One Simple Word

by The Connells

One Simple Word cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 8 October 1990
  • Label: TVT Records
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 48:00
  • Community rating: 3.8/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Mike Connell, Peele Wimberley, David Connell, George Huntley, Robert Lord, Doug MacMillan, Caroline Lavelle, Hugh Jones, Roddy Lorimer

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded in Wales with producer Hugh Jones, the North Carolina band's third album sharpens their driving, melodic jangle pop. The record balances upbeat power pop energy with a distinctively autumnal, bittersweet melancholy that firmly established their college rock reputation.

Genres

Descriptors: jangly, guitar-driven, radio, earnest, literate

Tracklist

  1. Stone Cold Yesterday (3:57)
  2. Speak To Me (3:56)
  3. All Sinks In (3:13)
  4. Get A Gun (4:23)
  5. What Do You Want? (3:10)
  6. Set The Stage (5:47)
  7. One Simple Word (4:21)
  8. Another Souvenir (4:20)
  9. Link (1:27)
  10. The Joke (3:04)
  11. Too Gone (2:25)
  12. Waiting My Turn (4:37)
  13. Take A Bow (3:15)

Credits

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