Marcy Playground - 1997 - Marcy Playground [FLAC]
Artist: Marcy Playground
Title: Marcy Playground
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Producer: John Wozniak
Release Date: February 25, 1997
Recorded: 1996-97 at Sabella Recording Studios, Roslyn, NY
Label: Capitol Records/EMI
Catalog: CDP 7243 8 53569 2 6
Barcode: 7 2438-53569-2 6
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Power Pop, Post-Grunge, Acoustic
Duration: 34:27
Marcy Playground:
Wikipedia:
Marcy Playground is an American alternative rock band consisting of three members: John Wozniak (lead vocals, guitar), Dylan Keefe (bass), and Shlomi Lavie (drums). The band is best known for their 1997 hit "Sex and Candy"
The band is named after the Marcy Open grade school in Minneapolis, which is the alternative school John Wozniak attended. He chose the name because many of his songs were inspired by his childhood. Marcy Playground emerged in the late 1990s. Influences include David Bowie, Paul Simon, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd, Nirvana, Wham! and the Beatles. The influences are quite clear on Marcy Playground's self-titled album, with songs like Shadow Of Seattle and Saint Joe On The School Bus. Frontman John Wozniak's first effort, Zog BogBean – From the Marcy Playground, was self-produced, recorded in his bedroom studio with some help from his then-girlfriend Sherry Fraser and her brother Scott in the early nineties.
Marcy Playground:
Wikipedia:
Marcy Playground is the self-titled debut studio album by American alternative rock band Marcy Playground, released on February 25, 1997 on 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 No. 1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.
The album also includes the singles "St. Joe on the Schoolbus" and "Sherry Fraser" both of which received moderate radio and MTV2 airplay.
AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine:
Marcy Playground's eponymous debut is a collection of straightforward post-grunge alt-pop. Songs like "Sex and Candy" capture the band at their best, turning out hard-edged, melodic pop songs with strong hooks and backbeats. Marcy Playground is a promising debut.
Tracklist:
01. Poppies - 2:49
02. Sex and Candy - 2:53
03. Ancient Walls of Flowers - 3:16
04. Saint Joe on the School Bus - 3:20
05. A Cloak of Elvenkind - 2:59
06. Sherry Fraser - 2:50
07. Gone Crazy - 2:45
08. Opium - 3:07
09. 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".
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