Ear Candy (King's X album) explained

Ear Candy
Type:	studio
Artist:	King's X
Cover:	King's X Ear Candy.jpg
Released:	May 20, 1996
Genre:	Hard rock
Length:	49:18
Label:	Atlantic
Producer:	Arnold Lanni, King's X
Prev Title:	Dogman
Prev Year:	1994
Next Title:	Best of King's X
Next Year:	1997

Ear Candy is the sixth studio album by American rock band King's X, released in 1996. It was produced by Arnold Lanni and King's X.

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.

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.
• "Sometime" is not to be confused with "Sometimes", which is taken from King's X's first album Out of the Silent Planet.

Chart performance

Chart	Peak	class=unsortable
	4	^[1]
	52	^[2]
	105	^[3]

Notes and References

1. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=king's x|chart=all}} King's X album charts ]. December 20, 2007 . Billboard.
2. Web site: King's X – Ear Candy . December 20, 2007 . SwedishCharts.com.
3. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=king's x|chart=all}} King's X album charts ]. December 20, 2007 . Billboard.