Comfort Eagle is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band Cake. It was released on July 24, 2001, on Columbia Records, their first with the company.

In its opening week, Comfort Eagle sold about 72,000 copies, debuting at number 13 on the Billboard 200.^[1] By 2002, the album had sold 408,000 copies.^[2] On February 2, 2003, it was certified gold by the RIAA for shipments of half a million copies.^[3]

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Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	70/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Alternative Press	[4]
Blender	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[6]
PopMatters	7/10[4][7]
Q	[4]
Rolling Stone	[8]
Uncut	[4]

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Comfort Eagle was generally well received by critics, some noting its similarity to the band's previous albums, for better or worse.^[4][5]

Cake

• John McCrea – vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards, percussion
• Vince DiFiore – trumpet, keyboards, backing vocals
• Xan McCurdy – electric guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
• Gabriel Nelson – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
• Todd Roper – drums, percussion, Moog synthesizer, backing vocals
• Tyler Pope – keyboard, electric guitar ("Opera Singer", "Short Skirt/Long Jacket", "Arco Arena")

Technical

• Kirt Shearer – mixing
• David Cole – mixing
• Craig Long – mixing
• Gabriel Shepard – mixing
• Don C. Taylor – mastering

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