Sponge – Wax Ecstatic (New Vinyl) (Limited Edition) (Galaxy Beer & Black Vinyl)

NEW DOUBLE LP

New sealed copy. Limited edition 2022 reissue on "galaxy beer" & black coloured vinyl. Gatefold jacket. Limited to 1000 copies worldwide.

Wax Ecstatic is the second studio album by American rock band Sponge. It was released on July 2, 1996 through Columbia Records. The album features a more '70s hard rock-influenced sound compared with the band's previous release. It is the band's first album with drummer Charlie Grover, and includes the hit singles "Wax Ecstatic (To Sell Angelina)" and "Have You Seen Mary".

Wax Ecstatic received mostly positive reviews. AllMusic staff writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine said "In order to grow, the group went back to their beginnings, touching on glam rock, arena rock, blues rock, and jangle pop. Although it reveals Rotting Piñata to be somewhat calculating in its approach, Wax Ecstatic, ironically, is a far superior album." Trouser Press wrote that the album "is markedly stripped down from the dense fury of Rotting Piñata, incorporating new instrumentation (piano, saxophone, cello) and working its way through such rootsy numbers as 'The Drag Queens of Memphis' and the album-closing 'Velveteen'."

TRACKLIST:

A1 My Purity 
A2 Got To Be A Bore 
A3 Wax Ecstatic (To Sell Angelina) 
A4 The Drag Queens Of Memphis 
A5 I Am Anastasia 
B1 Silence Is Their Drug 
B2 Have You Seen Mary 
B3 My Baby Said 
B4 The Death Of A Drag Queen 
B5 Velveteen 
B6 Imagine You