Leaving Wonderland... in a Fit of Rage

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Leaving Wonderland...
in a Fit of Rage
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Studio album by
Marcy Playground
Released2009
Recorded Mushroom Studios
Genre Alternative rock
Label WOZ Records [1]
Producer Jeff Dawson, John Wozniak
Marcy Playground chronology
MP3
(2004)		Leaving Wonderland...
in a Fit of Rage
(2009)		 Indaba Remixes from Wonderland
(2010)

Leaving Wonderland... in a Fit of Rage is the fourth and most recent studio album by the American alternative rock band Marcy Playground, released in 2009. [2] [3] It was begun as a John Wozniak solo album. [4] The album's first single was "Blackbird". [5]

Contents

A remix album, Indaba Remixes from Wonderland , followed in 2010. [6] [7]

Production

The album was produced by Jeff Dawson and John Wozniak; Wozniak had appreciated Dawson's production work at Mushroom Studios. [8] [9] Its lyrics were inspired by a difficult period in the singer's life. [10] [11] Leaving Wonderland... in a Fit of Rage was recorded in part with original band member Dylan Keefe. [12] The band added drummer Shlomi Lavie after the album was completed. [13]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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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." [14]

Track listing

All songs written by John Wozniak.

No.TitleLength
1."Blackbird"3:13
2."Devil Woman"3:04
3."Gin and Money"3:44
4."Star Baby"2:49
5."I Burned the Bed"2:37
6."Irene"2:42
7."Emperor"3:39
8."Good Times"3:15
9."I Must Have Been Dreaming"2:34
10."Memphis"2:48
11."Thank You"3:33
12."Down the Drain"3:18

Personnel

Marcy Playground (Touring members)

Additional personnel (in studio only)

Production

Recorded at Mushroom Studios, Vancouver, BC
Mixed at Harbourside Studios, N. Vancouver, BC
Mastered at Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine

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