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- Genre: Country/Folk
- Style: Alt-Country, Americana
- Label: Oh Boy Records
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New Connection -- Todd Snider's fifth album and the second for John Prine's Oh Boy label -- finds the singer riding atop a warm band featuring Jason Wilber and David Jacques (both of Prine's touring unit), Paul Griffith, and Will Kimbrough. Like Kevn Kinney, Snider's voice alternates between a drawl and a scratch, occasionally dropping into Jim White-like whispers. It is in these cracks that Snider finds a wry strength, which he hangs on his almost traditional singer/songwriter wares. There are humorous tunes -- "Vinyl Records," "Beer Run," and "Statistician's Blues" -- but they're rarely anything more than cute. "Broke," meanwhile, sounds like a Nashville version of Lou Reed's "Goodnight Ladies." Snider gets a few elegiac beauties into the mix, too, including the subtly produced "Easy" and the almost heartbreaking "Class of 85." These are fine songs. Prine takes a guest turn on his own "Crooked Piece of Time," which fits in with the rest of the record almost too well.
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| 01. |  |
New Connection |
5:19 |  |
| 02. | |
Vinyl Records |
2:29 | |
| 03. | |
Rose City |
2:53 | |
| 04. | |
Beer Run |
2:42 | |
| 05. | |
Easy |
3:10 | |
| 06. | |
Crooked Piece of Time |
3:47 | |
| 07. | |
Anywhere |
4:50 | |
| 08. | |
Stuck All Night |
3:43 | |
| 09. | |
Statistician's Blues |
2:57 | |
| 10. | |
Class of 85 |
3:34 | |
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Broke |
3:36 | |
| 12. | |
Close Enough to You |
2:40 | |
| 13. | |
Waco Moon |
3:48 | |
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Credits
- Todd Snider - Main Performer // Al Bunetta - Executive Producer // Jim DeMain - Engineer // Jim DeMain - Mastering // Jim DeMain - Mixing // Dan Einstein - Executive Producer // R.S. Field - Mixing // Jim Hoke - Horn Arrangements // Jim Shea - Photography // Chris Carmichael - String Arrangements // Maude Gilman - Design // Karen McWhorter - Stylist
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