| The Cake Sale |
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| Released | 10 November 2006 |
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| Recorded | 2006 |
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| Studio | Westland Studios, Dublin |
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| Length | 35:00 |
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| Source | Rating |
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| New Noise | (favorable) |
| Pitchfork | 4.8/10 |
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The Cake Sale is a 2006 charity album involving the collected works of a group of Irish and international musicians calling themselves The Cake Sale. The album features artists such as Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody, Lisa Hannigan, Damien Rice, Josh Ritter, Glen Hansard, Neil Hannon, members of Bell X1 and Nina Persson of The Cardigans. These were brought together by Brian Crosby, a member of Bell X1 at the time. The album had sold 35,000 copies and raised over €250,000 in Ireland by November 2007. That month it was announced that the album would be released globally to increase donations. It peaked at number 3 in the Irish Albums Chart, having spent eighteen weeks there.