The Sea and Cake (album)

The Sea and Cake
Studio album by the Sea and Cake
Released	October 20, 1994 (1994-10-20)
Recorded	September 1993
Studio	Idful, Chicago, Illinois
Genre	Indie rock post-rock
Length	44:59
Label	Thrill Jockey
Producer	Brad Wood
The Sea and Cake chronology
The Sea and Cake (1994) Nassau (1995)

The Sea and Cake is the debut studio album by American indie rock band the Sea and Cake. It was released on October 20, 1994 by Thrill Jockey. ^[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Chicago Tribune	[3]
Guitar World	[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]

A Chicago Tribune reviewer wrote "The quartet has all the sleepy, idiosyncratic charm of Prekop’s former band, and the album [...] is recorded with a dry, close-up quality that highlights the combo’s jazz shadings". ^[3] Writing for Guitar World , Jim Testa noted the group's "impeccable indie-rock credentials" and reviewed the album as "more like an afterthought than a fully realized project". ^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Jacking the Ball"	3:50
2.	"Polio"	5:24
3.	"Bring My Car I Feel to Smash It"	4:25
4.	"Flat Lay the Water"	4:51
5.	"Choice Blanket"	5:10
6.	"Culabra Cut"	3:02
7.	"Bombay"	3:59
8.	"Showboat Angel"	4:37
9.	"So Long to the Captain"	5:04
10.	"Lost in Autumn"	4:37

References

1. "The Sea and Cake by The Sea and Cake". Apple Music . Retrieved May 16, 2020.
2. Ankeny, Jason. "The Sea and Cake – The Sea and Cake". AllMusic . Retrieved March 31, 2018.
3. Kot, Greg (December 8, 1994). "The Sea And Cake: The Sea And Cake (Thrill Jockey)". Chicago Tribune . Archived from the original on January 8, 2025. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
4. Testa, Jim (July 1995). "Reviews: Indie Soundcheck". Guitar World . Vol. 15, no. 7. New York, New York: Stanley R. Harris. p. 105.
5. Kot, Greg (2004). "The Sea and Cake". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp.  722–23. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.