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
- "Stone Cold Yesterday" - 3:57
- "Speak To Me" - 3:56
- "All Sinks In" - 3:13
- "Get A Gun" - 4:23
- "What Do You Want?" - 3:10
- "Set the Stage" - 5:47
- "One Simple Word" - 4:21
- "Another Souvenir" - 4:20
- "Link" - 1:27
- "The Joke" - 3:04
- "Too Gone" - 2:25
- "Waiting My Turn" - 4:37
- "Take A Bow" - 3:15
Personnel
;The Connells- Doug MacMillan - lead vocals
- Mike Connell - guitar, backing vocals; lead vocals on "Waiting My Turn"
- George Huntley - guitar, backing vocals, piano; lead vocals on "What Do You Want?", "Link" and "The Joke"
- David Connell - bass
- Peele Wimberley - drums, percussion
- Robert Lord - keyboards
- Caroline Lavelle - cello, vocals
- Roddy Lorimer - trumpet
- Kate St. John - oboe, English horn, cor anglais
- Hugh Jones - background vocals