Connected (Stereo MC's album) explained

Connected
Type:Album
Artist:Stereo MC's
Cover:Stereomcsconnected.jpg
Released:5 October 1992
Genre:Acid jazz, alternative hip hop, trip hop
Length:56:10
Label:Fourth & Broadway/Island/PolyGram Records
512 743
Producer:Stereo MC's, Veronica Davis, Andrea Groves
Prev Title:Supernatural
Prev Year:1990
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Next Year:2000

Connected is the third studio album by Stereo MC's. The tracks "Connected", "Ground Level", "Step It Up" and "Creation" became hit singles.

Critical reception

In a contemporary review, James Muretich from Calgary Herald said that "the hour-long program does wear a wee thin but, hey, while the groove-mood lasts, it`s a blast". Music critic Robert Christgau for The Village Voice, wrote that, although its music is amiable and rhythmic, Connected is also "so multifaceted that its functionality is fungible and forgettable." In June 2000, Q placed Connected as #52 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. The album won Best British Album at the 1994 Brit Awards,[1] was shortlisted for the 1993 Mercury Prize,[2] and included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Robert Birch (Rob B)/Nicholas Hallam (The Head), except where noted

  1. "Connected" (Birch/Hallam/H.W. Casey/Richard Finch) – 5:14
    • Contains a sample from "Let Me (Let Me Be Your Lover)" by Jimmy "Bo" Horne.
  2. "Ground Level" – 4:13
  3. "Everything" (Birch/Hallam/James L. Worthy) – 3:47
  4. "Sketch" (Birch/Hallam/Tuzé DeAbreu) – 5:44
    • Contains a sample of "Passarinho" by Gal Costa.
  5. "Fade Away" – 4:25
  6. "All Night Long" – 4:07
  7. "Step It Up" – 4:59
  8. "Playing With Fire" – 4:20
    • Uses the piano progression from the introduction to Monkey Man on Let it Bleed by the Rolling Stones
    • Contains a sample of "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" by Pet Shop Boys.
  9. "Pressure" – 3:50
  10. "Chicken Shake" – 3:50
  11. "Creation" – 5:03
  12. "Don't Let Up" (feat. Mica Paris)[4] – 3:09
  13. "The End" (Birch/Hallum/Carole King/Toni Stern) – 3:47

Personnel

Stereo MCs

Additional personnel

Singles

Charts

Chart (1992–1993)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 86

Notes and References

  1. Best Album by a British Artist. connected stereo mc brit 1994.. Billboard. 48. 18 February 1995. 17 April 2019.
  2. Web site: Mercury Prize 1993. Mercury Prize. 17 April 2019.
  3. Book: Robert Dimery. Michael Lydon. 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. 23 March 2010. Universe. 978-0-7893-2074-2.
  4. Web site: Stereo MC's – Connected . . 19 March 2013.
  5. 266.

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