Porcelain is the second studio album by American rock band Sparta. It was released on July 13, 2004 by Geffen Records and peaked at number 60 on the Billboard 200. The first single released from the album was "Breaking the Broken."
Critical reception
Porcelain garnered a positive reception from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 62, based on 19 reviews.
Track listing
- According to Jim Ward, "P.O.M.E" stands for 'Paris Of the Middle East', referring to Beirut, which is Hajjar's birthplace.
Bonus tracks
- "Farewell Ruins" (Japan/UK/iTunes bonus track) – 3:17
- "Bombs & Us" (Japan bonus track) – 3:33
Personnel
Credits adapted from the Porcelain liner notes.
Sparta
- Jim Ward – guitar, vocals
- Paul Hinojos – guitar
- Matt Miller – bass
- Tony Hajjar – drums
Additional musicians
- Charlie Bisharat – violin
- Mario de Leon – violin
- Joel Derouin – violin
- Sara Parkins – violin
- Matt Funes – viola
- Dan Smith – cello
- Larry Corbett – cello
- Suzie Takayama – orchestration, string conductor
- Jessika Macias – French speaker on "From Now to Never"
Artwork
- Bill Scoville – graphic design, layout
- Jermaine Rogers – original swan illustration
Production
- Mike Major – producer
- Justin Leeah – ProTools engineer
- Ryan Castle – assistant engineer
- Andy Wallace – mixing <small>(Soundtrack Studios)</small>
- Steve Sisco – assistant mixing
- Mike Zinczenco – assistant mixing
- Tony Schloss – ProTools engineer
- Alan Yoshida – mastering <small>(Ocean Way Mastering)</small>
- Pat Sullivan – editing <small>(Bernie Grundman Mastering)</small>
Charts
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|+ Chart performance for Porcelain
!scope="col"|Chart (2004)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
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! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)
| style="text-align:center;"| 56
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References
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