Porcelain (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Porcelain
Type = studio
Artist = Sparta


Released = July 13, 2004
Recorded = October – December 2003 at Sunset Sound Studios in Los Angeles, December 2003 – January 2004 at Rosewood Studios in El Paso
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 57:28
Label = Geffen
Producer = Mike Major
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2zrb28vl05oa link]
*Pitchfork Media (7.6/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/21950-porcelain August 5, 2004]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|2|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/sparta/albums/album/6215266/review/6294675/porcelain link]
Last album = "Wiretap Scars"
(2002)
This album = "Porcelain"
(2004)
Next album = "Live at La Zona Rosa 3/19/2004"
(2004)

"Porcelain" is the second album by the band Sparta. It was released on July 13, 2004 on Geffen Records and peaked at #60 on the Billboard 200. The first single released from the album was "Breaking the Broken".

Track listing

#"Guns of Memorial Park" – 3:49
#"Hiss the Villain" – 3:27
#"While Oceana Sleeps" – 4:24
#"La Cerca" – 3:43
#"Breaking the Broken" – 3:47
#"Lines in Sand" – 6:02
#"End Moraine" – 4:26
#"Death in the Family" – 3:37
#"Syncope" – 1:19
#"Tensioning" – 5:59
#"Travel by Bloodline" – 3:06
#"P.O.M.E." (drum solo by Tony Hajjar) – 0:47 (According to an interview with Jim Ward, "P.O.M.E" stands for 'Paris Of the Middle East', referring to Beirut. [ [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=188192 Jim Ward, Sparta Interview Absolute Punk 11.15.2006 ] ] )
#"From Now to Never" – 8:39
#"Splinters" – 4:23

Bonus tracks

* "Farewell Ruins" (Japan/UK/iTunes bonus track) – 3:17
* "Bombs & Us" (Japan bonus track) – 3:33

Personnel

*Jim Ward – guitar, vocals
*Paul Hinojos – guitar
*Matt Miller – bass
*Tony Hajjar – drums
*Charlie Bisharat – violin
*Mario de Leon – violin
*Joel Derouin - violin
*Sara Parkins- violin
*Matt Funes – viola
*Dan Smith – cello
*Larry Corbett – cello
*Suzie Takayama – orchestration, string conductor