Motorcade of Generosity

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All Music Guide - Darryl Cater
A new addition to the ever-growing quirk-rock genre, Cake's funky guitar rock recalls the absurdity of Phish's genre-hopping jams and vocalist John McCrea's nasal levity is a dead ringer for Phish's Trey Anastasio. There are a few entertaining songs on Motorcade of Generosity: "Rock'n'Roll Lifestyle" is a thoroughly laudable send-up of the excesses of rock fans; "Jolene" begins as their most tightly crafted song and then dissolves into a deliciously messy jam session. Quirky music does demand a high standard of consistency because its triviality can easily become tiresome, and Cake's minimalist jams occasionally get repetitive their spare arrangements use two guitars, ...
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - Darryl Cater
A new addition to the ever-growing quirk-rock genre, Cake's funky guitar rock recalls the absurdity of Phish's genre-hopping jams and vocalist John McCrea's nasal levity is a dead ringer for Phish's Trey Anastasio. There are a few entertaining songs on Motorcade of Generosity: "Rock'n'Roll Lifestyle" is a thoroughly laudable send-up of the excesses of rock fans; "Jolene" begins as their most tightly crafted song and then dissolves into a deliciously messy jam session. Quirky music does demand a high standard of consistency because its triviality can easily become tiresome, and Cake's minimalist jams occasionally get repetitive their spare arrangements use two guitars, bass, drums, and a horn. But there are enough standouts here to easily qualify Motorcade as a keeper.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 6/9/2009
  • Label: Upbeat
  • UPC: 744626995721
  • Catalog Number: 2
  • Sales rank: 13,223

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Comanche (2:09)
  2. 2 Ruby Sees All (3:00)
  3. 3 Up So Close (3:13)
  4. 4 Pentagram (2:19)
  5. 5 Jolene (5:19)
  6. 6 Haze Of Love (3:07)
  7. 7 You Part The Waters (2:50)
  8. 8 Is This Love? (3:19)
  9. 9 Jesus Wrote A Blank Check (3:10)
  10. 10 Rock'n'Roll Lifestyle (4:14)
  11. 11 I Bombed Korea (2:19)
  12. 12 Mr. Mastodon Farm (5:27)
  13. 13 Ain't No Good (2:39)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Cake Primary Artist
Victor Damiani Bass
Vince Di Fiore Trumpet
John McCrea Guitar, Vocals
Todd Roper Drums
Greg Brown Organ, Guitar
Technical Credits
Cake Producer
Joe Johnston Engineer
John McCrea Composer
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