Just Enough Education to Perform

{{Music ratings

|MC = 68/100

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |url={{AllMusic |class=album |id=r528258/review |pure_url=yes}} |title=Just Enough Education – Stereophonics |last=Wilson |first=MacKenzie |date=17 April 2001 |access-date=20 July 2013 }}

|rev2 = The Guardian

|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |title=Pop CD releases |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2001/apr/06/shopping |website=The Guardian |access-date=5 July 2022 |language=en |date=6 April 2001}}

|rev3 = Drowned in Sound

|rev3score = 2/10{{cite web |last1=Kimmitt |first1=James |title=Album Review: Stereophonics - J.E.E.P |url=https://drownedinsound.com/releases/2548/reviews/806- |website=Drowned in Sound |access-date=5 July 2022 |language=en |date=12 April 2001 |archive-date=5 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705191627/https://drownedinsound.com/releases/2548/reviews/806- |url-status=dead }}

|rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

|rev4score = B{{cite web |last1=Sullivan |first1=James |title=Stereophonics |url=https://ew.com/article/2001/04/20/stereophonics/ |website=EW.com |access-date=5 July 2022 |language=en |date=April 20, 2001}}

|rev5 = laut.de

|rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last1=Butscher |first1=Vicky |title=Lockere Melodien und eine ungewöhnliche Stimme. |url=https://www.laut.de/Stereophonics/Alben/Just-Enough-Education-To-Perform-930 |publisher=laut.de |access-date=4 July 2022 |language=de |date=2000}}

|rev6 = Mojo

|rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |title=Stereophonics: Just Enough Education To Perform |magazine=Mojo |date=May 2004 |page=96}}

|rev7 = NME

|rev7Score = 5/10{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/4629 |title=NME album review |last=Sutherland |first=Steve |work=NME |date=4 April 2001 |access-date=20 July 2013}}

|rev8 = Pitchfork

|rev8Score = 5.2/10{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7508-just-enough-education-to-perform/ |title=Pitchfork Media review |last=Dark |first=John |work=Pitchfork |date=17 April 2001 |access-date=20 July 2013}}

|rev9 = Q

|rev9Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |title=Stereophonics: Just Enough Education To Perform |magazine=Q |date=May 2004 |page=96}}

|rev10 = RTE.ie

|rev10Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |last1=Guerin |first1=Harry |title=Stereophonics - Just Enough Education to Perform |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/music-reviews/2001/0412/448528-stereophonics/ |publisher=RTE.ie |access-date=5 July 2022 |language=en |date=12 April 2001}}

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Just Enough Education to Perform received generally mixed to positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68 based on 10 reviews.{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/just-enough-education-to-perform/stereophonics |title=Just Enough Education To Perform |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=20 July 2013}} Despite some negative reviews, it had their highest score on Metacritic until 2022's Oochya! exceeded it by one point with a score of 69.

Writing in Observer Music Monthly, Tony Heyman commented on the title of the album, claiming "regardless of their level of education, the Stereophonics clearly have no performing qualities whatsoever. If they are suggesting a connection between formal education and musical ability, they must be four [sic] illiterate morons who were expelled from playschool for being too thick." Heyman launched a rant against the group, referring to the album as "musical excrement, scooped unhygienically from a poorly-maintained squat toilet in an area without adequate sanitation." He suggested that if it wasn't laminated, the CD insert booklet could be distributed to third-world communities as toilet paper.{{cite news|title=The Best 50 Albums of 2001|magazine=Q|date=December 2001|pages=60–65}}

On its initial release in 2001, Just Enough Education to Perform reached number 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 number 27 during June 2002, number 37 in July 2003 and number 34 in August 2003, until finally disappearing from the top 100. In 2001 it 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 5× platinum in the UK. As of 2009 it has sold 83,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan.{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-stereophonics/stereophonics-survives-label-chaos-to-carry-on-idUSTRE5A600L20091107|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912191229/http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-stereophonics/stereophonics-survives-label-chaos-to-carry-on-idUSTRE5A600L20091107|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 September 2017|title=Stereophonics survive label chaos to "Carry On"|first=Richard|last=Smirke|date=7 November 2009|work=Reuters}}

{{track listing

| all_writing = Kelly Jones except where noted

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| title1 = Vegas Two Times

| length1 = 4:29

| title2 = Lying in the Sun

| length2 = 4:31

| title3 = Mr. Writer

| note3 = music co-written by Marshall Bird

| length3 = 5:19

| title4 = Step on My Old Size Nines

| length4 = 4:00

| title5 = Have a Nice Day

| length5 = 3:25

| title6 = Nice to Be Out

| length6 = 3:08

| title7 = Watch Them Fly Sundays

| length7 = 3:29

| title8 = Everyday I Think of Money

| length8 = 3:24

| title9 = Maybe

| length9 = 4:34

| title10 = Caravan Holiday

| length10 = 3:12

| title11 = Rooftop

| length11 = 6:13

| total_length = 45:46

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| headline = Just Enough Education to Perform – {{nobold|Bonus CD-ROM tracks}}

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| title1 = Lying in the Sun

| note1 = Acoustic version

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| title2 = Step on My Old Size Nines

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| title12 = Maritim Belle Vue in Kiel

| length12 = 5:39

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{{track listing

| headline = Just Enough Education to Perform – {{nobold|2002 re-release}}

| title_width = 400px

| title1 = Vegas Two Times

| length1 = 4:29

| title2 = Lying in the Sun

| length2 = 4:31

| title3 = Mr. Writer

| note3 = music co-written by Marshall Bird

| length3 = 5:19

| title4 = Step on My Old Size Nines

| length4 = 4:00

| title5 = Have a Nice Day

| length5 = 3:25

| title6 = Nice to Be Out

| length6 = 3:08

| title7 = Handbags and Gladrags

| note7 = Mike d'Abo

| length7 = 4:37

| title8 = Watch Them Fly Sundays

| length8 = 3:29

| title9 = Everyday I Think of Money

| length9 = 3:24

| title10 = Maybe

| length10 = 4:34

| title11 = Caravan Holiday

| length11 = 3:12

| title12 = Rooftop

| note12 = includes hidden track "Surprise", starting at 7:15

| length12 = 11:25

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;Stereophonics{{cite AV media notes |title=Just Enough Education to Perform |others=Stereophonics |year=2001 |publisher=V2 Records |type=CD booklet}}

• Kelly Jones – vocals, guitar,
• Richard Jones – bass, harmonica
• Stuart Cable – drums

;Additional musicians

• Marshall Bird – piano, backing vocals, Wurlitzer, harmonica
• Aileen McLaughlin – backing vocals on "Vegas Two Times"
• Anna Ross – backing vocals on "Vegas Two Times"
• Hazel Fernandez – backing vocals on "Vegas Two Times"
• Glenn Hyde – harmonica on "Rooftop"

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;Technical personnel{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/just-enough-education-to-perform-mw0000804064/credits |title=Just Enough Education to Perform credits |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=20 July 2013}}

• Production – Bird, Steve Bush
• Engineering – Bird & Bush
• Mixing – Andy Wallace
• Mastering – Bob Ludwig
• Production on "Handbags and Gladrags" – Laurie Latham, Stereophonics

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|type=album|award=Gold|artist=Stereophonics|title=Just Enough Education to Perform|certyear=2002|relyear=2001|access-date=30 January 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry |region=United Kingdom |discount=true |access-date=22 March 2019|type=album |award=Platinum |number=6 |artist=Stereophonics |title=Just Enough Education to Perform |certyear=2019 |relyear=2001 |salesamount=1,804,880 |salesref={{cite web|url=https://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/charts-analysis-stereophonics-score-seventh-no-1-album/077950|title=Charts analysis: Stereophonics score seventh No.1 album|last=Jones|first=Alan|date=1 November 2019|website=Music Week|access-date=3 November 2019}} |certref={{cite web |url=http://tsort.info/music/a9px4c.htm |title=Album artist 832 – The Stereophonics |publisher=Tsort |access-date=3 July 2013}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|nocert=true|salesamount=83,000|salesref={{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EX4yD1pJCxUC&dq=copies&pg=RA2-PA11|title=Welsh rock bits: Stereophonics|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 23, 2024|date=October 3, 2009|page=31}}}}

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{{Certification Table Entry |region=Europe|type=album |award=Platinum |number=2 |artist=Stereophonics |title=Just Enough Education to Perform |certyear=2002 |relyear=2001|access-date=August 31, 2022}}

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• Manchester United and England forward Wayne Rooney has the album's name tattooed in a design on his right forearm.{{cite web |url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/2274/goalcoms-top-50-english-players/2009/05/03/1243716/goalcoms-top-50-english-players-wayne-rooney-44 |title=Goal.com's Top 50 English Players: Wayne Rooney (44) |publisher=Goal.com |date=3 May 2009 |access-date=5 May 2009 }} Rooney is a longtime fan of the band and is good friends with them.Football Focus, 28 November 2009

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