Fun fact, the bandname "Cake" doesn't refer to the baked sugary confectionery but rather the word used to describe when something accumulates somewhere you don't necessarily want it to, like when mud cakes on your boots and you have to scrape it off.

I'm really glad Cake finally won, I'd been wanting to dive into them more. Really easy discography to get through and listen to. I agree that Fashion Nugget is an easy #1 though, was blown away. 6) Showroom of Compassion - 3 5) Motorcade of Generosity - 3.5 4) Pressure Chief - 3.5 3) Prolonging the Magic - 4 2) Comfort Eagle - 4 1) Fashion Nugget - 4.5

1. Fashion Nugget - 4.5 2. Motorcade of Generosity - 4.5 3. Prolonging the Magic - 4 4. Pressure Chief - 3.5 5. Comfort Eagle - 3.5 6. Showroom of Compassion - 3

I was a huge Cake fan back in the day. My list is pretty close to Jason's list. Motorcade sometimes goes ahead of Fashion Nugget for me, mostly because of Jolene. Prolonging sometimes hits 2 for me. I have two funny Cake stories... 1) Orpheum Theater, Boston (Oct 7, 2004): The Red Sox were in the playoffs and the fever was mad. At one point, during the show people started chanting Red Sox! Red Sox! Red Sox! to which McCrea replied, "Cake does not support your sports teams." The crowd booed heavily for a little bit. The bass player at the time sheepishly pointed to his Red Sox hat when McCrae wasn't looking. That seemed to appease the crowd. 2) Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, Hampton, NH (2006) - Cake took the stage and before playing anything McCrae told the story of getting ready for the show and overhearing two waitresses in the bathroom kibbitzing. One of them mockingly said, "Oh... I wonder which song they are gonna play last? The Distance?" Obviously, alluding to them being a one-hit wonder. So, McCrae then said, "So, we are going to play The Distance now. If that's all you came here to hear you are free to go when it's done." Of course, no one left. All Cake fans know, at least at that time, that they always closed with Jolene. McCrae is great and doesn't give a rat's ass, but his snarky ambivalence can sometimes tank a show. On the other hand, like in New Hampshire, it can raise a show up to a higher level.

1. Pressure Chief (4) 2. Prolonging the Magic (4) 3. Fashion Nugget (3.5) 4. Comfort Eagle (3.5) 5. Motorcade of Generosity (3) 6. Showroom of Compassion (3)

Huge band for me in high school and I finally revisited some of their stuff last year to see how it still held up. Their discography sits comfortably among three tiers for me: Comfort Eagle and Fashion Nugget - "These albums defined my youth", Prolonging the Magic and Motorcade of Generosity - "Solid, but could've used a couple more great tracks," and the last two - "I just don't care anymore. The juice is gone."

1-Fashion Nugget 2-Comfort Eagle 3-Prolonging the Magic 4-Motorcade of Generosity 5-Pressure Chief 6-Showroom of Compassion

1. Prolonging the Magic (1998) 5 stars (10) 2. Fashion Nugget (1996) 5 stars (9.6) 3. Comfort Eagle (2001) 4.5 stars (9) 4. Motorcade of Generosity (1994) 4 stars (8) 5. Showroom of Compassion (2011) 4 stars (8) 6. Pressure Chief (2004) 3.5 stars (7.5)

Great video! I enjoyed watching! Interesting band!

1. Comfort Eagle (2001) 4.5 2. Fashion Nugget (1996) 4.5 3. Motorcade of Generosity (1994) 4.0 4. Prolonging the Magic (1998) 3.5 5. Showroom of Compassion (2011) 3.5 6. Pressure Chief (2004) 3.0

Deftones, Death Grips, Dance Gavin Dance and Tesla are also from Sacramento, California. 1. Fashion Nugget (1996) 4.5 2. Comfort Eagle (2001) 4 3. Prolonging the Magic (1998) 4 4. Motorcade of Generosity (1994) 3.5 5. Showroom of Compassion (2011) 3 6. Pressure Chief (2004) 2.5 Cool band. Never heard of them before but this was an enjoyable listen.

@AP530

Ай бұрын

U forgot Sacs best band - Far

1. Comfort Eagle 2. Fashion Nugget 3. Motorcade of Generosity 4. Pressure Chief 5. Prolonging the Magic 6. Showroom of Compassion

Tesla and Deftones are from Sacramento. Pavement was close to Sac, there from Stockon. Lux Interior and Poison Ivy of the Cramps first met in Sacramento, so there is some history of rock there.

@AP530

Ай бұрын

FAR.. Nobody mentions Far lol.

Mmmm... i recall this band from back in the day, but paid them no attention whatsoever... until today. From what I've heard, they are excellent. Thanks for the introduction..

my picks 1 showroom of compassion 4.0 2 prolonging the magic3.5+ 3 comfort eagle 3.5+ 4 motorcade of gererosity 3.5 + 5 fashion nugget 3.5 6 pressure chef 3.0- went in pretty much blind , to this listo, found them maybe a little better than i i thought i would

@AbbeyRoadkill1

Ай бұрын

If I'd played along this week, my ratings probably would've been in the same ballpark as yours (although I'd put Fashion Nugget at #1). I just don't care enough about Cake to justify taking time away from the 1994 deep dive and Prince. Between those two, I've got around 250 albums to get through.

@weirddebbiem1619

Ай бұрын

Great ranking, bengal. I, too, was pretty much going in blind with Cake's discography and liked them better than I thought I would. 🎶💜💜

@bengalgangster

Ай бұрын

@@AbbeyRoadkill1 i did like them a little more than i thought , i only knew the hits and wasnt a big fan of them

@bengalgangster

Ай бұрын

@@weirddebbiem1619 thanx deb , it wasnt too bad lol💜💜

@weirddebbiem1619

Ай бұрын

@@bengalgangster You're welcome, bengal. Yep, it wasn't too bad. 🎶💜💜

Thanks for this. I don't know much about them, but will see them at Green River Festival in a couple weeks. Really going to see Twisted Pine, but Cake is headlining later that day.

6. Motorcade of Generosity 3.0 5. Pressure Chief 3.0 4. Showroom of Compassion 3.0 3. Comfort Eagle 3.5 2. Prolonging the Magic 4.0 1. Fashion Nugget 4.0

@bengalgangster

Ай бұрын

uh oh, my top album is your worst, but it is near at bottom for everybody , i must have heard it differently💜💜

@weirddebbiem1619

Ай бұрын

@@bengalgangster Hey, bengal. I may have to relisten to the album. Two of the songs from this album made my song list. 🎶💜💜

Great Band - almost no repeats on your Top ten1 Teriffic Band. I LOVE "Jolene"/ Lots of great tunes.

The track Comfort Eagle was supposed to be the lead single but they changed it to Short Skirt because of 9/11

I chose Love you madly to play at my wedding while my wife and I were cutting the Cake 🤘🏽😎

Now, hw about the Cowboy Junkiesz/ They deserve a listen, and a ranking. A long Discography. - excellent stuff.

SACRAMENTO - Deftones, Far, Cake, Onelinedrawing

Wow...I really do not understand the hate for Pressure Chief. I got it when it came out and I've loved it ever since. It's got a 52/100 on Metacritic, and usually ends up at #5 or #6 on people's rankings. It starts out slow with the first 4 songs, but from Dime up through Tougher Than it Is, I think it's absolute gold.

I love CAKE!!!

1) Fashion Nugget(1996) (3.5 stars) 2) Pressure Chief(2004) (3.5 stars) 3) Prolonging the Magic(1998) (3 stars) 4) Motorcade of Generosity(1994) (3 stars) 5) Comfort Eagle(2001) (3 stars) 6) Showroom of Compassion(2011) (3 stars)

Cake is a really interesting band. I hadn't listened to them in years. This video made me want to revisit them, right now! Thanks guys!

1. Carrot 2. Red Velvet 3. Hummingbird 4. German Chocolate 5. Coffee

@gummyb426

Ай бұрын

I rank on a scale from 1 to 10… Comfort Eagle - 10/10 Fashion Nugget - 10/10 Prolonging The Magic - 10/10 Pressure Chief - 9/10 Motorcade of Generosity - 9/10 Showroom of Compassion - 8/10

1. Fashion Nugget ★★★★½ 2. Prolonging the Magic ★★★★ 3. Motorcade of Generosity ★★★★ 4. Comfort Eagle ★★★★ - B-Sides and Rarities ★★★★ 5. Pressure Chief ★★★½ 6. Showroom of Compassion ★★★ I'm throwing in non numbered placement for *B-Sides And Rarities* just because I love that compilation and there will a couple tracks from that comp on my top 10.

Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" is a celebration of the human spirit. CAKE's "I Will Survive" is seething with bile and is a straight up FU to whomever the performance was aimed at. The same song couldn't be more different. I freaking love it.

Cake are just ok to me, they’ve had a few moments that I enjoyed at the time…in regards to Sinatra’s ‘Watertown’, Cake doing a cover from it in 2000 isn’t that surprising to me being as I first got hipped to this Ol’ Blue Eyes lost classic back in 2001 myself via Robert Pollard’s list of his favorite Lp’s of the late 60’s-early 70’s that was published in an old issue of ‘The Big Takeover’ from 2001

@TastesLikeMusic

29 күн бұрын

Good old Robert Pollard. - Joe

You can do Lambchop next

2 pieces please, “Got to move” “Sick of you” great horns, this “Beatlesque vocal”. “Perhaps” “Friend” love Coronet, Trumpet, crazy clever lyrics, YES SURVIVE, made Gloria take note!

I ❤️ Cake 🎂 & Milk 🥛 😋 !

"I Will Survive" sounds like a parody, yet they pull it off.

@curly_wyn

Ай бұрын

It’s terrible, I’m sorry 🥲

Are you guys familiar with Greg Brown / Victor Damiani's other band, Deathray?

@TastesLikeMusic

Ай бұрын

I took a listen during the week because I was curious but they didn’t seem to be that interesting. - Joe

1) Prolonging 5 Stars 2) Fashion Nugget 5 Stars 3) Comfort Eagle 4.5 stars 4) Pressure Chief 4 stars 5) Motorcade 3 Stars 6) Showroom 2.5 stars motorcade on vinyl is awful, that one went down for me when I heard it on a good system.

@TastesLikeMusic

Ай бұрын

No way is prolonging 5-stars. - Joe

@myfriendjoe

Ай бұрын

@@TastesLikeMusic long story short , it’s like a fine wine

@myfriendjoe

Ай бұрын

@@TastesLikeMusic you know what. As much as I love that album it should only be a 4.5 because it does have songs that I don’t care for.

06) Pressure Chief (2004) 3.75/5 05) Showroom of Compassion (2011) 4/5 04) Fashion Nugget (1996) 4/5 03) Motorcade of Generosity (1994) 4/5 02) Comfort Eagle (2001) 4/5 01) Prolonging the Magic (1998) 4/5 Ratings Scale: 0 stars - irredeemably terrible/insultingly bad/the worst .5 stars - terrible 1 star - bad 1.5 stars - pretty bad 2 stars - weak/mediocre 2.5 stars - meh 2.75 stars - "It's OK, but quit playing it." 3 stars - OK/decent 3.25 stars - pretty good 3.5 stars - good 3.75 stars - really good 4 stars - very good 4.25 stars - very, very good 4.5 stars - excellent 5 stars - mind like a diamond Notes: * I hadn't heard any Cake, outside of their biggest hits. Turns out they have a lot of catchy as fuck songs. * A very quirky band, almost a novelty act, but they have chops. The deadpan vocal style does sound suited for novelty music, but the vocals actually have a lot more to offer than that. * The lyrics tend to take a sardonic look at life and especially relationships. * They make excessive use of the vibraslap, which became a calling card by the end of it. But they also make use of a wide array of other percussion elements, a wide array of keyboard sounds, and other instruments like pedal steel. They combine an eclectic mix of styles and run it all through the Cake filter. * They have effectively Cake-ified many great cover songs, and it's definitely worth hearing the B-sides and Rarities collection because of that. * They can get really groovy, funky and danceable. They remind me of Soul Coughing in that way and especially in the vocals. * They are a highly consistent band, and every album has a standout banger, usually a smash single. * Their final album maintains their usual high standards, but I do feel it is a step towards ordinary. * Cheers mates!!!!!!!!!!

@Felonious_Punk

Ай бұрын

Love that this is the only list so far that doesn't have Fashion Nugget in the top 3. Your top 3 are mine, but I interchange them depending on the mood. I'd call them all 4.5 or 5 star, and Fashion Nugget 3.5.

Hi Joe, would you mind qualifying your statement: “I’m not the alternative guy” (paraphrasing) I could be wrong, but I remember you liking quite a few bands that have been called “alternative” Is it just the label that gives you pause? In the 90s that was such a catch-all blanket term for numerous genres so maybe I have a different understanding of it than you do. There was a lot of bad mainstream pop/rock/R&B music infiltrating the airwaves back then, so I was happy to have any alternative to that!

@TastesLikeMusic

Ай бұрын

I think he’s just coming to grips with not being as cool as me. -Jason

@michelewiese48

Ай бұрын

@@TastesLikeMusic😂❤

Ever consider covering Modest Mouse?

@TastesLikeMusic

Ай бұрын

I’d rather not. - Joe

@michelewiese48

Ай бұрын

@@TastesLikeMusicPlease consider at least listening to ‘We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank’ - Johnny Marr’s contributions to that album may delight you!

@HansDelli

Ай бұрын

@@TastesLikeMusic I think you might be surprised They have at least 3 albums in the S tier

I love Cake and own all of their albums, but I cannot see them live again. Worst show I've ever been to. Legit, half the set is talking, mostly just crazy rants you can barely understand.

@user-hr4lq8ue8j

21 күн бұрын

How utterly disappointing 😂

The main reason Fashion Nugget is my number 4 is my distaste for "Open Book" which is the only meh Cake song I've heard out of all of these albums. It sounds awkward. "Stickshifts and Safetybelts" is my 5-star song on FN. "The Distance" is very, very good...but not excellent.

@TastesLikeMusic

Ай бұрын

Strike 3

@user-hr4lq8ue8j

Ай бұрын

your make up is a “Fashion Horror show” what Goth F--- Rocky Horror😂?

"Today we are ranking the six studio albums of 90s alternative rock act FAILURE" Oh well, maybe next time 😉

This band’s radio hits became inescapable and overplayed. Background music at some anonymous parties. A couple of catchy singles sure, but they never intrigued me enough to explore further. Something about their sound is not for me. I was buying up CDs in the late 90s/early 2000s like half price penny candy, but I left the Cake on the shelf. Not a They Might Be Giants fan either.

@echosmyron1278

Ай бұрын

If you removed 99% of the creativity, fun, and energy from They Might Be Giants’ music, you’d end up with a band like Cake. Granted, I think a couple of tracks like “The Distance” and “Never There” are solid enough to put on a 90s alt-rock compilation, but that’s where my enjoyment of this band begins and ends. I’d honestly take a band like Collective Soul or Third Eye Blind over Cake. Perhaps even Matchbox Twenty (“Long Day” is catchier than anything I’ve heard from the cakey boys.)

All of their albums with the exception of Pressure Chief have exactly 1 5-star song, usually the hit.

@TastesLikeMusic

Ай бұрын

No

What happened to Cramser? Loved that guy.

@TastesLikeMusic

Ай бұрын

He quit

Now you have to call Kram and see if there's a trifecta 😅

I legit never heard of cake

@echosmyron1278

Ай бұрын

More of a pie guy?

Who's after Prince?

@AbbeyRoadkill1

Ай бұрын

I think a "Listography Jr." comes next, with Nick Drake, Gram Parsons, and Judee Sill.

@anthonybernard3689

Ай бұрын

@@AbbeyRoadkill1 right, they mentioned that

@TastesLikeMusic

Ай бұрын

Then The Cult and then XTC. 1994 Deep Dive before Prince and 1974 Deep Dive somewhere in there as well.

@anthonybernard3689

Ай бұрын

@@TastesLikeMusic yes, xtc remaster!

@anthonybernard3689

Ай бұрын

@@TastesLikeMusic how many prince albums are you counting?

Pressure Chief has aged better with time and is my #2 behind Fashion Nugget

10th

Cake are another one of those bands that seem like they’re doing everything ironically and with a nudge and a wink, and care more about humor than actual writing good songs. Yeah, not a fan at all, but this was interesting, I suppose. Their cover of I Will Survive is real bad. 1. Fashion Nugget (1996) = 2.5/5 stars 2. Prolonging the Magic (1998) = 2/5 stars 3. Comfort Eagle (2001) = 2/5 stars 4. Motorcade of Generosity (1994) = 2/5 stars 5. Pressure Chief (2004) = 1.5/5 stars 6. Showroom of Compassion (2011) = 1.5/5 stars

@TastesLikeMusic

Ай бұрын

They are doing everything with a nudge and a wink but that doesn’t exclude them from being good songs.

@curly_wyn

Ай бұрын

@@TastesLikeMusicwell idk, sometimes it just does for me. I just don’t really have time for most bands that are like: “Oooo! Look at us! We’re in a band and playing music. Who would ever do such a thing?”..it just comes off to me as shallow unless the songwriting is great.

Noone c ares about cake u guys are going downhill

@TastesLikeMusic

Ай бұрын

The Patrons picked them. They take the blame.

@paulschmidt3680

Ай бұрын

@@TastesLikeMusic i am obviously not your audience I am 66 grew up with classic rock heavy metal and all these bands now sound the same

@paulschmidt3680

Ай бұрын

Can't beat sabbath zep Beatles stones who bruce queen best 2 bands last 40years black crowes and haelstorm thats it everybody else sound the same

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