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{{Short description|2006 studio album by the Cake Sale}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox album
| name = The Cake Sale
| type = studio
| artist = [[The Cake Sale]]
| cover = The Cake Sale album cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = 10 November 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecakesale.com/news/news02.htm |title=Cake Sale |accessdate=March 17, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229150704/http://www.thecakesale.com/news/news02.htm |archivedate=December 29, 2008 }}</ref>
| recorded = 2006
| studio = Westland Studios, Dublin
| genre =
| length = 35:00<ref name="The Cake Sale RTÉ Review">{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2006/1106/thecakesale.html|title=The Cake Sale|date=2006-11-06|accessdate=2009-03-14|publisher=[[RTÉ]]}}</ref>
| label =
* Oxfam Ireland<ref name="The Cake Sale RTÉ Review"/>
* [[Yep Roc Records|Yep Roc]]
| producer =
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = ''New Noise''
| rev1score = (favorable)<ref>[http://www.new-noise.net/album-reviews/various/the-cake-sale/various---the-cake-sale_3168.html New Noise review]</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev2score = 4.8/10<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11094-the-cake-sale/|title=The Cake Sale: The Cake Sale|website=Pitchfork}}</ref>
| rev3 = [[RTÉ]]
| rev3score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2006/1106/thecakesale.html|title=RTÉ review|website=[[RTÉ.ie]] }}</ref>
}}
'''''The Cake Sale''''' is a 2006 charity album involving the collected works of a group of Irish and international musicians calling themselves [[The Cake Sale]]. The album features artists such as [[Snow Patrol]]'s [[Gary Lightbody]], [[Lisa Hannigan]], [[Damien Rice]], [[Josh Ritter]], [[Glen Hansard]], [[Neil Hannon]], members of [[Bell X1 (band)|Bell X1]] and [[Nina Persson]] of [[The Cardigans]]. These were brought together by [[Brian Crosby (composer)|Brian Crosby]], a member of Bell X1 at the time. The album had sold 35,000 copies and raised over [[Euro|€]]250,000 in Ireland by November 2007.<ref name="Grey's Anatomy gets an Irish flavour">{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2007/1123/greysanatomy.html|title=Grey's Anatomy gets an Irish flavour|date=2007-11-23|accessdate=2009-03-14|publisher=[[RTÉ]]}}</ref> That month it was announced that the album would be released globally to increase donations.<ref name="Sweet charity as Cake Sale goes global">{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2007/06/29/sweet-charity-as-cake-sale-goes-global/|title=Sweet charity as Cake Sale goes global|date=2007-06-29|accessdate=2009-03-14|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]}}</ref> It peaked at number 3 in the [[Irish Albums Chart]], having spent eighteen weeks there.

== Album information ==
The album was recorded by a group of Irish and international musicians to raise funds for the charity Oxfam Ireland's [[Make Trade Fair]] campaign.<ref name="Sweet charity as Cake Sale goes global"/> Proceeds are added to the charity's “unrestricted fund” to support projects in ten [[Africa]]n countries, countries such as [[Tanzania]], [[Malawi]], [[Uganda]] and [[Sudan]].<ref name="Sweet charity as Cake Sale goes global"/> Crosby said the album's success “completely exceeded expectations”, with the artists hoping it would go gold to cover their costs.<ref name="Sweet charity as Cake Sale goes global"/> All the publishing royalties raised by the album benefit Oxfam as well, an unusual occurrence for a charity album.<ref name="Sweet charity as Cake Sale goes global"/> Worldwide rights were negotiated and a label, Oxfam Publishing, was established to administer the royalties.<ref name="Sweet charity as Cake Sale goes global"/> Oxfam Ireland had little experience in such dealings and left it to the musicians to negotiate the project.<ref name="Sweet charity as Cake Sale goes global"/> Crosby says the album's success has raised the charity's profile and it was released digitally in the [[United Kingdom]] on 10 September in the [[United States]] on [[Yep Roc Records]] on 16 October 2007.<ref name="Sweet charity as Cake Sale goes global"/>

== Track listing ==
The album contains nine tracks and is thirty-five minutes in length.<ref name="The Cake Sale RTÉ Review"/>

{{tracklist
| extra_column = Artist(s)
| total_length = 35:00
| all_writing =
| all_lyrics =
| all_music =
| title1 = Last Leaf
| note1 =
| writer1 = [[David Geraghty]]
| lyrics1 =
| music1 =
| extra1 = [[Lisa Hannigan]]
| length1 = 3:07
| title2 = Vapour Trail
| note2 =
| writer2 = [[Paul Noonan]]
| lyrics2 =
| music2 =
| extra2 = [[Josh Ritter]]
| length2 = 3:32
| title3 = Black Winged Bird
| note3 =
| writer3 = [[Emm Gryner]]
| lyrics3 =
| music3 =
| extra3 = [[Nina Persson]]
| length3 = 4:07
| title4 = [[Some Surprise]]
| note4 =
| writer4 = [[Paul Noonan]]
| lyrics4 =
| music4 =
| extra4 = [[Gary Lightbody]]/[[Lisa Hannigan]]
| length4 = 3:18
| title5 = All the Way Down
| note5 =
| writer5 = [[Glen Hansard]]
| lyrics5 =
| music5 =
| extra5 = [[Gemma Hayes]]
| length5 = 3:20
| title6 = Too Many People
| note6 =
| writer6 = [[Ollie Cole]]
| lyrics6 =
| music6 =
| extra6 = [[Glen Hansard]]
| length6 = 3:42
| title7 = Good Intentions Rust
| note7 =
| writer7 = [[Conor Deasy]]
| lyrics7 =
| music7 =
| extra7 = [[Conor Deasy]]
| length7 = 3:01
| title8 = Needles
| note8 =
| writer8 = [[Damien Rice]]
| lyrics8 =
| music8 =
| extra8 = [[Lisa Hannigan]]
| length8 = 4:06
| title9 = Aliens
| note9 =
| writer9 = Matt Lunson
| lyrics9 =
| music9 =
| extra9 = [[Neil Hannon]]
| length9 = 6:31

}}

== Reaction ==
The national broadcaster [[RTÉ]] gave the album a five star rating, describing it as "a commendable effort by a large group of musicians who genuinely want to help" and saying it was deserving of its rating "if not always for the music then definitely for the effort".<ref name="The Cake Sale RTÉ Review"/> "[[Some Surprise]]" and "Too Many People" were deemed the type of songs most of the artists would be happy to have as singles.<ref name="The Cake Sale RTÉ Review"/> However, RTÉ questioned some of the album's weaknesses such as "Vapour Trail" – described as "not [[Paul Noonan]]'s best song nor is it [[Josh Ritter]]'s best performance" – and the [[Conor Deasy]]–penned "Good Intentions Rust" – dismissed as "just as lightweight as anything [[The Thrills]] have produced".<ref name="The Cake Sale RTÉ Review"/>

== Live performances ==
Plans for a full live performance of the album proved difficult to negotiate, with so many artists involved and so much difficulty with scheduling.<ref name="Sweet charity as Cake Sale goes global"/> However, [[Gary Lightbody]] and [[Lisa Hannigan]] performed an exclusive live duet of the song "[[Some Surprise]]" at the [[2008 Meteor Awards]] in [[Dublin]].<ref name="Gary Lightbody Surprise">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/atl/news_specific155521.shtml|title=Gary Lightbody Surprise|date=2008-01-24|accessdate=2008-01-27|publisher=[[BBC Northern Ireland]]}}</ref><ref name="Watch Meteor Ireland Music Awards on RTÉ.ie (RTÉ 2008)">{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2008/0219/watchthemeteors.html|title=Watch Meteor Ireland Music Awards on RTÉ.ie|date=2008-02-19|accessdate=2009-03-14|publisher=[[RTÉ]]}}</ref>

== Chart performance ==
''The Cake Sale'' spent eighteen weeks in the [[Irish Albums Chart]], peaking at #3.<ref name="Cake Sale – The Cake Sale – Music Charts"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!align="left"|Chart (2007)
! style="text-align:center;"|Peak<br />position<ref name="Cake Sale – The Cake Sale – Music Charts">[http://acharts.us/album/20702 "Cake Sale – The Cake Sale – Music Charts"]. acharts. Accessed 17 March 2009.</ref>
! style="text-align:center;"|Sales
! style="text-align:center;"|Certification
|-
|align="left"|[[Irish Albums Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|30,000
|2× Platinum<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/awards/multi_platinum07.htm|title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know|website=www.irishcharts.ie}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:2006 albums]]
[[Category:Albums by Irish artists]]
[[Category:Charity albums]]

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