Album · The Connells
Ring by The Connells
Ring is an album by The Connells, released in 1993. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 26 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “'74 - 75”, on 13 lists with a best position of #287.
Ring, the fifth album from Raleigh, North Carolina's the Connells, came out in 1993 and sounds like a band that had spent years polishing its jangle: bright, chiming guitars, melodies that go down easy, and the kind of inward-looking lyrics, steeped in the South, that were always their stock in trade. "Slackjawed" gave them a number nine on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart at home.
The real surprise was "'74–'75", a slow, aching ballad that went top ten in 11 European countries and to number one in Norway and Sweden, then landed on the soundtrack of the 1995 film Heavy. It pushed the album to 36 in the UK, far better than it fared in America. In 2023 it got a 30th anniversary overhaul: remastered by Brent Lambert, pressed on vinyl for the first time, and expanded with B-sides and 12 unreleased demos.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Ring on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | '74 - 75 | 13 | #287 | – | 1999–2026 | |
| 2 | Slackjawed | 13 | #51 | – | 1993–2005 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.