What do you think of the Connells' albums? What are your favorite Connells' songs? Well, now is your
chance to tell the world. Just mail me your 10 favorite songs (they must be in order) along with your
rating of all of the Connells LP's and EP's. The rating system is from 1 to 10 with 10 being "Orgasmic",
5 being "Apathy", and 1 being "Frisbee". I will try to update this page as often as I can, so send me
your ratings.
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Craig Leska's Fan Rankings:
A big thank you to all of you who took the time to vote. Here are the results. It was a ten for first, nine for
second, etc... scale except for those who noted that there wasn't any real order. All of those counted as
7 points each. Fifty-nine songs received at least 1 point! That just goes to show you the consistent
quality of the Connells' songs. And here's the top 25 as voted by you, the Connell's devoted fans:
1. FUN & GAMES: 95
2. NEW BOY: 94
3. 74-75: 64
4. OVER THERE: 54
5. SLACKJAWED: 52
6. CHOOSE A SIDE: 49
7. STONE COLD YESTERDAY: 47
8T. UNINSPIRED: 44
8T. SOMETHING TO SAY: 44
10. I SUPPOSE: 42
11T. HEY YOU: 38
11T. DOIN YOU: 38
11T. MOTEL: 38
14. SCOTTY'S LAMENT: 35
15T. SET THE STAGE: 34
15T. MAYBE: 34
15T. HEY WOW: 34
18. GET A GUN: 33
19. IF IT CRUMBLES: 32
20. LAY ME DOWN: 30
21. ANY: 29
22T. RUNNING MARY: 26
22T. WAITING MY TURN: 26
22T. FIFTH FRET: 26
25. THE JOKE: 24
HONORABLE MENTION:
TAKE A BOW: 22
PRETTY ROUGH: 21
1934: 20
START: 20
HOME TODAY: 20
WONDER WHY: 19
BURDEN: 17
SMOKE: 16
ANOTHER SOUVENIR: 16
TRY: 16
DISAPPOINTED: 16
UPSIDE DOWN: 15
POINTS PER EACH ALBUM
RING: 378
FUN & GAMES: 326
BOYLAN HEIGHTS: 273
OSW: 226
WFAD: 159
DARKER DAYS: 40
NEW BOY: 19
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Ratings as of 12-08-96
The Connells Top 10
Fun & Games - 68 points
'74-'75 - 60 points
Running Mary - 59 points
Stone Cold Yesterday - 50 points
Slackjawed - 42 points
New Boy - 36 points
Scotty's Lament - 35 points
Get a Gun - 31 points
Two songs are tied - 24 points
Maybe
Speak to Me
Three songs are tied - 20 points
Doin' you
Pretty Rough
Hey You
How the albums rate.
Ring - 9.65
Boylan Heights - 8.57
Fun & Games - 8.57
Weird Food and Devastation - 8.55
One Simple Word - 8.53
New Boy EP - 7.75
Darker Days - 7.25
Top Ten songs
1. New boy
2. Home today
3. over there
4. Scotty's Lament
5. Slackjawed
6. waiting my turn
7. Get a gun
8. Maybe
9. Darker Days
10. Any
Albums
Fun and Games 9.5
One simple word 9
Ring 8
Boylan Heights 7
Weird Food and Devastation 6.7
Darker Days 6.3
New Boy EP 6.1
