Product Description

'Pull The Pin' is the sixth studio album by Welsh rockers Stereophonics. A soulful rock album that showcases Kelly Jones' Dylan-esque lyrics and passionate vocals, the album is a solid progression in the band's career. Includes the single 'It Means Nothing'.

Track Listing

1. Soldiers Make Good Targets
2. Pass The Buck
3. It Means Nothing - Kelly Jones, Stereophonics, Jim Lowe, Mark Stent, Ted Jensen, Richard Jones, Javier Weyler
4. Bank Holiday Monday - Kelly Jones, Stereophonics, Jim Lowe, Mark Stent, Ted Jensen, Richard Jones, Javier Weyler
5. Daisy Lane
6. Stone
7. My Friends - Kelly Jones, Stereophonics, Jim Lowe, Mark Stent
8. I Could Lose Ya
9. Bright Red Star
10. Ladyluck
11. Crush
12. Drowning

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #596 in Music
• Released on: 2007-10-15
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 46 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Reviews

Nobody’s still holding out for another "Local Boy in the Photograph", are they? No? Of course not. Enough time has passed since likeable tousle-haired drummer Stuart Cable was fired, marking the final stage of The Stereophonics’ transition from genial close-knit mates from the Welsh valleys with rough hands, big hearts and a selection of long, short and tall tales, to a vehicle for Kelly Jones’ sunglasses-sporting ego alone. They have thrown in a few surprises since then, namely the driving electric-pop gem "Dakota", but Pull the Pin is not one of those. Assuring or re-establishing an identity of their own seems to have been sidelined in favour of arena-shaped common or garden lighters-aloft mimicry. It might please some that "It Means Nothing" and "Stone" fall somewhere in between Snow Patrol and Robbie Williams slow-burners, or that "Pass the Buck" sounds like The Hives on downers, and "My Friends" and "Lady Luck" do have some steady energy to them, but these are really just sketches and outlines of songs. He’s still clearly searching for a star in the sidewalk next to Aerosmith or Led Zeppelin and he can construct rock hard shells aplenty, but the songs remain almost uniformly soft to their cores. And the album betrays its very title too--nothing particularly explosive here. Well, no more than a Bon Jovi ballad. --James Berry

Customer Reviews

BEST ALBUM OF 07
This is the best album of 2007 its a really good one well worth the money

Hooray! At Last, Another Great Album from the 'Phonics!!!
I love this band, partly because each of their albums is so different and they constantly evolve and yet remain unmistakably the 'Phonics. Word Gets Around and Performance & Cocktails have been their best albums for a long time...until now. Pull the Pin is right up there. Having not heard any of the songs (yes, I live under a rock) beforehand, I was a bit worried about ordering this album after LSVO? (Dakota was really the only good song on that very lazy album). I needn't have worried...I loved Pull the Pin on the first listen.

Yes, it's sad that Stuart got sacked, but Javier is a lightyears more talented drummer...he's excellent and really drives the music whilst throwing in some killer whatever-drumming-bits-are-called (are they riffs, or is that just guitarspeak?). Kelly's voice is as hot as ever...that crescendo at the end of It Means Nothing is phenomenal. Daisy Lane is beautiful. All the songs are great.

This is a great album by a great band. If you buy it and are disappointed, you're a weirdo! :)

As good as Language,sex..
Love this album,it's just a shame that bands like this dont get played on the radio any more (apart from the lead single) It's the same for Travis,Manics,Supergrass,Shed seven etc,they'd rather play American r & b & not play talent from this side of the pond.Anyway Bank Holiday Monday should be a single,and can we have a greatest hits after that,please,come on guys,you've had enough hits,the same goes for Muse...and fans of Stuart Cable should know he has his own show on Kerrang radio at 10am,weekdays which is "Guess the year" Even some old Stereophonics tracks get played.Quality.