''B-Sides and Rarities'' (originally referred to as just ''Rarities'' on the band's website) is a rarities

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, an alternative rock band from Sacramento, California. It features several cover songs from the 2004 bonus disc ''Extra Value'' and the 2005 ''Wheels'' EP, including Black Sabbath's " War Pigs" and Barry White's " Never, Never Gonna Give You Up." Originally, Columbia Records requested the band to release a greatest hits compilation, but the band promptly refused. During the legal fall-out, Cake formed its own record label,

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, and released ''B-Sides and Rarities'' A limited edition version of the album features a bonus track, a live version of "War Pigs" featuring Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips. It also features a scratch and sniff cover with "five different CD cover/scent variations (including red/fresh cut roses, brown/leather, green/fresh cut grass, purple/grape, and yellow/banana )."

Track listing

Personnel

;Cake * Vince DiFiore – trumpet, keyboard, harmony vocals *

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– acoustic guitar, lead vocals * Xan McCurdy – electric guitar, background vocals * Gabe Nelson – bass guitar, keyboard, background vocals ;Guest musicians * Paulo Baldi – drums on tracks 4, 10, 11 * Greg Brown – guitar, organ on tracks 7, 8, 9 * Victor Damiani – bass on tracks 7, 8, 9 *Pete McNeal – drums on tracks 1, 2, 3 *

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– keyboards, guitar on track 5 *Todd Roper – drums on tracks 7, 8, 9 ;Technical personnel *produced, arranged, & mixed by

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Appearances in other media

*Cake's cover of " Mahna Mahna" appears on the charity CD ''

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'' whose proceeds benefit the "VH1 SAVE THE MUSIC" organization. * "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" features in the movie An American Werewolf in Paris. * Cake's cover of " Strangers in the Night" appears on the PC video game soundtrack

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* "Conroy" appears in an episode of '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' entitled " The Lost Girls".

References

External links

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