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New York Cake is a 1981 Italo disco album by Italian band Kano, recorded for Full Time Records and released in the United States by Mirage Records.[1] It was produced by Luciano Ninzatti, Matteo Bonsanto, and Stefano Pulga. The album features Italian top 3 hit "Baby Not Tonight" and American No. 89 Hit "Can't Hold Back (Your Loving)".

New York Cake
a U.S. version of the cover.
Studio album by Kano
Released	1981
Recorded	1981, G.R.S. Studios Milano, Italy
Genre	Italo disco post-disco funk hi-NRG
Length	34:11 (original vinyl album) resp. 41:43 (2009 CD release)
Label	Full Time Records (Italy) Mirage Records (US) Emergency Records (Hong Kong, US) Funky Town Grooves (UK)
Producer	Luciano Ninzatti, Matteo Bonsanto, Stefano Pulga
Kano chronology
Kano (1980) New York Cake (1981) Another Life (1983)

The album entered the Billboard 200 and Top R&B Albums charts in 1982.[2]

In 2009 the British label, Funky Town Grooves, released the album in a limited edition for the first time on CD with an extended version of "Can't Hold Back (Your Loving)" as a bonus track. The album was taken from a vinyl LP not the master-tapes.

The song "Can't Hold Back (Your Loving)" was featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto V.

Track listing

^{All songs written by L. Ninzatti, S. Pulga, Mammared, B. Addoms.}

Personnel

• Backing Vocals: Lella Esposito, Linda Wesley, Rossana Casale
• Bass guitar: Dino D'Autorio
• Bass guitar (tracks: A3, B3): Julius Farmer
• Drum kit: Flaviano Cuffari
• Drum kit: Tullio De Piscopo (tracks: A3, B3)
• Electric guitar: Luciano Ninzatti
• Keyboards: Stefano Pulga
• Percussion: Maurizio Preti
• Arrangement, songwriters: Luciano Ninzatti, Stefano Pulga

Production

• Cover: Novella Massaro
• Art direction: Michelangelo Farina
• Executive producer: Luciano Ninzatti, Matteo Bonsanto, Stefano Pulga
• Associate producer: Claudio Donato
• Engineers: Bruno Malasoma, Luciano Ninzatti, Matteo Bonsanto, Stefano Pulga
• Mixing: Bruno Malasoma

Charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[2]	189
US Top R&B Albums[2]	53

References

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