Connect (Sick Puppies album)

Connect is the fourth studio album by Australian band Sick Puppies, and was released on 16 July 2013 by Capitol Records. This was the last album to feature Lead vocalist and guitarist Shimon Moore, who was kicked out of the band on 20 October 2014.^[1]

The album debuted at No. 17 on the Billboard 200 album chart, their highest charting position to date, with 18,195 copies sold. Connect sold 16,318 albums in its first week.^[2]

A preview of the first single "There's No Going Back" was released on YouTube on 10 May 2013. The single was released on 20 May 2013.

Music

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic highlighted that "the trio's fourth album, are varied and its themes are ambitious, tackling disconnect and politics", but it "doesn't mean the Australian trio necessarily sounds adult, however."^[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
Alternative Press	^[4]
Loudwire	^[5]
Under The Gun Review	6/10^[6]

Connect garnered generally mixed reviews from music critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic called the album "a richer musical experience than the group's previous records", but wrote that the band was "still hampered a bit by their desperate desire to be taken seriously, but the back half of Connect, written largely on acoustic guitars, shows that their strength is not in attitude but rather in softer sonic textures."^[3] At Alternative Press, Reed Fischer felt that "Connect grates far too often to live up to its name."^[4]

Track listing

Standard
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Die To Save You"	S. Moore, E. Anzai, M. Goodwin, B. Creswell	3:54
2.	"There's No Going Back"	S. Moore, E. Anzai, T. James, A. Armato, D. Child	3:22
3.	"Walking Away"	S. Moore, E. Anzai, J, Andrews	3:01
4.	"Gunfight"	S. Moore, E. Anzai, T. James, A. Armato	2:55
5.	"Poison"	S. Moore, E. Anzai, T. James, A. Armato	4:37
6.	"Where Did the Time Go"	S. Moore, E. Anzai, T. James, A. Armato	2:51
7.	"Telling Lies"	S. Moore, E. Anzai, T. James, A. Armato	4:24
8.	"Connect"	S. Moore, E. Anzai, T. James, A. Armato	3:45
9.	"Run"	S. Moore, E. Anzai, S. Stevens	3:46
10.	"The Trick the Devil Did"	S. Moore, E. Anzai, T. James, A. Armato	2:10
11.	"Healing Now"	S. Moore, E. Anzai, T. James, A. Armato	4:14
12.	"Under a Very Black Sky"	S. Moore, E. Anzai, T. James, A. Armato	5:11
Total length:			44:10

iTunes Deluxe Edition
No.	Title	Length
13.	"What Are You Thinking"	3:14
14.	"No Mercy"	3:35
15.	"Better Waste of Time"	3:34
16.	"There's No Going Back" (rock version)	3:24
Total length:		54:33

Best Buy Deluxe Edition
No.	Title	Length
17.	"There's No Going Back" (Acoustic)	3:18
18.	"Telling Lies" (Leaked bootleg)	4:19
Total length:		62:10

Personnel

Sick Puppies

Shim Moore – lead vocals, guitar
Emma Anzai – bass, vocals, lead vocals on "Under a Very Black Sky"
Mark Goodwin – drums, percussion, backing vocal

Additional Musicians

Ben Dover- additional guitar, percussion, synthesizers
Willie Layer- additional bass, programming, backing vocal

Chart performance

Chart (2013)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[7]	17
US Rock Albums (Billboard)^[8]	3
US Digital Albums (Billboard)^[9]	23
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)^[10]	1
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)^[11]	2

References

^ https://www.facebook.com/shimonmooreofficial
^ http://vakseen.com/site/nielsen-soundscan-sales-72413/
^ ^a ^b ^c Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (16 July 2013). "Connect – Sick Puppies". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b Fischer, Reed (2013). "Sick Puppies – Connect". Alternative Press. August 2013 (301). Alternative Press Magazine, Inc.: 92. ISSN 1065-1667. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
^ http://loudwire.com/sick-puppies-connect-album-review/
^ "REVIEW: Sick Puppies-'Connect'". Under the Gun Review. 26 July 2013.
^ "BILLBOARD 200 for AUGUST 3, 2013". Billboard. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
^ "TOP ROCK ALBUMS for AUGUST 3, 2013". Billboard. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
^ "TOP DIGITAL ALBUMS for AUGUST 3, 2013". Billboard (magazine). Retrieved 8 February 2016.
^ "HARD ROCK ALBUMS for AUGUST 3, 2013". Billboard (magazine). Retrieved 8 February 2016.
^ "ALTERNATIVE ALBUMS for AUGUST 3, 2013". Billboard (magazine). Retrieved 8 February 2016.

[1] ttps://www.facebook.com/shimonmooreofficial

[2] ttp://vakseen.com/site/nielsen-soundscan-sales-72413/

[allmusic-3] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (16 July 2013). "Connect – Sick Puppies". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 July 2013.

[altpress-4] Fischer, Reed (2013). "Sick Puppies – Connect". Alternative Press. August 2013 (301). Alternative Press Magazine, Inc.: 92. ISSN 1065-1667. Retrieved 17 July 2013.

[5] ttp://loudwire.com/sick-puppies-connect-album-review/

[Under_The_Gun_Review-6] "REVIEW: Sick Puppies-'Connect'". Under the Gun Review. 26 July 2013.

[7] "BILLBOARD 200 for AUGUST 3, 2013". Billboard. Retrieved 8 February 2016.

[8] "TOP ROCK ALBUMS for AUGUST 3, 2013". Billboard. Retrieved 8 February 2016.

[9] "TOP DIGITAL ALBUMS for AUGUST 3, 2013". Billboard (magazine). Retrieved 8 February 2016.

[10] "HARD ROCK ALBUMS for AUGUST 3, 2013". Billboard (magazine). Retrieved 8 February 2016.

[11] "ALTERNATIVE ALBUMS for AUGUST 3, 2013". Billboard (magazine). Retrieved 8 February 2016.

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v t e Sick Puppies
Emma Anzai Mark Goodwin Bryan Scott Chris Mileski Shimon Moore
Studio albums	Welcome to the Real World Dressed Up as Life Tri-Polar Connect Fury
Extended plays	Fly Headphone Injuries Sick Puppies EP Live & Unplugged Polar Opposite
Singles	"All the Same" "My World" "What Are You Looking For" "Pitiful" "You're Going Down" "Odd One" "Maybe" "Riptide" "There's No Going Back" "Gunfight" "Stick to Your Guns"
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