Welcome to another week of “how low can you go” on the Billboard album charts. Cake’s Showroom of Compassion takes the #1 spot with a paltry 44,000 units sold. It’s the California band’s first chart-topper, and a notable achievement considering their six year absence, however, scoring a #1 album with a number that’s half if not a third the number of the average #1 album is somewhat dubious. Cake scores one of four debuts in this week’s Top 20. Kentucky […]
Posts tagged "Showroom of Compassion"
The Viewfinder: Cake’s “Sick of You”
I was so psyched that Cake had come out with a new single that it never even occurred to me that a video would follow! “Sick of You” continues the San Francisco band’s long string of visually quirky offerings. From John McCrea’s rapidly changing headgear to the random explosions to the dancing rabbits, this video’s definitely good for a couple of chuckles. The song’s pretty damn good, too. I’m not sure how possible it is to be more excited about […]
I Will Never “Get Sick” of Cake!!
Cake may be kind of a one-note band, but damn it, that one note is glorious!! John McCrea and his boys have been away for far too long, but they’ve been in the limelight lately thanks to the magic of licensing. “Short Skirt/Long Jacket” has been given a new life via those iPod ads, and just like that, Cake is back with their first single in six years, called “Sick of You”. All of the elements of classic Cake are […]
