones notebook for the album. The bonus material compiled by the band includes a disc of b-sides plus a third disc of live and session material including three previously unreleased tracks!

'In December 1998, the Stereophonics released the single "The Bartender and the Thief," which became an unexpected explosion on the charts, peaking at number three in the U.K. In March 1999, the band's sophomore effort, Performance and Cocktails, was released to impressive sales - it was reportedly outselling Blur's 13 when that album was released. A second single, "Just Looking," also peaked within the U.K. Top Ten, making the first half of 1999 a very unexpectedly busy time for the Stereophonics. Never a favorite to become a hugely successful Brit-pop band, their noisy, raw hard rock came into favor after the more produced and calculated sound of Brit-pop had become passé . . . fans will be very pleased that the Stereophonics have released another slab of indie-flavored hard rock. Some highlights include "T Shirt Suntan," the acoustic "She Takes Her Clothes Off," and the poppy "Pick a Part That's New."' - Jason Damas / All Music Guide