Sacrificial Cake

{{short description|1995 album}}

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{{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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