Cake - Comfort Eagle
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Artist: CakeEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-07-24
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Opera Singer
- Meanwhile, Rick James...
- Shadow Stabbing
- Short Skirt/Long Jacket
- Commissioning A Symphony In C
- Arco Arena
- Comfort Eagle
- Long Line Of Cars
- Love You Madly
- Pretty Pink Ribbon
- World Of Two
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Free Music Review: Interesting new find
Hit: 4 Stars
I stumbled across this group when I overheard a catchy bass riff with lyrics about a short skirt and long jacket. I googled those words and it brought me to Cake. I bought the mp3's here on Amazon (got to love DRM-free mp3's) and this has become my new favorite band. I love the style and attitude of the singer with its clever lyrics. I was reacquainted with back-in-the-day memorable lyrics like "no phone, no phone" and "somebody left with the cup". The free samples accurately reflect the entire content of this album.
Comfort Eagle Poster
When two-fifths of Cake defected to form Deathray after the release of their sophomore album, Fashion Nugget, some wondered if Sacramento's answer to Camper Van Beethoven would disappear into the land of one-hit wonders--especially since Cake's lone hit, "The Distance," had been penned by departing guitarist Greg Brown. But true to bandleader John McCrea's deadpan cover of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive," Cake turned around and repeated their success with 1998's Prolonging the Magic and its infectious hit, "Never There." Now comes Comfort Eagle, and, with it, news of drummer Todd Roper's departure (which probably explains the addition of drum programming to McCrea's ever-expanding credits). Like Beck, McCrea's self-sufficiency is only matched by an overriding ironic sensibility. It serves him well on the title track where, above mock Middle Eastern drones, he takes on all poseurs ("Now his hat is on backwards, he can show you his tattoos / He's in the music business, he is calling you 'dude'"). By comparison, "Short Skirt/Long Jacket," a song that dates back to McCrae's coffeehouse years, sounds formulaic (which probably explains its selection as the album's first single). No matter, tracks like "Long Line of Cars" and "Meanwhile, Rick James..." are sufficiently intriguing to make up for it. Factor in the distinctive trumpet embellishments of Vincent DiFiore, the band's other original member, and Comfort Eagle seems guaranteed to ensure that, no matter what happens, Cake will survive. --Bill FormanAlternative Rock Music CDs
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