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Alternative Press

Comfort Eagle is infinitely smarter, smarmier and catchier than Weezer's Green Album. [Oct 2001, p.79]

Uncut

John McCrea's sense of subversion skates on the thin ice of their self-belittling grooves without ever quite toppling. [Jan 2002, p.131]

PopMatters

With Comfort Eagle mainly serving as a variation on the same themes that Cake keeps covering, it's tough to say for sure whether it's a better or worse album than anything else by the band.

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Sonicnet

Cake at times manage to counterbalance the smart-aleck cynicism with skilled musicianship, and when [John] McCrea drops the monotone bombast and actually sings, the songs really work.

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CDNow

Cake often veers close to the land of Dr. Demento -- but its catchy, quirky music always manages to pull back from the brink of madness by being a bit more substantial than your typical novelty tune.

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E! Online

It's mostly funny, but it also gets kind of same-y as these average Joes embrace their marching-band backgrounds and revel in self-deprecating humor.

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Entertainment Weekly

The sweetest moments come when frontman John McCrea breaks from the formula and extends his baritone beyond a single note, as on the harmony fueled ''Pretty Pink Ribbon'' and the yearning ''World of Two.''

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Spin Cycle

Just as little has changed on the radio front, so has Cake stuck with its market-proven formula on "Comfort Eagle."

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Q Magazine

When it works, it works brilliantly. [Dec 2001, p.120]

HOB.com

And the songs are catchy, yes. Just not so catchy that you're already singing along with them the first time you hear them.

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Blender

McCrea is still spinning wry, keenly observed stories, though the band has broadened its stylistic base some... [Aug/Sep 2001, p.121]

Rolling Stone

The best songs, particularly "Long Line of Cars" and "Pretty Pink Ribbon," exhibit a modern pop that is both mechanized and organic.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 9.4 (out of 10) based on 36 User Votes

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Alex D gave it a10:
I think this album is dignified and pretty, especially pretty pink ribbon. The baritone part was awesome!

Pedro F gave it a10:
It's just great! nuff said.

Julie H gave it a10:
I became a fan of CAKE late in their history; this album was not new when I discovered it, but it is one of my favorites!!

Executioner Jones gave it a10:
The funkyest tightest rockers ever!

Matthew P gave it a10:
This album is smart and actually has depth.

Albert P gave it a10:
Saw Cake in Portland. Owned Fashion Nugget for years....now I have 4 Cd's of Cake....This one is unbelievable...Almost feel guilty having a burned copy of it.

yo momma gave it a10:
really good CD

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