Cut the Cake
by Average White Band
- Type: Album
- Released: 10 June 1975
- Label: Atlantic
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 42:37
- Community rating: 3.55/5 from 3 ratings
Artists on this release: Steve Ferrone, Malcolm Duncan, Ray Barretto, Onnie McIntyre, Dundee Horns, Arif Mardin, Alan Gorrie, Hamish Stuart, Roger Ball
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Following the tragic death of founding drummer Robbie McIntosh, the Average White Band regrouped to record the highly successful 'Cut the Cake'. The release features incredibly tight, playful funk rhythms balanced with soft, melodic soul ballads that secured their place on the American R&B charts.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, funky, groove-laden, soulful, rhythmic, dance
Tracklist
- Cut the Cake (4:04)
- School Boy Crush (4:59)
- It's a Mystery (3:55)
- Groovin' the Night Away (3:42)
- If I Ever Lose This Heaven (4:58)
- Why (4:05)
- High Flyin' Woman (3:47)
- Cloudy (4:21)
- How Sweet Can You Get? (3:58)
- When They Bring Down the Curtain (4:43)
Credits
- Average White Band - primary artist, written-by
- Alan Gorrie - bass, vocals, guitar, written-by
- Steve Ferrone - drums, percussion, written-by
- Onnie McIntyre - guitar, written-by
- Hamish Stuart - guitar, vocals, bass, written-by
- Dundee Horns - horns
- Vincent Topazio - illustration [cover]
- Roger Ball - keyboards, synthesizer, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, arranged by [dundee horns], written-by
- Robbie McIntosh - Written-By
- Ray Barretto - Congas
- Leon Ware - Written-By
- Pam Sawyer - Written-By