Ear Candy

Ear Candy
Studio album by King's X
Released	May 20, 1996
Genre	Hard rock
Length	49:18
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Arnold Lanni, King's X
King's X chronology
Dogman (1994) Ear Candy (1996) Best of King's X (1997)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	(A-) [2]
Q	[3]
CCM Magazine	(not rated)[4]

Ear Candy is the sixth album by heavy metal/hard rock trio King's X, released in 1996.

The album has two songs which are rewritten versions of earlier songs: "Picture" is also known as "The Door", a song with different lyrics, released on their pre-King's X release Sneak Preview. The song "Mississippi Moon" is mainly inspired on the song "If I Could Fly", which King's X played in shows after they had changed their name to its definite version, King's X.

The bonus track "Freedom" can also be found as a b-side of the single "A Box". It was later given a proper release on the album Ogre Tones.

Track listing

1. "The Train" – 3:08
2. "(Thinking and Wondering) What I'm Gonna Do" – 3:41
3. "Sometime" – 3:47
4. "A Box" – 4:39
5. "Looking for Love" – 2:58
6. "Mississippi Moon" – 3:11
7. "67" – 4:41
8. "Lies in the Sand (The Ballad Of...)" – 3:53
9. "Run" – 3:27
10. "Fathers" – 3:21
11. "American Cheese (Jerry's Pianto)" – 2:54
12. "Picture" – 5:34
13. "Life Going By" – 4:04
14. "Freedom" (Japanese bonus track) - 3.33

All songs written by Pinnick, Tabor and Gaskill.

Personnel

• Doug Pinnick - bass, vocals
• Ty Tabor - guitar, vocals
• Jerry Gaskill - drums, vocals

Album notes

• This would be the last studio album King's X would release on Atlantic Records.
• "American Cheese (Jerry's Pianto)" is the second released song to feature Jerry Gaskill on lead vocals. The term pianto is a made-up word and is meant as a joke.
• "American Cheese (Jerry's Pianto)" and "Lies In The Sand (The Ballad Of...)" produced by Ty Tabor and King's X.
• "A Box" features additional vocals by Glen Phillips of Toad The Wet Sprocket.

Chart performance

References

External links

• Official King's X Site, Accessed on July 11, 2005.
• site francophone, Accessed on July 24, 2006.