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2004 studio album by Edmund Cake
Downtown Puff
Studio album by Edmund Cake
Released3 June 2004
GenreIndie pop
Length36:39
LabelLil' Chief Records
ProducerEdmund Cake
Lil' Chief Records chronology
Songbook
(2004) 		Downtown Puff
(2004) 		Mars Loves Venus
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The New Zealand Herald

Downtown Puff is a solo album by Edmund Cake. Although multi-instrumentalist Cake played various instruments and performed vocals on the album, other musicians and singers on the album include Anna Coddington, Neil Finn and Tim Finn. Geoff Maddock and Joel Wilton of Cake's short-lived earlier band and Flying Nun phenomenon Bressa Creeting Cake, now of Goldenhorse, also appear on the album.

McWilliams wrote and recorded many of the songs on the album in a studio on Gore Street - a red-light area in Auckland. According to a biography of Cake, the album was influenced by this environment, including "incessant street brawls, strip club pop, and Doobie Brothers hits played by the covers band in the 24-hour bar downstairs." The album includes instrumental tracks such as "Airshow" and "You're Watching Me", and vocal tracks such as "Secret Girl" described by McWilliams as a comedy song that 'came out serious'.

Reception

The album was included in the 'best of 2005' list by The Clientele for Pitchfork Magazine. It was also included in the 2010 list of 'the best NZ albums I've ever reviewed' by Simon Sweetman. Cake was nominated for 'Best Producer' for his work on the album at the 2005 bNet New Zealand Music Awards.

Track listing

  1. "Secret Girl" – 3:16
  2. "We Live Like Kings" – 2:11
  3. "Golden Man" – 4:51
  4. "Gunga" – 3:27
  5. "My Son The Harpist" – 4:39
  6. "You're Watching Me" – 3:10
  7. "The Airshow" – 5:08
  8. "Silverdale" – 4:16
  9. "Beautiful Sleep" – 2:33
  10. "Oh Baby Bear" - 3:08

References

  1. "Edmund Cake: Downtown Puff", The New Zealand Herald, 18 June 2004
  2. ^ "Radio show podcast – New Zealand musician Edmund Cake". Wellington City Libraries. 30 July 2010. Archived from the original on 19 October 2011.
  3. "Bressa Creeting Cake". Aphoristic Album Reviews. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  4. "Goldenhorse - AudioCulture". www.audioculture.co.nz. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  5. "The Genius of Edmund Cake". Stuff. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Edmund Cake - New Zealand Musicians & Bands". www.muzic.net.nz. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  7. "2005 Comments & Lists: Artists' Best of 2005". Pitchfork. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  8. Sweetman, Simon (9 May 2010). "The best NZ albums I have reviewed". Stuff. Archived from the original on 16 May 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  9. "2005 B-Net NZ Music Awards - Nominees Announced". www.muzic.net.nz. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

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