Language, Sex, Violence, Other? was originally released on 14th March 2005 and was Stereophonics' fifth studio album reaching number one in the UK, selling over 100,000 copies in its first week of release. It was the 37th biggest selling album of 2005 in the UK with over 500,000 copies sold.
The first single, ‘Dakota’, also became the bands biggest hit in the UK, reaching number one on the singles chart, where it remained in the top ten for eleven weeks.