Connected

Een album dat al vele jaren in mijn playlist staat. Het komt vaak voorbij en ik zap het eigenlijk nooit weg. Prima album dus. Maar waarom eigenlijk? Is het heel bijzonder? Dat valt toch wel mee? Is er een element wat er bovenuit springt? Denk het niet. Wellicht is het gewoon de sfeer. Er is weinig muziek waar ik relaxted van word. Maar dit album bereikt dat wel.

Bristol & Madchester sound uit de early 90s, maar dan uit Nottingham. Acid house met een (ietwat arrogante) rapstem (net zoals later Audio Bullys enzo) ipv een zeikerige Britse zang. Het is ietwat gedateerd, overduidelijk uit de 90s, niet heel enerverend of onderhoudend verder, maar ik kan dit dus echt 1000x beter hebben dan die kinderachtige rap uit Murica. Dit wil gewoon dansen, vrolijk zijn, plezier maken, al dan niet onder het genot van wat geestverruimende middelen. Maar daar is de beste muziek mee gemaakt.

No, thanks. Next.

Good tunes

This was absolutely terrible. But I got through it all, so I'm gonna say 2 stars for the sheer fact that I didn't rage quit half way through.

Meh

Could have done without listening to this album. Pretty terrible.

It's one of those albums that is very much of its time, you listen to it today and it feels dated and shows how much music production has moved on in the 30+ years since it was produced. Not a bad album, just nothing that particularly sticks in your mind

fun and lively dance rock. i didn’t hate it.

Meh. It's fine.

This was another one that was ok but I’m not sure why I need to hear it before I die. Sounded like a wannabe Beck or Beck did it better, depending on who started first.

Wow

Banger opener, flattened out

Cant see myself ever listening to this again

Que brûlent les goûts musicaux des gens nés dans les années 80.

J en'en peux plus de ces albums d'ambiance absolument nazes, du coup cet album paiera pour tous les autres.

Extremely groovy to start off, sax stands out in "Sketch", Playing with Fire", "Pressure". Vocals nicely complemented the instruments and the funky beat, overall great album. 4.5

Love the title track in '92, and still love it today. The rest of the album's aight.

Connected & Step Up are two of my favorite jams of the era. The rest of the album made for good background dance. 3.5 stars.

Not bad. Good music to bop to while working.

Good lord. In what world is this possibly up for consideration for the 1001 albums you must hear? If it was the 1001 best albums of 1992, Stereo MCs’ Connected would have no business being in the list. I gave each track a minute and it was the biggest waste of time in my life. I’ve given one star and this album is much worse than those.

Aww, takes me back. I had forgotten I saw them supporting Madonna in the Blonde Ambition tour back in the day. I think I had the album too. This holds up pretty well. I still appreciate a bit of acid jazz, though this does get a bit samey tbh

I'll let my 10-year-old daughter's take on the album serve as my review: "Eh. I mean, the music is okay and I like the way it makes me feel. And the vocals aren't BAD exactly. But the words aren't very interesting and they're just saying the same thing over and over again. I don't think I like it very much." Same, kiddo. Same.

It isn’t the most exciting but I’ll be damned if it didn’t keep me moving. I couldn’t tell you a single track by name without looking at it because they do feel similar, but they all just feel so dancey.

Straight up elevator music. Only Fade Away is worth listen.

Connected and Step it Up were big hits at the time, especially Connected. And I still like the music, even though it aged and faded. However, I fail to see why this particular album should be celebrated more than 30 years after the fact. No one cared about that album at the time, all people cared for were 1-2 hit singles that have more or less disappeared from our culture. Yet another bizarre album choice.

Well, thus started off great. Connected is a banger, the rest of the album did very little for me though. I wouldn’t rush to put it off if it came on the stereo, but equally, I don’t think I’d ever seek this album out to listen to.

Really solid 90s sound, liked it a lot!

Familiarity: 0/10 Playful and small party driven hip hop. Go back to this one, it’ll only get better. True Rating: 7/10

It's fine I guess. The beats are good - that's it.

First couple songs were fantastic! But then - meh.

I think this record is trying to say deep things. But it's soooooo cheesy I can't hear any messages. This never hit in the US. But there was certainly cheesy crap here in 1992 not too dissimilar to this. This is crap. Let's be clear about that. But it's crap that lives in its moment. And it does that rather well.

Boring gg

Love the Stereo MCs so was pleased to see this as the album of the day. However I had lots of interruptions while trying to listen but the tracks weren’t as good as the ones we usually listen to. I’d thought I was going to give 4* but for this album maybe higher 3* is a better grade !

Fun.

Hey - I can swim in the trance of Connected for a dog’s age, but the rest of this album doesn’t rightly click with me. That said, I cannot overstate how much this album did for the all-denim wardrobe.

Not bad I guess, just sounded a bit dated. I just don't think the list needed more British hip-hop. By the end, the accent really started annoying me.

17th August 2023 Listened a day late cos of Dusty and Sheppeck’s staying. 90s dance hip hop, can hear the influence of US rap and how this must have influenced UK garage and hip hop of the early noughties. 3.5 if I could.

White hot for a moment in the UK in 1992, and then...poof...gone into 90's fun pub obscurity

Generic, nothing to say, ladish, dated. Boring music seemingly made just for the sake of it. The worst of the 90s. The best you can say about this album is that it helped flog a few mobile phones. Rating: 1/5 Playlist track: Connected Date listened: 12/08/23

I had high hopes for this album; it starts off with an incredibly catchy and unique title track, and then goes into the socially conscious "Ground Level" and "Everything." But after that point, things just feel like they're stuck in a loop musically and lyrically. While the percussion, sax, and keyboards are initially interesting, they never really stick the landing because they don't go beyond their initial catchiness. Lyrically, this album feels like you're trying to get away from someone trying to get you to sign a petition; you feel yourself nodding along for the first minute of their spiel, but then they keep repeating themselves and they can't really tell you what tangible thing they're trying to achieve. The worst part about this album is that the songs, like the album as a whole, tend to go on and on, never really achieving anything by extending their length. This album probably had some significant influence on alternative hip hop, but listening to it is like trying to run a 10K on sand.

Meh: I didn’t love nor did I hate. Just felt like mid music which I could listen to and not pat much attention to. Maybe it’s just not for me and many would love this but overall a forgettable experience. Really don’t have much to say so I’ll just rate it and inoffensive 3.

Ritmos tranquilos, estilo mezcla entre pop y disco. Ambiente chillout de principios de los 90. Para sesiones relajadas

un album de 56 minutes pour une course de 50 minutes. C'est parfaita hah et le vibe etait bon. 3.90

By God, even 90s white UK hip hop is better than its present day contemporaries. Guess it's not surprising in hindsight, as funk-based beats will always crush electronica-based ones. Favorite track: Don't Let Up

The first song is pretty cool and could be the part of a 3 or 4 star album easy. The music if it were the soundtrack to a heist movie with a 90's house vibe could be a 4 or a 5. However, the rapping is awful - the cadence, the silly rhymes, the lack of content. It drags the whole thing down.

Funky, groovy. A little bit dark and Primal Screamy. A read a review, and it said the rapping sounds like an afterthought, and I must say it is pretty shite. There's some Massive Attack vibes going on thee too. Pretty good, bopping at my desk. 3 / 5 stars.

Epic album! I am so glad for this site, for 1001. One of the Best things I have discovered in my life. Thank you <3

Vibes but not much else. Not enjoyable, won’t be revisiting.

Low 4 - fun and well put together, flows well enough but personal preference says to reach for contemporaries and the trip-hop scene at the time

Sounds very dated, although probably in a nostalgic way for anyone who liked it at the time. I only knew 2 songs before listening to the album, and didn't really feel connected (!) to them or any others afterwards. 2 ⭐

Favourite tracks: connected; step it up; ground level; creation; fade away

I really enjoyed this one. The mix of sounds were pleasing to the ears and got me moving my head back and forth. Very talented group of mc’s!

A fun album with a lot of sick beats. You can hear the influence this would one day have on artists like Ibibio Sound Machine. Connected, Fade Away, and Step it Up are new favs

Sometimes you are in the right mood to listen to an album. I think that was the case with this one. I actually enjoyed it despite being not my usual thing.

I remember the single. This came out the same time chronic and doggystyle did, tough competition. Not for me 2.5

The album was alright. I wasn't familiar with any song or the band. I didn't skip any songs and it was easy listening to it.

I wanted to sing ahwwah after every line in every song. I didn't mind this album ahwwah, probably won't listen to it again AHWWHAH

2/5 Best: Ground Level Worst: All Night Long

Groovy as hell and equally as forgettable.

Is it a bit monotonous in the end? Sure. Does is really need to be on this list? Probably not. Is it funky? Yes!

I've always liked the title track to this album, although I was never really aware of Stereo MC's as a band. It was good to hear the rest of the album, and the early 90s cool funkiness really grew on me as it went along.

I feel the 90s here. It wasn’t difficult for me to listen to, but it also sounds like they had one basic formula for all the tracks. So, I guess it was just a little bland for me as an album.

I bought this CD when it came out but, judging by how unfamiliar the songs are, I only listened to the whole thing a couple of times. A nice 90s dance sound throughout but nothing as memorable as the title track.

I knew the song Connected and liked it pretty well. I was liking it ok, but after a while I couldn’t tell if the album had completed and restarted or if I was still on the first listen. It seemed a lot the same and that made it seem to go on too long for me. Maybe back in the day this would have held my attention, but today it did not.

Similar in style to Fun Lovin' Criminals, Stereo MC's one-hit wonder status must merit them worthy of inclusion on this list according to the author(s). It doesn't. And on top of yet another shoe-horning of a mediocre UK band onto the list, I wonder if it's their UK bias. Again… 2.5/5.

Not working for me

Really enjoyed this one!

I have mates that claim this is one of the greatest albums released, I am not sure I agree with them but it is good. Their drugged up rave funk is epic in spots but at times feels like you've been cornered at a party by that geez who has mixed their smack and the whizz. Connected and Step it are smashing anthems

Good

I only knew the album's eponymous song but I didn't mind the rest of it. It did feel like it dragged, though. I thought a couple of the tracks could have been left off, especially as it was somewhat repetitive. Overall a likeable throwback from the 90s.

Although overall my interest waned, I do like the grooves on these tracks.

Rating: 6/10 Best songs: Connected

Not great, not terrible.

BL: never heard of stereo MCs but Will give it a bump AL: it was good but suffered from the same problem the soul II soul album did last week. Dance albums just aren’t that listenable. If I was blazed out of my mind though this would be crazy. FT: “connected” “ground level” “step it up” 3/5

pretty album. maybe a 4? its very early 90s.

fy fan vad de är bra

Kind of funky, the flute gives me a feeling of disco. The instrumentals here are the main focus, with the rapping feeling a bit placeholder-ish. It's mostly a vibe. Favorite tracks: "Sketch", "Fade Away"

Not my bag

Not offensively bad but also not good.

3.3 - “Connected” is a jam but the rest sounds like H&M music.

Album van de Britse hiphop / dance groep Stereo MC, meest bekend van de titelsong. De tracklist bestaat uit een dertiental groovy nummers die allemaal wel lekker klinken. Toegankelijk en leuk. leukste nummer: Connected Stereo MC heeft een eigen label "Connected", vernoemd naar "Connected" van het album "Connected."

cool but not my type

What a nice album. This shake my chicken:)

If you’ve listened to the first 30 seconds, you’ve listened to the whole song. If you’ve listened to one song, you’ve heard them all. Cool vibe though.

I heavily judged this album by its cover at first but my fears were allayed by the first track which was one of those songs I’ve heard but never knew the details of. It’s also my favorite track on the album. It keeps going along well enough for the next handful of tracks but I’m not sure if I was sleepy or what but I got bored about halfway through and was pretty much over it. Maybe making this album about a half hour wouldve really helped it.

Meh

Wrong list

Enjoyable

Not exactly my jam, but a classic.

3 stars

Hmm not for me

Eclectic mix of 90’s electronic music and hip hop with the very pleasant surprise of saxophone and jazz flute throughout. The album worked better than I would have expected. Had no difficulty listening all the way through. The only detractor would be the vocals, although they fit into the mix well on here. Favorites: Fade Away; Connected. 4/5.

Very nice, Title track is a banger

There's not much to say about this. I remember the title song being everywhere when it came out. I hated it then. Now? I don't hate it but mostly because there's not much to hate. It also gets very samey. To be honest, I don't really see why it's an album you must hear before you die; there must be a thousand albums out there which express this same thing equally or better. Maybe it's representative of a sound... but I have to return to the fact it's a sound I don't hate but I'm never digging this back out of Spotify again for the simple reason there's nothing to it. I was still tempted to bump it up to a 3 because it's definitely decent background music with a nice feel... but then I look at the last album I rated 3 and they're not even in the same league!

4/12, 33%

Some classics here. Enjoyed. 3.5 stars.

Just didn't hold my attention very long.

Very good, very funky. I'm not sure it's essential beyond the singles, though.

Prima voor op de achtergrond

The grooves aren't bad if you turn it down low enough to be able to ignore the mostly dumb lyrics. I didn't bother to throw this on the headphones to truly test if the MCs were in Stereo. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Middelmatige rap-dance muziek. Buiten de 2 hitjes weinig speciaals

Cool music for the coming spring. I enjoyed it while walking through the park

Loved this. Dancey fun!

These tracks are so cookie-cutter.

Fun to bop to

Cool

A very memorable album for me. Follow sure Connected and Step up.

I actually enjoyed this album. I always thought they were a one hit wonder with Connected but after listening to the album, I feel it is pretty legit overall

Is that lightning in space?

Oh, this is who sings that song! Really enjoying the first two songs, “Everything” is a low point with cheesy melody and cringy rapping.

Good production but way too 90s for its own good. Did not age well and a lot of songs sound like someone mocking the typical 90s sound and rap style.

Not focused, and not varied enough. I can see this band going somewhere if they broadened their horizons, though. A dissapointing record.

I didn't listen it

The Groove was real, tinsel fringe on my brain cells makes me happy when the sun shines in

This album has a great sense of rhythm and really great bass lines. However, the rap portions really take me out of it. This mix of hip hop and trip hop doesn’t really quite work and it all starts to blend together after a while. However, the music itself is a great representation of trip hop.

Connected is the third album by English hip hop/electronic dance group Stereo MC's. This alternative hip hop / trip hop album performed well in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand - being certified platinum in the UK. The music was rhythmic and well produced, but there's so much going on within the tracks that they can sound a little basic and forgettable. I liked this album as it was an introductory form of trip hop and/or acid jazz from the beginnings of the early age of EDM. Although I do agree that none of the tracks really stuck out to me as unique. A great album, but no where near the best, unless you're specifically looking for this type of electronic hip hop.

I liked this more than I thought I would. You get past the "hit" first song, and the rest of it was pretty good. I liked the lead vocals, there was a smarminess to it that I really dug. For some reason t reminded me of the vocals to the way you hear "Puttin' On The Ritz." I thought I would have gotten bored with the songs, but as I went through each track, it was varied enough that I was surprised. Each song seemed like a refreshing change form the previous one, they did not blur together for me at all, which was a very pleasant surprise. "Chicken Shake" at first I thought was going to have vocals, I was surprised that it was a pretty decent instrumental for what it was. Favorite tracks: "Connected," "Step It Up," "Chicken Shake," "Fade Away"

I knew I recognized the name Stereo MC's - then the title track opened the album. Riiiight - Connected. Good tune, cool beats and combination of vocals was solid. Step It Up is another one I knew but didn't remember was by Stereo MC's - also solid. But otherwise it's kind of boring - the whole sound gets old fast. I'd be good with 3-5 songs, but not a whole album.

Like everyone else I knew the title track, “Connected”, going into this. It’s a hypnotic track with a driving beat that even those who have no inclination to dance at all can’t help tapping their foot to at the very least. The rest of the album keeps it up! I hear a Talking Heads influence here on some of the tracks. The music is upbeat, and the lyrics are interesting. They sound like they’re an awesome band to see live. I’m definitely going down the rabbit hole with their music after this.

I did not like it

Started strong but there was too much looping with not enough to listen to.

Very english, very 90's. Sounds like yuppie music but it has quality. two stars

Ganske kjedelig, skjønne at eg har utsatt da så lenge

Somewhere between Happy Mondays and East 17, with a sprinkle of The Brand New Heavies. But obviously doing their own thing though. Nottingham, who knew? ‘92 - a simpler time when you could get away with this naff whiteboy rapping. A couple of really good singles on there and a lot of decent albums tracks, could benefit from dropping a bit of filler though, get it down to 40mins.

Easy to forget just how big Stereo MCs were, and they won Brit Awards in 1994 that should have gone to Suede. But I don't hold a grudge and approached this with the usual OPEN MIND. And it's not bad, it's dated and a little saney but is more enjoyable than I anticipated. Best song is one of the singles I'd forgotten, Creation.

Solid 2.5 rating

Groovy, blends into the background. Nostalgic for those of us the right age.

Wish 'Massive Attack'.

Acid jazz. Me ha gustado bastante. Vinilo, incluso.

2 bangers and for the rest a snorefest.

Enjoyable album from just before all the acid-jazz stuff Natalie and I listened to in the mid 90s. Nice grooves, chill but not sleepy, works in the background and on closer listening. Thoughtful and well delivered lyrics, with a strong vein of social commentary that is (alas) still relevant. No one song really stays with me, other than the single, but I’ll be back to spin this album again.

This is like easy-listening hip-hop. There’s not one aurally offensive track here. The opening cut is a real winner. In fact the first 4 , from Connected to Sketch, reel the listener right in. Problem for me was that it just starts to feel a bit samey. I loved some of the samples, though - the Stones piano bit in Playing With Fire & the repetitive riff from Carole King’s It’s Too Late, in The End. Overall, a pretty good listen.

Pleasantly funky and reasonably positive dance/hip-hop/indie crossover thing. Lyrics are nothing to write home about, but has a positive (if slightly superficial) vibe. Tends to blend into a funky wash. I'm sure they were fun live. Sample choice is exquisite, and they are tastefully deployed (which is certainly much better than most early 90s equivalents), which make this album sound less dated than many of its contemporaries. I like Connected, which is a great single, but the album is more of the (pretty good) same.

Funky early morning work jams

Would you like to listen to smooth grooves for about an hour? Because that's what this is.

Favorite track was "Step it Up"

Fun bit of techno beat here. Very appropriate for clubbing.

Some two hit wonders

Chill out grooves, not horrible but nothing ground breaking or rememberable to come back to. Favourite track - Connected

Some cool stuff. Recognized the lead track.

Nice blend of hip hop, electronica and indie

I sort of like what Stereo MC’s are trying to do - electronic dance rap techno mix - and they undoubtedly caught the mood with three massive singles off this album. But Connected was always going to eventually end up in a phone network advert despite the new agey, vaguely spiritual and environmental sentiments throughout the album and there’s just not enough here to sustain interest. Rhyming Dictionary rhymes does not make for compelling wordplay.

I didn't hate this, but didn't finish.

It's the little things, like this album being included on this list that make me question reality. What are we doing here? Let's all aim a bit higher next time.

Connected was one of those songs that was played all over the place. You couldn't get away from it. Now here we are.

The instrumentals were cool but a lot of the songs just felt like generic early 90s rap. Not bad, just boring.

I don't know if it's actually any good (it sounds a lot like the kind of dancey 90s fluff I'd normally score pretty low) but to my surprise I quite enjoyed this - it's infectious. Maybe I just needed some funky breakbeats to oscillate along to on a chilly day.

Helvete vad dåligt

Funky n fun but doesnt do much more for me than that happy new year

As 90s and as British as you can get.

This is egregiously Bristish 90’s. Not always a bad thing!

I found myself liking this more than I thought I might. Honestly that cover photo was a "yikes" moment. I had never heard this group's name before, but I certainly recognized several of these songs. Not a bad listen but I probably won't ever find myself going back.

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This was a surprise. I expected some more raw hip-hop or noisy electronica. But instead was an album full of funky beats. Even the rap songs were enjoyable. This is an album I would spool up again next time I'm in the mood for some beats. Scale: 5 - My absolute favorites. 4 - Albums I like. 3 - I enjoyed listening to it but wouldn't seek it out. 2 - Didn't like. 1 - Absolute shit.

Some tracks were a pretty nice groove but that's about it. All tracks settled into a similar tempo and feel.

Bam! 1992 in your face!

I felt like I was watching a Telstra ad during a lot of this. But it provided a chilled soundtrack to a Sunday morning game with the kids.

Not exactly groundbreaking, but groovy. And certainly not a masterclass in variety or consciousness-raising, but slightly more substantive and interesting than disco or other dance music. The beats are fat, accessible, eminently comfortable, though they flirt dangerously with dreaded sameyness (which may be a benefit in if one likes the general vibe [which one does]). Dude's voice is distinct and he does like to go on so about "reality." The use of backing vocals is both extensive and judicious. The whole thing suggests that it's easy to be casually hip, or was in the '90s anyway – hard to say whether that's a feature or a bug. (Is that sax solo on the closer a riff rom Carole King's "It's Too Late"?) Found a niche, didn't they, and a moment in time and this feels just strong enough a record to get them out of one-hit wonder territory (though they seemed a very strong candidate, as evidenced by their rapid disappearance). Rounding up because they exceeded expectations, which were awfully low, but it's a 3-4 toss up.

Awful. Hated it when it came out and has got worse with time

Sounds like I should be shopping for jeans.

Stinks of early 90's madchester fall out and inoffensive indie rubble. Best Tracks: Connected; Fade Away; Step It Up

First track is the one I remember from when this dropped in 92. Second track way better than I remembered. Third track is a little so-so, the female vocal accompaniment is a little fomulaic and bouncy. The next couple are similarly poor. We pick back up with the groovy All Night Long. Here the accompanying vocals are excellent harkening back to 70s funk scene call and response. Quick and tight little piano riffs and the overall lack of lyrics help this song immensely. Step it Up is one of the tracks that got more play time when this album was hot. Still holds up pretty well. Nice sax solos, but I could always do with less flute (Jethro Tull ruined all flute for me). Pressure is way too cheesy. Chicken Shake is another nice instrumental (except for the flute flirting in and out). The next few tracks suffer from repetitive and boring beats and by now we've heard the accent of the lead vocals to the point we're getting annoyed. Nice tempo shift on the last one, but it's just not enough to overcome all the flaws. By the time I listen to is, I'm feeling pretty grateful it's the end.

Gotta get yourself connected, writing's on the wall, blah, blah, blah bedected, stumble you might fall (stumble you might fall). Never heard anything except that song and there's a reason for it. Though, the rest of the album is decent, it's nothing to worry yourself over. Being disconnected from this album doesn't matter much in 2022.

The opening title track, “Connected,” is a certified one-hit wonder song. That was followed by “Ground Level,” which gave me hope that Stereo MCs were more than their hit. But after that nice bit of acid jazz/trip-hop came a string of pretty dull songs that never grabbed my attention.

Connected was a huge hit in its day, but I couldn’t have told you the artist’s name. It’s a very strong start to this album, but none of the other tracks deliver the same punch. Still, the rhythms, though somewhat dated now, strike a chord in me. I wouldn’t turn this off if it were playing, but doubt I would seek it out.

A 2 if I’m paying attention. A 3 as background noise. I listened to this on a road trip, so 3 it is.

overall impressions, it was fine, nothing really stood out to me and its not really the kind of music i like to begin with

Not the worst album. Just an almost generic, dull listen. Nothing really grabbed me. As a whole, just slides in at a 2, but no playlist adds for me.

Pretty monotonous but good bar music!

A few decent songs but so many are pretty dang repetitive and boring. I don’t really enjoyed the lyrics just continuously repeating a vague, semi-political phrase either. Not much else to say about it tbh. 4/10

Great album. Connected is such a good song

I didn't know who this band was when it popped up here, but once "Connected" started playing I recognized it immediately. It got a lot of radio play when it came out, but it was a song I couldn't wait for to be over. I kept an open mind while listening to the album and was pleasantly surprised. I get why "Connected" was released, but I like every other song on the album more. Right or wrong, these songs make me think of a party version of Massive Attack. I'm on the fence between 3 and 4.

Guy Ritchie heist music? I got away with stealing from the casino in Vegas music? Sure. Hammy heist music to steal diamonds to. Yup.

That's who made all those songs then!

First impression: looks.like sth I would hate, and shou be filtered by my setting (where I exclude hip hop, pop and world music) In fact, not that bad, not an album I would come back to, but it's fine

Some good stuff in there, but samey after a while.

Enjoyable -- liked Step It Up and Creation. Not my favorite but nothing I disliked

Not feeling it

Il y a 2 hits, dont un que j’aime beaucoup. Autrement, c’est du pop léché assez conventionnel.

Pas mal le portrait du nouveau courant qu'allait prendre la Pop dans les années 90. Ça me fait penser à une évolution de B-52's un peu plus sérieux. C'est correct, mais sans plus pour moi.

very nice grooves and overall had nice structure and coherence

Pretty good

I mean it was fine. Not setting my world on fire or anything. V American sound to me.

This is the most 1992 album I've ever heard - for better or worse! Pretty mellow and enjoyable. Did not particularly enjoy the background vocals on this, sounded a bit off. I don't know if I'll ever revisit, but it was a nice background to my morning.

pass

I didn't really enjoy this. Each song was very repetitive within itself, e.g. just 5 words repeated over and over.

I was really feeling this at the start, but it got pretty repetitive and boring further into the album.

I've never heard of Stereo MC's before today. They are a 90's hip hop/electronica band from the UK. Their music reminds me of Moby or Bran Van 3000 a bit (typical run of the mill 90's hip hop). The album was good, I didn't have a compulsion to skip any of the songs, but it also just blended in with all of the other average hip hop bands of that era. I enjoyed the addition of the saxophone at times, and the mixing of beats and samples was well done. I also enjoyed the female harmony accompaniment as well. Overall, an average album, not terrible, but also not groundbreaking. Favourite songs: Everything, Playing With Fire, Creation, Ground Level, Pressure Least favourite songs: Chicken Shake, All Night Long 3/5

Acid jazz. Me ha gustado bastante. Vinilo, incluso.

Un poco repetitivo

Honestly not quite as great and cohesive as their decade-later followup LP Deep Down And Dirty, but still great fun to listen to.

This was new to me. I mostly enjoyed it.

Good feel but completely forgettable

Definitely one of the better hiphop albums we've had recently, sounds a bit like massive attack in a good way

Actually surprisingly good, groovy, 90s ravey vibes. Great to work to. Sorta corny from time to time. A bit jez from Peep show. Encapsulates the age well and zips along very digestibly.

Boring

Normally don’t enjoy hip hop but liked this album.

bruh

this is like the English version of Dee lite. makes me feel like a much more upbeat 90s version of skinnyman with none of the politics. that's probably me talking shite. it's ok, it's not the hidden gem i was hoping for but its genuinely not a bad album.

🎳

I always assumed Stereo MCs were American until I listened to this. I was wrong, this is very much the sound of early '90s underground British dance music crossing over to the mainstream. It's much better than I expected, a decent take on the electronic music sounds of the day and some (not so great) rapping thrown in for good measure.

Favourite track(s): Everything; Sketch This albums takes a sound similar to that of my favourite tracks from Massive Attacks Album released one year prior, employs it in almost every song, adds clean and chill lyrics and still manages to mix it up here and there. It may become kinda same-y by the end and The End is certainly not the most exciting track. But it is still a cool album all in all and makes for a chill listen.

HL: “Everything”, “Fade Away”, “Playing With Fire” There’s some good jazzy/funky flourishes behind a vocalist (Rob Birch) whose delivery I didn’t find all that interesting. It’s fine for a party background/club (and I’m sure I’ve been to a club at least once in my life)

Great grooves / vibe / mood

3.5 stars. Easy listening hip-pop. The standout "Connected" is very catchy and the rest of the album carries on the funky easy feel and the simple lyrics.

90s dance/hip-hop: some good, some tragic.

Just not feeling it. Bored mostly. Started out great with their hit, and then waned on.

Even their massive hit is meh. Fine for background music while working. But there's no emotional or musical tension to the whole thing.

i'd be pretty embarrassed if this was what i was into. 2

snorefest. first song brings back some memories

Legitimately interesting sounds that made this worth listening to. Songs and Lyrical acumen not spectacular but the sounds were intriguing.

This one is fine, some interesting things happening but mostly just mediocre. 2/5

Muy buen disco que combina muchos géneros. Puedo entender por qué recibió un Brit award por disco del año en el 92 aunque se me hizo un poco tedioso al final. 3.5 estrellas que bajan a 3 porque fuera de Connected, no me quedo con ninguna canción en mi lista.

Más de esa cosa noventera que es medio bailable, medio hip hop, medio anuncio de VH1. No es malo pero tampoco es interesante.

FUCK YES!!! Lesgo 90s

this album was funky and jazzy but it was so so repetitive to the point where it was boring.

Nice chill organic-sounding dancey-trip-hop. A few nice singles that I remember from the long-ago. I don't have anything negative to say but then again .... I don't know, it's not entirely memorable? i.e. nothing made me sit up and take notice and/or give me chills - the inherent nature of the music, the style, etc - gives the overall sentiment and impression of a bit of repetitiveness. It's not bad, per se, just more of a vibe that's interesting but harder than normal to distill into individual songs or "tracks" - your mileage may vary. So in sum It's more of an attitude record for me, something that would likely be great background/party/gaming/sleeping soundtrack - passive listening. And there's considerable value in that. 6/10 3 stars.

Dear 1001 albums, Can we chill with the British electronic hip-hop albums? 1 was enough. Sincerely, Everyone Every song sounded exactly the same- and since I’m not listening to this in a club drunk, that bothers me. A real snooze fest that was not fun to listen to. It started out as indifference, turned to general dislike, and at the end turned to disdain and loathing because of the sheer repetitiveness. But man, I bet they really thought they did something with this. My favorites: Connected

Sorry bruv, but I can’t stand listening to Brits rap. I was out after 4 or 5 tracks.

I remember it well. Good stuff.

Good time.

Sounds of its time. Not sure why its in the list rotation. The first tracks a bit of fun but everything past that points a bit meh and forgettable.

You son of a bitch, I’m in

How do all of the songs sound the same?

Listened Before?N This album made me miss the 90's! I really enjoyed it. It got a bit repetitive sounding the further it went, but overall not bad. I'll consider putting some of this in a party rotation. That first track is an absolute iconic banger! Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Connected

It's alright, decent for a mid-tempo workout, could do without the rapping. Decidedly not a must hear album, but not a bad hour spent if you relegate it to the background.

(2.5) Nineties^

EMF. Jesus Jones. Beats International. The Shamen, ..The Stereo MCs.. etc. Typical early 90s UK dance music that sounded quite dated even by end of 90s (at least to me, I still like the sound of 80s dance music very much). Songs itself are fine though ("Connected" is 5*) and perhaps, with a different production, this might have been a semi-classic - not on the level of Screamadelica (1991) or The White Room (1992) or Blue Lines (1991) but still, definitely a proper 3* album I would say...

This rocked more than I thought it would. Excellent listen.

One hit wonder

First song is great

I was definitely a fan of the title track when this came out. I may have listened to a couple of other songs back then as well because they kind of seemed familiar but I definitely thought of Stereo MC's as one hot wonders. You know what though? I really liked this, it was better than expected.

Interessante opção de trip hop com mais animação.

Good vibes but that’s kinda of it for me

First time listener for Stereo MC and Connected was better than I expected. It's kind of cool and funky and it has a catchy rhythm throughout. Probably won't convert me to a fan, but there could be a lot lot worse things to listen to. Enjoyable.

Being both catchy and monotonous is quite a trick. When this first came out I was about 13. I remember putting this in the bracket of what people in their late 20s probably listened to, along with M-People, Simply Red and Jamiroqui. I later realised some younger people liked this stuff. I did not. It has not aged well and I don't think I was missing much.

Better than expected!

The 90s was crap haha

Fun, trippy, groovy, very '90s. It's an enjoyable listen and definitely a throwback to my college days. But ultimately, excepting a few stand out tracks, much of this album is still pretty forgettable. Title track is the ultimate ear worm. Fave Songs: Connected, Ground Level, Creation, Chicken Shake, Step it Up, Playing With Fire

I really like this music, it’s clean and funky. I might buy this vinyl. It’s smooth and transitions well, has good quality music, great instrumentals, and overall great presentation.

This is a mixture of house and hip hop, and soundwise very much a product of it's time. Connected is a well known track which I can actually listen to. The rest is OK, not nearly as bad as a lot of gangsa rap - albums, but nothing I would neccesarily have to listen to again. 2/5

Some of the songs were quite fun but it was all a bit samey and nothing too exciting

Pleasantly funky and reasonably positive dance/hip-hop/indie crossover thing. Lyrics are nothing to write home about, but has a positive (if slightly superficial) vibe. Tends to blend into a funky wash. I'm sure they were fun live. Sample choice is exquisite, and they are tastefully deployed (which is certainly much better than most early 90s equivalents), which make this album sound less dated than many of its contemporaries. I like Connected, which is a great single, but the album is more of the (pretty good) same.

Je comprends l'attrait, c'est bien produit, mais c'est tellement drabe et toothless

Cool Prefs: Connected, Everything, Step It Up, Creation Moins pref: Chicken Shake

Decent background music

Inoffensive but a little dull.

5/21/2022 - ALBUM #114 Today's Album: "Connected" by Stereo MC's - This is the most impressive album I have heard in quite a while. This band does an absolutely stellar job mixing 90s Hip Hop/Rap with the new-age electronic aesthetics that started in the late 80s. First, the band is absolutely stellar. Each track has an amazing, memorizing groove to it that just make me want to move. The vocals in both the rap verses as well as the choruses are both really well done. I really enjoyed a more laid back approach to rap and the main vocalist has a really smooth, yet mysterious tone. Speaking of the choruses, each of them are so incredibly catchy and likeable without being really poppy. I like a lot of the background vocal performances and each track feels so unique while maintaining a really consistent quality. The track Everything stands out as a really great fast rap sequence with an incredibly groovy funk beat and just a ton of goddamn personality. The production and of the instruments sound good throughout the entire project and I particularly like how the project is mixed. Everything comes through really clearly and plays off of each other so well. Some songs are a bit boring compared to others, but even if I don't like a song's songwriting, it always impresses me enough to hop onto the highlights list and the rap verses are structured in a way to where it doesn't get as stale as some of the songs off of the NWA record I reviewed earlier. Overall, this is easily the best 90s rap album the generator has given me and given how early in the 90s it came out, it feels way more like an influential album than a collage of clichés. Nothing I could say in this review would describe how colorful and fun these songs are, so it really should just be experienced for yourself. Give this one a listen PLEASE if you are into R&B, Rap, or Electronica and you'll see what I'm talking about. Highlights: Connected, Ground Level, Everything, Sketch, Fade Away, All Night Long, Step It Up, Playing With Fire, Pressure, Chicken Shake, Creation, The End Score: 8.5/10 Crazy fun electronic hip-hop

Þetta er 1992 bara í einni plötu. Legendary.

05/17/2022 Decent, and very of its time. Full-on 90s in every way. Opening track is a bop, and the rest are pretty fun in a corny, dated way, lol.

Not bad, just kind of forgettable.

Feel good album, better than expected.

Early 90's fun, gets a little tired towards the end but great opening 3.8

Ok as far as background music goes. Not my thing.

Digging the triphop beats here. Very funky. Lyrically it can be a bit on the nose sometimes but overall a really cool release.

Totally chill vibes.

Had never heard this other than the title track. Absolute gold. I enjoyed every single track on here. What a fun early 90s vibe

This is the first album that I haven’t heard that blew me away. Loved it.

Solidno je. Pjesmu connected sam uvijek voljela a ostalo će otići u zaborav :')

Slušljivo, nedaleko od lošeg, ali si neb pustio ovo, i neb ništ imo protiv albuma da svira ovako negdje, pozadinski.

Po coveru sam očekivo neku lošu verziju fristajloa, ovo je zapravo dost solidno

Didn’t really grab me.

A one-hit wonder album. The rest of the stuff sounds enough like the hit to make it enjoyable, but it's not different or adventurous enough to make it interesting. Best track: Connected

I had minimal expectations for this album. I mean I do like the title song "Connected" but... This album is actually not bad at all and the style of music still sounds pretty good. That style of music being called English hip-hop/house/electronic. I think I would put this more into the electronic or dance category with its dance beats and groove. The hip-hop is some rapping and sampling. The album sounds of its time, earlier 90's, but the production is quite good. The goal is simple: Dance, Party and Have Fun. Goal met. The song structure is basically led by the beat and filled in with vocals(lead and backing), samples, keyboards, synthesizers and horns. Besides "Connected", other songs that stood out were "Ground Level" - more laidback groove and more a soulful feel, "Fade Away" - faster dance beat, "Creation" - love the "Ring My Bell" vibe and rapping and "Step It Up" - their other hit single. This album may not be as cutting-edge techno-wise as some of the other mid-to-later 90's artists would be but appears to be influential (Hi early Gorillaz) and sounded fine today.

Not very enjoyable. Music wasn’t engaging, lyrics weren’t grabbing

I know the title track and it's really good. The rest of the songs are new to me. I enjoyed the music and style. I really need to hear more of it to rate it properly. 3/5.

Smooth, takes its time. Rapping sounds dated, but pleasant.

It was ok. Had two songs I knew from the 90’s. The rest was meh.

Bändin nimi + levyn julkaisuvuosi nosti varautuneita ennakkoaavistuksia. Onneksi tämä osoittautui kuitenkin jokseenkin positiiviseksi elämykseksi. Leppoisan kuuloista elektrofunkia(?) mukavan soljuvilla rappivokaaleilla(?). Tällaista musiikkia ei nykyään enää kauheasti tehdä. Ei innostanut ihan nelosen arvoisesti mutta solidi kolmonen.

Tends to sound the same after a few songs. Ok

Lower key dance beats, loops upon loops and rap/sing/rap stanzas. A simple formula for a decent album.

What an outstanding slice of 90s dance music this is. Listening to it is like time travel to a more carefree time.

I wasn't quite sure what to expect from an album listed as Acid Jazz. Then I realized just how much I had heard the titular track. I think this is a nice groovy album that is very listenable. It gets a little repetitive at times and falls flat at others.

Genre: Alternative Dance 3/5 Another British album, another 90s album, and another album the internet deems alternative. Almost 70 albums in and I've run into this formula quite a lot. Hopefully this means rather than they're being an inordinate amount of them, I'm running into them early, but I won't hold my breath... I haven't even gotten any Radiohead yet. But as for this album, beyond the title track, which is a pretty killer hip-hop/R&B sort of jam in the neighborhood of Prince, the rest all sort of meshes together into a blend of drum loops and British accents. For what it's worth it's certainly listenable and enjoyable, but lacking sonic variety. Might be a sneak hit for some people who haven't listened to a Prince album yet.

Thought it was going to be better but hasn’t aged that well

Has it's moments. Very groovy, and up my alley but gets a bit repetitive after a while.

Good beats. Nice grooves. Cool flows. Might have been more impressive in the early 90s uk.

Production quality is very high, but this didn't really stick to me.

I don't think this is a bad album. I just respectfully do not think it is for me at all. I didn't mind, but I could also do without. Also, kind of hate the sound of the dudes rapping on this. Sounds a bit like gentrification to me. amd I hate it for that. but isn't a 0.

it's aight 2

I agree with one of the critical reviews. This album was nice to listen to but quite forgettable. It felt like elevator music.

Tri jer connected. Ostalo je jako mlaka verzija happy mondays bez ludila ikakvog i klišejiziranim hipi dipi tekstovima

Good music very 90s

Loved the album. Certainly a work of its time. "Connected" is an absolute classic.

This album was a nice mix between Hip-Hop and Electronica, a nice easy listen and good to pop on and nod your head to - but would have been amazing to see at a festival. It was nice to hear some female vocals throughout the album - something that was not common at the time of release. Best: Connected Worst: Chicken Shake

Oh this album is so of its time. And I’m (slightly) too young to have nostalgia for this one. I’m sure if I was in university in the 90s I would have loved this

This is very catchy....but so is Covid

Great electronic bops

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah = No, No, No. Why can't I take dance music serious? I pictured SNL skits, all the way through this listen, with even more vapid lyrics.

Cool sound. Connection is a great song. Similar vibes for the othe rings in the album, overall I really enjoyed the majority of the album

5/10

Cool album. I think it's possible that my nostalgia for this era is causing me to overrate it but I really think this is one of the best examples of this style of music out there.

-A very weak 4 honestly. Generally pleasant to listen to, but not a lot really drawing me back. Songs are catchy and fun but just not very exciting

Fine, but not long after I finished it I immediately couldn't remember a thing and instead had "The Power" in my head instead. Otherwise, the sound of a scene set in a club in the 90s

Not a fan

This was an awesome album. Some 90's hip hop from a a very diverse group based on the album cover. I enjoyed almost every song and a few I saved. These are the albums I'm looking for with this list!

Extremely forgettable, an hour after hearing this I forgot I had listened to it. I guess technically it’s hip hop, but it’s more like rapping over techno beats. And surprise, it’s British, so it’s taking a precious slot in the hip hop genre over so many more deserving. We had another techno album not too long ago, “jungle” was the genre, this is like that with vocals. Not my style, don’t need it on the list. Favorite tracks: Pressure, Creation. Album art: Really enjoy the colors and art here, even if the pic in the middle of it all is painfully ‘90s. 1.5/5

Nameless UK techno/rap/funk/whatever. I was bored before the first song even finished, and it goes for an hour (because of course it does). 1/5.

Grooooovy.