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Our Seller's Notes...In Very Good Shape..disc may contain scuffs and marks, but plays fine..
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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful
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Every song on this album has its merits. Obviously, "The Distance" and "Frank Sinatra" rank high on everyone's lists. However, many of the other songs are worth notice. The bizarre "Open Book" is appealing in its odd harmonies and disjointedness. "Daria" gets my vote for the strangest lyric of the album: "[I won't be] smoothed over like milk, silk, a bedspread, or a quilt, icing on a cake, or a serene transluscent lake." "It's Coming Down" is both cynical and humorous regarding a breakup, saying "She's gone and she's wearing your red sweater."
Although much credit has been given to the bassist (who definitely deserves it), the lead guitarist makes this album work. Every song, even ones without a guitar solo, the guitar plays a vital role, often adding biting riffs to otherwise innocuous songs. Listen to "Stickshifts and Safetybelts," "Italian Leather Sofa," or "Nugget."
This is really the only Cake album anyone needs to buy. Quite different from Motorcade of Generosity or Prolonging the Magic, Fashion Nugget is Cake's quintessential work that is sure to remain a classic.
19 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Cake became popular on the university circuit several years ago, but I'd personally never purchased any of their albums prior to this one. But after hearing several sections of this new album being played on NPR while John McCrea (Cake's lead singer) got interviewed, I went out and bought this CD. I felt compelled to hear out the remainder of the songs, and wasn't satisfied with just the few stanzas that were allowed on the radio program/interview. I was particularly drawn to Cake's remake of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive". This was a song that my mother loved and I found it refreshing to hear it played at a more modern level.
Many might call Cake's music new-wave or some form of pop, but to me it sounds like a blending of 50's instrumentation with modern lyrics and a low-down beat, similar to a blues melody.
My favorites are the aforementioned "I Will Survive", "Frank Sinatra" and "Race Car Ya-Yas".
There are some definite "explicit lyrics", including a few added to Gaynor's classic (Mom! Close your ears!), but this didn't detract from the overall enjoyment of the songs.
A cool album. Now I've gotta go out and buy a few of their older one's.
Many might call Cake's music new-wave or some form of pop, but to me it sounds like a blending of 50's instrumentation with modern lyrics and a low-down beat, similar to a blues melody.
My favorites are the aforementioned "I Will Survive", "Frank Sinatra" and "Race Car Ya-Yas".
There are some definite "explicit lyrics", including a few added to Gaynor's classic (Mom! Close your ears!), but this didn't detract from the overall enjoyment of the songs.
A cool album. Now I've gotta go out and buy a few of their older one's.
25 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
What other band could do covers of a disco hit, a country ballad, and a spanish mambo and nail them all? Cake's unique musical sensibility sustains even their strangest experimentations. The original tunes on this album are even better than the covers -- Italian Leather Sofa skewers Yuppie happiness, Nugget's catchy, f-word-laden chorus is guaranteed to get you in trouble, and songs like It's Coming Down and She'll Come Back to Me have a depth of feeling unheard of in most pop music. Fans of They Might Be Giants and REM will appreciate Cake's deadpan delivery and complex, obtuse lyrics. Fans of Wilco and the like will like the little bit of alt-country flavor (thankfully, just a taste). Ska aficionados will love the horns and great beats, and fans of Bush and Silverchair -- well, should probably see if they can get a "taste in music" implant. The only two songs that you'll find yourself skipping are "Race Car Ya-yas" and "Stick Shifts and Safety Belts," which stretch Cake's strengths until they become liabilities. All in all, however, 12 solidly great songs make a fine CD in anyone's book.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Missed em once, not again!
Great band from teh 90s, still making good music. Beyond their "hits" the band has a good sound. I missed them when they were new, glad I found them now.
Published 3 days ago by Southern
Grows on You
I think everyone liked The Distance, but the rest of the tracks grow on you the more you listen. "Frank Sinatra" was featured on The Sopranos back in the day, it's a good one.
Published 8 days ago by Ryan M. Goldman
Explicitly Sour
If this is what people are calling good music nowadays, the future of music is in trouble.
Just way too much inconguous tonage, terrible beats, could be done without the... Read more
Just way too much inconguous tonage, terrible beats, could be done without the... Read more
Published 25 days ago by Kenneth A. Capron
Awesome music
I don't have a CD player in my car, so I got this cassette. I'm a big CAKE fan and I love listening to this in the car--especially because this album has three songs with... Read more
Published 10 months ago by S. Smoot
Cake just rules
I was very happy with this album considering the fact that it is the best Cake album out there. I already knew what to expect, but this album never seems to get old.
Published 16 months ago by Amazonfreak12345
An OK album
A couple of silly "filler songs" such as "race car ya yas"
It's cheesy, jazzy rock music. Again, it's OK but I won't buy another Cake album. Read more
It's cheesy, jazzy rock music. Again, it's OK but I won't buy another Cake album. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Bill C
Great CD
Great service. It only took a few days to ship. I am very satisfied with my purchase.
Published 23 months ago by E. Barrera
Amazing CD.
Cake is a band that I have recently found out about. I heard about them from a friend, and this CD is the first one of theirs that I bought/listened to. It's fantastic! Read more
Published on January 27, 2010 by L. Beck
Solid Cake
Solid album. Its got some great songs on it, in fact is pretty much all great songs. For a Cake fan this is a must own. Read more
Published on October 22, 2009 by Steven Bradford
Tastiest slice
Cake struck a moist harmony between their gritty jams, catchy instincts, and sardonic wit with this attuned sophomore outshining anything assimilated afterward.
Published on May 22, 2009 by IRate
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