Erotic Cakes is the first solo studio album by guitarist Guthrie Govan. It was first released in 2006 through Cornford Records and, it was later re-released by JTC records in 2011.[2] The album features a mixture of songs that Govan had performed previously with his trio as well as some new compositions.
In an interview with All Out Guitar, he stated that, "these studio versions are a lot closer to what I meant the stuff to sound like when I wrote it".[3] In the quote, he refers to the changes in arrangement made to the songs compared to his live work with his trio.
Govan has stated that the album name is a reference to the Simpsons' episode "Treehouse of Horror VI".
Guthrie Govan is a well known guitarist because of his work with Asia as well as winning Guitarist magazine's "Guitarist of the Year" competition in 1993 with his composition "Wonderful Slippery Thing" which appears in this album.[5] The songs "Waves" and "Rhode Island Shred" were featured in the compilation "Guitar on the Edge: Vol. 1 No. 4". "Sevens" and "Erotic cakes" were also composed before the album and played with his trio.
Govan himself has said that he was not very interested in releasing a solo album .
