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| Released | July 24, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | Paradise Studios in Sacramento, California, with additional recording at Hyde Street Studios in San Francisco, California | |||
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| Length | 36:55 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Cake | |||
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Comfort Eagle is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band Cake. It was released on July 24, 2001, on Columbia Records, their first with the company.
In its opening week, Comfort Eagle sold about 72,000 copies, debuting at number 13 on the Billboard 200. [1] By 2002, the album had sold 408,000 copies. [2] On February 2, 2003, it was certified gold by the RIAA for shipments of half a million copies. [3]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 70/100 [4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Alternative Press | [4] |
| Blender | [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B− [6] |
| PopMatters | 7/10 [4] [7] |
| Q | [4] |
| Rolling Stone | [8] |
| Uncut | [4] |
Comfort Eagle was generally well received by critics, some noting its similarity to the band's previous albums, for better or worse. [4] [5]
All tracks are written by John McCrea, unless otherwise noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Opera Singer" | McCrea, Mark Kornweibel | 4:06 |
| 2. | "Meanwhile, Rick James..." | 3:57 | |
| 3. | "Shadow Stabbing" | McCrea, George Kane | 3:07 |
| 4. | "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" | 3:24 | |
| 5. | "Commissioning a Symphony in C" | 2:59 | |
| 6. | "Arco Arena" | 1:31 | |
| 7. | "Comfort Eagle" | 3:40 | |
| 8. | "Long Line of Cars" | 3:24 | |
| 9. | "Love You Madly" | 3:58 | |
| 10. | "Pretty Pink Ribbon" | 3:08 | |
| 11. | "World of Two" | 3:41 | |
| Total length: | 36:55 | ||
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Billboard 200 [9] | 13 |
| Top Internet Albums [9] | 2 |
| Chart (2001) | Position |
|---|---|
| Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [10] | 151 |
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" [9] | Modern Rock Tracks | 7 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (Music Canada) [11] | Gold | 50,000^ |
| United States (RIAA) [12] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
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