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No Chocolate Cake
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 28, 2010
Genre Alternative rock, power pop
Length43:14
Label 429
Producer Jesse Valenzuela, Danny Wilde, Robin Wilson, Scott Johnson
Gin Blossoms chronology
Rarities
(2009)
No Chocolate Cake
(2010)
Icon
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
antiMusic [2]
The Aquarian WeeklyD [3]
Billboard(85/100) [4]
The Daily VaultB [5]
PopMatters [6]
Sputnikmusic(3/5) [7]

No Chocolate Cake is the fifth studio album by power pop band Gin Blossoms. It was released on September 28, 2010, worldwide, and the first single, " Miss Disarray", was released to radio stations on August 2, 2010. [8] The album reached #1 on Amazon.com MP3 album charts on the release date. No Chocolate Cake entered the Billboard 200 album chart at number 73 after selling 7,000 copies in its first week of release. [9] It was the album's peak position, after falling off the chart the following week.

"Miss Disarray" gathered a sizable amount of airplay on hot adult contemporary radio stations and reached the Top 50 on that format during late October 2010. The opening track "Don't Change for Me" is a cover of a Matthew Moon song.

Track listing

  1. "Don't Change for Me" ( Jesse Valenzuela, Danny Wilde, Matthew Moon) – 4:05
  2. "I Don't Want to Lose You Now" (Valenzuela, Wilde, Brad Warren, Brett Warren) – 4:11
  3. " Miss Disarray" (Valenzuela, Wilde, Graham Colton) – 3:30
  4. "Wave Bye Bye" ( Robin Wilson) – 4:07
  5. "I'm Ready" (Valenzuela, Wilson, Wilde, Sue Sandberg) – 4:22
  6. "Somewhere Tonight" (Valenzuela, Wilde) – 3:56
  7. "Go Crybaby" (Wilson) – 5:00
  8. "If You'll Be Mine" (Valenzuela) – 3:14
  9. "Dead or Alive on the 405" (Valenzuela, Craig Northey) – 3:02
  10. "Something Real" (Wilson, Jamie Woolford) – 4:03
  11. "Goin' to California" ( Scott Johnson, Wilson) – 3:44
iTunes Store bonus track
  1. "Please Don't Ask Me"

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ antiMusic review
  3. ^ The Aquarian Weekly review
  4. ^ Billboard review
  5. ^ The Daily Vault review
  6. ^ PopMatters review
  7. ^ Sputnikmusic review
  8. ^ "Gin Blossoms". Gin Blossoms. June 14, 2010. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
  9. ^ Kaufman, Gil (October 6, 2010). "Lil Wayne Beat By Kenny Chesney On Billboard - Music, Celebrity, Artist News". MTV. Retrieved March 3, 2012.

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