Comfort Eagle

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title: "Comfort Eagle" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2001-albums", "cake-(band)-albums", "columbia-records-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comfort_Eagle" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Comfort Eagle
type	studio
artist	Cake
cover	Cake Comfort Eagle.jpg
released
recorded	Paradise Studios in Sacramento, California, with additional recording at Hyde Street Studios in San Francisco, California
genre
length	36:55
label	Columbia
producer	Cake
prev_title	Prolonging the Magic
prev_year	1998
next_title	Pressure Chief
next_year	2004
misc	{{Singles
name	Comfort Eagle
type	album
single1	Short Skirt/Long Jacket
single1date	August 14, 2001
single2	Arco Arena
single2date	2001
single3	Love You Madly
single3date	2001
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| name = Comfort Eagle | type = studio | artist = Cake | cover = Cake Comfort Eagle.jpg | alt = | released = | recorded = Paradise Studios in Sacramento, California, with additional recording at Hyde Street Studios in San Francisco, California | studio = | genre = | length = 36:55 | label = Columbia | producer = Cake | prev_title = Prolonging the Magic | prev_year = 1998 | next_title = Pressure Chief | next_year = 2004 | misc = {{Singles | name = Comfort Eagle | type = album | single1 = Short Skirt/Long Jacket | single1date = August 14, 2001 | single2 = Arco Arena | single2date = 2001 | single3 = Love You Madly | single3date = 2001 Comfort Eagle is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band Cake. It was released on July 24, 2001, on Columbia Records, their first with the company.

Release

In its opening week, Comfort Eagle sold about 72,000 copies, debuting at number 13 on the Billboard 200. By 2002, the album had sold 408,000 copies. On February 2, 2003, it was certified gold by the RIAA for shipments of half a million copies.

The album's lead single was "Short Skirt/Long Jacket." The band asked fans to vote for the album's second single via their website, with the album's title track "Comfort Eagle" being the eventual winner, but its release as a single was canceled after the September 11 attacks. The band wrote: "Due to unforeseen changes in national media, CAKE must now change its upcoming single from 'Comfort Eagle' to 'Love You Madly' We apologize to those of you who voted for the latter, but due to its airplane, corporate, and Middle Eastern references, 'Comfort Eagle' has been deemed inappropriate for today's emotional climate."

Critical reception

| MC = 70/100 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = | rev2 = Alternative Press | rev2score = | rev3 = Blender | rev3score = | rev4 = Entertainment Weekly | rev4score = B− | rev6 = PopMatters | rev6score = 7/10 | rev7 = Q | rev7score = | rev8 = Rolling Stone | rev8score = | rev9 = Uncut | rev9score =

Comfort Eagle was generally well received by critics, some noting its similarity to the band's previous albums, for better or worse.

Track listing

| all_writing = John McCrea, unless otherwise noted | title1 = Opera Singer | writer1 = McCrea, Mark Kornweibel | length1 = 4:06 | title2 = Meanwhile, Rick James... | length2 = 3:57 | title3 = Shadow Stabbing | writer3 = McCrea, George Kane | length3 = 3:07 | title4 = Short Skirt/Long Jacket | length4 = 3:24 | title5 = Commissioning a Symphony in C | length5 = 2:59 | title6 = Arco Arena | length6 = 1:31 | title7 = Comfort Eagle | length7 = 3:40 | title8 = Long Line of Cars | length8 = 3:24 | title9 = Love You Madly | length9 = 3:58 | title10 = Pretty Pink Ribbon | length10 = 3:08 | title11 = World of Two | length11 = 3:41 | total_length = 36:55

Personnel

Cake

• John McCrea – vocals, acoustic & electric guitar, keyboards, bass, drum programming, percussion
• Vince DiFiore – trumpet, keyboards, backing vocals
• Xan McCurdy – electric guitar, percussion, backing vocals
• Gabriel Nelson – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
• Todd Roper – drums, percussion, Moog synthesizer, backing vocals

Guest musician

• Tyler Pope – keyboard, electric guitar ("Opera Singer", "Short Skirt/Long Jacket", "Arco Arena")

Production

• Cake – production, arrangements, mixing
• Kirt Shearer – mixing
• David Cole – mixing
• Craig Long – mixing
• Gabriel Shepard – mixing
• Don C. Taylor – mastering

Charts

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Year	Chart	Position
2001	Billboard 200	13
Top Internet Albums	2
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Chart (2001)	Position	Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)
151
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Year	Single	Chart	Position
2001	"Short Skirt/Long Jacket"	Modern Rock Tracks	7
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Certifications

References

References

1. "Week Ending Jan. 16, 2011: Albums: Even Lower Chart Watch – Yahoo! Music". [[Yahoo! News]].
2. Archive-David-Basham. "Got Charts? Sympathy For Mariah, 2001's Biggest Flops, Nine Inch Nails' Chart Algebra".
3. "RIAA – Gold & Platinum Searchable Database – June 08, 2013". [[RIAA.
4. [https://web.archive.org/web/20011021050032/http://www.cakemusic.com/news.html CAKE News Newsflash for Week of September 24, 2001]
5. "Critic Reviews for ''Comfort Eagle'' – Metacritic". [[Metacritic]].
6. Vanderhoff, Mark. "''Comfort Eagle'' – Cake : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". [[AllRovi]].
7. Serpick, Evan. (August 3, 2001). "Cake: ''Comfort Eagle'' Review ". [[Entertainment Weekly]].
8. Fowler, Shan. (July 23, 2001). "Cake: ''Comfort Eagle'' ". [[PopMatters]].
9. Berger, Arion. (July 24, 2001). "Cake: ''Comfort Eagle'' : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". [[Rolling Stone.
10. "Cake's {{'}}''Comfort''{{'}} Soars Like an {{'}}''Eagle''{{'". [[Billboard (magazine).
11. "Top 200 Albums of 2001 (based on sales)".

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