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Connected

Their third album, number 2 in the UK, with four hit singles.
Stereo MC's, 1992

Birch says it was finished at Workhouse Studios on the Old Kent Road and that buying an Akai sampler for it really revolutionized things for them. James Hallawell plays keyboards and organ, Paul O. Kane and Matthew Seligman bass, the Kick Horns provide brass, and Mica Paris sings on "Don't Let Up"; "The End" is a Carole King and Toni Stern song. The singles were "Connected" (18), "Step It Up" (12), "Ground Level" (19) and "Creation" (19). It reached 2 in the UK, 12 in Austria, 17 in Sweden and 19 in Switzerland. AllMusic gave 4.5 stars, Select 5 of 5, and Christgau a B-minus. Q ranked it 52nd in its 100 greatest British albums in June 2000, and it is in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Track listing

  1. Connected5:14
  2. Ground Level4:13
  3. Everything3:47
  4. Sketch5:44
  5. Fade Away4:25
  6. All Night Long4:07
  7. Step It Up4:59
  8. Playing With Fire4:20
  9. Pressure3:50
  10. Chicken Shake3:50
  11. Creation5:03
  12. Don't Let Up3:09
  13. The End3:47

More from Stereo MC's

33 45 78 (1989), Supernatural (1990), Deep Down & Dirty (2001), Emperor's Nightingale (2011)

Sources

  1. Connected (Stereo MCs album), Wikipedia
  2. Stereo MCs, Wikipedia
  3. Rob Birch interview, part one, 909originals (2019-07-11)