B-Sides and Rarities (Cake album)

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B-Sides and Rarities
Compilation album by Cake
Released	October 2007
Genre	Alternative
Length	35:01 (Standard), 40:21 (Limited Edition)
Label	Upbeat
Cake chronology
Extra Value (2004) B-Sides and Rarities (2007) Live at the Crystal Palace (2008)
Alternate cover
Original cover for "Rarities" posted on the band's website before full album title was announced

B-Sides and Rarities (originally referred to as just Rarities on the band's website) is the first rarities compilation album, and sixth album overall, by Cake, an alternative rock band from Sacramento, California. It features several cover songs, including Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" and Barry White's "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up."

A limited edition version of the album features a bonus track, a live version of "War Pigs" featuring Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips.^[1] It also features a scratch and sniff cover with "five different CD cover/scent variations (including red/fresh cut roses, yellow/banana, brown/leather, green/fresh cut grass and purple/grape)."^[2]

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Limited Edition 1.2 iTunes Bonus Track 2 Personnel 2.1 Cake 2.2 Special guests 2.3 Credits 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "War Pigs" — 3:54 (Black Sabbath cover)
2. "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" — 2:55 (Kenny Rogers cover)
3. "Mahna, Mahna" — 2:54 (A cover of the song made popular by the Muppets)
4. "Excuse Me, I Think I've Got a Heartache" — 2:21 (Buck Owens cover)
5. "Conroy" — 3:01
6. "Strangers in the Night" — 2:51 (Frank Sinatra cover)
7. "Subtract One Love (Multiply the Heartaches)" — 2:47 (George Jones cover)
8. "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" — 3:50 (Barry White cover)
9. "Thrills" — 2:58 (The Chakachas cover; the original title being "Stories")
10. "Short Skirt, Long Jacket" (Live at Triple M) — 3:16
11. "It's Coming Down" (Live at Pure FM) — 4:12

[edit] Limited Edition

12. "War Pigs (Live)" — 5:20 (featuring Steven Drozd)

[edit] iTunes Bonus Track

12. "Is This Love? (Live)" — 4:30

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Cake

• Vince DiFiore — trumpet, keyboard, harmony vocals
• John McCrea — acoustic guitar, lead vocals
• Xan McCurdy — electric guitar, background vocals
• Gabe Nelson — bass guitar, keyboard, background vocals

[edit] Special guests

• Paulo Baldi — drums on tracks 4, 10, 11
• Greg Brown — guitar, organ on tracks 7, 8, 9
• Victor Damiani — bass on tracks 7, 8, 9
• Pete McNeal — drums on tracks 1, 2, 3
• Tyler Pope — keyboards, guitar on track 5
• Todd Roper — drums on tracks 7, 8, 9

[edit] Credits

• Produced, arranged, & mixed by Cake
• Additional mixing by Patrick Olguin
• Mastered by Patrick Olguin at Velvet Tone South, Sacramento, CA
• Design by Aesthetic Apparatus

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• http://www.cakemusic.com/

v • d • e CAKE John McCrea • Vince DiFiore • Xan McCurdy • Gabe Nelson • Paulo Baldi Former Members: Greg Brown • Victor Damiani • Shon Meckfessel • Pete McNeal • Todd Roper • Frank French Studio albums Motorcade of Generosity • Fashion Nugget • Prolonging the Magic • Comfort Eagle • Pressure Chief Compilations B-Sides and Rarities • Live at the Crystal Palace Demo Tapes & EPs Is This Love? • Three Song Sampler • Extra Value Singles Rock 'N' Roll Lifestyle • Jolene • Ruby Sees All • I Will Survive • The Distance • Frank Sinatra • Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps • Friend is a Four Letter Word • Never There • Let Me Go • You Turn the Screws • Sheep Go to Heaven • Short Skirt/Long Jacket • Arco Arena • Love You Madly • No Phone • The Guitar Man • Carbon Monoxide Related articles Discography • Deathray