Cake or Death is the final studio album by Lee Hazlewood, released in 2006. The title of the album is a reference to a stand-up comedy routine by the British comedian Eddie Izzard, of whom Hazlewood was a fan. Stephen Troussé of Pitchfork gave the album a . out of 10, saying: "sobriety has never been Hazlewood's style, and Cake or Death is as daffy, cornball and absurdly touching as anything he's put his name to over the last half century
It's supremely fitting that Lee Hazlewood would greet his impending death from renal cancer with an album that expresses a healthy dose of cheery fatalism, the same nature that has kept the listeners of several generations tuned in to his every word. It's also fitting that Hazlewood goes out on his own terms, with no celebrity cameos but help from plenty of unknowns, family members, and old friends.
Cake or Death, the final album by idiosyncratic oducer Lee Hazlewood, was released November 27, 2006, after he received a diagnosis of terminal renal cancer in 2005. The song "The First Song of the Day", a collaboration with German musician Bela B. was originally featured on the Bela B. album Bingo, there titled "Lee Hazlewood & das erste Lied des Tages". The title of the album is a reference to a stand-up routine by British comedian Eddie Izzard, of whom Hazlewood was a fa. .
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After a lifetime of taking nothing too seriously, pop iconoclast Lee Hazlewood isn't about to make an exception for terminal cancer. He faces the reaper with a husky chuckle, a title taken from Eddie Izzard and a swansong as wayward and high-spirited as the rest of his 50-year career
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Cake Or Death Import. Well here it is, Lee Hazlewood's long-anticipated musical adieu. As all of us know, Lee had cancer and pretty much knew this was his last album. Instead of a perfunctory album or a quiet album, he made an album that is really experimental, tuneful, and can stand right along any of his other classic albums. This is not the work of an "old man" but of a vibrant artist who knew he was dying but wasn't going to slag off into that good night.
Barton Lee Hazlewood (July 9, 1929 – August 4, 2007) was an American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late 1950s and singer Nancy Sinatra in the 1960s. Hazlewood had a distinctive baritone voice that added a resonance to his music