| Connected | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1996 | |||
| Studio | Sea-Saint Studios | |||
| Genre | Jazz, funk | |||
| Label | NYNO | |||
| Producer | Allen Toussaint, Clarence "Reginald" Toussaint | |||
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Connected is an album by the American musician Allen Toussaint, released in 1996. [1] [2] It was released through NYNO Records, a label cofounded by Toussaint, and was his first new album in almost 20 years. [3] [4] Toussaint supported the album with a North American tour. [5]
Produced by Toussaint, the album was recorded at his Sea-Saint Studios, with his son, Reginald, contributing as Connected's engineer. [6] [7] The album is a collection of original songs written by Toussaint. [8] Toussaint had been working on the album for many years; he was prodded by Reginald to finish it. [9]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [10] |
| Robert Christgau |  [11] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [12] |
| MusicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide | [13] |
| Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | [8] |
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette called the album "a sometimes rollicking, sometimes touching, always first-rate collection of love songs." [8] Newsday wrote that Connected "mixes laid-back New Orleans rhythms with a sweet, smooth pop sound ... In addition to several ballads and some jazz-funk tunes, there is one distinctly '90s touch: 'Computer Lady', a sly ode to online romance." [14] Robert Christgau singled out "Computer Lady" for praise. [11]
The Washington Post panned Toussaint's "dull voice that has a cramped range," but thought that "there are a few gems among the new tunes, most notably the ballads 'If I Leave' and 'Sweet Dreams'." [15] The Dallas Morning News opined that "the album's best tracks—'Do the Do', 'Funky Bars', 'All of It'—rekindle the jazzy New Orleans funk he helped invent in the mid-'60s with Art Neville and other future members of the Meters." [16] The Boston Herald listed Connected as one of the 10 best albums of 1996, deeming it "timeless piano funk." [17]
AllMusic called the album "fresh new funk and roll from the city where American music has always stretched to new levels." [10]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pure Uncut Love" | |
| 2. | "Do the Do" | |
| 3. | "Computer Lady" | |
| 4. | "Get Out of My Life, Woman" | |
| 5. | "We're All Connected" | |
| 6. | "Sweet Dreams" | |
| 7. | "Funky Bars" | |
| 8. | "Ahya" | |
| 9. | "If I Leave" | |
| 10. | "Aign Nyee" | |
| 11. | "In Your Love" | |
| 12. | "Oh My" | |
| 13. | "All of It" | |
| 14. | "Wrong Number" | |
| 15. | "Rolling with the Punches" |
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