Cake - Prolonging the Magic (1998)
Tracklist front / back album covers
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1. "Satan Is My Motor" 3:12
2. "Mexico" 3:26
3. "Never There" 2:44
4. "Guitar" 3:40
5. "You Turn the Screws" 4:13
6. "Walk on By" 3:48
7. "Sheep Go to Heaven" 4:44
8. "When You Sleep" 3:58
9. "Hem of Your Garment" 3:43
10. "Alpha Beta Parking Lot" 3:30
11. "Let Me Go" 3:29
12. "Cool Blue Reason" 3:27
13. "Where Would I Be?" 3:52
Japan bonus tracks
14. "Satan Is My Motor" (Karaoke Version) 3:14
15. "Never There" (Karaoke Version) 2:46
16. "Sheep Go to Heaven" (Karaoke Version) 4:49
17. "When You Sleep" (Karaoke Version) 3:59
Cake Band Members / Musicians
John McCrea – vocals, guitar, piano, organ, Moog, producing, arranging and design
Vince DiFiore - trumpet, background vocals and arranging
Gabe Nelson - bass, mandolin, guitar, piano and arranging
Todd Roper - drums, percussion, background vocals and arranging
Xan McCurdy – electric guitar on track 9
Rusty Miller – electric guitar on track 3
Tyler Pope – arranging and electric guitar on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 10
Chuck Prophet - arranging and electric guitar on tracks 4, 7 and 12
Jim Campilongo - arranging and electric guitar on tracks 4, 6 and 11
Ben Morss - arranging and piano on track 5
David Palmer - keyboards on track 9
Greg Vincent - pedal steel guitar on tracks 2, 6 and 9
Mark Needham - additional percussion, engineering, and mixing
Richard Lyman - musical saw on track 4
Joe Johnston - engineering
Jay Bowman - engineering
Gabriel Shepard - engineering
Justin Phelps - engineering
Scott Reams - engineering
Rafael Serrano - engineering
Kirt Shearer - engineering and mixing
Craig Long - engineering and mixing
Greg Brown - arranging
Keara Fallon - design
Don C. Tyler - mastering
Prolonging the Magic is the 3rd studio album by American alternative rock band Cake. It was released on October 6, 1998 on Capricorn Records. The sole successful single was "Never There". The album was recorded after the departure of guitarist Greg Brown and features a rotating lineup of musicians to replace him. One of them, Xan McCurdy, became his full-time replacement. On its opening week, Prolonging the Magic sold about 44,000 copies, debuting at No. 33 on the Billboard 200 chart. On 28 September 1999 the album was certified platinum by the RIAA for shipments of one million copies.
