| Keep Calm and Carry On | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Stereophonics |
| Cover: | Keepcalmandcarryon.jpg |
| Alt: | Stereophonics members sitting on a table in the ocean on a cloudy day, looking at us. The words "STEREOPHONICS" with a line and "Keep Calm AND Carry On" can be seen above the people. |
| Recorded: | Mid-Late-2008 at
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| Length: | 45:09 |
| Label: | V2, Mercury |
| Producer: | Kelly Jones, Jim Abbiss, Jim Lowe |
| Prev Title: | Pull the Pin |
| Prev Year: | 2007 |
| Next Title: | Graffiti on the Train |
| Next Year: | 2013 |
Keep Calm and Carry On is the seventh studio album by Welsh rock band Stereophonics. Released by Mercury on 16 November 2009, the album debuted at number 11 with sales of 42,771 on the UK Albums Chart,[1] the lowest position for a studio album released by the band. The album was named after a British World War II poster of the same name.[2] [3] Keep Calm and Carry On was the first studio album by the band to feature guitarist Adam Zindani as a permanent member of the band. In the initial months after release, fans could access bonus content from the band's website with their copy of the album. This featured videos of a Track By Track rundown of the album, a Welcome Message from the group, the photoshoot for the album, and live audio of "You're My Star" (Acoustic) and "I Stopped to Fill My Car Up" from the Greatest Hits tour.
| Region | Date | |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom[4] | 16 November 2009 | |
| Taiwan | 5 February 2010 | |
| Germany | 26 February 2010 | |
| United States | 11 May 2010[5] |
Critical reception of the album was generally mixed. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 59, based on 8 reviews. The Sunday Times called it "their best album yet" but BBC critic Will Dean wrote "musically it's as solid as you'd expect [...] [b]ut Keep Calm... is unlikely to win Stereophonics any new fans,"[2] while Andy Gill, for The Independent, concluded that "overall, what comes across from Keep Calm and Carry On is confusion."[6] [7]
| Keep Calm and Carry On (Deluxe Edition) | |
| Type: | video |
| Artist: | Stereophonics |
| Cover: | KC&CO Deluxe.jpg |
| Released: | 16 November 2009 |
| Genre: | Rock music, Indie |
This deluxe edition of Keep Calm and Carry On, as well as containing the actual album, houses additional pictures and a bonus DVD. The DVD gives a backstage look into the tour, and also footage of the recording process for the album. Hidden live content from Riverside Studios (originally only showcased online by Babelgum) and the Isle of Wight Festival 2009 is also included
| Chart (2009) | Peak | |
|---|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart[10] | 11 | |
| Irish Albums Chart[11] | 32 |
| Year | Title | Peak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | ||||
| 2009 | Innocent | 54 | ||
| 2010[12] | Could You Be the One? | - |