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Pressure Chief - Cake
  • Band Name: Cake
  • Record Label: Sony
  • Release Date: Oct 5, 2004
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Metascore
52 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 26 Ratings

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  • Summary: The Northern California band's fifth album in ten years includes a cover of Bread's "Guitar Man."

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. Stylus Magazine
    70
    While traditional rock fans may have a difficult time swallowing Cake’s meticulously produced, pop-obsessed, genre-bending concoction, fans of Moby, Beck and The Flaming Lips might make for easy converts.
  2. cokemachineglow
    56
    Although Pressure Chief isn't a bad album, several of its songs come off like b-side compliation fodder rather than a batch of fresh material.
  3. Mojo
    20
    The perkiness and quirkiness are paper-thin. [Dec 2004, p.112]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
  1. AlbertoM
    8
    At last!, I thought they were dead creatively. Soberb album and change of course that brings them back on top of the indie scene, with their peculiar sound. More basses, more melody, more rhythm...more unique sound, pure Cake not seen since I will Survive to me. Sublime, record of the year in its genre.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. LexingtonK
    4
    The CD certainly maintains the Cake sound, but is a drop in quality. The music's competent and upbeat, but wasn't quite compelling. The lyrics have fallen a lot more compared to previous albums. Most notably, "too much carbon monoxide" is horrible. The CD does have it's moments though.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. [Anonymous]
    0
    What happened!?!? I can't believe this travesty was made by Cake!
    • 0 of 1 users said yes

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