Audio Cassette review:
Marcy Playground - Marcy Playground

Marcy Playground - Marcy Playground

Band: Marcy Playground Title: Marcy Playground Rating: Release Date: 25 February, 1997 Media: Audio Cassette Tracks: 1: Poppies 2: Sex and Candy 3: Ancient Walls of Flowers 4: Saint Joe on the School Bus 5: Cloak of Elvenkind 6: Sherry Fraser 7: Gone Crazy 8: Opium 9: One More Suicide 10: Dog and His Master 11: Shadow of Seattle 12: Vampires of New York

Editoral Review Fortunately, Wozniak used his childhood ostracism as the inspiration and fuel to write charmingly quirky pop songs. Marcy Playground's John Wozniak was one of those kids who, like Charlie Brown, got a bag of rocks for Halloween instead of candy. Wozniak woos the listener with his smooth, low-key vocals and lighthearted delivery of weighty, somewhat twisted, and darkly humorous songs. "Poppies" gives a cheery history lesson on the origins of the international opium trade, while "Elvinkind" and "Dog and His Master," with its chorus of "One little, two little, three little idiots," could become new, if slightly warped, children's standards. And then there's the country feel of the chartbuster, "Sex & Candy," with the sing-along refrain "I smell sex and candy here. " One of the qualities of an exceptional band is the ability to tell a story through their music; something that Marcy Playground succeed at beautifully. --Gail Worley .. You can see a complete list of all Marcy Playground discography, or go back to the Marcy Playground tabs