Just Enough Education To Perform
by Stereophonics
  • Record Label: V2
  • Release Date: Apr 17, 2001
Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. CDNow
    70
    This is a record that delights in the contrast of the group's no-frills rock past and its radio-friendly, mid-tempo future.
  2. Dot Music
    70
    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.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    75
    Some of his most writerly songs to date.
  5. L.A. Weekly
    70
    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.
  6. Launch.com
    80
    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.
  7. Mojo
    80
    Rarely has any modern band made The Difficult Third Album sound so breezy... [May 2001, p.96]
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  8. Neumu.net
    60
    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.
  9. New Musical Express (NME)
    50
    Songwriting low on insight, high on moaning.
  10. Pitchfork
    52
    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.
  11. Q Magazine
    60
    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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User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 22 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 22
  3. Negative: 1 out of 22
  1. opahansenkay
    May 7, 2018
    5
    It's a terrible record, a five for the effort! There are no up-tempo songs on this record!
  2. SusanB
    Sep 14, 2005
    7
    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 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… Full Review »
  3. NavannaD.
    Dec 18, 2001
    10
    Brilliant
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