Keep the Village Alive
Keep the Village Alive is the ninth studio album by the Welsh rock band Stereophonics, released in September 2015. Kelly Jones produced it with Jim Lowe, and it was intended as the second half of a pair, following on from 2013's Graffiti on the Train. It is also the first album to feature drummer Jamie Morrison, who joined while that earlier record was being made in 2012.
The reception echoed the warm response to its predecessor, and the album went to number one on the UK Albums Chart. That was the band's first chart-topper since Pull the Pin in 2007, so it makes a good place to pick up the story if you lost track of them in the years between. It sits comfortably in the band's rock and alternative rock tradition.
Keep the Village Alive: tracklist, credits and charts
10 tracks · 40:30Tracklist
- 1C’est La VieKelly Jones3:41
- 2White LiesKelly Jones3:56
- 3Sing Little SisterKelly Jones3:26
- 4I Wanna Get Lost with YouKelly Jones3:50
- 5Song for the SummerKelly Jones2:55
- 6Fight or FlightKelly Jones3:41
- 7My HeroKelly Jones3:48
- 8SunnyKelly Jones4:20
- 9Into the WorldKelly Jones4:03
- 10Mr and Mrs SmithKelly Jones6:50
- Produced by
- Kelly Jones, Jim Lowe
- Recorded at
- ICP Studios (Brussels, Belgium), Stylus Studios (London)
- Recorded
- July 2011 – December 2014
- Labels
- Sony Records International, Stylus
- Length
- 40:30
Singles
- “C'est la Vie” · 12 May 2015
- “I Wanna Get Lost with You” · 21 July 2015
- “Song for the Summer” · 27 November 2015
- “White Lies” · 19 February 2016
- “Mr and Mrs Smith” · 24 June 2016
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart · 2015 | 1 |
| Scottish Albums · 2015 | 1 |
| UK Independent Albums · 2015 | 1 |
| Irish Albums · 2015 | 14 |
| US Heatseekers · 2015 | 17 |
| Dutch Albums · 2015 | 22 |
| Swiss Albums · 2015 | 30 |
| Austrian Albums · 2015 | 36 |
| French Albums · 2015 | 37 |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) · 2015 | 39 |
All 14 charts
| German Albums · 2015 | 49 |
| Belgian Albums (Flanders) · 2015 | 50 |
| Italian Albums · 2015 | 51 |
| Belgian Albums (Wallonia) · 2015 | 96 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom · 2015 | Gold |
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia 2015-09-11 vs 2015-09-09 (musicbrainz)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 9 September 2015 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 11 September 2015 | |
| Wikidata | 2015 | |
| US release | 11 September 2015 | earliest US date |
5 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | JP | Sony Records International | 4547366244014 | original |
| 11 September 2015 | US | Ignition Records | 5053723008117 | deluxe |
| 11 September 2015 | XW | Stylus Records | 5053723008001 | other |
| 11 September 2015 | XW | Stylus Records | other | |
| 11 September 2015 | US | Ignition Records | 5053723008025 | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 800×800 | upscaled |