A Piece of Cake (EP)

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A Piece of Cake
Piece of cake cover.jpg
EP by
Released1996
Genre Alternative
Length20:43
Label Capricorn
Producer Cake
Cake chronology
Tour Nuggets
(1995)
A Piece of Cake
(1996)
Fashion Nugget
(1996)

A Piece of Cake is an EP released by the alternative rock band Cake in 1996. The EP/Sampler was released as a teaser to the then-upcoming album Fashion Nugget . For an unknown reason, "The Distance" is listed and pressed twice into the CD; [1] once at the beginning, and once at the end.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Distance" – 3:00
  2. "Friend Is a Four Letter Word" – 3:17
  3. "Daria" 3:44
  4. "Open Book" – 3:44
  5. "Frank Sinatra" – 3:58
  6. "The Distance" – 3:00

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References

  1. Track listing Archived August 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine