Ear Candy (King's X album)

Ear Candy is the sixth studio album by heavy metal/hard rock trio King's X, released in 1996. Ear Candy was produced by Arnold Lanni and King's X.

Ear Candy
Studio album by King's X
Released	May 20, 1996
Genre	Hard rock
Length	49:18
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Arnold Lanni, King's X
King's X chronology
Dogman (1994) Ear Candy (1996) Best of King's X (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
CCM Magazine	(not rated)[2]
Entertainment Weekly	(A-)[3]
Q	[4]

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.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Doug Pinnick, Ty Tabor & Jerry Gaskill.

No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"The Train"	Ty Tabor/Doug Pinnick	3:06
2.	"(Thinking and Wondering) What I'm Gonna Do"	Pinnick	3:43
3.	"Sometime"	Pinnick	3:48
4.	"A Box"	Pinnick	4:40
5.	"Looking For Love"	Pinnick	2:59
6.	"Mississippi Moon"	Tabor	3:11
7.	"67"	Pinnick	4:42
8.	"Lies in the Sand (The Ballad of...)"	Tabor	3:53
9.	"Run"	Pinnick	3:28
10.	"Fathers"	Pinnick	3:21
11.	"American Cheese (Jerry's Pianto)"	Jerry Gaskill	2:54
12.	"Picture"	Pinnick	5:35
13.	"Life Going By"	Tabor	4:04
Total length:			49:18

Japanese bonus track

No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
14.	"Freedom"	Tabor	3:33

Personnel

• Doug Pinnick – bass, vocals
• Ty Tabor – guitar, vocals
• Jerry Gaskill – drums, vocals

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.

Chart performance

Chart	Peak
U.S. Billboard Christian Albums	4	[5]
Swedish Album Chart	52	[6]
U.S. Billboard 200	105	[7]

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Ear Candy - King's X at AllMusic. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
2. Selby, Derek Scott (August 1996). "Reviews / Ear Candy". CCM Magazine. 19 (2): 64, 67. ISSN 1524-7848.
3. Sinclair, Tom (June 14, 1996). "Ear Candy Review" (June 14, 1996). Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
4. "Ear Candy review", Q, p. 121, August 1996
5. "King's X album charts". Billboard. Retrieved December 20, 2007.
6. "King's X - Ear Candy". SwedishCharts.com. Retrieved December 20, 2007.
7. "King's X album charts". Billboard. Retrieved December 20, 2007.