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UncutJan 13, 2012There 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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May 9, 2011Following a seven year gap between studio albums, Sacramento's CAKE is back with the compelling, yet inconsistent Showroom of Compassion.
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Jan 26, 2011They've not lost their ability to craft subtly alluring, idiosyncratic songs in that time.
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Jan 19, 2011The harder they aim for radio, the more rewarding the result. Beneath the irony and compact cool, Cake is still a great little pop band.
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Jan 11, 2011Cake graduated from the same Nineties class of alt-rock oddballs that produced Beck and Weezer.
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Jan 11, 2011Production value has upped the ante sonically, and while there are those who might scoff at such a thing because lo-fi makes you cooler, Showroom Of Compassion does not shoot you in the eardrum with loudness battling, or undue sound effects and segues.
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Positive: 19 out of 25
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Mixed: 5 out of 25
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Negative: 1 out of 25
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