Album · Stereophonics
Just Enough Education to Perform by Stereophonics
Just Enough Education to Perform is an album by Stereophonics, released in 2001. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 17 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Have a Nice Day”, on 16 lists with a best position of #2.
Just Enough Education to Perform, the third Stereophonics album, came out on V2 on 11 April 2001 and went straight to the top of the UK chart, selling 140,000 copies on the way. The Cwmaman band still had Stuart Cable behind the drums, with Kelly Jones singing and playing guitar out front.
It's a record of big, rough-edged British rock, with Kelly Jones' gravel-throated voice front and center. The title is lifted from a line in Mr. Writer, one of three top-twenty singles along with Have a Nice Day and Step on My Old Size Nines. Have a Nice Day is the one that has lasted, a breezy singalong that kept turning up on countdowns for years. The album went out with 11 tracks, and a 2002 reissue added their single Handbags and Gladrags.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Just Enough Education to Perform on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Have a Nice Day | 16 | #2 | – | 2001–2025 | |
| 2 | Mr. Writer | 1 | #92 | – | 2001 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.