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Old School Dropouts
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 23, 2001
Recorded1999-2001
StudioSteve Potak's home studio, Raleigh, NC
GenreAlternative rock, power pop, indie rock, jangle pop
Length45:20
LabelBlack Park Records
ProducerThe Connells
The Connells chronology
Still Life
(1998)
Old School Dropouts
(2001)
Steadman's Wake
(2021)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Old School Dropouts is the eighth studio album by the American pop/rock band The Connells, released in October 2001. It was produced and released by the band themselves on their Black Park Records label after parting ways with TVT. It was the last record that the band released officially until 2021. The album was recorded in Raleigh, NC with the band recording in different ways, like using an analogue 4-track tape machine. After the departure of longtime drummer and founding member Peele Wimberley it features Jon Wurster on drums.

Track listing

All songs written by Mike Connell, except where noted.

  1. "Bust" - 3:06
  2. "Gladiator Heart" - 4:27
  3. "Back in Blighty" - 4:05
  4. "Radio" - 4:05
  5. "Put Down" - 3:58
  6. "Airlift" (George Huntley)- 3:04
  7. "All the Time in the World" (Doug MacMillan) - 3:17
  8. "Rusted Fields" - 4:41
  9. "Hello Walter" - 3:35
  10. "Washington" - 3:48
  11. "The Bottom" (MacMillan) - 2:00

Personnel

The Connells

References

  1. ^ Hage, Erik. Old School Dropouts at AllMusic. Retrieved February 17, 2012.