Just Enough Education to Perform, also known by its acronym J.E.E.P., is the third studio album

Studio album

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 by Welsh rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band Stereophonics

Stereophonics

The Stereophonics are a Welsh rock band now living in turners x that formed in 1992 in the village of Cwmaman in Cynon Valley, Wales. The band currently comprises lead vocalist and guitarist Kelly Jones, bassist and backing vocalist Richard Jones, drummer Javier Weyler, guitarist and backing...

. Released on 17 April 2001, the album topped the UK Albums Chart

UK Albums Chart

The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

 with 140,000 copies sold. and spawned three top-ten singles in the form of "Mr. Writer

Mr. Writer

"Mr. Writer" is the first single from rock band the Stereophonics taken from their third album Just Enough Education to Perform. It was released in March 2001. It reached #5 in the UK charts....

", "Have a Nice Day

Have a Nice Day (Stereophonics song)

"Have a Nice Day" is the second single from rock band the Stereophonics taken from the their third album Just Enough Education to Perform also known as JEEP. It was released in June 2001. It reached #5 in the UK charts equalling previous single "Mr. Writer."The song is track 5 on Just Enough...

" and "Handbags and Gladrags". When the album was originally released it had 11 tracks, it was then re-released in 2002 to include Handbags and Gladrags after it was released as a single.

Track listing

All songs written by Kelly Jones

Kelly Jones

Kelly Jones is a Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist and the lead singer of the band Stereophonics. Influenced by classic rock bands such as The Who, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC and the Sex Pistols, Jones is noted for his strong, gravelly voice, which has been described as "whisky" vocals...

, except "Handbags and Gladrags" by Mike d'Abo

Mike d'Abo

Michael David "Mike" d'Abo is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the former lead vocalist of Manfred Mann.-Biography:...

; "Mr. Writer" co-written by Marshall Bird.

1. "Vegas Two Times
   Vegas Two Times
   "Vegas Two Times" is a song by Welsh rock band Stereophonics, featured on their 2001 third studio album Just Enough Education to Perform. Written by lead vocalist and guitarist Kelly Jones, the song was released as the fifth and final single from the album on 1 April 2002, reaching number 23 on the...
   
   " – 4:29
2. "Lying in the Sun" – 4:31
3. "Mr. Writer
   Mr. Writer
   "Mr. Writer" is the first single from rock band the Stereophonics taken from their third album Just Enough Education to Perform. It was released in March 2001. It reached #5 in the UK charts....
   
   " – 5:19
4. "Step on My Old Size Nines
   Step on My Old Size Nines
   "Step on My Old Size Nines" is the third single from rock band the Stereophonics taken from the their third album Just Enough Education to Perform. It was released in September 2001. It reached #16 in the UK charts.The song is track 4 on the album...
   
   " – 4:00
5. "Have a Nice Day" – 3:25
6. "Nice to Be Out" – 3:08
7. "Handbags and Gladrags
   Handbags and Gladrags
   "Handbags and Gladrags" is the name of a song written in 1967 by Mike d'Abo, who was then the lead singer of Manfred Mann. D'Abo describes the song as "saying to a teenage girl that the way to happiness is not through being trendy. There are deeper values."The original demo tape of the original...
   
   " – 4:37 (on 2002 re-release)
8. "Watch Them Fly Sundays" – 3:29
9. "Everyday I Think of Money" – 3:24
10. "Maybe" – 4:34
11. "Caravan Holiday" – 3:12
12. "Rooftop" – 6:15

Personnel

Stereophonics

• Kelly Jones
  Kelly Jones
  Kelly Jones is a Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist and the lead singer of the band Stereophonics. Influenced by classic rock bands such as The Who, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC and the Sex Pistols, Jones is noted for his strong, gravelly voice, which has been described as "whisky" vocals...
  
   – vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  , guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  s, production
  Record producer
  A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
  
   on "Handbags and Gladrags"
• Richard Jones
  Richard Jones (Stereophonics)
  Richard Jones is the bassist and backing vocalist for the Welsh rock band Stereophonics, playing alongside Kelly Jones and Javier Weyler. Jones grew up in Cwmaman, an old mining village in South Wales...
  
   – bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , harmonica
  Harmonica
  The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
  
  , production on "Handbags and Gladrags"
• Stuart Cable
  Stuart Cable
  Stuart Cable was a Welsh rock drummer and broadcaster, best known as the original drummer for the band Stereophonics.- Early life :...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  , production on "Handbags and Gladrags"

Session musicians

• Marshall Bird – piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  , backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
  A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
  
  , Wurlitzer electric piano
  Wurlitzer electric piano
  Wurlitzer 200A|250px|thumbThe Wurlitzer electric piano was one of a series of electromechanical stringless pianos manufactured and marketed by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, Corinth, Mississippi, U.S. and Tonawanda, New York...
  
  , harmonica, production
• Aileen McLaughlin – backing vocals on "Vegas Two Times"
• Anna Ross – backing vocals on "Vegas Two Times"
• Hazel Fernandez – backing vocals on "Vegas Two Times"

Production personnel

• Steve Bush – production
• Laurie Latham
  Laurie Latham
  Laurie Latham is a British rock producer who worked with Glenn Tilbrook, Paul Young and others.He has produced albums by Echo & the Bunnymen, Squeeze and Slapp Happy.-Career:...
  
   – production on "Handbags and Gladrags"
• Andy Wallace
  Andy Wallace (producer)
  Andy Wallace is a Grammy Award-winning music studio engineer with a long track record of successful productions, beginning with the 1986 production of the Run-DMC/Aerosmith collaboration on "Walk This Way" with Rick Rubin...
  
   – mixing
  Audio mixing (recorded music)
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Reception

On its initial release in 2001, J.E.E.P. reached #1 in the UK charts where it stayed for two weeks, it topped the charts for another two weeks in the second week of January 2002, nine months after its initial release. The album then went on to re-enter the charts several times: it peaked at #27 during June 2002, #37 in July 2003 and #34 in August 2003, until finally disappearing from the top 100. In 2001 J.E.E.P. was the 4th biggest selling album in the UK, and in 2002 it was the 24th biggest selling album in the UK, as well as being the 39th biggest selling album of the decade. It went on to be certified 5x platinum in the UK.

Popular culture

Manchester United and England forward Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney

Wayne Mark Rooney is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team...

has the album's name tattooed in a design on his right forearm. Rooney is a longtime fan of the band and is good friends with them.