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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Sponge's debut album wowed me when it first came out. I had heard their single "Plowed" on the radio and decided to give it a shot. After nearly 6 years of owning this cd, it remains one of my all time favorites. Their ability to emotionally move you with their tunes is absolutely wonderful. Vinnie's voice is awesome, emotionally wailing out his lyrics which are (in most cases) very creative and fairly deep in meaning. His voice also remains one of my favorites, being able to rasp it out on some tracks and be extremely soothing on others. My favorite track on this album by far is "Drownin". The depressing lyrics on this track and the way he sings them can easily lead one to tears in my opinion. Other favorites of mine are "Giants", the hidden track, "Rotting Pinata", and "Rainin". If you're looking for an excellent heartfelt album with that early 90s rock/alternative sound, this will definitely be a cd you will enjoy, so add it to your collection.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Rotting Pinata, perhaps the best cd ever made. Song by song review here for this amazing band, that is even better live.
1. Pennywheels - Starts out soft w/ a gentle acousic strumming, then explodes into a song about abandonment, and turns into a heavy yet bitter song,love it. This is Sponge saying, welcome to the best albumn you will hear.
2. Rotting Pinata - This is a punk song, but not your everyday punk at all. Starts out w/ clean jangley guitar and then off into dark depressions of punk rock. Great guitar work by the tagteam talents of Mazzola and Cross here.
3. Giants - Soft alternative rocker about being cheated on. Not a sappy love story, the way Vin writes lyrics is SO refreshing and neat. This song ends very strong with a cresendo of guitar riffs and trade-off solos.
4. Neenah Menasha - Heaviest sponge song yet. Dropped guitar riffs, good hard rock song. They show their versatility on this song being able to go from ultra soft, to hard, and they show off their arena rock skills w/ walls of guitar and pumping bass lines.
5. Miles - Very strange guitar tones, interesting song. I think this one was wrote by the Cross brothers, whom were trained in classical guitar and bass lessons. It's like taking alternative rock and adding classical guitar parts in. The song has a very cold and dark feel to it as a whole.
6. Plowed - Awesome futuristic tune. Way before it's time, and i'm sure you heard this on the radio during Sponge's big days of radio. Great sing along song, big time hit.
7. Drownin' - Softest song on the cd, nice strummed acoustic, fantastic vocalsof depession. Shocked this was not a hit, but loved by all sponge fans around.
8. Molly - You've heard this one too "16 candles down the drain" such a good tune to crank up for road trips. This song just has it all the way around...vocal, drum, bass, guitar...everything just ROCKS it here.
9. Fields - "fields of fallin' angels" Sweet song that has powerful verse chorus stuf going on. Pretty clean guitars all over this song, and such a strong message.
10. Rainin' - My personal fav on this cd...this song builds and keeps on building. Definatly a missed hit, which just has all of the goods of this cd wrapped into one.
11 - (hidden song) Candy Corn - one listen to this, and you realize what a talented band Sponge is. This song is magical, and what i mean is, there is so much going on, it's just insane. It's beautifully a masterpiece. It stats out w/ pretty guitars and just goes ballistic with delayed vocals and dynamic instrument sections.
1. Pennywheels - Starts out soft w/ a gentle acousic strumming, then explodes into a song about abandonment, and turns into a heavy yet bitter song,love it. This is Sponge saying, welcome to the best albumn you will hear.
2. Rotting Pinata - This is a punk song, but not your everyday punk at all. Starts out w/ clean jangley guitar and then off into dark depressions of punk rock. Great guitar work by the tagteam talents of Mazzola and Cross here.
3. Giants - Soft alternative rocker about being cheated on. Not a sappy love story, the way Vin writes lyrics is SO refreshing and neat. This song ends very strong with a cresendo of guitar riffs and trade-off solos.
4. Neenah Menasha - Heaviest sponge song yet. Dropped guitar riffs, good hard rock song. They show their versatility on this song being able to go from ultra soft, to hard, and they show off their arena rock skills w/ walls of guitar and pumping bass lines.
5. Miles - Very strange guitar tones, interesting song. I think this one was wrote by the Cross brothers, whom were trained in classical guitar and bass lessons. It's like taking alternative rock and adding classical guitar parts in. The song has a very cold and dark feel to it as a whole.
6. Plowed - Awesome futuristic tune. Way before it's time, and i'm sure you heard this on the radio during Sponge's big days of radio. Great sing along song, big time hit.
7. Drownin' - Softest song on the cd, nice strummed acoustic, fantastic vocalsof depession. Shocked this was not a hit, but loved by all sponge fans around.
8. Molly - You've heard this one too "16 candles down the drain" such a good tune to crank up for road trips. This song just has it all the way around...vocal, drum, bass, guitar...everything just ROCKS it here.
9. Fields - "fields of fallin' angels" Sweet song that has powerful verse chorus stuf going on. Pretty clean guitars all over this song, and such a strong message.
10. Rainin' - My personal fav on this cd...this song builds and keeps on building. Definatly a missed hit, which just has all of the goods of this cd wrapped into one.
11 - (hidden song) Candy Corn - one listen to this, and you realize what a talented band Sponge is. This song is magical, and what i mean is, there is so much going on, it's just insane. It's beautifully a masterpiece. It stats out w/ pretty guitars and just goes ballistic with delayed vocals and dynamic instrument sections.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Last year, it was summer, and I was just laying around. I was flipping through channels and I came across the Music Choice channels, and I left it on the Rock channel. Well, it was on this channel that I had heard one of the most emotional and peacefully-powerful songs. It was Plowed by none other than Sponge. When I heard this song, I fell in love with it and waited for it to come on again. For some reason, though, I finally bought it in January.
This whole cd is an emotional headrush of love, sadness, and guilt. Every song pushes a completely different emotion into your mind. The cd starts with Pennywheels, which is a mellow and calm way to start the cd. Then it goes to the up-beat and exiting Rotting Pinata. Next it goes to Giants, a track that almost screams sadness and sorrow. Neena Menasha is another powerful, yet mellow song. Miles is sweet song that almost forces a guilty feeling upon you after listening to it. Then there's Plowed. Well, not much can be said about this song that hasn't been said. It is so emotional and gives you a sense of pride once it's over. Not many songs can do this. Drownin' is a song that truly is a sad song and is basically a way of saying this part of the cd is the sad part. Molly is my absolute favorite song of all time. This song is based on the movie Sixteen Candles with Molly Ringwald. This song actually made me go out and rent Sixteen Candles just so I could understand the song. Molly gives off a vibe of love and passion, and it is one that shall go down in my history books. Fields is the next song and is a great song with a great mood and lyrics. The somewhat final song is Rainin'. This song may very well be one of the saddest songs ever. The guitars are perfect with this song, they give off such a sad feeling. The actual last song is supposedly called Candy Corn. But, that doesn't matter because this song is the perfect ending to the cd. This song is peaceful and almost a way of coming to terms with all of the emotions you've felt along the way. The sound effects are very organic and add a sense of comfort.
If you are thinking of buying this cd, please do. This is possibly one of the coolest cds I have ever heard. It is so emotional that you may very well have to fight back tears when listing.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Thankfully
Since the record stores seem to only want to carry top 40 and rap (which for some sad reason makes up most of the top 40 anyway) its nice to be able to find the music I want... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Moopie
Don't get ripped off!!
This Amazon.com listing is for the TWO-DISK VERSION of Sponge's _Rotting Pinata_. But I've now heard from two people who were each sent the ONE-DISK version. Read more
Published on February 8, 2010 by Anthony D Ravenscroft
"one star"
First of all its almost 2009 and I just kind of stumbled onto these reviews of Rotting Pinata. I started listening to this CD while going through difficult times and just sort of... Read more
Published on December 29, 2008 by R. L. Tweten
One of the best to come out of the 90's.
It's a funny thing about this album I had it on cassette back when it came out, then I bought the cd a few years later. Read more
Published on August 10, 2008 by dclprojekt
Their Best
Who said "Plowed" and "Molly" are the only good songs on this album?
of course Plowed stands out the most,(it's the most played songs on my ipod)
but the other songs are... Read more
of course Plowed stands out the most,(it's the most played songs on my ipod)
but the other songs are... Read more
Published on March 22, 2008 by mobster bigmuff
Great Old School Song
I was looking for the one song on the album Drownin' or Plowed from the old days...you know, "say a prayer for me...." It's a great song! I was so surprized amazon had it. Read more
Published on November 23, 2007 by Beth Scanlan
Not as good as everyone is saying
It's got a few decent tracks, plowed and molly. For the most part the rest of them come off feeling half-finished and generic. Read more
Published on September 30, 2007 by Eric
Great service!
I was pleased with the cost and speedy delivery of the CD I ordered.
Published on January 24, 2007 by B. Cobb
Got to be one of the most underrated album of the 90s....
I have to admit that I had kind of forgotten about this band. A couple years ago a house fire destroyed alot of my CD's. Read more
Published on July 3, 2006 by dennis b
Rotting Pinata - Sponge
My bro sold my Rotting Pinata CD years ago. Once I replayed this one, all of the songs came back to me and it was like I never lost it. Read more
Published on March 19, 2006 by Anthony A. Rusinak
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