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Wikipedia / One Simple Word

One Simple Word is the fourth studio album by the American alternative rock band the Connells, released in October 1990.

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

Critical reception

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

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

  1. The Connells

  2. Doug MacMillan - lead vocals

  3. Mike Connell - guitar, backing vocals; lead vocals on "Waiting My Turn"

  4. George Huntley - guitar, backing vocals, piano; lead vocals on "What Do You Want?", "Link" and "The Joke"

  5. David Connell - bass

  6. Peele Wimberley - drums, percussion

  7. Additional personnel

  8. Robert Lord - keyboards

  9. Caroline Lavelle - cello, vocals

  10. Roddy Lorimer - trumpet

  11. Kate St. John - oboe, English horn, cor anglais

  12. Hugh Jones - background vocals

  13. Technical personnel

  14. Hugh Jones - producer, engineer

  15. Simon Dawson - assistant engineer

  16. Arun Chakraverty - mastering

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