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Wax Ecstatic | align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Wax Ecstatic | | lign="center" colspan="3"| | | lign="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|LP by Sponge | | lign="left" valign="top"|Released | colspan="2" valign="top"|July 2, 1996 | | lign="left" valign="top"|Recorded | colspan="2" valign="top"|??? | | lign="left" valign="top"|Genre | colspan="2" valign="top"|Alternative rock | | lign="left" valign="top"|Length | colspan="2" valign="top"|38 min 33 sec | | lign="left" valign="top"|Record label | colspan="2" valign="top"|Sony | | lign="left" valign="top"|Producer | colspan="2" valign="top"|Tim Palmer, Tim Patalan, Sponge | | gcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Professional reviews | | lign="left" valign="top"|Allmusic.com | valign="top"|4 stars out of 5 | valign="top"|link | | gcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Sponge Chronology | align="top"|Rotting Piata
(1994) | valign="top"|Wax Ecstatic
(1996) | valign="top"|New Pop Sunday
(1999) | Wax Ecstatic is the second album by the band Sponge. It was released in 1996 on Sony Records. 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
Personnel - Mike Corbett - Editing
- Tim Cross - Bass, Drums
- Donald Hayes - Saxophone
- Steven King - Engineer
- Tim Palmer - Producer, Mixing
- Sponge - Producer
- Richard Butler - Vocals
- Annie King - Trumpet
- Vinnie Dombrowski - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Drums, Vocals
- Charlie Grover - Drums
- Joey Mazzola - Guitar (Electric), Slide Guitar, Slg
- Tim Patalan - Cello, Producer, Engineer
- Mike Cross - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Bass), Guitar (Electric)
- Mando Dorame - Saxophone
- Andy Patalan - Assistant Engineer
- Johnny Evans - Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
- Lamont Hyde - Assistant Engineer
- Jamie Seyberth - Engineer
- Mary Maurer - Art Direction
- Melanie Nissen - Photography
- Steve Baxter - Trombone
- Chris Codish - Piano
- Matthew Hanson - Assistant Engineer
Chart positions Album 1996 Wax Ecstatic The Billboard 200 No. 60 Singles 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
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