Motorcade of Generosity

{{mcn|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Motorcade of Generosity | type = studio | artist = Cake | cover = Cake Motorcade of Generosity.jpg | alt = | released = February 7, 1994 | recorded = 1993 | venue = | studio = Pus Cavern, Sacramento, CA | genre = {{flatlist| *Alternative rock *alternative country *experimental rock *lo-fi<ref name="Bloom" /> }} | length = 43:12 | label = Capricorn | producer = Cake | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Fashion Nugget | next_year = 1996 | misc = {{Singles | name = Motorcade of Generosity | type = studio | single1 = Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle | single1date = 1993 | single2 = Jolene | single2date = 1995 | single3 = Ruby Sees All | single3date = 1995 }} }}

'''''Motorcade of Generosity''''' is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band Cake. It was recorded at the Pus Cavern studio in Sacramento, California, and released through Capricorn Records on February 7, 1994.

According to ''Pitchfork'' reviewer Madison Bloom, ''Motorcade of Geneoristy'' is a lo-fi album with "warm and close" songs that pull from different musical styles, such as honky-tonk and ranchera, and compared its style to "trailing notes down a stairwell into some subterranean tavern, where a cantina band plays over clinking pints."<ref name="Bloom">{{cite web |last1=Bloom |first1=Madison |title=Cake: Fashion Nuggets Album Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/cake-fashion-nugget/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=January 20, 2023 |date=November 6, 2022}}</ref> Music critic Daryl Cater deemed it an example of funky, guitar-oriented "quirk-rock" reminiscent of Phish's "genre-hopping jams".<ref name="allmusic" />

==Release== On January 14, 2009, a limited edition orange vinyl re-issue of the album was made available for purchase on the band's official website. It sold out in two days.

The single "Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle" was first played by KWOD (now known as KUDL). Only 500 copies were issued. The song was used for an Ikea advertisement in Sweden.<ref>{{YouTube|hNVyT8kuTz8}}</ref> The music video for this song was filmed at Safetyville USA in Sacramento.

==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/motorcade-of-generosity-mw0000122010 |title=''Motorcade of Generosity'' – Cake <nowiki>| Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |</nowiki> AllMusic |last=Cater |first=Darryl |website=AllMusic |accessdate=December 20, 2014}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Chicago Tribune'' | rev2score = {{rating|2|4}}<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1995/05/11/cakemotorcade-of-generosity-capricorn-star-staryou-need/ |title=Cake Motorcade of Generosity (Capricorn) |last=Hollingsworth |first=Chauncey |date=1995-05-11 |work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=2017-12-17 |language=en}}</ref> | rev3 = Robert Christgau | rev3score = {{rating-Christgau|hm1}}<ref name="pleb">{{cite web |url=http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Cake |title=Robert Christgau: CG: Cake |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |website=robertchristgau.com |accessdate=December 20, 2014}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |year=2004 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |location=New York City, New York |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/n143 130] |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac |url-access=registration |quote=rolling stone cake album guide. |accessdate=December 20, 2014}}</ref> }}

The album has received a mixed-to-favorable response from critics. AllMusic critic Darryl Cater stated that "Cake's minimalist jams occasionally get repetitive", though he concluded that "there are enough standouts here to easily qualify ''Motorcade'' as a keeper."<ref name="allmusic"/> Music reviewer Robert Christgau described the album as "unambiguity from the near side of cool."<ref name="pleb"/>

==Legacy== In 2005, the song "I Bombed Korea" was translated into Hebrew and performed by Zeev Tene under the title "Beirut" ({{Langx|he|ביירות}}), with "Korea" replaced by "Sidon" and "Beirut" in the lyrics. This version was included on the soundtrack of the film ''Waltz with Bashir'' (2008).

== Track listing == {{track listing | all_writing = John McCrea, except as indicated | title1 = Comanche | length1 = 2:09 | title2 = Ruby Sees All | writer2 = {{hlist|McCrea|Jim Campilongo}} | length2 = 3:00 | title3 = Up So Close | length3 = 3:13 | title4 = Pentagram | length4 = 2:19 | title5 = Jolene | writer5 = {{hlist|McCrea|Greg Brown}} | length5 = 5:19 | title6 = Haze of Love | length6 = 3:08 | title7 = You Part the Waters | length7 = 2:50 | title8 = Is This Love? | writer8 = {{hlist|McCrea|Brown}} | length8 = 3:19 | title9 = Jesus Wrote a Blank Check | length9 = 3:10 | title10 = Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle | length10 = 4:14 | title11 = I Bombed Korea | length11 = 2:19 | title12 = Mr. Mastodon Farm | writer12 = {{hlist|McCrea|Brown}} | length12 = 5:27 | title13 = Ain't No Good | length13 = 2:40 }}

== Personnel ==

'''Cake''' * John McCrea – vocals, guitar * Greg Brown – guitar, organ * Vince DiFiore – trumpet * Victor Damiani – bass * Todd Roper – drums

'''Guest musicians''' * Frank French – drums on tracks 5, 8, 10, 11 * Gabriel Nelson – bass on tracks 5, 8, 10, 11 * Hag – extra backing vocals

'''Production''' *Cake – production *Joe Johnston – engineering *Mark Pollock – special assistance *

==Chart== {| class="wikitable" !Year !Chart !Position |+"Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle" |- | 1995 | Modern Rock Tracks (US) |align="center"| 31 |}

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== External links ==

* {{Discogs master|102052}}

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