Contents. Recording Kelly Jones produced the album himself, working fast in hoping to capture the 'vibe' of the band's concerts; 'I wanted to create a record that was very raw, very spontaneous but had loads of detail and textures and layers,' Jones noted, 'We pushed ourselves in many places we've never been before.' He later recalled that recording the album was, for many years, the best recording experience the band, saying: 'All the crew were in the room, all the girlfriends were in the room, all the band were there, it was the best recording session ever.
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It just felt like a fucking really good time.' Musical and lyrical style You Gotta Go There to Come Back features a styled sound in the mold of early 1970s rock bands, and also displays influences of and. Kelly Jones described the album, with its 'very 70s, rock feel,' as the fulfillment of his desire to make an album like his favourite soul music: 'I was really into soul music - it’s not something I’m ashamed about. I was brought up on Stevie Wonder and I love and all the overdubs on it, and all that freestyling thing. I’d always wanted to make a record like that, and this was the first one I produced so that’s probably why I went 'Fuck it I’m just going to do it'.'
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The felt that the album's 'retro-' style made it 'accidentally hip,' comparing it to acclaimed contemporary 'headbanger ' bands like, a sentiment also shared by music critic. Throughout the album are 'different moods and changes.' Jones stated: 'Every few bars, when your brain's saying, 'Have you heard that now', I wanted to put something new in there.' He felt this set the album apart from most other contemporary albums, which he felt 'sound like one song from beginning to end.' Jack Smith of the detected influences from, and.
The album also sporadically features 'ornate strings reminiscent of 's in the 1960s.' Jones' emotional lyrics for the albums draw on his break-up with his girlfriend of 12 years, and one critic noted how Jones' 'life unfolds through words' on the album. Jones said of the lyrics: 'The songwriting has changed because as a person you change. It's been an emotional rollercoaster these last two years, whether it be divorce, sex, drink, drugs, arguments, whatever it might be, I can only write about what I'm experiencing.
Life is about making mistakes and learning from them, learning about yourself and becoming a better person. That's what the title of the album basically means.' Opening song 'Help Me (She's Out Of Her Mind)' has been described as 'easy ', and comparisons were drawn between Jones' vocals on the song and 's ' vocals. Jason MacNeil of compared the 'moody, murky blues rock' song to, while describing ' as 'English soul.'
Lead single ' has been described as and, with 'dirty guitars duplicating a funky.' The acoustic, -styled 'Climbing the Wall' features and and a guitar solo, while the 'pseudo-' of 'I'm Alright (You Gotta Go There To Come Back)' features and a piano. The quieter 'Rainbows and Pots of Gold' has soul influences and concerns 'a friend who stole Jones' girl.' Reception Professional ratings Aggregate scores Source Rating 60/100 Review scores Source Rating (6/10) (2/5) Critical response You Gotta Go There to Come Back received generally mixed reviews. At, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 60 based on 10 reviews.
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Commercial performance You Gotta Go There to Come Back joined its predecessors at #1 on release. It was re-issued with bonus tracks in February 2004, coming into the UK charts again at #35, finally re-entering at #16 in September 2004. It was the 28th biggest selling album of 2003 in the UK. The track 'Maybe Tomorrow' became one of their biggest hits; it was played over the credits of the Academy Award-winning movie (2004) and also during the opening scene of the film (2004). It was also used in a season one episode of and featured on the first soundtrack.
Track listing All tracks written. Title Length 1. 'Help Me (She's Out of Her Mind)' 6:55 2. 'You Stole My Money Honey' 4:18 5. 'Getaway' 4:08 6.
'Climbing the Wall' 4:55 7. 'Jealousy' 4:26 8. 'I'm Alright (You Gotta Go There to Come Back)' 4:36 9. 'Nothing Precious at All' 4:20 10. 'Rainbows and Pots of Gold' 4:11 11.
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'I Miss You Now' 4:50 12. 'High as the Ceiling' 3:19 13.
' 4:43 Total length: 59:12 Japanese release bonus track No. Title Length 14. 'Lying to Myself Again' 3:50 Bonus tracks The track ' appears on later editions of the album as track 4 and was released with a DVD containing the videos for the singles.
Vinyl editions The album was released in gatefold sleeve at first, containing two records. When ' was included on the album the gatefold sleeve contained three records. Trivia This album is the only Stereophonics record which features both and. Cable played drums on most tracks as the band's drummer and Weyler, who replaced Cable as the band's drummer in 2005, contributed to the record as an engineer, programmer and percussionist. The drums on the track 'I'm Alright (You Gotta Go There To Come Back)' are supposedly played by Mac Hine. This is a nod to the which was used on the track instead of real live drumming.
Personnel. ^ Wilson, MAcKenzie. At. ^ Dalton, Stephen (7 June 2003). Retrieved 24 July 2013.
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^ McCormick, Neil (17 April 2003). Retrieved 9 June 2017. ^ Burrows, Marc (8 March 2013). Drowned in Sound.
Retrieved 9 June 2017. ^ Smith, Jack (2003). Retrieved 11 June 2017.
^ MacNeil, Jason (9 October 2003). Retrieved 11 June 2017. Future, Andrew (17 May 2003).
Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 11 June 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2013. Smith, Jack (2003). Retrieved 24 July 2013. 'Stereophonics: You Gotta Go There To Come Back'. 'Stereophonics: You Gotta Go There To Come Back'.
Retrieved 24 July 2013. Archived from on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
^ You Gotta Go There To Come Back (CD booklet). Retrieved 16 July 2013.