New Pop Sunday

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New Pop Sunday
Sponge - new pop sunday.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 13, 1999
Recorded1998
Genre Alternative rock
Length47:33
Label Beyond
Producer Tim Patalan, Kevin Shirley, Sponge [1]
Sponge chronology
Wax Ecstatic
(1996)
New Pop Sunday
(1999)
For All the Drugs in the World
(2003)
Singles from New Pop Sunday
  1. "Live Here Without You"
    Released: 1999
  2. "1000 Times"
    Released: 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Hit Parader B [3]
In Music We Trust B [4]
Times-Colonist 7.5/10 [5]
Windsor Star Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [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]

Contents

Production

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]

Critical reception

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]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."My Lackluster Love" Vinnie Dombroski, Mike CrossTim Patalan, Sponge4:40
2."Pollyanna"Vinnie Dombroski, Joey Mazzola Kevin Shirley, Tim Patalan, Sponge5:07
3."Live Here Without You"Vinnie Dombroski, Mike Cross, Joey MazzolaKevin Shirley3:56
4."1000 Times"Vinnie Dombroski, Joey MazzolaKevin Shirley, Tim Patalan, Sponge3:12
5."All American World"Vinnie Dombroski, Mike Cross, Joey MazzolaTim Patalan, Sponge5:12
6."Radio Prayer Line"Vinnie DombroskiTim Patalan, Sponge4:01
7."New Pop Sunday"Vinnie Dombroski, Mike Cross, Joey MazzolaTim Patalan, Sponge4:17
8."Planet Girls"Vinnie DombroskiKevin Shirley4:14
9."When You're On Fire Baby, Roll"Vinnie DombroskiSponge3:58
10."Disconnected"Vinnie Dombroski, Mike CrossKevin Shirley, Sponge4:36
11."Lucky"Vinnie Dombroski, Mike CrossSponge4:25

Band members

Additional personnel

Additional musicians

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