Sacrificial Cake
{{short description|1995 album}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Sacrificial Cake
| type = Album
| artist = Jarboe
| cover = Jarboe - Sacrificial Cake.jpg
| alt =
| released = June 9, 1995
| recorded = Plastikville Studios, East Village, New York
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 60:44
| label = Alternative Tentacles
| producer = Jarboe
| prev_title = Beautiful People Ltd
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = Anhedoniac
| next_year = 1998
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |first=Ned |last=Raggett |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r254636|pure_url=yes}}|title=Sacrificial Cake |website=Allmusic |accessdate=March 28, 2013}}
|rev2 = NME
|rev2Score = {{Rating|7|10}}{{cite journal |last=columnist |journal=NME |date=October 7, 1995 |page=49 }}
}}
Sacrificial Cake is the second studio album by Jarboe. It was released in 1995 through Alternative Tentacles, and is an accompaniment to Drainland by fellow Swans member Michael Gira.{{cite web |first1=John |last1=Leland |first2=David |last2=Sheridan |first3=Glenn |last3=Kenny |first4=Scott |last4=Frampton |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=swans |title=Swans |publisher=Trouser Press |year=2007 |accessdate=March 28, 2013}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Jarboe, except "My Buried Child" by Michael Gira
| title1 = Lavender Girl
| length1 = 4:37
| title2 = Ode to V
| length2 = 7:26
| title3 = Shimmer
| note3 = instrumental
| length3 = 2:16
| title4 = My Buried Child
| length4 = 2:11
| title5 = Not Logical
| length5 = 5:26
| title6 = Spiral Staircase
| length6 = 4:25
| title7 = Yum-Yab
| length7 = 2:55
| title8 = Surgical Saviour
| length8 = 4:17
| title9 = Caché Toi
| length9 = 0:26
| title10 = Tragic Seed
| length10 = 2:13
| title11 = Troll Lullaby
| length11 = 3:11
| title12 = Deflowered
| length12 = 3:41
| title13 = The Body Lover
| length13 = 3:37
| title14 = Shimmer
| length14 = 3:18
| title15 = Act III
| length15 = 1:46
| title16 = Troll
| length16 = 8:45
| total_length = 60:44
}}
Personnel
;Musicians
- Jarboe – vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass guitar, tape, production
- Michael Gira – acoustic guitar (4), mixing, design
- Lary Seven – electric guitar, double bass, percussion, engineering
- Michael Evans – drums (2, 15, 16)
;Production and additional personnel
- Chris Griffin – mastering
- Berry Kamer – production and recording (4)
- Clinton Steele – mixing
- Deryk Thomas – painting
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master |master=8418 |name=Sacrificial Cake}}
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