Connected (Stereo MCs album)

This article is about the album. For other meanings, see Connection (disambiguation).

Connected
Studio album by Stereo MCs
Released	October 1992
Genre	Pop hip-hop
Length	56:10
Label	Fourth & Broadway/Island/PolyGram Records 512 743
Producer	Stereo MCs, Veronica Davis, Andrea Groves,
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Stereo MCs chronology
Supernatural (1990) Connected (1992) DJ Kicks (2000)

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.

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.

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
   • Contains a sample from "Let Me (Let Me Be Your Lover)" by Jimmy "Bo" Horne.
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" – 5:01
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" - 3:11
13. "The End" (Birch/Hallum/Carole King/Toni Stern) – 3:47

Personnel

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 UK, October 1992)
• "Step It Up" (#12 in the UK, November 1992)
• "Ground Level" (#19 in the UK, February 1993)
• "Creation" (#19 in UK, May 1993)

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