Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given two sentences in the English language (Sentence 1 and Sentence 2). Your task is to identify the connecting word between the two sentences.
Q: Sentence 1:Richard Thompson had left Fairport Convention in 1971 with a considerable reputation as an electric guitar soloist . Sentence 2:However , the first few albums of his post-Fairport career had placed more emphasis on the vocals and the songs themselves .
A:
however