Comfort Eagle Explained

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.

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Week Ending Jan. 16, 2011: Albums: Even Lower Chart Watch – Yahoo! Music . . June 9, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130927130504/http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-jan-16-2011-albums-even-lower.html . September 27, 2013 .
2. Web site: Archive-David-Basham. Got Charts? Sympathy For Mariah, 2001's Biggest Flops, Nine Inch Nails' Chart Algebra. 2022-02-13. MTV News. en.
3. Web site: RIAA – Gold & Platinum Searchable Database – June 08, 2013 . . June 9, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151213131808/http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Cake&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25 . December 13, 2015 .
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20011021050032/http://www.cakemusic.com/news.html CAKE News Newsflash for Week of September 24, 2001