Marcy Playground's eponymous debut is a well-intentioned but somewhat muddled collection of straightforward post-grunge alt-pop. Songs like "Sex and Candy" capture the band at their best, turning out hard-edged, melodic pop songs with strong hooks and backbeats. Unfortunately, they don't quite have their craft perfected -- only a handful of the songs on the album are as memorable as the single. Still, those moments are what make Marcy Playground a promising, albeit imperfect, debut. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Post-grunge was a huge fail. This is clearly evident by post-grunge churning out emo. None of it has anything to do with the awesomeness that was grunge, but someone had to put that label on it, and that's too bad.
i agree this is a great album whats said above is a narrow minded view on music. sex and candy was a single and the reason countless people bought this album never giving thought to the other tracks on the album because it was completely different then the song they bought the album for. some of the songs deal with drug addiction some make no sense at all and some deal with suicide. its a same we have fat headed people like Stephen Thomas Erlewine of all music guide reviewing music.
i disagree with the what is said above about the album. Sex and candy is a good song but i think it is the weakest song on the album. i think it is great. just what i think