Cake: B-Side and Rarities
This album is the first release Cake has commercially released since 2005, and for all of you fans out there, it's well worth the wait. The first track, the cover of "War Pigs", is another great cover in the traditional Cake fashion, although every time I hear it, it now makes me want to play Guitar Hero, ha. The second commendable song on here which made me squeal with joy was "Mahna, Mahna." This is a cover of the song on the Muppet Show with these weird puppets, my old roommate in college used to obsess over. Regardless, it was a blast from the past to see them covering this song. Yet another cover is the old salsa track "Never, Never Going To Give You Up." While this may be a previously released track, I remember this track by Tito Nieves as a child, and the quintessential Cake sound added to it, gives it a certain flavor. While the original can't be outdone, this spin on it was well appreciated.
Some of the additional tracks on here are different takes of previously released tracks such as "It's Coming Down" and "Short Skirt, Long Jacket". Remarkably done as per usual by the band, as well as the cover of "Strangers In The Night" which was used on the Stubbs The Zombie soundtrack. The mix between their old tracks, their soft, country sounding songs to their harder, more catchy songs balances this b-sides album very well. If you don't believe me, check out the clips yourself on iTunes:
iTunes - (link)
Amazon - (link)
Tracklist
- War Pigs
- Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To town
- Mahna, Mahna
- Excuse Me, I Think I've Got A Heartache
- Conroy
- Strangers In The Night
- Multiply The Heartaches
- Never, Never Gonna Give You Up
- Thrills
- Short Skirt, Long Jacket
- It's Coming Down
- War Pigs (Live)
- Is this Love (Bonus Track)
This album is the first release Cake has commercially released since 2005, and for all of you fans out there, it's well worth the wait. The first track, the cover of "War Pigs", is another great cover in the traditional Cake fashion, although every time I hear it, it now makes me want to play Guitar Hero, ha. The second commendable song on here which made me squeal with joy was "Mahna, Mahna." This is a cover of the song on the Muppet Show with these weird puppets, my old roommate in college used to obsess over. Regardless, it was a blast from the past to see them covering this song. Yet another cover is the old salsa track "Never, Never Going To Give You Up." While this may be a previously released track, I remember this track by Tito Nieves as a child, and the quintessential Cake sound added to it, gives it a certain flavor. While the original can't be outdone, this spin on it was well appreciated.
Some of the additional tracks on here are different takes of previously released tracks such as "It's Coming Down" and "Short Skirt, Long Jacket". Remarkably done as per usual by the band, as well as the cover of "Strangers In The Night" which was used on the Stubbs The Zombie soundtrack. The mix between their old tracks, their soft, country sounding songs to their harder, more catchy songs balances this b-sides album very well. If you don't believe me, check out the clips yourself on iTunes:
iTunes - (link)
Amazon - (link)
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