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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.
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While traditional rock fans may have a difficult time swallowing Cakes meticulously produced, pop-obsessed, genre-bending concoction, fans of Moby, Beck and The Flaming Lips might make for easy converts.
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'Pressure Chief' sees the California quartet merge their trademark post modern kitsch with something vaguely approaching proper singing and the results are, by and large, pretty favourable.
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Smart, subtly subversive, and always catchy - if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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Pressure Chief won't change your mind on the band, although I will call it their weakest effort simply because there's no memorable single like "The Distance," "Short Skirt/Long Jacket," or even "Never There."
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Only a handful of tracks -- including "No Phone" and the surprisingly sweet "She'll Hang the Baskets" -- push pleasure buttons like they ought to.
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BlenderThe hipster thrills are fading. [Oct 2004, p.116]
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MojoThe perkiness and quirkiness are paper-thin. [Dec 2004, p.112]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 27 out of 31
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Mixed: 2 out of 31
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Negative: 2 out of 31
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[Anonymous]Aug 6, 2006What happened!?!? I can't believe this travesty was made by Cake!
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AlbertoMNov 25, 2005
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LexingtonKDec 8, 2004