Leaving Wonderland... in a Fit of Rage is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band Marcy Playground, released on July 7, 2009 by WOZ Records. It was begun as a John Wozniak solo album. The album's first single was "Blackbird". A remix album, Indaba Remixes from Wonderland, followed in 2010.

Production

The album was produced by Jeff Dawson and John Wozniak; Wozniak had appreciated Dawson's production work at Mushroom Studios. Its lyrics were inspired by a difficult period in the singer's life. Leaving Wonderland... in a Fit of Rage was recorded in part with original band member Dylan Keefe. The band added drummer Shlomi Lavie after the album was completed.

Critical reception

Exclaim! called the album "a tribute to the opiate-inspired, alt-rock tradition [the band] once popularized." The Star Tribune deemed it "a slightly rootsier update of the group's quirky style." The Star-News labeled it "sonically diverse and intensely personal." The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review determined that "the music still has a dark aspect and it's still pop; it's just radio that has stopped paying attention." The Toronto Sun considered the album to be "a fairly enjoyable and varied set of mellow Beatle-pop and roots, peppered with surprisingly crunchy guitar-rockers." The Intelligencer Journal concluded that "all 12 songs on Leaving Wonderland ... are excellent, driven by Wozniak's gift for melody." AllMusic wrote that "it deserves to be heard by a wider audience as it proves that there's more to Marcy Playground and Wozniak than one grunge-era hit."

Track listing

All songs written by John Wozniak.

Personnel

Marcy Playground (Touring members) Additional personnel (in studio only)

Production

Recorded at Mushroom Studios, Vancouver, BC Mixed at Harbourside Studios, N. Vancouver, BC Mastered at Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine