Downtown Puff
| Downtown Puff | ||||
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| Released | 3 June 2004 | |||
| Genre | Indie pop | |||
| Length | 36:39 | |||
| Label | Lil' Chief Records | |||
| Producer | Edmund Cake | |||
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Downtown Puff is a solo album by Edmund Cake. Although multi-instrumentalist Cake played various instruments and performed vocals on the album,[1] other musicians and singers on the album include Anna Coddington, Neil Finn and Tim Finn.[2] 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.[3]
McWilliams wrote and recorded many of the songs on the album in a studio on Gore Street - a red-light area in Auckland.[4][5] 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."[5] 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'.[1]
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| The New Zealand Herald |   [6] |
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
[edit]- "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
[edit]- 1 2 "Radio show podcast – New Zealand musician Edmund Cake". Wellington City Libraries. 30 July 2010. Archived from the original on 19 October 2011.
- ↑ "Bressa Creeting Cake". Aphoristic Album Reviews. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ↑ "Goldenhorse - AudioCulture". www.audioculture.co.nz. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ↑ "The Genius of Edmund Cake". Stuff. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- 1 2 "Edmund Cake - New Zealand Musicians & Bands". www.muzic.net.nz. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ↑ "Edmund Cake: Downtown Puff". The New Zealand Herald. 18 June 2004.
- ↑ "2005 Comments & Lists: Artists' Best of 2005". Pitchfork. 15 December 2005. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ↑ Sweetman, Simon (9 May 2010). "The best NZ albums I have reviewed". Stuff. Archived from the original on 16 May 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ↑ "2005 B-Net NZ Music Awards - Nominees Announced". www.muzic.net.nz. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
