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Track Listings
| 1. Don't Change For Me |
| 2. I Don't Want To Lose You Now |
| 3. Miss Disarray |
| 4. Wave Bye Bye |
| 5. I m Ready |
| 6. Somewhere Tonight |
| 7. Go Crybaby |
| 8. If You ll Be Mine |
| 9. Dead Or Alive On The 405 |
| 10. Something Real |
| 11. Goin To California |
Editorial Reviews
Pop rock hit-makers, the Gin Blossoms, return with the release of their highly anticipated new album, NO CHOCOLATE CAKE, featuring the single, Miss Disarray. Known for creating indelibly melodic, Grammy-nominated Top Ten singles and Platinum-selling albums, Gin Blossoms - Robin Wilson, Jesse Valenzuela, Scott Johnson and Bill Leen, are back and in peak form. The eleven new tracks were written, produced and performed by the band with the help of John Richardson (drums) and Danny Wilde on keyboards and additional production (of The Rembrandts).
Four years after the critically acclaimed Major Lodge Victory, Gin Blossoms have put together a seamless musical confection. The band continues to benefit from an innate chemistry and inspiration, a dynamic that helped catapult songs such as Hey Jealousy, Found Out About You, Till I Hear From You and Follow You Down into the collective musical consciousness and helped define an era.
Says Wilson, There's just something about the way we play and sound together. It's those songs and the sound we make that add up to something indefinable.
Four years after the critically acclaimed Major Lodge Victory, Gin Blossoms have put together a seamless musical confection. The band continues to benefit from an innate chemistry and inspiration, a dynamic that helped catapult songs such as Hey Jealousy, Found Out About You, Till I Hear From You and Follow You Down into the collective musical consciousness and helped define an era.
Says Wilson, There's just something about the way we play and sound together. It's those songs and the sound we make that add up to something indefinable.
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By J. Acosta
Format:MP3 Music|Amazon Verified Purchase
The record is simply awesome, I will never been able to understand why Gin Blossoms have not been a huge success past their 92-94 MTV peak. In my opinion, no fillers on this album (maybe just Dead or Alive on the 405 if we are too harsh). Classic yet somehow updated Gin Blossoms' formula of catchy melodies, superb interaction and complement between Jesse and Scott's guitars, resourceful bass lines by Bill, great drumming (despite being difficult to replace Phil) and, last but not least, Robin Wilson with his trademark vocals. A couple of tracks vaguely reminded me of the sound of another band I love (Toad the Wet Sprocket), without this being something bad (quite on the contrary). This is the kind of record you can leave on and casually realize you have listened to it entirely two or three times (e.g. road trip) without getting remotely bored. Congrats GBs, you outdid it! Catch a live performance if you can (I did in a casino/race track). It is beyond my comprehension why they don't get booked in more appealing types of venues while far less talented musicians are.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By SpinmanDan
Format:MP3 Music|Amazon Verified Purchase
While I loved the little publicized "Major Lodge Victory", "No Chocolate Cake" is the best effort by the Gins since their catchy jangly pop-rock hit the scene in the early 90's. If anything can get these guys back into the mainstream with a hit single it'll be off of this amazing grouping of fun and relevant tunes. "Don't Change for Me" sets the tone, "Miss Disarray" is a hit, but the rest hold their own as, I believe, the band's best body of work. Enjoy! Gin Blossoms are back!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By R. Kesler
Format:Audio CD
John Mellencamp once said to me, "After twenty years, you certainly should be able to write a good pop song." I'm not certain that The Gin Blossoms have written anything better then they used to, perhaps they've gotten the sequence down, learned to polish the edges, developed their jangle, or maybe I'm just not the musical snob I once was, because No Chocolate Cake is a pretty nifty album, one that sparkled my summer, and put a smile on my face as the songs drifted from club speakers as I waited on some show or other to begin.
There are some real winners here, the majority of the album won't last, so I'll wrap up the tasty pieces, drop them into my iPod, and gently rock my head as the tunes unexpectedly flow from my car stereo while I'm stuck in traffic, or mesh with the warm air as I'm cruising down the interstate at eighty miles an hour, lost in time, and feeling very comfortable.
Review by Jenell Kesler
There are some real winners here, the majority of the album won't last, so I'll wrap up the tasty pieces, drop them into my iPod, and gently rock my head as the tunes unexpectedly flow from my car stereo while I'm stuck in traffic, or mesh with the warm air as I'm cruising down the interstate at eighty miles an hour, lost in time, and feeling very comfortable.
Review by Jenell Kesler
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
A descent, yet laid-back effort from one of the finest bands around.
The Gin Blossoms have always been on the top of my list, and I understand a number of fans like myself came to be with the outstanding success and satisfaction of 'New Miserable... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Lee Winchester Osburn
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Good Laid Back Album by the Gins
I would at least give this ablum 4 and half stars. It's good, but I would consider it to be a more laid back version of the Gin Blossoms. It's not too fast and it's not too slow. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Woodstock
3.0 out of 5 stars
No Chocolate Cake CD
Good cd but not their best. Hope they continue recording though. They have a nice sound and hopefully the songs will match their talent.
Published 17 months ago by AllenS
2.0 out of 5 stars
One boring and trashy album
I loved New Miserable Experience and liked Congratulations I'm Sorry. This album is nowhere near. It lacks energy, melody, good lyrics... It is plain boring. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Viktor Stolbovoy
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very Good CD
I'm a big GB fan, and I've enjoyed all of their music over the year - I wish there was more of it. Initially, I was lukewarm on this CD, but as I've listened to it over the last... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Rams Fan
2.0 out of 5 stars
No Gin For You
The real problem is I think the band is getting bored
with it self too much touring burned them out in late 90's
hence the band break up. Read more
with it self too much touring burned them out in late 90's
hence the band break up. Read more
Published on May 15, 2011 by Robert E. Torres
2.0 out of 5 stars
confused fan wondering what happened
I don't get it. I've been a die-hard Gin Blossoms fan since their bootleg cassette recorded by Rich Hopkins (no relation to Doug) was released by San Jacinto Records in Tucson,... Read more
Published on May 12, 2011 by Herman Goode, Jr.
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Excellent CD from my brothers...
Many great songs on this disc and very consistant. Robin nails every vocal and the song writing is a bit more varied than in the past...which makes for great full CD listening. Read more
Published on March 17, 2011 by Richard J. Goldschmidt
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not a let down!!!!
A good solid record. Wave bye bye and Go cry baby sound like immediate blossom classics. However I don't seem to sense that complete band effort from this cd. Read more
Published on February 8, 2011 by jim jones
3.0 out of 5 stars
I really wanted to like this album. . .
Just as a quick fair notice - I am a huge Gin Blossoms fan. I felt they've been largely overlooked and had some really great songs (though not nearly enough if you asked me). Read more
Published on January 28, 2011 by Hurricanespence
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