No Pain for Cakes


No Pain for Cakes is the second studio album by the American jazz band the Lounge Lizards, released in 1987. John Lurie sang on the album.

Production

The album was recorded at Kaufman Astoria Studios, in Queens, New York. Marc Ribot contributed to No Pain for Cakes.

Critical reception

The Globe and Mail called the album "mature and vivid music, always ingenious and sometimes brilliant." The Windsor Star wrote that the Lounge Lizards "sound as if their music is written by a contemporary Kurt Weill for a Fellini movie without them ever taking their tongues out of their cheeks." The [Christian Science Monitor] deemed No Pain for Cakes "zany weirdness and outrageous eclecticism—avant pop/jazz/rock."

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Lurie; except where indicated
  1. "My Trip to Ireland"
  2. "No Pain for Cakes"
  3. "My Clown's on Fire"
  4. "Carry Me Out"
  5. "Bob and Nico"
  6. "Tango #3, Determination for Rosa Parks"
  7. "The Magic of Palermo"
  8. "Cue for Passion"
  9. "Where Were You"

Personnel

Lounge Lizards

Additional personnel