No Pain for Cakes

No Pain for Cakes is the second studio album by the American jazz band the Lounge Lizards, released in 1987.^[2][3] John Lurie sang on the album.^[4]

No Pain for Cakes
Studio album by the Lounge Lizards
Released	1987
Recorded	November 1986
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:00
Label	Antilles/Island[1]
Producer	John Lurie
The Lounge Lizards chronology
Lounge Lizards (1981) No Pain for Cakes (1987) Voice of Chunk (1988)

Production

The album was recorded at Kaufman Astoria Studios, in Queens, New York.^[5] Marc Ribot contributed to No Pain for Cakes.^[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Robert Christgau	B+[7]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[9]
Windsor Star	C+[10]

The Globe and Mail called the album "mature and vivid music, always ingenious and sometimes brilliant."^[11] 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."^[10] The Christian Science Monitor deemed No Pain for Cakes "zany weirdness and outrageous eclecticism—avant pop/jazz/rock."^[12]

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" (John Lurie, Curtis Fowlkes, Marc Ribot)
4. "Carry Me Out"
5. "Bob and Nico"
6. "Tango #3, Determination for Rosa Parks" (Evan Lurie)
7. "The Magic of Palermo" (John Lurie, Evan Lurie)
8. "Cue for Passion" (Evan Lurie)
9. "Where Were You" (Evan Lurie, Erik Sanko)

Personnel

Lounge Lizards

• Evan Lurie - piano; voice on "My Trip to Ireland"
• John Lurie - alto saxophone, painting
• Marc Ribot - guitar, banjo; cornet on "Carry Me Out"
• Curtis Fowlkes - trombone
• Roy Nathanson - reeds
• Erik Sanko - bass
• Dougie Bowne - drums
• E.J. Rodriguez - percussion

Additional personnel

• Anders Gårdmand - baritone saxophone on "No Pain for Cakes" and "Carry Me Out"
• Jill Jaffe - violin on "No Pain for Cakes"
• Seigen Ono at the Kaufman Astoria Studios, Queens - recording and mixing
• Valerie Goodman - coordinator
• Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC - mastering

References

1. Milkowski, Bill. "Label Watch: Luaka Bop and John Lurie's Lounge Lizards". JazzTimes.
2. "The Lounge Lizards Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
3. "Lounge Lizards". Trouser Press. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
4. "Lounge Lizards' John Lurie". MTV News. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021.
5. Goldstein, Patrick (12 Apr 1987). "Pop Eye". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 67.
6. Blush, Steven (October 4, 2016). "New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB". St. Martin's Publishing Group – via Google Books.
7. "Robert Christgau: CG: The Lounge Lizards". www.robertchristgau.com.
8. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 690.
9. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 434.
10. Stevens, Peter (25 July 1987). "Record Review". Windsor Star. p. F2.
11. Miller, Mark (7 May 1987). "No Pain for Cakes The Lounge Lizards". The Globe and Mail. p. C3.
12. Duncan, Amy (10 June 1987). "Pop/Rock/Jazz". Arts. The Christian Science Monitor.