Disconnected (Stiv Bators album)
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| Released | December 1980 | |||
| Recorded | August–September 1980 | |||
| Studio | Perspective Studios, Sun Valley, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Power pop | |||
| Label | Bomp! | |||
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| AllMusic | |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B |
| PopMatters | favourable |
| Trouser Press | favourable |
Disconnected is the debut solo album by Stiv Bators, released in December 1980 on Bomp!. The album is a radical departure from the punk rock sound of his previous band the Dead Boys, and sees Bators venturing into 1960s-inspired power pop.
Describing the album, Mike Stax of music magazine Ugly Things wrote that the album was "a surprisingly melodic power-pop effort" and that it showed the affinity Bators had for British Invasion-inspired 1960s garage rock and pop music, "favouring ringing Rickenbacker power chords and tough but harmonious backing vocals."