Which band released its sixth studio album, "Showroom of Compassion," in 2011? The answer is Cake.
Released on January 11, 2011, Showroom of Compassion was Cake's sixth studio album and followed 2004's Pressure Chief. The long gap between albums was the band's longest between consecutive studio releases at that time.
Cake produced the album themselves and recorded it in their Sacramento studio, which had been converted to run on solar power. The record blends the band's familiar alternative-rock sound with syncopated rhythms, distorted guitar, trumpet, keyboards, and John McCrea's dry, wordplay-heavy lyrics.
The album was notable commercially as well as musically: it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming Cake's first album to reach the top spot. That result can cause confusion because the album was released independently through the band's own Upbeat label, rather than a major record company.