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- Fashion Nugget (Parental Advisory)
- - 250,647 plays
  - 53 favs
  - 125 shares
Cake
Released 1996

She'll Come Back To Me
02:24
9,530 plays

Sad Songs And Waltzes
03:15
9,511 plays

The Distance
02:59
58,661 plays

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- 1
- Frank Sinatra
- 04:01
- 19,769 plays

- 2
- The Distance
- 02:59
- 58,661 plays

- 3
- Friend Is A Four Letter Word
- 03:21
- 17,849 plays

- 4
- Open Book
- 03:44
- 12,115 plays

- 5
- Daria
- 03:44
- 13,354 plays

- 6
- Race Car Ya-Yas
- 01:20
- 10,713 plays

- 7
- I Will Survive
- 05:10
- 30,018 plays

- 8
- Stickshifts And Safetybelts
- 02:08
- 14,696 plays

- 9
- Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
- 02:23
- 14,605 plays

- 10
- It's Coming Down
- 03:44
- 10,834 plays

- 11
- Nugget (Edit)
- 03:58
- 15,601 plays

- 12
- She'll Come Back To Me
- 02:24
- 9,530 plays

- 13
- Italian Leather Sofa
- 05:50
- 13,394 plays

- 14
- Sad Songs And Waltzes
- 03:15
- 9,511 plays

album review

Sounding like a suburban, melodic white-funk-injected version of King Missile's performance art/standup comedy, "The Distance" became a novelty hit in the fall of 1996, sending Cake's second album, Fashion Nugget, to platinum status. Certainly, "The Distance" was the only reason Fashion Nugget went platinum, because the remainder of the album is too collegiate and arcane for mainstream music tastes. It isn't because it's obscure or intellectual -- it's because the band is smirking. An "ironic" cover of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" is the key to the album, sending the signal that Cake consider themselves above everyone else, and nothing is too insignificant to make fun of. And that wouldn't necessarily have been a problem if they had the wit or musical skills that would make their music either funny or listenable. Instead, they wallow in sophomoric jokes that rely on self-consciously elaborate wordplay. Occasionally, their blend of collegiate musical styles -- funk, hip-hop, alternative rock -- makes the music easy to digest in small doses, such as "The Distance," but it isn't varied enough to prevent the album from becoming tedious when played straight thorugh. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide