B-Sides and Rarities (Cake album)

B-Sides and Rarities
Compilation album by
ReleasedOctober 2, 2007
GenreAlternative rock, college rock, alternative country
Length35:01 (Standard), 40:21 (Limited Edition)
LabelUpbeat Records
Cake chronology
Pressure Chief
(2004)
B-Sides and Rarities
(2007)
Showroom of Compassion
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
IGN(8.9/10)
PopMatters
Prefix Magazine

B-Sides and Rarities (originally referred to as just Rarities on the band's website) is a rarities compilation album by Cake, an alternative rock band from Sacramento, California. It features several cover songs from the 2004 bonus disc Extra Value and the 2005 Wheels EP, including Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" and Barry White's "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up."

Originally, Columbia Records requested the band to release a greatest hits compilation, but the band promptly refused. During the legal fall-out, Cake formed its own record label, Upbeat Records, and released B-Sides and Rarities

A limited edition version of the album features a bonus track, a live version of "War Pigs" featuring Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips. It also features a scratch and sniff cover with "five different CD cover/scent variations (including red/fresh cut roses, brown/leather, green/fresh cut grass, purple/grape, and yellow/banana )."