Cake or Death (Lee Hazlewood album)

Cake or Death
Studio album by Lee Hazlewood
Released	27 November 2006
Label	BPX1992
Producer	Al Casey (tracks: 4), Duane Eddy (tracks: 11), Jeane Kelley-Hazlewood (tracks: 12), Lasse Samuelsson (tracks: 11), Lee Hazlewood (tracks: 1 to 6, 8 to 13), Richard Barron (tracks: 4)
Lee Hazlewood chronology
Nancy & Lee 3 (2004) Cake or Death (2006)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	(7.7/10)[2]

Cake or Death, the final album by idiosyncratic singer-songwriter-producer Lee Hazlewood, was released November 27, 2006, after he received a diagnosis of terminal renal cancer in 2005.

The song "The First Song of the Day", a collaboration with German musician Bela B. was originally featured on the Bela B. album Bingo, there titled "Lee Hazlewood & das erste Lied des Tages".

The title of the album is a reference to a stand-up routine by British comedian Eddie Izzard, of whom Hazlewood was a fan.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Nothing" (Lee Hazlewood, Claudia Stülpner) - 3:09
2. "Baghdad Knights" - 3:34
3. "Please Come to Boston" - 4:28
4. "She's Gonna Break Some Heart Tonight" - 3:09
5. "Sacrifice" (Lee Hazlewood, Tommy Parsons) - 2:36
6. "Fred Freud" - 3:01
7. "The First Song of the Day" (Claus Quidde, Claudia Stülpner, Michael O'Ryan, Dirk Felsenheimer alias Bela B.) - 3:14
8. "It's Nothing to Me" (Paterson) - 3:35
9. "Anthem" (Hazlewood) - 2:26
10. "White People Thing" - 1:50
11. "Boots" [Original Melody Only Edit] - 5:07
12. "Some Velvet Morning" (Lee Hazlewood) - 1:35
13. "T.O.M. (The Old Man)" - 2:52

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