Album · Stereophonics
Performance and Cocktails by Stereophonics
Performance and Cocktails is an album by Stereophonics, released in 1999. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 13 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “The Bartender and the Thief”, on 3 lists and voted number one once.
Performance and Cocktails, the second album from Welsh rockers Stereophonics, came out on V2 on 8 March 1999, and it turned the lads from the village of Cwmaman into a mainstream proposition. Like Word Gets Around before it, the title was lifted from a lyric, this time in opening song "Roll Up and Shine".
Kelly Jones sings like he's been gargling whiskey and gravel, over guitar rock that's built for pubs and festival fields alike, with Richard Jones on bass and Stuart Cable pounding the drums. "The Bartender and the Thief" charges in with a snarl, "Just Looking" simmers and broods, and "Pick a Part That's New" swings with a sunnier lilt. The critics were split, but the public wasn't, and the record's success came as a surprise.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Performance and Cocktails on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Bartender and the Thief | 3 | #1 | 1 | 1998–2025 | |
| 2 | Pick a Part That's New | 5 | #2 | – | 1999–2006 | |
| 3 | Just Looking | 4 | #249 | – | 2001–2006 | |
| 4 | I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio | 1 | #234 | – | 2001 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.