Word Gets Around

Word Gets Around
Studio album by
Stereophonics
Released25 August 1997 (1997-08-25)
RecordedOctober 1992 – February 1997
Genre
Length42:02
LabelV2
ProducerBird & Bush
Stereophonics chronology
Word Gets Around
(1997) 		Performance and Cocktails
(1999)
Singles from Word Gets Around
  1. "Local Boy in the Photograph"
    Released: 17 March 1997[3]
  2. "More Life in a Tramps Vest"
    Released: 19 May 1997[4]
  3. "A Thousand Trees"
    Released: 11 August 1997[5]
  4. "Traffic"
    Released: 27 October 1997[6]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Galeria Musical[7]
Kerrang![8]
NME7/10[8]
Pitchfork5.8/10[9]
Vox8/10[8]

Word Gets Around is the first studio album by Welsh rock band Stereophonics. It was released on 25 August 1997 through V2 Records and reached number six in the UK Albums Chart, making it one of three Stereophonics albums not to reach number one; the other two being 2009's Keep Calm and Carry On, which reached number eleven, and 2013's Graffiti on the Train, which went to number three. Much of the album is written about everyday life in Cwmaman, the band's hometown. The deluxe and super-deluxe editions were released on 18 October 2010. The name of the album comes from lyrics in the album's last song, "Billy Davey's Daughter".

  1. ^ a b Damas, Jason. "Review: Word Gets Around". Macrovision Corporation. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Album by Album: Kelly Jones on the Stereophonics' Back Catalogue". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  3. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 15 March 1997. p. 31.
  4. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 17 May 1997. p. 36.
  5. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 9 August 1997. p. 33.
  6. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 25 October 1997. p. 31.
  7. ^ Nascimento, Anderson (29 July 2011). "Word Gets Around" (in Portuguese). Galeria Musical. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  8. ^ a b c O'Connor (2001), p. 123
  9. ^ DiCrescenzo, Brent. "Stereophonics Word Get Around". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 19 June 2002. Retrieved 30 August 2013.