No Pain for Cakes
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| Released | 1987 | |||
| Recorded | November 1986 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:00 | |||
| Label | Antilles/Island[1] | |||
| Producer | John Lurie | |||
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No Pain for Cakes is an album by the American jazz band the Lounge Lizards, released in 1987.[2][3] John Lurie sang on the album.[4]
Production
[edit]The album was recorded at Kaufman Astoria Studios, in Queens, New York.[5] Marc Ribot contributed to No Pain for Cakes.[6]
Critical reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Robert Christgau | B+[7] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |   [8] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [9] |
| Windsor Star | C+[10] |
The Globe and Mail called the album "mature and vivid music, always ingenious and sometimes brilliant."[11] The Windsor Star wrote that the Lounge Lizards "sound as if their music is written by a contemporary Kurt Weill for a Fellini movie without them ever taking their tongues out of their cheeks."[10] The Christian Science Monitor deemed No Pain for Cakes "zany weirdness and outrageous eclecticism—avant pop/jazz/rock."[12]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks composed by John Lurie; except where indicated
- "My Trip to Ireland"
- "No Pain for Cakes"
- "My Clown's on Fire" (John Lurie, Curtis Fowlkes, Marc Ribot)
- "Carry Me Out"
- "Bob and Nico"
- "Tango #3, Determination for Rosa Parks" (Evan Lurie)
- "The Magic of Palermo" (John Lurie, Evan Lurie)
- "Cue for Passion" (Evan Lurie)
- "Where Were You" (Evan Lurie, Erik Sanko)
Personnel
[edit]Lounge Lizards
[edit]- Evan Lurie - piano; voice on "My Trip to Ireland"
- John Lurie - alto saxophone, painting
- Marc Ribot - guitar, banjo; cornet on "Carry Me Out"
- Curtis Fowlkes - trombone
- Roy Nathanson - reeds
- Erik Sanko - bass
- Dougie Bowne - drums
- E.J. Rodriguez - percussion
Additional personnel
[edit]- Anders Gårdmand - baritone saxophone on "No Pain for Cakes" and "Carry Me Out"
- Jill Jaffe - violin on "No Pain for Cakes"
- Seigen Ono at the Kaufman Astoria Studios, Queens - recording and mixing
- Valerie Goodman - coordinator
- Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC - mastering
References
[edit]- ^ Milkowski, Bill. "Label Watch: Luaka Bop and John Lurie's Lounge Lizards". JazzTimes.
- ^ "The Lounge Lizards Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
- ^ "Lounge Lizards". Trouser Press. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ "Lounge Lizards' John Lurie". MTV News. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021.
- ^ Goldstein, Patrick (12 Apr 1987). "Pop Eye". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 67.
- ^ Blush, Steven (October 4, 2016). "New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB". St. Martin's Publishing Group – via Google Books.
- ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: The Lounge Lizards". www.robertchristgau.com.
- ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 690.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 434.
- ^ a b Stevens, Peter (25 July 1987). "Record Review". Windsor Star. p. F2.
- ^ Miller, Mark (7 May 1987). "No Pain for Cakes The Lounge Lizards". The Globe and Mail. p. C3.
- ^ Duncan, Amy (10 June 1987). "Pop/Rock/Jazz". Arts. The Christian Science Monitor.
