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Launch.com

With the exception of the swaggering "Vegas Two Times," Just Enough may not pack the same wallop as Cocktails, but tunes like "Lying In The Sun" and the soaring "Watch Them Fly Sundays" instantly stand out as some of the band's best to date.

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Mojo

Rarely has any modern band made The Difficult Third Album sound so breezy... [May 2001, p.96]

Entertainment Weekly

Some of his most writerly songs to date.

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CDNow

This is a record that delights in the contrast of the group's no-frills rock past and its radio-friendly, mid-tempo future.

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L.A. Weekly

The clean-cut Stereophonics are the Black Crowes you could take home to your mom, only with stronger songs and without the high school histrionics.

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Dot Music

The Stereophonics are trying to say something, expressing something more than the exuberant rock songs with which they made their name. Only time will tell whether their fans will lap up an album almost entirely starved of the big guitar sounds and sweeping choruses they've grown accustomed to.

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Q Magazine

The problems are compounded by the sheer awfulness of some of Jones’ lyrics.... What often redeems them is the music. On that front, Stereophonics have undoubtedly progressed...

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Neumu.net

Mind you, Kelly Jones' voice is an acquired taste. If you warm to it, however, you'll then enjoy a wealth of simple country-tinged pop songs.

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Pitchfork

Considerably tamer than their stadium-rocking, chart-topping previous albums, Just Enough Education to Perform sounds less like a band voluntarily growing into their new-found maturity, and more like a pet's first, forced visit to the castration clinic.

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New Musical Express

Songwriting low on insight, high on moaning.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 8.4 (out of 10) based on 19 User Votes

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Susan B gave it a7:
Good, but still the weakest of all the Stereophonics albums. When its good its very good (Vegas Two Times, Rooftop, Lying In The Sun) but a couple of poor tracks bring it down (Have A Nice Day, Everyday I Think Of Money). To get a true feel for this band, listen to Word Gets Around and Language Sex Violence Other instead

Jake T. gave it a 10:
Awesome!!!!!!

Navanna D. gave it a 10:
Brilliant

Denise M gave it a 10:
Brilliant! More chilled and laid back than thr previous two...

Joe H. gave it a 10:
not as good as p and c but better than westlife!!!! Oh yeh im welsh as well!!!

Stefan gave it a 9:
This album has a nice positive atmosphere. I love the songs, even the lyrics (they are quite funny). Don't know the former two albums though.

shaker maker gave it a 2:
not comparable with the first two albums. boring, too long songs repeating the same lyrics. they should sound more like rocknroll like in their beginning

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