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7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 25 Ratings

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  1. Apr 10, 2020
    7
    Showroom Of Compassion by CAKE: 6.69

    Federal Funding: 0.75 Long Time: 1 :) Got To Move: 1 What’s Now Is Now: 1 Mustache Man (Wasted): 1 :) Teenage Pregnancy: 0.5 Sick Of You: 1 :) Easy To Crash: 1 :) Bound Away: 0.75 The Winter: 0.5 Italian Guy: 0.5 9/11 ~ .818 -> 6.69 Showroom Of Compassion is CAKE’s most recent album, and it’s also one of their weakest. It gets the
    Showroom Of Compassion by CAKE: 6.69

    Federal Funding: 0.75
    Long Time: 1 :)
    Got To Move: 1
    What’s Now Is Now: 1
    Mustache Man (Wasted): 1 :)
    Teenage Pregnancy: 0.5
    Sick Of You: 1 :)
    Easy To Crash: 1 :)
    Bound Away: 0.75
    The Winter: 0.5
    Italian Guy: 0.5

    9/11 ~ .818 -> 6.69

    Showroom Of Compassion is CAKE’s most recent album, and it’s also one of their weakest. It gets the same score as Pressure Chief, though I am not sure which one I would favor in a comparison. Pressure Chief is more consistent in its song scores, but I have more favorites in this album. Either way, I wish that CAKE would produce more songs that resemble their older days, or at least in the Comfort Eagle era. That being said, I did really enjoy Mustache Man and Sick Of You, though there were a couple bland songs (odd for CAKE, as their music is usually unique). Of course, this wasn’t a bad album per se, it just was not as good as previous work by CAKE (I definitely think that this was a good album). If CAKE keeps producing music (which I hope they do), I hope they will revert back to some of their older stuff, as this is not quite as good compared to what they had made in Fashion Nugget and Prolonging the Magic. Highlights: Long Time, Got To Move, What’s Now Is Now, Mustache Man, Sick Of You, and Easy To Crash.
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  2. Oct 20, 2011
    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
  3. Jan 30, 2011
    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.
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72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

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  1. 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]
  2. Q Magazine
    Jan 10, 2012
    80
    Seventeen years on,... Cake have lost none of their bite. [Feb. 2012 p. 101]
  3. May 9, 2011
    60
    Following a seven year gap between studio albums, Sacramento's CAKE is back with the compelling, yet inconsistent Showroom of Compassion.