Boylan Heights | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1987 | |||
Recorded | 1986-87 | |||
Studio | Drive-In Studio, Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |||
Genre | Alternative rock, jangle pop | |||
Length | 39:19 | |||
Label | TVT | |||
Producer | Mitch Easter[1] | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Chicago Tribune | [3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [1] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
Boylan Heights is the second album by the American pop/rock band the Connells.[6][7] It was released in 1987, and was their first for TVT Records.[8] The title of the album references the historic Boylan Heights neighborhood of Raleigh, North Carolina.
The album was recorded at Drive-In Studio, and was produced by Mitch Easter.[9]
AllMusic praised the album as an improvement on the previous effort, noting the influences of Southern rock and Celtic rock.[2] Trouser Press wrote that "the band has matured into a distinctive enough unit to do justice to Michael’s yearning collegiate considerations of love, war and alienation."[10] MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide deemed Boylan Heights "one of the most distinctive college rock albums of the '80s."[1] The Orlando Sentinel called it "a collection of warmly energetic and melodic rockers."[11]
All songs by Mike Connell, except "Home Today" by George Huntley.