It charted at number twelve in the UK Singles chart, making it the first lead single to miss out on the top five since " Local Boy in the Photograph". "It Means Nothing" was released as the first single from the album in digital form on 24 September 2007 and later on 1 October three major versions were released, including one CD single and two vinyl singles. The band's newsletter on 24 July 2007 confirmed details and artwork of the first single to be released from the album. When reviewing the album, Ian Cohen from Pitchfork called them "awful" while Drowned in Sound contributor Cpt Howling Mad Murdock called the cover art "some of the worst artwork of the year." Sonja D'Cruze at the BBC also disliked the artwork, commenting, "And that's not to mention the distasteful artwork of two sets of psychedelic glossed-up lips pulling a grenade pin." Singles The title and cover art of Pull the Pin was negatively received. The band photographs inside the CD booklet were taken by Hans Peter van Velthoven. The artwork of the two lips was designed by Miles Aldridge while Graham Rounthwaite and Stereophonics handled the art direction. Pull The Pin was released on 12 October 2007 on three formats, including CD, digital and LP. "Bank Holiday Monday" was made available to download on to those who purchased tickets for the band's tour in November 2007. It was considered for the album's lead single but the band and record company decided for "It Means Nothing" instead. The song "Stone" contains lyrics which were also featured in their earlier single " Moviestar", namely: "You're in my soul / You're in my mind". "Daisy Lane" is about a young boy who was stabbed to death on the street where Jones lives. "It Means Nothing" was written based on the 7/7 London attacks, it is about the feeling of unease in the city and people realising what was important in their lives. Other? (2005) but it wasn't completed during that time. About two years prior to the release of Pull the Pin, he had written the lyrics for " It Means Nothing" and "Daisy Lane" in a hotel in Germany-the latter was written for Language. Lead singer Kelly Jones had to take ten months off before commencing to write songs for the album due to an illness in his family. Despite this Pull the Pin still managed to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart however, it was their last until Keep the Village Alive almost eight years later in 2015. The album became a critical and commercial low-point for Stereophonics, receiving negative reviews and-at the time-having the lowest sales figures of their career. The taster track "Bank Holiday Monday" had its world premier on Radio 1's Chris Moyles Show on Tuesday and was made available for digital download on Monday from online retailers. The cover was also shown to Myspace users that had added the band in a bulletin. A Stereophonics newsletter released the Pull the Pin album artwork to subscribers. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.Pull the Pin is the sixth studio album by Welsh rock band Stereophonics, released by V2 in the UK on 12 October 2007.
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