Pressure Chief

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Pressure Chief is the 5th album by Cake, an alternative rock band from Sacramento, California. Pressure Chief was released on October 5, 2004 (after it was pushed back from its original August release date), and contains eleven songs, ten originals and one cover. It was produced by the band, and recorded in a converted house in Sacramento. It reached #17 on the Billboard 200 but fell to #55 the following week. The lead single, "No Phone", peaked at #13 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. Second single, "The Guitar Man", garnered some airplay but failed to crack the Modern Rock Tracks top 40.

Track listing

1. "Wheels" (3:18)
2. "No Phone" (3:52)
3. "Take It All Away" (3:58)
4. "Dime" (3:39)
5. "Carbon Monoxide" (3:10)
6. "The Guitar Man" (Bread) (3:54)
7. "Waiting" (3:56)
8. "Baskets" (2:43)
9. "End Of The Movie" (1:50)
10. "Palm Of Your Hand" (2:57)
11. "Tougher Than It Is" (2:59)

Personnel

• John McCrea - Guitar (Acoustic), Percussion, Keyboards, Vocals, Cover Design
• Xan McCurdy - Guitar (Acoustic), Bass, Drums, Guitar (Electric), Keyboards, Vocals (background)
• Gabriel Nelson - Guitar (Acoustic), Bass, Drums, Guitar (Electric), Keyboards, Vocals (background)
• Tyler Pope - Guitar, Percussion, Keyboards, Guest Appearance
• Chuck Prophet - Guitar (Electric), Guest Appearance
• Vince Di Fiore - Percussion, Trumpet, Keyboards, Vocals (background), Melodica
• Paulo Baldi - Drums, Guest Appearance
• Matt McCord - Drums, Guest Appearance
• Todd Roper - Drums, Guest Appearance
• Greg Vincent - Pedal Steel, Guest Appearance

Additional personnel

• Cake - Arranger, Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Tim Devine - A&R
• Craig Long - Engineer, Mixing
• Mark Needham - Engineer, Mixing
• Patrick Olguin - Engineer, Mixing
• Kirt Shearer - Engineer, Mixing
• Don C. Tyler - Mastering

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Television performances of songs from Pressure Chief

• "No Phone" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Monday, October 4, 2004
• "No Phone" on The Late Late Show (with guest host Tom Arnold) on Tuesday, October 5, 2004

External link

• http://www.cakemusic.com/