Wax Ecstatic

Infobox Album |
Name = Wax Ecstatic
Type = Album
Artist = Sponge


Released = July 2, 1996
Recorded = ???
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 38:33
Label = Sony
Producer = Tim Palmer, Tim Patalan, Sponge
Reviews =
*Allmusic (4/5) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Avfjw7ioog7dr link]
*"Rolling Stone" (3/5) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/1392/albums/album/257368 February 2, 1998]

Last album = "Rotting Piñata"
(1994)
This album = "Wax Ecstatic"
(1996)
Next album = "New Pop Sunday"
(1999)

"Wax Ecstatic" is the second album by the band Sponge. It was released in 1996 on Sony Records. Originally intended to be a concept album revolving around the death of a Memphis drag queen, that idea was aborted, though many of the tracks that ended up making the cut originated from this idea.

Track listing

#"My Purity" (Cross/Dombrowski) – 3:32
#"Got to Be a Bore" (Dombrowski) – 3:24
#"Wax Ecstatic (To Sell Angelina)" (Dombrowski) – 4:08
#"The Drag Queens of Memphis" (Dombrowski) – 4:54
#"I Am Anastasia" (Cross/Dombrowski/Mazzola) – 3:58
#"Silence Is Their Drug" (Dombrowski) – 3:11
#"Have You Seen Mary" (Cross/Dombrowski) – 3:49
#"My Baby Said" (Dombrowski) – 3:05
#"The Death of a Drag Queen" (Cross/Dombrowski/Mazzola) – 5:20
#"Velveteen" (Dombroski) – 3:12
#* Contains the hidden track "Imagine You".
#* Promo Version contains "No Fun" and "Wax Ecstatic (Critter Full on Mix)".
#* European Version contains "Slower Suicide".
#* Japan Version contains "Mekron Bomb" and "Imaginary Marriage".

Personnel

*Tim Cross – Bass, Drums
*Vinnie Dombrowski – Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Drums, Vocals
*Charlie Grover – Drums
*Joey Mazzola – Guitar (Electric), Slide Guitar
*Mike Cross – Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Bass), Guitar (Electric)
*Richard Butler – Vocals on "I Am Anastasia"
*Steve Baxter – Trombone
*Mando Dorame – Saxophone
*Donald Hayes – Saxophone
*Johnny Evans – Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
*Annie King – Trumpet
*Chris Codish – Piano
*Tim Patalan – Cello, Producer, Engineer
*Tim Palmer – Producer, Mixing
*Mike Corbett – Editing
*Steven King – Engineer
*Jamie Seyberth – Engineer
*Andy Patalan – Assistant Engineer
*Lamont Hyde – Assistant Engineer
*Matthew Hanson – Assistant Engineer
*Mary Maurer – Art Direction
*Melanie Nissen – Photography

Chart positions

Album

1996 Wax Ecstatic The Billboard 200 No. 60

ingles

1996 Wax Ecstatic (To Sell Angelina) Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 11 1996 Wax Ecstatic (To Sell Angelina) Modern Rock Tracks No. 15 1997 Have You Seen Mary Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 7