Disconnection (album)

Disconnection
Disconnection
Studio album by Strange Parcels
Released	16 August 1994
Genre	Industrial hip hop
Length	54:50
Label	On-U Sound
Producer	Tackhead

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	A−^[2]

Disconnection is the debut album of Strange Parcels, released on August 16, 1994, by On-U Sound Records.^[3] Bill Tilland of the music journal Option said gave the album a positive review, saying "There's enough ear candy here to satiate even the sweetest audio sweet tooth, and it's served up with a combination of outrageous musical humor and impeccable taste."^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Badman Land"	Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood,	6:10
2.	"Pride"	Keith LeBlanc, Skip McDonald, Jesse Rae	6:37
3.	"Sorry Bootsy"		4:11
4.	"The Danger"	Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood, Doug Wimbish	4:16
5.	"Disconnection"	David Harrow, Adrian Sherwood, Mark Stewart	4:56
6.	"All Souls"	Skip McDonald, Jesse Rae, Adrian Sherwood, Doug Wimbish	5:52
7.	"Strangeland"	Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood, Doug Wimbish	4:29
8.	"Control Breakdown"	Keith LeBlanc, Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood, Doug Wimbish	4:59
9.	"No Hands on the Wheel"	Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood, Doug Wimbish	3:01
10.	"Funk Dog"	Keith LeBlanc	5:07
11.	"Outsider"	Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood	5:11

Personnel

Strange Parcels

Keith LeBlanc – drums, programming (10)
Skip McDonald – guitar, vocals, keyboards
Doug Wimbish – bass guitar, effects

Additional musicians

Basil Clarke – vocals
Jesse Rae – vocals
Talvin Singh – percussion
David Harrow – keyboards, programming

Technical personnel

Paul Beckett – programming, recording
Tackhead – producer

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	1994	On-U Sound	CD	ON-U CD 57
United Kingdom	1994	On-U Sound	LP	ON-U LP 57
United States	1994	Restless	CD	7 72778-2

References

^ Cook, Stephen. "Disconnection". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
^ Aaron, Charles (September 9, 1994). "Disconnection". Entertainment Weekly (239). Retrieved 30 September 2014.
^ Parker, David (2001). "Strange Parcels: Disconnection". skysaw.org. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
^ Tilland, Bill (1995). "Strange Parcels: Disconnected". Option. 60–63 (65). Sonic Options Network: lXXIV. Retrieved 30 September 2014.

External links

Disconnection at Discogs (list of releases)

[allmusic-1] Cook, Stephen. "Disconnection". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 September 2014.

[entertainmentweekly-2] Aaron, Charles (September 9, 1994). "Disconnection". Entertainment Weekly (239). Retrieved 30 September 2014.

[skydiscog-3] Parker, David (2001). "Strange Parcels: Disconnection". skysaw.org. Retrieved 30 September 2014.

[optionmag95-4] Tilland, Bill (1995). "Strange Parcels: Disconnected". Option. 60–63 (65). Sonic Options Network: lXXIV. Retrieved 30 September 2014.

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v t e Tackhead
Keith LeBlanc Skip McDonald Adrian Sherwood Doug Wimbish Gary Clail Bernard Fowler
Studio albums	Tackhead Tape Time (1987) Friendly as a Hand Grenade (1989) Strange Things (1990) For the Love of Money (2014)
Remix albums	Tackhead Sound Crash (2006)
Compilations	Power Inc. Vol. 1 (1994) Power Inc. Vol. 2 (1994) Power Inc. Vol. 3 (1997)
Singles	"What's My Mission Now?" "Mind at the End of the Tether" "The Game (You'll Never Walk Alone)" "Reality" "Ticking Time Bomb"
as The Maffia	As the Veneer of Democracy Starts to Fade (1985) Mark Stewart (1987) Metatron (1990) Control Data (1996) Edit (2008)
as Fats Comet	"Stormy Weather" "Rockchester"
as Strange Parcels	Disconnection (1994)
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v t e Keith LeBlanc
Studio albums	Major Malfunction Stranger than Fiction Raw Time Traveller Freakatorium
Compilations	Stop the Confusion (Global Interference)
Singles	"No Sell Out" Support the Miners
with Strange Parcels	Disconnection
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v t e Little Axe
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with Strange Parcels	Disconnection
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Studio albums	Trippy Notes for Bass CinemaSonics
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