Bruiser Queen

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Bruiser Queen
Studio album by
Cake Like
Released1997
GenreAlternative rock
LabelVapor Records[1]
ProducerCraig Wedren, Carl Glanville
Cake Like chronology
Delicious
(1994) 		Bruiser Queen
(1997) 		Goodbye, So What?
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic2/5 stars[2]
Robert Christgau(dud)[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide2.5/5 stars[5]
Stereo Review2/5 stars[6]
The Tampa Tribune2.5/4 stars[7]

Bruiser Queen is the second album by the American alternative rock band Cake Like, released in 1997.[8][9]

Production[]

The album was produced by Craig Wedren and Carl Glanville.[5][10] Ric Ocasek had produced "Mr. Fireman", for an earlier EP, and recommended the band to Neil Young, who signed them to his Vapor Records imprint.[9] Kerri Kenney wrote most of the album's lyrics.[11]

Critical reception[]

MTV wrote that "Kenney tries to stretch her low, atonally growly voice to perform Sonic Youth's Gordon-like tricks but lacks the attitude and passion behind the vocal."[12] The Washington Post called the album "fairly slick in its minimalist way," writing that "although its style is spare and jittery, Cake Like can be glib, especially when celebrating sex with the traditional heat-seeking of 'Latin Lover' and 'Mr. Fireman'."[10] The New York Times opined that "with a sound that fits right in with the cool downtown experimental rock scene, and lyrics that blend equal parts unrestrained sarcasm and unbridled emotion, Cake Like proves that in the grown-up world, popular girls can take chances, too."[13] Scripps Howard wrote: "Rising above their sparse, simplistic arrangements—which tend to be of the monochromatic punk/folk variety—[Nina] Hellman and Kenney plow through their weirdly hostile songs like neo-beatniks at a poetry slam."[14]

AllMusic thought that Cake Like "does manage a few solid tunes, particularly the Teenage Fanclub-style playfulness of 'Lorraine's Car' and the punky 'Pretty New', but overall Bruiser Queen is a botch."[2]

Track listing[]

No.TitleLength
1."The New Girl"2:17
2."Wendy"2:19
3."Mr. Fireman"3:10
4."Groovy"2:01
5."Latin Lover"2:39
6."Pretty New"3:40
7."Lorraine's Car"3:26
8."Franchise"2:51
9."Cancer"3:19
10."The American Woman"2:02
11."Truck Stop Hussy"3:24
12."Destroyed"2:28

Personnel[]

  • Nina Hellman - guitar, vocals
  • Kerri Kenney - bass, vocals
  • Jody Seifert - drums

References[]

  1. ^ "The Beat". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 17, 1997 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Bruiser Queen - Cake Like | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Cake Like". www.robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 2: MUZE. p. 130.CS1 maint: location (link)
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 189.
  6. ^ Milano, Brett (Sep 1997). "Popular Music". Stereo Review. 62 (9): 94.
  7. ^ Ross, Curtis (July 4, 1997). "Cake Like, Bruiser Queen (Vapor)". The Tampa Tribune. Friday Extra!. p. 17.
  8. ^ "Cake Like | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b Blush, Steven (October 4, 2016). "New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB". Macmillan – via Google Books.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b "CAKE LIKE: 'BRUISER QUEEN' / VAPOR". The Washington Post. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  11. ^ "CNN - Female trio Cake Like touches music stardom - December 3, 1997". www.cnn.com.
  12. ^ "Album Review: Cake Like's Bruiser Queen". MTV News.
  13. ^ "POP AND JAZZ GUIDE". December 19, 1997 – via NYTimes.com.
  14. ^ Campbell, Chuck (June 19, 1997). "RECORDINGS". Times Union. Scripps Howard. p. P27.
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