{"id":11924,"date":"2007-06-29T21:14:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-29T21:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2007\/06\/29\/cake-b-sides-and-rarities-review\/"},"modified":"2007-06-29T21:14:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-29T21:14:00","slug":"cake-b-sides-and-rarities-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2007\/06\/29\/cake-b-sides-and-rarities-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Cake – B-Sides and Rarities Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Full disclosure: similar to some other reviews I’ve written<\/a>, I recently received a copy of Cake<\/a>’s B-Sides and Rarities<\/i><\/a> from Special Ops Media in return for writing a review.<\/p>\n

Here is the press release:<\/p>\n

This limited edition configuration features special “Scratch and Sniff” album art, plus an exclusive War Pigs<\/i> live bonus track with special guest Steven Drozd of the Flaming Lips. You will not find these songs on any other CAKE studio album.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Full track list:<\/p>\n

    \"Cake<\/a><\/p>\n
  1. War Pigs <\/li>\n
  2. Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town <\/li>\n
  3. Mahna Mahna <\/li>\n
  4. Excuse Me, I Think I’ve Got A Heartache <\/li>\n
  5. Conroy<\/li>\n
  6. Strangers in the Night<\/li>\n
  7. Subtract One Love (Multiply the Heartaches)<\/li>\n
  8. Never, Never Gonna Give You Up<\/li>\n
  9. Thrills<\/li>\n
  10. Short Skirt, Long Jacket <\/li>\n
  11. It’s Coming Down<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If you visit the official page, you can listen to samples of all of the tracks as well as download the full MP3 of War Pigs<\/i>. <\/p>\n

    I really enjoyed the compilation. In particular, Cake’s cover of Mahna, Mahna<\/i> was a lot of fun and their cover of Black Sabbath’s War Pigs<\/i> was surprisingly good. One small gripe, though: did they really need to include Short Skirt, Long Jacket<\/i>? I know that it’s one of their most recognizable tunes, but I think that Cake fans, their main audience for such a compilation, would prefer an unreleased track or at least a different mix of a released track instead of an album cut. That aside, the rest of the compilation will definitely satisfy Cake fans as well as act as a nice sampler for people unfamiliar with their work.<\/p>\n

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