Comfort Eagle

"Love You Madly" redirects here. For the webtoon storyline, see Love You Madly (Live with Yourself!).

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.

Comfort Eagle
Studio album by Cake
Released	July 24, 2001 (2001-07-24)
Recorded	Paradise Studios in Sacramento, California, with additional recording at Hyde Street Studios in San Francisco, California
Genre	Rock pop funk
Length	36:55
Label	Columbia
Producer	Cake
Cake chronology
Prolonging the Magic (1998) Comfort Eagle (2001) Pressure Chief (2004)
Singles from Comfort Eagle
"Short Skirt/Long Jacket" Released: August 14, 2001 "Arco Arena" Released: 2001 "Love You Madly" Released: 2001

Release

In its opening week, Comfort Eagle sold about 72,000 copies, debuting at number 13 on the Billboard 200.^[1] By 2002, the album had sold 408,000 copies.^[2] On February 2, 2003, it was certified gold by the RIAA for shipments of half a million copies.^[3]

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, however this single release was cancelled 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."^[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	70/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
Alternative Press	[5]
Blender	[5]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[7]
PopMatters	7/10[5][8]
Q	[5]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Uncut	[5]

Comfort Eagle was generally well received by critics, some noting its similarity to the band's previous albums, for better or worse.^[5][6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John McCrea, unless otherwise noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Opera Singer"	McCrea, Mark Kornweibel	4:06
2.	"Meanwhile, Rick James..."		3:57
3.	"Shadow Stabbing"	McCrea, George Kane	3:07
4.	"Short Skirt/Long Jacket"		3:24
5.	"Commissioning a Symphony in C"		2:59
6.	"Arco Arena"		1:31
7.	"Comfort Eagle"		3:40
8.	"Long Line of Cars"		3:24
9.	"Love You Madly"		3:58
10.	"Pretty Pink Ribbon"		3:08
11.	"World of Two"		3:41
Total length:			36:55

Personnel

Cake

• John McCrea – vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards, percussion
• Vince DiFiore – trumpet, keyboards, backing vocals
• Xan McCurdy – electric guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
• Gabriel Nelson – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
• Todd Roper – drums, percussion, Moog synthesizer, backing vocals
• Tyler Pope – keyboard, electric guitar ("Opera Singer", "Short Skirt/Long Jacket", "Arco Arena")

Technical

• Kirt Shearer – mixing
• David Cole – mixing
• Craig Long – mixing
• Gabriel Shepard – mixing
• Don C. Taylor – mastering

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2001	Billboard 200[10]	13
	Top Internet Albums[10]	2

Year-end

Year-end chart performance for Comfort Eagle

Chart (2001)	Position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[11]	151

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2001	"Short Skirt/Long Jacket"[10]	Modern Rock Tracks	7

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[12]	Gold	50,000^
United States (RIAA)[13]	Platinum	1,000,000‡
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.