One Simple Word

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One Simple Word
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 8, 1990
Recorded1990
StudioRockfield Studios, Wales, UK
Genre Alternative rock, jangle pop, indie rock
Length47:55
Label TVT Records [1]
Producer Hugh Jones [2]
The Connells chronology
Fun & Games
(1989)
One Simple Word
(1990)
Ring
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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One Simple Word is the fourth studio album by the American alternative rock band the Connells, released in October 1990. [4] [5]

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In the US, the album peaked at #168 on the Billboard 200, where it spent 18 weeks on the chart. [6] The singles "Stone Cold Yesterday" and "Get A Gun" charted at #3 and #24, respectively, on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. [7]

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the album the band's "tightest, catchiest and least wimpy effort to date." [8]

Track listing

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

Personnel

The Connells
Additional personnel
Technical personnel

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