Stereophonics – Keep Calm and Carry On – CD

Musically ‘Keep Calm And Carry On’ is as solid as you’d expect from the Sterophonics. Jones’s divisive gravelly voice is still in full swing, too, when he reels it in on closing ballad ‘Show Me Now’ the difference is palpably pleasing. Recent single ‘Innocent’ is almost a sequel to ‘Dakota’, the same racing rhythm driving an infectious chorus towards the finish line. ‘Live ‘N’ Love’, meanwhile, is the best Oasis track Noel Gallagher never wrote, an expansive rocker that will sound inarguably impressive at some enormo-gig next summer.

1. She’s Alright (She’s With Me)
2. Innocent
3. Beerbottle
4. Trouble
5. Could You Be the One?
6. I Got Your Number
7. Uppercut
8. Live ‘N’ Love
9. 100mph
10. Wonder
11. Stuck In a Rut
12. Show Me How