Word Gets Around

Infobox Album
Name = Word Gets Around
Type = Album
Artist = Stereophonics

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Released = August 25, 1997
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 42:02
Label = V2 Records
Producer = Steve Bush & Marshall Bird AKA: Bird & Bush
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:bc8o1vs1zzba~T1 link]
*Pitchfork Media (5.8/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22051-word-gets-around link]
*"Q" magazine – Rating|4|5
Last album =
This album = "Word Gets Around"
(1997)
Next album = "Performance and Cocktails"
(1999)
Misc = Singles
Name = Word Gets Around
Type = studio
single 1 = Looks Like Chaplin
single 1 date = November 1, 1996
single 2 = Local Boy in the Photograph
single 2 date = March 17, 1997
February 9, 1998 (Re-release)
single 3 = More Life in a Tramp's Vest
single 3 date = May 19, 1997
single 4 = A Thousand Trees
single 4 date = August 11, 1997
single 5 = Traffic
single 5 date = October 27, 1997

"Word Gets Around" is the debut album by Welsh rock band Stereophonics. The songs are credited to all three band members; singer/guitarist Kelly Jones, bassist Richard Jones and drummer Stuart Cable, while the lyrics were written by Kelly Jones. The album reached #6 in the UK Albums Chart and is the only Stereophonics album not to reach #1.

Much of the album is written about everyday life in Cwmaman.

Track listing

# "A Thousand Trees" – 3:02
# "Looks Like Chaplin" – 2:32
# "More Life in a Tramp's Vest" – 2:19
# "Local Boy in the Photograph" – 3:22
# "Traffic" – 4:54
# "Not up to You" – 4:37
# "Check My Eyelids for Holes" – 2:43
# "Same Size Feet" – 3:59
# "Last of the Big Time Drinkers" – 2:45
# "Goldfish Bowl" – 3:02
# "Too Many Sandwiches" – 5:03
# "Billy Davey's Daughter" – 3:45

See also

* Stereophonics
* Stereophonics discography

External links

* [http://www.stereophonics.com/ Stereophonics Official Website]