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Marcy Playground | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 23, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Reality Ent.
• ASIN: B0001L3LPY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #155,961 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Marcy Playground Is Back!!, March 26, 2004

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P. Richter "PSRinNJ" (Manville, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mp3 (Audio CD)

Oh, how I've missed these guys! The self-titled debut, as well as Shapeshifter, had some of the best music of this genre. This album picks up right where they left off. While the influence Nirvana had on MP is huge, they were never content to solely rely on it. They do have a tendency, on some songs, to lean heavy on the drama ("Jesse Went To War", "Flag and Finger", "Death of a Cheerleader") but the music is so good, one tends to overlook the cheese. Highlights include "Blood in Alphabet Soup", "Punk Rock Superstar", and the single "Deadly Handsome Man". Also check out "Paper Dolls", which in my opinion is one of the best, most fun, songs they've ever recorded. Love this album immensely. MP, don't ever leave! Everyone else, buy it. You won't be sorry.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Ever., March 24, 2004

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emmybee (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mp3 (Audio CD)

After 5 years of dormancy, Marcy Playground comes back with a bang. In the stuffy world of commercial alternative, Marcy Playground is a breath of fresh air. You'll be hooked from the sweeping synths of Spoonfed to the viola solo in Jesse Went to War. When I bought this CD, the first things ALL my friends did after hearing it was ask me to burn them a copy. I chuckled, "Buy your own."
This blows Marcy Playground's first two albums out of the water.
Buy this album, support this amazing group.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I can't stand the 2 second reviewer, June 16, 2004

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Matthew Poi "whackamatt" (Indianapolis, Indiana United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mp3 (Audio CD)

This cd is simply amazing. If you are a fan of either of the previous MP albums, I see no reason why you should love this one any less.

All the familar Marcy Playground parts are their. Same voice with great singing, great tunes with some interesting song structures. A few musical embelishments with strings here and there, etc. In short, MP delivers another excellent cd that was worth the wait. As with previous releases, there may be a song or two that takes awhile for you to enjoy, but given time, you probably will.

Yes, there is one short riff in "Blood in Alphabet Soup" that sounds similar to a Nirvana tune, big deal. One riff in an entire cd does not mean they're "copying" Nirvana or going for a "new sound" etc. Try listening to the music first, the entire cd is Marcy Playground through and through.

NOTE: The song "Paper dolls" (track 10) was co-written with Jimmie of Jimmie's Chicken Shack. And the same song can also be found on their new album Re.Present as they both recorded their own version.