Marcy Playground (album)

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Marcy Playground
Studio album by Marcy Playground
Released	February 25, 1997 October 7, 1997 (re-release)
Recorded	1996
Genre	Alternative Rock Post-Grunge
Length	34:27
Label	Capitol Records
Producer	Jared Kotler & Kenny Gioia
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (unfavorable) link
Marcy Playground chronology
Marcy Playground (1997) Shapeshifter (1999)

Marcy Playground is the self-titled album by Marcy Playground, released on February 25, 1997 with EMI. It was re-released later that year on October 7 on Capitol Records with a large amount of promotion for the single "Sex And Candy," which became the band's breakthrough single, spending a then-record 15 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart during the first few months of 1998. The album also includes the singles "Saint Joe On The Schoolbus" and "Sherry Fraser" both of which received moderate radio and MTV2 airplay during the 2nd half of 1998.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Poppies"
2. "Sex and Candy"
3. "Ancient Walls of Flowers"
4. "Saint Joe on the School Bus"
5. "A Cloak of Elvenkind"
6. "Sherry Fraser"
7. "Gone Crazy"
8. "Opium"
9. "One More Suicide"
10. "Dog and His Master"
11. "The Shadow of Seattle"
12. "The Vampires of New York"