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7.3 out of 10

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  • Summary: After a seven-year hiatus, the Sacramento band's long-awaited album mixes alt-country sounds of steel guitars with their trademark bass-and-horn combination to create their sixth playful pop/rock record.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. The A.V. Club
    Jan 11, 2011
    83
    Fans of the band's old stuff should find plenty to love, even though it all feels pretty familiar.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Jan 7, 2011
    83
    The resulting confection tastes remarkably fresh, considering how few concessions it makes to contemporary trends.
  3. Uncut
    Jan 13, 2012
    60
    There is, as usual, a lot of brass on cake's sixth album, a flourish that seem idiosyncratic 20 years ago but now leaves them sounding a little stale. [Feb 2012, p.83]
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  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. kejaby
    9
    Cake shows signs of maturity on their long awaited follow up to 2004's Pressure Chief. Although the single "Sick of You" is reminiscent of Cake's biggest hits, songs like Mustache Man (wasted) and Bound Away show that this band is maturing and moving in all the right directions. If you haven't seen Cake live. You're missing a great show.… Expand
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  2. mlathb
    7
    I liked this album. More than most Cake albums. Great sound and production values. Nice flow to the album and saw them on this tour and was a great show. I would suggest this show to any Cake fan. Solid 7… Expand
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  3. bigj452
    6
    I like cake. Cake is good. Cake cake cake. Yum yum yum. Cake is smooth and easy especially when you don't listen very hard. When you do, however, you discover its not as good as when you were only passively listening.… Expand
    • 0 of 1 users said yes

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