Ear Candy (King's X album)

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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.

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Track listing

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

All songs written by Pinnick, Tabor and Gaskill.

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Personnel

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

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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.