[5] Produced by Toussaint, the album was recorded at his Sea-Saint Studios, with his son, Reginald, contributing as Connected's engineer.

"[8] Newsday wrote that Connected "mixes laid-back New Orleans rhythms with a sweet, smooth pop sound ...

[11] The Washington Post panned Toussaint's "dull voice that has a cramped range," but thought that "there are a few gems among the new tunes, most notably the ballads 'If I Leave' and 'Sweet Dreams'.

"[15] The Dallas Morning News opined that "the album's best tracks—'Do the Do', 'Funky Bars', 'All of It'—rekindle the jazzy New Orleans funk he helped invent in the mid-'60s with Art Neville and other future members of the Meters.

"[17] AllMusic called the album "fresh new funk and roll from the city where American music has always stretched to new levels.