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| The New Zealand Herald |   [1] |
Downtown Puff is a solo album by Edmund Cake. Although multi-instrumentalist Cake played various instruments and performed vocals on the album,[2] other musicians and singers on the album include Anna Coddington, Neil Finn and Tim Finn.[3] Geoff Maddock and Joel Wilton of Cake's short-lived earlier band and Flying Nun phenomenon Bressa Creeting Cake, now of Goldenhorse, also appear on the album.[4]
McWilliams wrote and recorded many of the songs on the album in a studio on Gore Street - a red-light area in Auckland.[5][6] According to a biography of Cake, the album was influenced by this environment, including "incessant street brawls, strip club pop, and Doobie Brothers hits played by the covers band in the 24-hour bar downstairs."[6] The album includes instrumental tracks such as "Airshow" and "You're Watching Me", and vocal tracks such as "Secret Girl" described by McWilliams as a comedy song that 'came out serious'.[2]
Reception
The album was included in the 'best of 2005' list by The Clientele for Pitchfork Magazine.[7] It was also included in the 2010 list of 'the best NZ albums I've ever reviewed' by Simon Sweetman.[8] Cake was nominated for 'Best Producer' for his work on the album at the 2005 bNet New Zealand Music Awards.[9]
Track listing
- "Secret Girl" – 3:16
- "We Live Like Kings" – 2:11
- "Golden Man" – 4:51
- "Gunga" – 3:27
- "My Son The Harpist" – 4:39
- "You're Watching Me" – 3:10
- "The Airshow" – 5:08
- "Silverdale" – 4:16
- "Beautiful Sleep" – 2:33
- "Oh Baby Bear" - 3:08
References
- ^ "Edmund Cake: Downtown Puff", The New Zealand Herald, 18 June 2004
- ^ a b . Wellington City Libraries. 30 July 2010.
- ^ "Bressa Creeting Cake". Aphoristic Album Reviews. 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- ^ "Goldenhorse - AudioCulture". www.audioculture.co.nz. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- ^ "The Genius of Edmund Cake". Stuff. 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- ^ a b "Edmund Cake - New Zealand Musicians & Bands". www.muzic.net.nz. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- ^ "2005 Comments & Lists: Artists' Best of 2005". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- ^ Sweetman, Simon (2010-05-09). "The best NZ albums I have reviewed". Stuff. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- ^ "2005 B-Net NZ Music Awards - Nominees Announced". www.muzic.net.nz. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
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