Connect (Sick Puppies album)

This article is about the Sick Puppies album. For other uses, see Connect (disambiguation).

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

Connect
Studio album by Sick Puppies
Released	16 July 2013
Genre	Alternative metal hard rock post-grunge alternative rock
Length	44:10
Label	Capitol
Producer	Rock Mafia Tim James Antonina Armato
Sick Puppies chronology
Polar Opposite (2011) Connect (2013) Fury (2016)
Singles from Connect
"There's No Going Back" Released: 20 May 2013 "Gunfight" Released: 13 October 2013 "Die to Save You" Released: 29 April 2014 "Connect" Released: 19 July 2014

The album debuted at No. 17 on the US 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

All tracks are written by Shimon Moore, Emma Anzai, Antonina Armato, and Tim James, except where noted.

Standard

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Die to Save You"	Moore Anzai Mark Goodwin Brett Creswell	3:54
2.	"There's No Going Back"	Moore Anzai Armato James Desmond Child	3:22
3.	"Walking Away"	Moore Anzai James Johnny Andrews	3:01
4.	"Gunfight"		2:55
5.	"Poison"		4:37
6.	"Where Did the Time Go"		2:51
7.	"Telling Lies"		4:24
8.	"Connect"		3:45
9.	"Run"	Moore Anzai Scott Stevens	3:46
10.	"The Trick the Devil Did"		2:10
11.	"Healing Now"		4:14
12.	"Under a Very Black Sky"		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, guitars
• Emma Anzai – bass, vocals, lead vocals on "Under a Very Black Sky"
• Mark Goodwin – drums, percussion, backing vocals

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