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Fun and Games (The Connells album)

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Released
  
1989

Fun & Games (1989)
  
One Simple Word (1990)

Release date
  
1989

Label
  
TVT Records

Length
  
45:20

Artist
  
The Connells

Producer
  
Gary Smith

Genres
  
Rock music, Jangle pop

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Fun & Games is the third album by the American pop/rock band The Connells, released in 1989. It was recorded primarily at Fort Apache Studios, in Cambridge, MA, with additional recording at Studio 900 in New York City and Reflection Studio in Charlotte, NC. In the US, the album reached #163 on the Billboard 200 while the single "Something to Say" reached #7 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Something To Say" (Mike Connell) - 3:40
  2. "Fun & Games" (Connell, Doug MacMillan) - 3:06
  3. "Sal" (George Huntley, Mike Ayers, Peele Wimberley) - 3:44
  4. "Upside Down" (Connell) - 3:16
  5. "Fine Tuning" (Connell) - 3:19
  6. "Motel" (Huntley) - 3:40
  7. "Hey Wow" (Connell) - 4:17
  8. "Ten Pins" (Connell, Huntley, MacMillan) - 4:06
  9. "Inside My Head" (Huntley) - 3:12
  10. "Uninspired" (Connell, MacMillan) - 4:10
  11. "Sat Nite (USA)" (The Connells) - 3:47
  12. "Lay Me Down" (Huntley) - 5:03

"Fine Tuning" was a CD only bonus track.

Personnel

The Connells
  • Mike Connell - guitar, slide guitar
  • David Connell - bass, percussion
  • Doug MacMillan - lead vocals
  • Peele Wimberley - drums, percussion
  • George Huntley - guitar, vocals
    • Additional personnel
  • Willa Bassen - French horn sampler
  • Deborah Coffman - cello
  • Steve Haigler - bells
  • Jeb Bishop - trombone
  • Tom Gordon - saxophone
  • Jon Thornton - trumpet
  • Tanya Quick - "la la la's"
  • Gary Smith - producer, piano, organ, guitar, slide guitar, vibes, backing vocals, "la la la's"
  • Anthony Battaglia - producer, guitar, backing vocals
  • Matt Matthews - producer
  • Beth Cumber - illustration, design

    • Songs

    1Something To Say3:41
    2Fun & Games3:07
    3Sal3:44

    References

    Fun & Games (The Connells album) Wikipedia
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