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Leaving Wonderland... in a Fit of Rage
2009 studio album by Marcy Playground From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Leaving Wonderland... in a Fit of Rage is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band Marcy Playground, released on July 7, 2009[2] by WOZ Records.[3][4] It was begun as a John Wozniak solo album.[5] The album's first single was "Blackbird".[6]
A remix album, Indaba Remixes from Wonderland, followed in 2010.[7][8]
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Production
The album was produced by Jeff Dawson and John Wozniak; Wozniak had appreciated Dawson's production work at Mushroom Studios.[9][10] Its lyrics were inspired by a difficult period in the singer's life.[11][12] Leaving Wonderland... in a Fit of Rage was recorded in part with original band member Dylan Keefe.[13] The band added drummer Shlomi Lavie after the album was completed.[14]
Critical reception
Exclaim! called the album "a tribute to the opiate-inspired, alt-rock tradition [the band] once popularized."[16] The Star Tribune deemed it "a slightly rootsier update of the group's quirky style."[17] The Star-News labeled it "sonically diverse and intensely personal."[18]
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review determined that "the music still has a dark aspect and it's still pop; it's just radio that has stopped paying attention."[19] The Toronto Sun considered the album to be "a fairly enjoyable and varied set of mellow Beatle-pop and roots, peppered with surprisingly crunchy guitar-rockers."[15] The Intelligencer Journal concluded that "all 12 songs on Leaving Wonderland ... are excellent, driven by Wozniak's gift for melody."[20]
AllMusic wrote that "it deserves to be heard by a wider audience as it proves that there's more to Marcy Playground and Wozniak than one grunge-era hit."[2]
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Track listing
All songs written by John Wozniak.
Personnel
Marcy Playground (Touring members)
- John Wozniak - all vocals, guitar, band, dobro
- Dylan Keefe - bass
- Shlomi Lavie - drums (does not play on album)
Additional personnel (in studio only)
- Niko Friesen - drums, percussion
- Brendan Ostrander - drums, "Devil Woman" and "Thank You"
- Chris Copeland - drums, "Gin and Money"
- Simon Kendall - piano, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer
- Daniel Powter - piano, "Gin and Money"
- Jon Dryden - string programming, "Down the Drain"
- Jeff Dawson - keys, programming, guitar, "Thank You"
- Dave Pickell - piano, "Blackbird"
- Marc Wild - guitar, "Blackbird"
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Production
- John Wozniak - production
- Jeff Dawson - production, recording, mixing
- Bob Ludwig - mastering
Recorded at Mushroom Studios, Vancouver, BC
Mixed at Harbourside Studios, N. Vancouver, BC
Mastered at Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine
References
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