Editing Cake (band) (section)

===''Showroom of Compassion'' (2010–2011)===
After six years without a studio album, Cake recorded ''[[Showroom of Compassion]]'' in 2010 and released it on 11 January 2011. Rather than having it professionally recorded, the band built their own solar-powered studio in Sacramento over five years and chose to produce the album themselves there.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/950546/cake-takes-diy-approach-with-showroom-album|title=Cake Takes DIY Approach with 'Showroom' Album|last=Lipshutz|first=Jason|date=November 19, 2010|magazine=Billboard|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|access-date=June 30, 2011}}</ref> The album was preceded by its first single, "[[Sick of You (Cake song)|Sick of You]]",<ref>{{cite news|title=Cake; No half-baked ideas here; Cake welcomes fans who hate its politics|last=Perusse|first=Bernard|date=September 9, 2010|work=[[Canwest News Service]]|publisher=[[Postmedia Network]]}}</ref> which was released in September&nbsp;2010, hitting number&nbsp;4 on the ''Billboard'' Alternative Songs chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=cake|chart=all}}|title=Sick of You – Cake|magazine=Billboard|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|access-date=June 30, 2011}}</ref> The album debuted at number&nbsp;1 on the ''Billboard'' 200 Albums chart, selling 44,000 copies in its first week of release. It marked the first time a Cake album had hit the number&nbsp;1 spot, and at the time was the lowest sales numbers for album at the top of the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/473580/cake-scores-lowest-selling-no-1-album-in-soundscan-history|title=Cake Scores Lowest-Selling No.&nbsp;1 Album in SoundScan History|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=January 19, 2011|magazine=Billboard|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|access-date=June 30, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6663966/luke-bryan-billboard-200-albums-chart-dr-dre|title=Luke Bryan Bows at No. 1 on ''Billboard'' 200 Albums Chart, Dr. Dre Debuts at No. 2|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=August 16, 2015|magazine=Billboard|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|access-date=January 23, 2017}}</ref>

The album received mostly positive reviews. Scott Bergen of ''[[The Record (Bergen County)|The Record]]'' described it as "one of their best albums",<ref>{{cite news|title=QUICK SPINS|last=Fallon|first=Scott|date=December 28, 2010|work=The Record|publisher=[[North Jersey Media Group]]}}</ref> while Jim Farber of the ''[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]'' wrote that "Fifteen years after they batted out their first left-field hit with 'The Distance,' the band's sound and words still have bite".<ref>{{cite news|title=SNARKY? THEY TAKE THE CAKE|last=Farber|first=Jim|date=January 4, 2011|work=Daily News|publisher=[[Mortimer Zuckerman]]}}</ref> George Lang of ''[[The Oklahoman]]'', however, wrote that it was "frustratingly lacking in many more songs worthy of the band's late-'90s boom period".<ref>{{cite news|title=Holiday Recordings|last=Lang|first=George|date=December 31, 2010|work=[[The Oklahoman]]|publisher=OPUBCO Communications Group}}</ref>
To promote the album, Cake performed on ''[[Late Night with Jimmy Fallon]]''<ref>{{cite news|title=A FRESH SLICE OF CAKE; The album 'Showroom of Compassion' marks a new era of independence for the Sacramento-based band|last=Meyer|first=Carla|date=January 10, 2011|work=[[The Sacramento Bee]]|publisher=[[The McClatchy Company]]}}</ref> and ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]''<ref>{{cite news|title=Cake's Showroom Of Compassion Debuts at No.&nbsp;1 on the Billboard Top 200 * Achieve Highest Chart Position of Their Career; "Sick Of You" Reaches Top 5 at Both Alternative & Triple A Radio; Performing on Kimmel 2/22 & Leno 3/1|date=January 19, 2011|work=Marketwire}}</ref> before releasing ''Showroom of Compassion''{{'}}s second single, "Long Time".<ref>{{cite news|title=Cake, 'Long Time' – New Song|last=Voerding|first=Brian|date=February 1, 2011|work=AOL Music}}</ref> This was followed by a spring tour of both Europe and North America, concluding with a show in Toronto on May&nbsp;21.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://consequence.net/2011/02/cake-announce-spring-tour/|title=Cake announce spring tour|last=Cafferty|first=Megan|date=February 23, 2011|work=[[Consequence of Sound]]|access-date=June 30, 2011}}</ref> The song "Long Time" was also played in season 1 episode 12 of Showtime's series ''[[Shameless (U.S. TV series)|Shameless]]''.

On 26 February 2011, Cake performed a live set for "[[Guitar Center]] Sessions" on [[DirecTV]]. The episode included an interview with program host [[Nic Harcourt]].<ref>[http://sessions.guitarcenter.com/cake/ Guitar Center Sessions with host Nic Harcourt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130710030121/http://sessions.guitarcenter.com/cake |date=July 10, 2013 }} Retrieved July 15, 2013.</ref> In September 2011, Cake released a 24-page, hand-made visual book for their song, "Bound Away".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.printmag.com/design-inspiration/cake-bandmade-and-bound-away/ |title=CAKE: BANDmade and Bound Away – Print Magazine |publisher=Printmag.com |date=2011-08-03 |access-date=2014-04-25}}</ref>