Todd Snider, New Connection - 45m 36s

Tracks & Durations

1. New Connection	5:19
2. Vinyl Records	2:29
3. Rose City	2:53
4. Beer Run	2:42
5. Easy	3:10
6. Crooked Piece Of Time	3:47
7. Anywhere	4:50
8. Stuck All Night	3:43
9. Statistician's Blues	2:57
10. Class of '85	3:34
11. Broke	3:36
12. Close Enough To You	2:40
13. Waco Moon	3:48

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Review

Todd Snider's fifth disc opens with a pleasant, chugging roots-rock sing-along--the title track--then kicks into a jokey folk number, "Vinyl Records." In a tongue-twisting tumble of a chorus, Snider shuffles through his record collection, name-checking classic rockers and country stars, longhaired hippies and softheaded folkies. The balance of the disc bears out these diverse influences: New Connections is a stylistic smorgasbord, serving up earnest introspection ("Rose City," "Class of 85") and heavy-hearted ballads ("Close Enough to You," "Waco Moon") alongside wisecracking novelty cuts ("Beer Run," "Statistician's Blues"). There's even a taste of clarinet-addled swing in "Broke" and a cover of John Prine's "Crooked Piece of Time," to which Prine himself adds his unmistakable vocal scrape. In all, its occasional flaws--production that's sometimes too rich, arrangements a tad too dense, a couple of middling tunes--don't derail a solid, likable album. --Anders Smith Lindall

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