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Pressure Chief by Cake (CD, Oct-2004, Columbia USA) 
Pressure Chief by Cake (CD, Oct-2004, Columbia USA)

 
Pressure Chief by Cake (CD, Oct-2004, Columbia USA)

Artist: Cake
Release Date: Oct 2004
Format: CD
Record Label: Columbia (USA)
Genre: Alternative, Rock & Pop
UPC: 827969262924
Product ID: EPID31006220
Description: Cake: John McCrea (vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards, percussion); Gabriel Nelson, Xan McCurdy (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, drums, background vocals); Vincent Di Fiore (melodica, trumpet, keyboards, percuss...
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Track Listing
1. Wheels
2. No Phone
3. Take It All Away
4. Dime
5. Carbon Monoxide
6. Guitar Man, The
7. Waiting
8. She'll Hang the Baskets
9. End of the Movie
10. Palm of Your Hand
11. Tougher Than It Is

Details
Producer:Cake
Distributor:Sony Music Distribution (
Recording Type:Studio
Recording Mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:n/a

Album Notes
Cake: John McCrea (vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards, percussion); Gabriel Nelson, Xan McCurdy (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, drums, background vocals); Vincent Di Fiore (melodica, trumpet, keyboards, percussion, background vocals).
"Idiosyncratic alternative pop" immediately comes to mind when trying to describe Cake to the uninitiated. On the band's fifth album, PRESSURE CHIEF, John McCrea and company continue down the same creative path with their tried-and-true knapsack of sonic elements--McCrea's deadpan phrasing, sprinklings of trumpet, and off-kilter hooks that manage to work in spite of themselves.
Fueled by its frontman's progressive views on everyday life, this Sacramento quartet takes aim at a depleted ozone layer (the faux-punk-meets-Kraftwerk "Carbon Monoxide"), the intrusiveness of modern technology (a jittery, keyboard-laden "No Phone"), and society's prevailing "get-it-now" sentiments (the loping ""Waiting"). McCrea also tries his hand at legit singing, and he ends up sounding sincere, whether it's on the R.E.M.-like "She'll Hang the Baskets" (featuring guest guitarist Chuck Prophet) or a heartfelt walk through Bread's 1970s nugget "The Guitar Man," adding yet another quirky cover choice to the group's pantheon. Oddball yet endearing, PRESSURE CHIEF furthers Cake's successful pursuit of loose and non-conformist pop music.

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      Cake: Pressure Chief
    Review created: 09/22/05
    by:
    wjduenow ( 34)
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    10 of 12 people found this review helpful.

    Sacramento California's Cake is back at it again, with a collection of wry, catchy pop tunes that are right on target. For those of you unfamiliar with Cake you are really missing out. They have only received a fair about of radio play ... best known for the songs Short Skirt/Long Jacket and The Distance.

    Nothing is really new here, from the trademark Album art to the music, yet it still comes across as fresh. Part of that is due to the new material but I think it is also due to Cake's unique sound. It is certainly a sound that NO ONE else today. I am not sure how many bands could combine half spoken lyrics, warbly trumpet solos and Dr. Dre style keyboards. the music is laid back yet energizing and each song needs to be considered in its entirety, certainly the Amazon.com or other online snippets do not do them justice.

    John McCrea's deadpan, detached vocals are as they ever were which to me is just perfect, however on a few tracks he breaks into a more traditional singing style with great success. They are times when listening to any Cake album you get the sense that their lyrics would be just as successful spoken without music at a hip counter culture coffee shop.

    Real stand outs on this Album are the dreamy Wheels, Carbon Monoxide, Dime and the Final track Tougher Than It Is. One thing is certain though that this is music that is great in any setting, but really stands out when listened to. For Cake lyrics are not .. to quote Jessica Simpson .. those icky works that get in the way of my Dance steps.

    WHO WILL LIKE THIS ALBUM
    Fans of Cake
    Smart People
    College Rock Fans


    WHO WILL NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM
    NKOTB Fans
    NSYNC Fans
    People who Harmonize with Color Me Badd's "I Wanna Sex You Up"


    Review ID: 10000000000000406
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