Connect (Sick Puppies album)

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Connect
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Studio album by
Released16 July 2013
Genre
Length44:10
Label Capitol
Producer Rock Mafia (Tim James, Antonina Armato)
Sick Puppies chronology
Polar Opposite
(2011)
Connect
(2013)
Fury
(2016)
Singles from Connect
  1. "There's No Going Back"
    Released: 20 May 2013
  2. "Gunfight"
    Released: 13 October 2013
  3. "Die To Save You"
    Released: 29 April 2014
  4. "Connect"
    Released: 19 July 2014

Connect is the fourth studio album by Australian band Sick Puppies, released on 16 July 2013 by Capitol Records. This was the last album to feature lead vocalist and guitarist Shimon Moore prior to his dismissal on 20 October 2014. [1]

Contents

The album debuted at No. 17 on the US Billboard 200 album chart, their highest charting position to date, with 18,195 copies sold. Connect sold 16,318 albums in its first week. [2]

A preview of the first single "There's No Going Back" was released on YouTube on 10 May 2013. The single was released on 20 May 2013.

Music

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic highlighted that "the trio's fourth album, are varied and its themes are ambitious, tackling disconnect and politics", but it "doesn't mean the Australian trio necessarily sounds adult, however." [3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Alternative Press Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Loudwire Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Under The Gun Review 6/10 [6]

Connect garnered generally mixed reviews from music critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic called the album "a richer musical experience than the group's previous records", but wrote that the band was "still hampered a bit by their desperate desire to be taken seriously, but the back half of Connect, written largely on acoustic guitars, shows that their strength is not in attitude but rather in softer sonic textures." [3] At Alternative Press , Reed Fischer felt that "Connect grates far too often to live up to its name." [4]

Track listing

Standard
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Die to Save You"S. Moore, E. Anzai, M. Goodwin, B. Creswell3:54
2."There's No Going Back"S. Moore, E. Anzai, T. James, A. Armato, D. Child3:22
3."Walking Away"S. Moore, E. Anzai, J, Andrews3:01
4."Gunfight"S. Moore, E. Anzai, T. James, A. Armato2:55
5."Poison"S. Moore, E. Anzai, T. James, A. Armato4:37
6."Where Did the Time Go"S. Moore, E. Anzai, T. James, A. Armato2:51
7."Telling Lies"S. Moore, E. Anzai, T. James, A. Armato4:24
8."Connect"S. Moore, E. Anzai, T. James, A. Armato3:45
9."Run"S. Moore, E. Anzai, S. Stevens3:46
10."The Trick the Devil Did"S. Moore, E. Anzai, T. James, A. Armato2:10
11."Healing Now"S. Moore, E. Anzai, T. James, A. Armato4:14
12."Under a Very Black Sky"S. Moore, E. Anzai, T. James, A. Armato5:11
Total length:44:10
iTunes Deluxe Edition
No.TitleLength
13."What Are You Thinking"3:14
14."No Mercy"3:35
15."Better Waste of Time"3:34
16."There's No Going Back" (rock version)3:24
Total length:54:33
Best Buy Deluxe Edition
No.TitleLength
17."There's No Going Back" (Acoustic)3:18
18."Telling Lies" (Leaked bootleg)4:19
Total length:62:10

Personnel

Sick Puppies

Chart performance

Chart (2013)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [7] 17
US Rock Albums ( Billboard ) [8] 3
US Digital Albums ( Billboard ) [9] 23
US Top Hard Rock Albums ( Billboard ) [10] 1
US Top Alternative Albums ( Billboard ) [11] 2

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