Only the Names Have Been Changed put down 10 tracks with 10 different girls names…we wanted to do something in the vein of Nick Cave's "Murder Ballads" or Johnny Cash's "Blood, Sweat and Tears". Only the Names Have Been Changed Only the Names Have Been Changed is the solo debut album by Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones. As Jones explains, "we were recording the sixth Stereophonics album...and in-between takes I started doing these songs off the cuff. Three or four tracks in I realised that this could actually be something…strange how it's always little things that makes big things happen. We didn't wait - it was recorded
3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of... the album, while not "quite as revolutionary as it first seemed", was nonetheless "a fine record that often crosses the line into excellence", further crediting it as "a major influence on a new breed of alternative Southern hip-hop, including Goodie Mob, Outkast, and Nappy Roots". "The Wire" named the album its record of the year, the first time the magazine had expanded its year-end critics' poll to include albums in non-jazz genres. The album was included in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die". "Billboard" – album "Billboard" – singles 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days