| New Pop Sunday | ||||
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| Released | April 13, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 47:33 | |||
| Label | Beyond | |||
| Producer | Tim Patalan, Kevin Shirley, Sponge [1] | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Hit Parader | B [3] |
| In Music We Trust | B [4] |
| Times-Colonist | 7.5/10 [5] |
| Windsor Star | [6] |
| Wall of Sound | 57/100 [7] |
New Pop Sunday is the third studio album by the American rock band Sponge, released in 1999 through Beyond Records. [1] [8]
Sponge recorded most of New Pop Sunday while they were still with Columbia Records. The label was not interested in releasing it however, so the band decided to finish the album themselves and released it through Beyond instead. [9]
The Morning Call wrote that "New Pop Sunday includes a mix of subtle, catchy numbers. But there are a few brawny raveups, such as the potent 'Planet Girls' and the hook-laden 'Radio Prayer' [sic]." [10] Trouser Press noted that "lacking Rotting Piñata's hooks and Wax Ecstatic's grimy charm, New Pop Sunday is fairly forgettable." [11]
The Detroit Free Press deemed the album "refreshingly decent," writing that "rough-edged guitars are stretched wide, chiming guitars looped and echoed, vocals reverbed into liquid." [12] The Journal Gazette declared: "Sponge is an imitation of an imitator; they are chronically infatuated with those Pearl Jam-pilferers Stone Temple Pilots." [13] AllMusic wrote that the album "finds the band embracing their pop, hard rock, and arena rock roots, creating an old-fashioned hard rock platter that sounds completely out of step with the late '90s." and noted "In a way, that's refreshing". [2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "My Lackluster Love" | Vinnie Dombroski, Mike Cross | Tim Patalan, Sponge | 4:40 |
| 2. | "Pollyanna" | Vinnie Dombroski, Joey Mazzola | Kevin Shirley, Tim Patalan, Sponge | 5:07 |
| 3. | "Live Here Without You" | Vinnie Dombroski, Mike Cross, Joey Mazzola | Kevin Shirley | 3:56 |
| 4. | "1000 Times" | Vinnie Dombroski, Joey Mazzola | Kevin Shirley, Tim Patalan, Sponge | 3:12 |
| 5. | "All American World" | Vinnie Dombroski, Mike Cross, Joey Mazzola | Tim Patalan, Sponge | 5:12 |
| 6. | "Radio Prayer Line" | Vinnie Dombroski | Tim Patalan, Sponge | 4:01 |
| 7. | "New Pop Sunday" | Vinnie Dombroski, Mike Cross, Joey Mazzola | Tim Patalan, Sponge | 4:17 |
| 8. | "Planet Girls" | Vinnie Dombroski | Kevin Shirley | 4:14 |
| 9. | "When You're On Fire Baby, Roll" | Vinnie Dombroski | Sponge | 3:58 |
| 10. | "Disconnected" | Vinnie Dombroski, Mike Cross | Kevin Shirley, Sponge | 4:36 |
| 11. | "Lucky" | Vinnie Dombroski, Mike Cross | Sponge | 4:25 |
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