| Boylan Heights | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | the Connells |
| Cover: | Connellsboylan.png |
| Released: | 1987 |
| Recorded: | 1986–87 |
| Studio: | Drive-In Studio, Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Genre: | Alternative rock, jangle pop |
| Length: | 39:19 |
| Label: | TVT |
| Producer: | Mitch Easter |
| Prev Title: | Darker Days |
| Prev Year: | 1985 |
| Next Title: | Fun & Games |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
Boylan Heights is the second album by the American pop/rock band the Connells.[1] [2] It was released in 1987, and was their first for TVT Records.[3] The title of the album references the historic Boylan Heights neighborhood of Raleigh, North Carolina.
The album was recorded at Drive-In Studio, and was produced by Mitch Easter.[4]
AllMusic praised the album as an improvement on the previous effort, noting the influences of Southern rock and Celtic rock. Trouser Press wrote that "the band has matured into a distinctive enough unit to do justice to Michael’s yearning collegiate considerations of love, war and alienation."[5] MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide deemed Boylan Heights "one of the most distinctive college rock albums of the '80s." The Orlando Sentinel called it "a collection of warmly energetic and melodic rockers."[6]
All songs by Mike Connell, except "Home Today" by George Huntley.