Ear Candy is the sixth album by heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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/hard rock

Hard rock

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 trio King's X

King's X

King's X is an American hard rock band that combines progressive metal, funk and soul with vocal arrangements influenced by gospel, blues, and British Invasion rock groups. The band's lyrics are largely based on the members' struggles with religion and self-acceptance...

, released in 1996.

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

Sneak Preview (album)

Sneak Preview is an independently released album by the future members of King's X going by the name of Sneak Preview. Reportedly, only about 1,000 copies were pressed. The band was not very impressed with the results and may have personally destroyed about half of the pressed copies, making this...

. 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

King's X

King's X is an American hard rock band that combines progressive metal, funk and soul with vocal arrangements influenced by gospel, blues, and British Invasion rock groups. The band's lyrics are largely based on the members' struggles with religion and self-acceptance...

.

The bonus track "Freedom" can also be found as a b-side of the single "A Box".

Track listing

1. "The Train" – 3:08
2. "(Thinking and Wondering) What I'm Gonna Do" – 3:41
3. "Sometime" – 3:47
4. "A Box" – 4:39
5. "Looking for Love" – 2:58
6. "Mississippi Moon" – 3:11
7. "67" – 4:41
8. "Lies in the Sand (The Ballad Of...)" – 3:53
9. "Run" – 3:27
10. "Fathers" – 3:21
11. "American Cheese (Jerry's Pianto)" – 2:54
12. "Picture" – 5:34
13. "Life Going By" – 4:04
14. "Freedom" (Japanese bonus track) - 3.33

All songs written by Pinnick, Tabor and Gaskill.

Personnel

• Doug Pinnick
  Doug Pinnick
  Doug Pinnick sometimes stylised as dUg Pinnick or simply dUg is an American musician best known as the bass guitarist, songwriter, and co-lead vocalist for the hard rock/progressive metal band King's X. He has fourteen albums with King's X, four solo albums, and numerous side projects and guest...
  
   - bass, vocals
• Ty Tabor
  Ty Tabor
  Ty Tabor is the lead guitarist, songwriter, and co-lead vocalist for the progressive metal band, King's X....
  
   - guitar, vocals
• Jerry Gaskill
  Jerry Gaskill
  Jerry Gaskill is an American rock musician who is the drummer for the progressive metal band King's X.-History:...
  
   - drums, vocals

Album notes

• This would be the last studio album King's X
  King's X
  King's X is an American hard rock band that combines progressive metal, funk and soul with vocal arrangements influenced by gospel, blues, and British Invasion rock groups. The band's lyrics are largely based on the members' struggles with religion and self-acceptance...
  
   would release on Atlantic Records
  Atlantic Records
  Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
  
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• "American Cheese (Jerry's Pianto)" is the second released song to feature Jerry Gaskill
  Jerry Gaskill
  Jerry Gaskill is an American rock musician who is the drummer for the progressive metal band King's X.-History:...
  
   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
  Ty Tabor
  Ty Tabor is the lead guitarist, songwriter, and co-lead vocalist for the progressive metal band, King's X....
  
   and King's X
  King's X
  King's X is an American hard rock band that combines progressive metal, funk and soul with vocal arrangements influenced by gospel, blues, and British Invasion rock groups. The band's lyrics are largely based on the members' struggles with religion and self-acceptance...
  
  .
• "A Box" features additional vocals by Glen Phillips
  Glen Phillips
  Glen Phillips is a songwriter, lyricist, singer and guitarist. He is best known as the singer and songwriter of 1990s alternative rock group Toad the Wet Sprocket.-Personal life:...
  
   of Toad The Wet Sprocket
  Toad the Wet Sprocket
  Toad the Wet Sprocket is an American alternative rock band formed in 1986. The band consists of singer/guitarist Glen Phillips, guitarist Todd Nichols, bassist Dean Dinning, and drummer Randy Guss. The band enjoyed chart success in the 1990s with the singles "Walk on the Ocean," "All I Want,"...
  
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Chart performance

Chart	Peak
U.S. Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Top Contemporary Christian	4
Swedish Album Chart Svensktoppen Svensktoppen is a record chart at Sveriges Radio. Until January 2003, the songs had to be in the Swedish language. Svensktoppen has aired since 1962, except for the years 1982-1985. Svensktoppen airs once a week...	52
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	105

External links

• Official King's X Site, Accessed on July 11, 2005.
• Additional information about the album, Accessed on April 26, 2006.
• site francophone, Accessed on July 24, 2006.