Comfort Eagle

In its opening week, Comfort Eagle sold about 72,000 copies, debuting at number 13 on the Billboard 200.{{cite web|url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-jan-16-2011-albums-even-lower.html |title=Week Ending Jan. 16, 2011: Albums: Even Lower Chart Watch – Yahoo! Music |work=Yahoo! News |accessdate=June 9, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927130504/http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-jan-16-2011-albums-even-lower.html |archivedate=September 27, 2013 }} By 2002, the album had sold 408,000 copies.{{Cite web|last=Archive-David-Basham|title=Got Charts? Sympathy For Mariah, 2001's Biggest Flops, Nine Inch Nails' Chart Algebra|url=https://kissking.net/news/1452106/got-charts-sympathy-for-mariah-2001s-biggest-flops-nine-inch-nails-chart-algebra/|access-date=2022-02-13|website=MTV News|language=en}} On February 2, 2003, it was certified gold by the RIAA for shipments of half a million copies.{{cite web|url=http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Cake&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25 |title=RIAA – Gold & Platinum Searchable Database – June 08, 2013 |work=riaa.com |accessdate=June 9, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151213131808/http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Cake&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25 |archivedate=December 13, 2015 }}

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, however this single release was cancelled 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."[https://web.archive.org/web/20011021050032/http://www.cakemusic.com/news.html CAKE News Newsflash for Week of September 24, 2001]

{{music ratings

| MC = 70/100{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/comfort-eagle/cake/critic-reviews |title=Critic Reviews for Comfort Eagle – Metacritic |work=Metacritic |accessdate=June 4, 2013}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/comfort-eagle-mw0000010775 |title=Comfort Eagle – Cake : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic |last=Vanderhoff |first=Mark |work=AllMusic |publisher=AllRovi |accessdate=June 4, 2013}}

| rev2 = Alternative Press

| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}

| rev3 = Blender

| rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}

| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev4score = B−{{cite web |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,255500,00.html |title=Cake: Comfort Eagle Review | Music Reviews and News | ew.com |last=Serpick |first=Evan |date=August 3, 2001 |work=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=June 4, 2013 |archive-date=May 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501043940/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,255500,00.html |url-status=dead }}

| rev6 = PopMatters

| rev6score = 7/10{{cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/cake-comfort |title=Cake: Comfort Eagle | PopMatters |last=Fowler |first=Shan |date=July 23, 2001 |work=PopMatters |accessdate=June 4, 2013}}

| rev7 = Q

| rev7score = {{rating|3|5}}

| rev8 = Rolling Stone

| rev8score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url=http://rollingstone.com/artists/cake/albums/album/284053/review/5943001/comfort_eagle |title=Cake: Comfort Eagle : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone |last=Berger |first=Arion |work=rollingstone.com |date=July 24, 2001 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017145634/http://rollingstone.com/artists/cake/albums/album/284053/review/5943001/comfort_eagle |archivedate=October 17, 2007 |url-status=dead |accessdate=June 4, 2013}}

| rev9 = Uncut

| rev9score = {{rating|4|5}}

}}

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

}}

;Cake

• John McCrea – vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards, percussion
• Vince DiFiore – trumpet, keyboards, backing vocals
• Xan McCurdy – electric guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
• Gabriel Nelson – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
• Todd Roper – drums, percussion, Moog synthesizer, backing vocals
• Tyler Pope – keyboard, electric guitar ("Opera Singer", "Short Skirt/Long Jacket", "Arco Arena")

;Technical

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

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