Cut the Cake (album)
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Cut the Cake is the third album released by Average White Band, released in 1975. This album included the hit single "Cut the Cake", which reached #10 on the Billboard pop singles chart. The album would be considered soul/disco in genre, as opposed to the funk sound of their first two albums.
The follow-up album to the immensely successful AWB in 1974, recording was plagued by creative and artistic differences, with several members of the band walking out of the studio on three occasions. One point of conflict was the band's mourning for original drummer, Robbie McIntosh, who died of a cocaine overdose in 1974. Producer Arif Mardin considered pulling the plug on the project due to this tension but ultimately relented and oversaw its completion.
[edit] Track listing
Side A
- "Cut the Cake" (4:04)
- "School Boy Crush" (4:58)
- "It's a Mystery" (3:34)
- "Groovin' the Night Away" (3:45)
- "If I Ever Lose This Heaven"
Side B
- "Why"
- "High Flyin' woman"
- "Cloudy"
- "How Sweet Can You Get"
[edit] Appearances in popular culture
The Beastie Boys sampled a riff from the single "Cut the Cake" for their 1989 album, Paul's Boutique.
The song also featured in the Starsky and Hutch soundtrack, being used in the movie during the end party scene where Snoop Doggy Dogg and Hutch celebrate the downfall of Vince Vaughn.
