Cake (album)
Cake | ||||
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Released | 25 June 1990 | |||
Studio | Shabby Road Studios, Kilmarnock | |||
Genre | Indie pop, jangle pop | |||
Length | 39:31 | |||
Label | Go!/London Recordings[1] | |||
Producer | John Leckie, Roger Bechirian[2] | |||
The Trash Can Sinatras chronology | ||||
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Entertainment Weekly | B+[4] |
Cake is the debut studio album by Scottish pop/rock band The Trash Can Sinatras, released in 1990.[5][6]
The album peaked at No. 74 on the UK Albums Chart.[7]
Production
The album was recorded at Shabby Road, the band's studio that was paid for with their record advance.[8]
Critical reception
Trouser Press called the album "exceptionally good" and "pristine-sounding," writing that the producers add "an occasional light brush of cool jazz to the folky spines of the band’s witty and agile tunes."[1] Entertainment Weekly wrote: "Loaded with bright splashes of guitar and vocal harmonies, the five-member Scottish group Trash Can Sinatras’ debut album is breezy pop with a backbeat and mercifully little attitude."[4] The Los Angeles Times called the album "tasty but hardly gripping."[9] The Washington Post wrote that Cake "crafts elegant neo-pop soundscapes from little more than vocal harmonies and chiming semi-acoustic guitar riffs and strums."[10] Time called it "an excellent brand of pub pop: simple, insinuating melodies, lyrics with propulsive good humor."[11]
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Obscurity Knocks" | 4:13 |
2. | "Maybe I Should Drive" | 3:40 |
3. | "Thrupenny Tears" | 5:15 |
4. | "Even the Odd" | 3:25 |
5. | "The Best Man's Fall" | 3:43 |
6. | "Circling the Circumference" | 2:40 |
7. | "Funny" | 4:16 |
8. | "Only Tongue Can Tell" | 3:45 |
9. | "You Made Me Feel" | 4:10 |
10. | "January's Little Joke" | 4:47 |
Personnel
- The Trash Can Sinatras
- Francis Reader - vocals
- John Douglas, Paul Livingston - guitar
- George McDaid - bass
- Stephen Douglas - drums
with:
- Clark Sorley - piano on "Maybe I Should Drive", "Thrupenny Tears" and "You Made Me Feel", keyboards on "Only Tongue Can Tell"
- Ronnie Goodman - percussion on "Thrupenny Tears"
- Audrey Riley - strings on "Thrupenny Tears" and "Funny"
- Gavin McComb - cello on "The Best Man's Fall"
- Clare Thompson - violin on "Only Tongue Can Tell"
- Mags, Richeal Reader - backing vocals on "Circling the Circumference"
References
- ^ a b "Trash Can Sinatras". Trouser Press. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 246.
- ^ "Cake - The Trash Can Sinatras | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ a b "Cake". EW.com.
- ^ "The Trash Can Sinatras | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ "I'm Your Fan". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. 11 October 1999 – via Google Books.
- ^ "TRASH CAN SINATRAS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
- ^ "The Quietus | Reviews | Trashcan Sinatras". The Quietus.
- ^ "POP MUSIC REVIEW : Trash Can Sinatras Do It Their Way". Los Angeles Times. 22 December 1990.
- ^ Jenkins, Mark (27 February 1991). "RECORDINGS" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- ^ "Critics' Voices: Feb. 11, 1991". 11 February 1991 – via content.time.com.