Local Boy In The Photograph (track)
by Stereophonics
Year: 1997
From the album Word Gets Around (track #4)
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Local Boy In The Photograph appears on the following album(s) by Stereophonics:
- Word Gets Around (track #4) (this album) (1997)
- Live From Dakota (track #10) (2006)
- Best Of Stereophonics: Decade In The Sun (track #5) (compilation) (2008)

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| ! | 05/28/2026 14:05 | Exist-en-ciel | 168,365 | 71/100 |
| ! | 10/08/2025 21:16 | mash | 4,566 | 92/100 |
| ! | 09/10/2025 15:57 | daCritic | 38,109 | 75/100 |
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The commenter above beat me to it, but this song would fit right in on Pablo Homey.
Overlooked and underrated.....
Doesn't it sound like Radiohead's Anyone Can Play Guitar? It's a great song though, so I'm not complaining