We’re kicking off a new roundtable series revisiting the dreaded sophomore slumps of successful bands from the 1990s. The first album we’re checking out is the 1996 album Wax Ecstatic by Sponge with special guests Chip Midnight of KidsInterviewBands.com and Jeff Takacs of Rocketfuel Podcast. With two hit singles and a gold record on their debut Rotting Pinata, their second album took a number of unexpected twists that may have thrown critics and listeners for a loop, but the lack of an killer chorus or hook like on the first record may have doomed them as well. We try to figure out whether or not this sophomore slump is worth redeeming.
Songs in this Episode:
Big Hate - You're Soaking In It | 90s Album Review
311 - Grassroots | 90s Album Review
Bruce Springsteen In The 90s | Roundtable
The Dwarves - The Dwarves Are Young and Good Looking | 90s Album Review
Subrosa - Never Bet The Devil Your Head | 90s Album Review
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill | 90s Album Review
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral | 90s Album Review
Buffalo Tom - Let Me Come Over | 90s Album Review
Damon and Naomi - More Sad Hits | 90s Album Review
Finger Eleven - Tip | 90s Album Review
Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View | 90s Album Review
Frente! - Marvin the Album | 90s Album Review
Superchunk - Foolish | 90s Album Review
Muse - Showbiz | 90s Album Review
INXS - Full Moon, Dirty Hearts | 90s Album Review
Monique Powell of Save Ferris | 90s Artist Interview
Supergrass - In It for the Money | 90s Album Review
Pollen - The Glorious Couch Life | 90s Album Review
Hobey Echlin of Majesty Crush | 90s Artist Interview
Dredg - Leitmotif | 90s Album Review
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