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]
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
Titel Writer(s) 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
Cake
John McCrea – vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards, percussion
Vince DiFiore – trumpet, keyboards, backing vocals
Xan McCurdy – electric guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Gabriel Nelson – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Todd Roper – drums, percussion, Moog synthesizer , backing vocals
Tyler Pope – keyboard, electric guitar ("Opera Singer", "Short Skirt/Long Jacket", "Arco Arena")
Technical
Kirt Shearer – mixing
David Cole – mixing
Craig Long – mixing
Gabriel Shepard – mixing
Don C. Taylor – mastering
Album
Year-end
Single
Year
Single
Chart
Position
2001
"Short Skirt/Long Jacket"[ 9]
Modern Rock Tracks
7
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