| New Connection | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Todd Snider |
| Cover: | New Connection.jpg |
| Released: | 2002 |
| Studio: | Home Depot |
| Label: | Oh Boy |
| Producer: | R.S. Field |
| Prev Title: | Happy to Be Here |
| Prev Year: | 2000 |
| Next Title: | Near Truths and Hotel Rooms |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
New Connection is the fifth album by the American musician Todd Snider, released in 2002 on Oh Boy Records.[1] [2] Snider supported the album with a North American tour.[3]
Recorded at Home Depot Studios, in Nashville, the album was produced by R.S. Field.[4] [1] Snider wrote 30 songs for New Connection.[5] He delegated most of the music to his producer and the musicians.[6] Kim Richey provided backing vocals.[7] Will Kimbrough played guitar.[8]
"Crooked Piece of Time" was written by John Prine, who duetted with Snider.[9] [10] "Waco Moon" is a tribute to Eddy Shaver.[11] "Vinyl Records" is about Snider's ever-expanding music collection.[12] "Rose City" was inspired by Snider's Portland childhood.[13] "Close Enough to You" and "Easy" are love songs.[14]
USA Today wrote: "Like his pile of records, Snider's New Connection is full of good listening and unlikely combinations." The Hartford Courant called the album "a cozy country-folk collection that nicely combines heartbreak, boozy tales and a few deep thoughts on life."[15] The Philadelphia Inquirer considered the album to be "full of his typically ingratiating blend of smart-aleck wit and sensitive heart."[16]
The Dayton Daily News wrote that the album "features some of the same sorts of trenchant insight and dark comedy that make Prine songs remarkable." The Post and Courier panned Snider's delivery, writing that "at times he almost sounds like he's dozing off at the microphone." The Boston Globe determined that "Snider is an original voice that pop fans should pay more attention to."[17]