Marcy Playground (album)
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| Studio album by Marcy Playground | ||||
| Released |
February 25, 1997 (original issue) October 7, 1997 (reissue) | |||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 34:27 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Jared Kotler | |||
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| Singles from Marcy Playground | ||||
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| Allmusic |   link |
| NME | (7/10) link |
| Robert Christgau |  link |
| Rolling Stone | link |
Marcy Playground is the self-titled album by Marcy Playground, released on February 25, 1997 with EMI. It was reissued 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 "St. Joe on the Schoolbus" and "Sherry Fraser" both of which received moderate radio and MTV2 airplay during the latter half of 1998.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by John Wozniak, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length | |
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| 1. | "Poppies" | 2:49 | |
| 2. | "Sex and Candy" | 2:53 | |
| 3. | "Ancient Walls of Flowers" (John Wozniak, Sherry Fraser) | 3:16 | |
| 4. | "Saint Joe on the School Bus" | 3:20 | |
| 5. | "A Cloak of Elvenkind" | 2:59 | |
| 6. | "Sherry Fraser" | 2:50 | |
| 7. | "Gone Crazy" | 2:45 | |
| 8. | "Opium" | 3:07 | |
| 9. | "One More Suicide" | 2:39 | |
| 10. | "Dog and His Master" | 2:12 | |
| 11. | "The Shadow of Seattle" | 2:48 | |
| 12. | "The Vampires of New York" | 2:55 |
Personnel
Marcy Playground
- John Wozniak - lead vocals, guitar
- Dylan Keefe - bass, backing vocals
- Dan Rieser - drums, backing vocals
Additional personnel
- Glen Braver - bass, "Poppies"
- Jared Kotler - bass and drums
- Edgar Mills - bass, "Ancient Walls of Flowers", "Opium"
- Jen Handler - cello, "One More Suicide"
Note: though not credited as a member, Jared Kotler plays drums on every song except "Saint Joe on the School Bus," and bass on "Sherry Fraser," "One More Suicide" and "The Vampires of New York."
Production
- John Wozniak - producer
- Jim Sabella - engineer
- Ken Gioia - engineer, mixer
- Marcy Playground - mixing
- Greg Calbi - mastering
- Don Rubin - A&R
- Blake & Bradford - management
- Henry Marquez - art direction
- Robert Laverdiere - package design
- James Wojcik - cover and color photo
- Chris Black - black-and-white photo
Recorded and mixed at Sabella Recording Studio, Roslyn NY
Mastered at Masterdisk, New York City NY
Songs published by Wozniak Publishing (ASCAP)
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