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Dom Robinson reviews

Stereophonics: The Vids

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Stereophonics: The Vids, or "Call us what you want but don't call us in the morning: The Performance and Cocktails Video Collection", is a 'greatest hits'-type package from their huge-selling album, proving it is possible to be a male three-piece band from Wales without drowning your lyrics in politics.

Containing some behind-the-scenes footage, this DVD towers head and shoulders over the conventional VHS release (£12.99) as that features tracks only from the current album and Mama Told Me Not To Come featuring Tom Jones, but the DVD-exclusive tunes on here effectively double the length of the entertainment.

Their singles chart history to September 2000 is as follows :


The picture quality is mostly fine, but a lot of their promos are shown at a matted widescreen ratio of 16:9 or wider and I'd like to have seen them presented anamorphically. If Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" can manage anamorphic widescreen videos from Madonna and Lenny Kravitz, why can't this one? The average bitrate is steady 5.20Mb/s.

All the tunes come across perfectly well in Dolby Digital 2.0 (Dolby Surround) without a hitch.


Extras. :

Chapters :

There are 12 chapters for the main songs. The track listing is as follows :

And there's more... :

A 5-minute Picture gallery of stills and a Making Of section providing plenty of background info to how some of the promos were made.

Menu :

Animated with sound, the main menu is the result of a camcorder stuck to a car and the road ahead. Different I suppose.


When I first received this DVD, the only quip I could think of was that I might say "there's more life in a tramp's vest than there is on this DVD", but that doesn't apply because it's an excellent compilation with extras worth checking out.

The only sort-of disappointment is the Top of the Pops 'Traffic' performance. They're miming to a crowd in the rain while a bunch of ugly kids try their best to get in the way of the camera.

Fans of the band should also tune into SkyDigital music channel MTV2 (Channel 446), where they get regular airplay.

FILM CONTENT
PICTURE QUALITY
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EXTRAS



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Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2000.

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