Downtown Puff is a solo album by Edmund Cake. Although multi-instrumentalist Cake played various instruments and performed vocals on the album,[2] other musicians and singers on the album include Anna Coddington, Neil Finn and Tim Finn.[3] 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.[4]
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Downtown Puff | ||||
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Studio album by Edmund Cake | ||||
Released | 3 June 2004 | |||
Genre | Indie pop | |||
Length | 36:39 | |||
Label | Lil' Chief Records | |||
Producer | Edmund Cake | |||
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McWilliams wrote and recorded many of the songs on the album in a studio on Gore Street - a red-light area in Auckland.[5][6] 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."[6] 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'.[2]
The album was included in the 'best of 2005' list by The Clientele for Pitchfork Magazine.[7] It was also included in the 2010 list of 'the best NZ albums I've ever reviewed' by Simon Sweetman.[8] Cake was nominated for 'Best Producer' for his work on the album at the 2005 bNet New Zealand Music Awards.[9]
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