Ear Candy (King's X album)

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Ear Candy
Studio album by
King's X
ReleasedMay 20, 1996
GenreHard rock
Length49:18
LabelAtlantic
ProducerArnold Lanni, King's X
King's X chronology
Dogman
(1994) 		Ear Candy
(1996) 		Best of King's X
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
CCM Magazine(not rated)[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal10/10[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA-[4]
Q[5]

Ear Candy is the sixth studio album by American rock band King's X, released in 1996. It was produced by Arnold Lanni and King's X.

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[edit]

All tracks are written by Doug Pinnick, Ty Tabor and Jerry Gaskill

No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."The Train"Ty Tabor/Doug Pinnick3:06
2."(Thinking and Wondering) What I'm Gonna Do"Pinnick3:43
3."Sometime"Pinnick3:48
4."A Box"Pinnick4:40
5."Looking for Love"Pinnick2:59
6."Mississippi Moon"Tabor3:11
7."67"Pinnick4:42
8."Lies in the Sand (The Ballad of...)"Tabor3:53
9."Run"Pinnick3:28
10."Fathers"Pinnick3:21
11."American Cheese (Jerry's Pianto)"Jerry Gaskill2:54
12."Picture"Pinnick5:35
13."Life Going By"Tabor4:04
Total length:49:18
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLead vocalsLength
14."Freedom"Tabor3:33

Personnel[edit]

Album notes[edit]

  • 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.
  • "Sometime" is not to be confused with "Sometimes", which is taken from King's X's first album Out of the Silent Planet.

Chart performance[edit]

Chart Peak
U.S. Billboard Christian Albums 4 [6]
Swedish Album Chart 52 [7]
U.S. Billboard 200 105 [8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Ear Candy – King's X at AllMusic. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  2. ^ Selby, Derek Scott (August 1996). "Reviews / Ear Candy". CCM Magazine. 19 (2): 64, 67. ISSN 1524-7848.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 228. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  4. ^ Sinclair, Tom (June 14, 1996). "Ear Candy Review" (June 14, 1996). Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
  5. ^ "Ear Candy review", Q, p. 121, August 1996
  6. ^ "King's X album charts". Billboard. Retrieved December 20, 2007.
  7. ^ "King's X – Ear Candy". SwedishCharts.com. Retrieved December 20, 2007.
  8. ^ "King's X album charts". Billboard. Retrieved December 20, 2007.
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