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Ear Candy is the sixth studio album by heavy metal/hard rock trio King's X, released in 1996. Ear Candy was produced by Arnold Lanni and King's X.

Ear Candy
Studio album by King's X
Released	May 20, 1996
Genre	Hard rock, progressive metal
Length	49:18
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Arnold Lanni, King's X
King's X chronology
Dogman (1994) Ear Candy (1996) Best of King's X (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
CCM Magazine	(not rated)[2]
Entertainment Weekly	A-[3]
Q	[4]

The album has two songs which are rewritten versions of earlier songs: "Picture" is also known as "The Door", a song with different lyrics, released on their pre-King's X release Sneak Preview. The song "Mississippi Moon" is mainly inspired on the song "If I Could Fly", which King's X played in shows after they had changed their name to its definite version, King's X.

The bonus track "Freedom" can also be found as a b-side of the single "A Box". It was later given a proper release on the album Ogre Tones.

Track listing

Personnel

• Doug Pinnick – bass, vocals
• Ty Tabor – guitar, vocals
• Jerry Gaskill – drums, vocals

Album notes

• This would be the last studio album King's X would release on Atlantic Records.
• "American Cheese (Jerry's Pianto)" is the second released song to feature Jerry Gaskill on lead vocals. The term pianto is a made-up word and is meant as a joke.
• "American Cheese (Jerry's Pianto)" and "Lies in the Sand (The Ballad of...)" produced by Ty Tabor and King's X.
• "A Box" features additional vocals by Glen Phillips of Toad The Wet Sprocket.
• "Sometime" is not to be confused with "Sometimes", which is taken from King's X's first album Out of the Silent Planet.

Chart performance

Chart	Peak
U.S. Billboard Christian Albums	4	[5]
Swedish Album Chart	52	[6]
U.S. Billboard 200	105	[7]

References

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