Connected (Stereo MCs album)

This article is about the album. For other meanings, see Connection (disambiguation).
Connected
Studio album by Stereo MCs
Released 5 October 1992
Genre Acid jazz, alternative hip hop, trip hop
Length 56:10
Label Fourth & Broadway/Island/PolyGram Records United Kingdom
512 743
Producer Stereo MCs, Veronica Davis, Andrea Groves
Stereo MCs chronology
Supernatural
(1990)		 Connected
(1992)		 DJ Kicks
(2000)
Singles from Connected
  1. "Connected"
    Released: 14 September 1992
  2. "Step It Up"
    Released: 23 November 1992
  3. "Ground Level"
    Released: 8 February 1993
  4. "Creation"
    Released: 17 May 1993
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Robert ChristgauB–[1]

Connected is a 1992 album by Stereo MCs. The tracks "Connected", "Ground Level", "Step It Up" and "Creation" became hit singles; "Connected" was particularly famous for its use in adverts for the Carphone Warehouse.

Critical reception

In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau said that, although its music is amiable and rhythmic, Connected is also "so multifaceted that its functionality is fungible and forgettable."[1]

In 2000 Q magazine placed Connected at number 52 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.

The album won Best British Album at the 1994 Brit Awards, and was shortlisted for the 1993 Mercury Prize but lost to Suede's self-titled debut album.

Track listing

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

  1. "Connected" (Birch/Hallam/H.W. Casey/Richard Finch) – 5:14
  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
    • 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)[2] – 3:09
  13. "The End" (Birch/Hallum/Carole King/Toni Stern) – 3:47

Personnel

Stereo MCs

Additional Personnel

Singles

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The Stereo MCs - Connected excerpt
An excerpt from Connected
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References

  1. 1 2 Christgau, Robert (23 November 1993). "Turkey Shoot". The Village Voice (New York). Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Stereo MC's – Connected". Discogs. Retrieved 19 March 2013.


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