I Smell Sex and Vinyl Verdict | Marcy Playground - Marcy Playground

On this episode of Vinyl Verdict, Bell, Jamie and Plouffe listen to Plouffe's next pick, Marcy Playground's Marcy Playground. Released in February 1997, the album went nowhere until the single, Sex and Candy was released as a radio single in September. The immediate success of the single led to the album being re-released in October 1997. As a single, Sex and Candy went to #1 on the Modern Rock chart for 15 weeks. In addition, it went to #8 on the Billboard Hot 100, while over here in Canada, it went to #1 on the Rock Singles chart. Three other singles, Poppies, St. Joe on the School Bus, and Sherry Fraser, did not have the same success as Sex and Candy. Contemporary reviews for the album were not kind, with the musical press panning the songs and musicianship and one review going as far as to call it one of the worst albums of the 90s. Will the boys think its one of the worst albums this podcast has ever reviewed? Is there more than one good song on the album? Come along and find out!