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Connected (Stereo MCs album)

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Released
  
5 October 1992

Connected (1992)
  
DJ Kicks (2000)

Release date
  
1992

Genres
  
Hip hop music, Trip hop

Length
  
56:10

Artist
  
Stereo MCs

Label
  
Island Records

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Producer
  
Stereo MCs, Veronica Davis, Andrea Groves

Awards
  
Brit Award for MasterCard British Album of the Year

Similar
  
Stereo MCs albums, Other albums

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Connected is a 1992 album by Stereo MCs. The tracks "Connected", "Ground Level", "Step It Up" and "Creation" became hit singles.

Contents

Stereo mc s connected full length


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." 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, was shortlisted for the 1993 Mercury Prize, and included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

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. Contains a sample from "Let Me (Let Me Be Your Lover)" by Jimmy "Bo" Horne.
  3. "Ground Level" – 4:13
  4. "Everything" (Birch/Hallam/James L. Worthy) – 3:47
  5. "Sketch" (Birch/Hallam/Tuzé DeAbreu)– 5:44
  6. Contains a sample of "Passarinho" by Gal Costa.
  7. "Fade Away" – 4:25
  8. "All Night Long" – 4:07
  9. "Step It Up" – 4:59
  10. "Playing With Fire" – 4:20
  11. Contains a sample of "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" by Pet Shop Boys.
  12. "Pressure" – 3:50
  13. "Chicken Shake" – 3:50
  14. "Creation" – 5:03
  15. "Don't Let Up" (feat. Mica Paris) – 3:09
  16. "The End" (Birch/Hallum/Carole King/Toni Stern) – 3:47

Stereo MCs

  • Robert Charles "Rob B." Birch: Vocals
  • Nick "The Head" Hallam: DJ
  • Ian Frederick "Owen If" Rossiter: Drums, Percussion
  • Cath Coffey: Backing Vocals

    • Additional personnel

  • James Hallawell: Keyboards, Organ
  • Paul O. Kane, Matthew Seligman: Bass
  • Chicu Modu: Sax
  • Ivan Hussey, Johnny T., Anya Ulman: Strings
  • Kick Horns: Brass

    • Singles

  • "Connected" (#18 in the United Kingdom, 14 September 1992)
  • "Step It Up" (#12 in the United Kingdom, 23 November 1992)
  • "Ground Level" (#19 in the United Kingdom, 8 February 1993)
  • "Creation" (#19 in United Kingdom, 17 May 1993)

    • Songs

    1Connected5:13
    2Ground Level4:13
    3Everything3:48

    References

    Connected (Stereo MCs album) Wikipedia
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