Old School Dropouts Explained

Old School Dropouts
Type:studio
Artist:The Connells
Cover:OldSchoolDropouts.jpg
Released:October 23, 2001
Recorded:1999–2001
Studio:Steve Potak's home studio, Raleigh, NC
Length:45:20
Label:Black Park Records
Producer:The Connells
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Old School Dropouts is the eighth studio album by the American pop/rock band The Connells, released in October 2001. It was produced and released by the band themselves on their Black Park Records label after parting ways with TVT. It was the last record that the band released officially until 2021. The album was recorded in Raleigh, NC with the band recording in different ways, like using an analogue 4-track tape machine. After the departure of longtime drummer and founding member Peele Wimberley it features Jon Wurster on drums.

Track listing

All songs written by Mike Connell, except where noted.

  1. "Bust" - 3:06
  2. "Gladiator Heart" - 4:27
  3. "Back in Blighty" - 4:05
  4. "Radio" - 4:05
  5. "Put Down" - 3:58
  6. "Airlift" (George Huntley)- 3:04
  7. "All the Time in the World" (Doug MacMillan) - 3:17
  8. "Rusted Fields" - 4:41
  9. "Hello Walter" - 3:35
  10. "Washington" - 3:48
  11. "The Bottom" (MacMillan) - 2:00

Personnel

The Connells

Additional Players

Recording and Mixing

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