Comfort Eagle is the fourth studio album by American band Cake. It was released on 24 July 2001. Comfort Eagle was Cake's first release on Columbia Records.
On its opening week, Comfort Eagle sold about 72,000 copies, debuting at number 13 on the Billboard 200.[5] On February 2, 2003 the album was certified gold by the RIAA for shipments of half a million copies.[6]
[edit] Track listing
All songs written and composed by John McCrea, unless otherwise noted.
| Writer(s) |
| 1. |
"Opera Singer" |
McCrea, Mark Kornweibel |
4:06 |
| 2. |
"Meanwhile, Rick James..." |
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3:57 |
| 3. |
"Shadow Stabbing" |
McCrea, George Kane |
3:07 |
| 4. |
"Short Skirt/Long Jacket" |
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3:24 |
| 5. |
"Commissioning a Symphony in C" |
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2:59 |
| 6. |
"Arco Arena" |
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1:31 |
| 7. |
"Comfort Eagle" |
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3:40 |
| 8. |
"Long Line of Cars" |
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3:24 |
| 9. |
"Love You Madly" |
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3:58 |
| 10. |
"Pretty Pink Ribbon" |
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3:08 |
| 11. |
"World of Two" |
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3:41 |
[edit] Personnel
- John McCrea - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, bass, drum programming, percussion
- Vince DiFiore - trumpet, keyboards, background vocals
- Xan McCurdy - electric guitar, percussion, background vocals
- Gabriel Nelson - bass guitar, keyboards, background vocals
- Todd Roper - drums, percussion, moog, background vocals
- Tyler Pope - keyboard, electric guitar
- Kirt Shearer - Mixing
- David Cole - Mixing
- Craig Long - Mixing
- Gabriel Shepard - Mixing
- Don C. Taylor - Mastering
[edit] Miscellaneous
- The song "Comfort Eagle" was included in the original soundtrack for the film Shallow Hal.
- The song "Comfort Eagle" was slated to be the album's second single, but its release was cancelled after 9/11 due to its lyrics mentioning airplanes and stepping from ledges. "Love You Madly" was instead released as the second single.
- The song "Shadow Stabbing" appears in the opening credits of the movies Orange County and Wordplay.
- The song "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" is featured in the soundtrack of the film All About Steve, the movie Waitress, and the ER episode "Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic". An instrumental portion of the song is used as the theme song to the NBC show Chuck. The song was also used in a 2010 Apple iPod Nano TV ad and on BBC Football show Match of The Day.
- The song "Love You Madly" is featured in the 2008 film Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
- The song "Love You Madly" was used in Episode 2 of Season 1 of Smallville.
- The song "Love You Madly" is used in a promo for PBS Kids.
- The song "Arco Arena" is sampled by Jay-Z for his song "Guns & Roses".
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year |
Chart |
Position |
| 2001 |
The Billboard 200 |
13 |
| Top Canadian Albums |
7 |
| Top Internet Albums |
2 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year |
Single |
Chart |
Position |
| 2001 |
"Short Skirt/Long Jacket" |
Bubbling Under the Hot 100 |
24 |
| Adult Top 40 |
31 |
| Modern Rock Tracks |
7 |
[edit] References
- ^ Mark Vanderhoff. "Comfort Eagle". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r544316. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ Evan Serpick (30 July 2001). "Comfort Eagle Review". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,169206~4~0~cakecomforteagle,00.html. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ Piero Scaruffi. "Cake". scaruffi.com. http://www.scaruffi.com/vol5/cake.html. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ Shan Fowler (23 July 2001). "Cake: Comfort Eagle". PopMatters. http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/cake-comfort. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ Grein, Paul (January 19, 2011). "Week Ending Jan. 16, 2011: Albums: Even Lower". Yahoo! News. http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/73781/week-ending-jan-16-2011-albums-even-lower/. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
- ^ "Gold & Platinum - Search Results: Cake". Recording Industry Association of America. http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Cake&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved 2011-01-23.
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