Fashion Nugget

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Fashion Nugget
Cake Fashion Nugget.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 17, 1996
Recorded1995–1996
Genre
Length48:36
Label Capricorn
Producer Cake
Cake chronology
Motorcade of Generosity
(1994)
Fashion Nugget
(1996)
Prolonging the Magic
(1998)
Singles from Fashion Nugget
  1. "The Distance"
    Released: August 5, 1996 [1]
  2. "I Will Survive"
    Released: 1997
  3. "Frank Sinatra"
    Released: 1997
  4. "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps"
    Released: 1997
  5. "Friend Is a Four Letter Word"
    Released: March 3, 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Cash Box (favorable) [3]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Christgau's Consumer Guide Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [5]
In Music We Trust A [6]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [8]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]

Fashion Nugget is the second studio album by alternative rock band Cake. It was released in 1996, and contains 14 songs. "The Distance" and "I Will Survive" became the most successful singles on the record, with the prior peaking at number 22 in the UK [10] and at number 4 on the US Alternative Airplay Chart. [11] The album was recorded at Paradise Studios in Sacramento, California. [12]

Contents

On December 9, 1996, the album was certified gold by the RIAA, and the next year, the album was certified platinum for shipments of one million copies. [13]

Style

The album contains elements of alternative rock, [2] rock, [6] funk, [2] [4] [14] hip hop, [15] [2] rockabilly, [4] jazz, [4] country, [4] [6] [15] pop rock, [6] folk rock, [6] and Latin music. [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John McCrea, except where noted.

Fashion Nugget track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Frank Sinatra" 4:01
2."The Distance" Greg Brown 3:00
3."Friend Is a Four Letter Word" 3:22
4."Open Book"Brown, McCrea3:44
5."Daria" 3:44
6."Race Car Ya-Yas"Cake1:21
7."I Will Survive" Freddie Perren, Dino Fekaris 5:10
8."Stickshifts and Safetybelts" 2:09
9."Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" Osvaldo Farrés, Joe Davis 2:24
10."It's Coming Down" 3:44
11."Nugget"Cake3:58
12."She'll Come Back to Me" 2:24
13."Italian Leather Sofa" 5:52
14."Sad Songs and Waltzes" Willie Nelson 3:15

Personnel

Cake

Guests

Appearances in other media

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Fashion Nugget
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [31] Gold35,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [32] Gold50,000^
United States (RIAA) [33] 2× Platinum2,000,000

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Thomas Erlewine, Stephen (September 17, 1996). "Fashion Nugget - Cake". AllMusic . Retrieved February 16, 2012.
  3. Darzin, Daina (September 14, 1996). "Pop Albums" (PDF). Cash Box . p. 9. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 McKeough, Kevin (October 3, 1996). "Cake Fashion Nugget (Capricorn)". Chicago Tribune . Archived from the original on March 31, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  5. Christgau, Robert (October 15, 2000). "Cake: Fashion Nugget". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s . Macmillan Publishing. ISBN   9780312245603.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "In Music We Trust - Cake: Fashion Nugget". www.inmusicwetrust.com.
  7. Harris, Keith (2004). "Cake". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN   9780743201698.
  8. Bloom, Madison (November 6, 2022). "Cake: Fashion Nugget Album Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  9. Larkin, Colin (2000). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music. Virgin Books. p. 74. ISBN   9780753504277.
  10. "Cake: UK Chart History". Official Charts. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  11. "Cake: Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
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  23. "Norwegiancharts.com – Cake – Fashion Nugget". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
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  29. "ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1997". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  30. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1997". Billboard. January 2, 2013. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  31. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  32. "Canadian album certifications – Cake – Fashion Nugget". Music Canada . Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  33. "American album certifications – Cake – Fashion Nugget". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved August 11, 2022.