Cake and Pie

2002 studio album by Lisa Loeb
Cake and Pie
Studio album by
Lisa Loeb
ReleasedFebruary 26, 2002
Recorded1999-2001
GenrePop rock
Length42:32
LabelA&M
Producer
  • Ron Fair (exec.)
  • Lisa Loeb
  • Peter Collins
  • Dweezil Zappa
  • Randy Scruggs
Lisa Loeb chronology
Firecracker
(1997) 		Cake and Pie
(2002) 		Hello Lisa
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone(favorable)[2]

Cake and Pie is an album by Lisa Loeb. It was released in 2002 through A&M Records.

Promotion

The first single "The Way It Really Is" was a moderate hit among college radio. "We Could Still Belong Together" was also included on the soundtrack to Legally Blonde. The album's single "Someone You Should Know" was released in November 2001, and the song became a hit in Japan.[3] In the US, it received moderate airplay on Triple A, Adult Top 40 and Pop radio formats, though never officially charted.

The music video for "Someone You Should Know" was played heavily on VH1 upon its release in early 2002.[citation needed] "Underdog" peaked at #39 on Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart in the fall of 2002.

Release and reception

The album was released on A&M, at that time the sister label of Geffen Records, which had released Loeb's previous two records (Tails and Firecracker).[4] Loeb was moved to A&M after Geffen became part of Universal Music Group in 1999. The singer began working on Cake and Pie in 1999.[5] It was originally scheduled to debut in 2000, but the album wasn't released until 2002.[6]

Cake and Pie did not receive any major backing or promotion from Loeb's record label which led to the album's commercial failure.[7] A&M and Loeb clashed over the music video concept for "Underdog", so the record label did not fund the shooting of the video.[5] Loeb subsequently negotiated a release from A&M and joined Artemis Records.[7]

Loeb bought the rights to the masters of the songs, and the album was reissued and renamed Hello Lisa. The songs "We Could Still Belong Together", "She's Falling Apart", and "Too Fast Driving" were cut from Hello Lisa and replaced with "Did That", "What Am I Supposed to Say" and "Take Me Back".

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Way It Really Is"3:58
2."Bring Me Up"Loeb3:29
3."Underdog"3:01
4."Everyday"4:01
5."Someone You Should Know"
  • Dave Bassett
  • Loeb
3:22
6."Drops Me Down"Loeb3:00
7."We Could Still Be Together"
  • Sean Kelly
  • Loeb
  • Solomon Sheppard
3:00
8."Kick Start"2:47
9."You Don't Know Me"
  • Loeb
  • Zappa
3:50
10."Payback"Loeb4:42
11."Too Fast Driving"Loeb3:08
12."She's Falling Apart"
4:14
Total length:42:32
Japanese release bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Look Me in the Eye"Loeb2:49

Charts

Chart (2002) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] 315
US Billboard 200[9] 199

References

  1. ^ "Cake and Pie - Lisa Loeb - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
  2. ^ "Lisa Loeb: Cake and Pie : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2009-08-05. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  3. ^ Bessman, Jim (February 23, 2002). "Loeb blends musical styles on A&M's 'Cake'". Artists & Music. Billboard. Vol. 114, no. 8. p. 14. ISSN 0006-2510.
  4. ^ Zimmerman, Kevin (February 24, 2002). "Lisa Loeb moves her music to the front burner". MusicWorld.
  5. ^ a b Gonzalez, Erika (February 20, 2003). "Folk-popster Lisa Loeb won't be an 'Underdog' for record labels". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Rocky Mountain News.
  6. ^ Singer, Kristi (November 29, 2002). "Say 'Hello' again to Lisa Loeb". Wilmington Star-News. ISSN 1937-4100.
  7. ^ a b Harmon, Rod (December 25, 2002). "Lisa Loeb mixes her Kitty with her 'Cake and Pie'". Houston Chronicle. Knight-Ridder.
  8. ^ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2017-01-20". Retrieved 2017-01-20 – via Imgur.
  9. ^ "Lisa Loeb Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-03-03.

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