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- Summary: The Northern California band's fifth album in ten years includes a cover of Bread's "Guitar Man."
- Record Label: Sony
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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Positive: 4 out of 8
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Mixed: 3 out of 8
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Negative: 1 out of 8
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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 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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Smart, subtly subversive, and always catchy - if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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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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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]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 16
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Mixed: 1 out of 16
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Negative: 1 out of 16
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LukeHNov 25, 2004This is an awesome release by Cake - The top song being "No Phone"!! No Phone was a huge hit at the Center in Vancouver!
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KenNFeb 10, 2005Best new music I've heard in many years, unfortunately, it's the first Cake album I've heard as well, but I can fix that.
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Sep 8, 2020
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JoeBOct 24, 2004Obviously no one here has a good ear for a decent soundtrack.
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Apr 7, 2020
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markDec 13, 2004
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[Anonymous]Aug 6, 2006What happened!?!? I can't believe this travesty was made by Cake!
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