{{Redirect|Love You Madly|the webtoon storyline|Live with Yourself!#Plot{{!}}Love You Madly (Live with Yourself!)}} {{For|the album by Carol Sloane|Love You Madly (album)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Comfort Eagle | type = studio | artist = Cake | cover = Cake Comfort Eagle.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|2001|7|24}} | recorded = Paradise Studios in Sacramento, California, with additional recording at Hyde Street Studios in San Francisco, California | studio = | genre = {{hlist|Rock|pop|funk}} | length = 36:55 | label = Columbia | producer = Cake | prev_title = Prolonging the Magic | prev_year = 1998 | next_title = Pressure Chief | next_year = 2004 | misc = {{Singles | name = Comfort Eagle | type = album | single1 = Short Skirt/Long Jacket | single1date = August 14, 2001 | single3 = Love You Madly | single3date = 2001 }} }} '''''Comfort Eagle''''' is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band Cake. It was released on July 24, 2001, on Columbia Records, their first with the company.
==Release== In its opening week, ''Comfort Eagle'' sold about 72,000 copies, debuting at number 13 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-jan-16-2011-albums-even-lower.html |title=Week Ending Jan. 16, 2011: Albums: Even Lower Chart Watch – Yahoo! Music |work=Yahoo! News |accessdate=June 9, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927130504/http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-jan-16-2011-albums-even-lower.html |archivedate=September 27, 2013 }}</ref> By 2002, the album had sold 408,000 copies.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Archive-David-Basham|title=Got Charts? Sympathy For Mariah, 2001's Biggest Flops, Nine Inch Nails' Chart Algebra|url=https://kissking.net/news/1452106/got-charts-sympathy-for-mariah-2001s-biggest-flops-nine-inch-nails-chart-algebra/|access-date=2022-02-13|website=MTV News|language=en}}</ref> On February 2, 2003, it was certified gold by the RIAA for shipments of half a million copies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Cake&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25 |title=RIAA – Gold & Platinum Searchable Database – June 08, 2013 |work=riaa.com |accessdate=June 9, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151213131808/http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Cake&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25 |archivedate=December 13, 2015 }}</ref>
The album's lead single was "Short Skirt/Long Jacket." The band asked fans to vote for the album's second single via their website, with the album's title track "Comfort Eagle" being the eventual winner, but its release as a single was canceled after the September 11 attacks. The band wrote: "Due to unforeseen changes in national media, CAKE must now change its upcoming single from 'Comfort Eagle' to 'Love You Madly' We apologize to those of you who voted for the latter, but due to its airplane, corporate, and Middle Eastern references, 'Comfort Eagle' has been deemed inappropriate for today's emotional climate."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20011021050032/http://www.cakemusic.com/news.html CAKE News Newsflash for Week of September 24, 2001]</ref>
==Critical reception== {{music ratings | MC = 70/100<ref name="Metacritic">{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/comfort-eagle/cake/critic-reviews |title=Critic Reviews for ''Comfort Eagle'' – Metacritic |work=Metacritic |accessdate=June 4, 2013}}</ref> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/comfort-eagle-mw0000010775 |title=''Comfort Eagle'' – Cake : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic |last=Vanderhoff |first=Mark |work=AllMusic |publisher=AllRovi |accessdate=June 4, 2013}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Alternative Press'' | rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Metacritic"/> | rev3 = ''Blender'' | rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Metacritic"/> | rev4 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev4score = B−<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,255500,00.html |title=Cake: ''Comfort Eagle'' Review <nowiki>| Music Reviews and News |</nowiki> ew.com |last=Serpick |first=Evan |date=August 3, 2001 |work=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=June 4, 2013 |archive-date=May 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501043940/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,255500,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> | rev6 = PopMatters | rev6score = 7/10<ref name="Metacritic"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/cake-comfort |title=Cake: ''Comfort Eagle'' <nowiki>|</nowiki> PopMatters |last=Fowler |first=Shan |date=July 23, 2001 |work=PopMatters |accessdate=June 4, 2013}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Q'' | rev7score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Metacritic"/> | rev8 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev8score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rollingstone.com/artists/cake/albums/album/284053/review/5943001/comfort_eagle |title=Cake: ''Comfort Eagle'' : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone |last=Berger |first=Arion |work=rollingstone.com |date=July 24, 2001 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017145634/http://rollingstone.com/artists/cake/albums/album/284053/review/5943001/comfort_eagle |archivedate=October 17, 2007 |url-status=dead |accessdate=June 4, 2013}}</ref> | rev9 = ''Uncut'' | rev9score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Metacritic"/> }}
''Comfort Eagle'' was generally well received by critics, some noting its similarity to the band's previous albums, for better or worse.<ref name="Metacritic" /><ref name="AllMusic" />
==Track listing== {{track listing | all_writing = John McCrea, unless otherwise noted | title1 = Opera Singer | writer1 = McCrea, Mark Kornweibel | length1 = 4:06 | title2 = Meanwhile, Rick James... | length2 = 3:57 | title3 = Shadow Stabbing | writer3 = McCrea, George Kane | length3 = 3:07 | title4 = Short Skirt/Long Jacket | length4 = 3:24 | title5 = Commissioning a Symphony in C | length5 = 2:59 | title6 = Arco Arena | length6 = 1:31 | title7 = Comfort Eagle | length7 = 3:40 | title8 = Long Line of Cars | length8 = 3:24 | title9 = Love You Madly | length9 = 3:58 | title10 = Pretty Pink Ribbon | length10 = 3:08 | title11 = World of Two | length11 = 3:41 | total_length = 36:55 }}
==Personnel== '''Cake''' * John McCrea – lead vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, keyboards, bass, drum programming, percussion * Vince DiFiore – trumpet, keyboards, backing vocals * Xan McCurdy – electric guitar, percussion, backing vocals * Gabriel Nelson – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals * Todd Roper – drums, percussion, Moog synthesizer, backing vocals
'''Guest musician''' * Tyler Pope – keyboards, electric guitar ("Opera Singer", "Short Skirt/Long Jacket", "Arco Arena")
'''Production''' *Cake – production, arrangements, mixing * Kirt Shearer – mixing * David Cole – mixing * Craig Long – mixing * Gabriel Shepard – mixing * Don C. Taylor – mastering
==Charts== ;Album {| class="wikitable" !Year !Chart !Position |- | rowspan="2"|2001 | ''Billboard'' 200<ref name="Billboard">{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/78479/cakes-comfort-soars-like-an-eagle |title=Cake's {{'}}''Comfort''{{'}} Soars Like an {{'}}''Eagle''{{' |}} Billboard |work=billboard.com |accessdate=June 4, 2013}}</ref> | align="center"|13 |- | Top Internet Albums<ref name="Billboard" /> | align="center"|2 |}
;Year-end {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+Year-end chart performance for ''Comfort Eagle'' !Chart (2001) !Position |- !scope="row"| Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031106085719/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-2_2001.html|archivedate= November 6, 2003|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-2_2001.html|title=Top 200 Albums of 2001 (based on sales)|website=Jam!|accessdate=March 26, 2022}}</ref> | 151 |}
;Single {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Single !Chart !Position |- | rowspan="1"|2001 | rowspan="1"|"Short Skirt/Long Jacket"<ref name="Billboard" /> | Modern Rock Tracks | align="center"|7 |}
==Certifications== {{certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|title=Comfort Eagle|artist=Cake|type=album|relyear=2001|certyear=2001|region=Canada|award=Gold|access-date=August 11, 2022}} {{Certification Table Entry|title=Comfort Eagle|artist=Cake|type=album|relyear=2001|certyear=2022|region=United States|award=Platinum|access-date=August 11, 2022}} {{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true}}
==In other media== * An instrumental version of "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" was used as the opening theme to ''Chuck''.
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{Discogs master|28307}}
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