| Fashion Nugget | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 17, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1995–1996 | |||
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| Length | 48:36 | |||
| Label | Capricorn | |||
| Producer | Cake | |||
| Cake chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Fashion Nugget | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Cash Box | (favorable)[3] |
| Chicago Tribune | [4] |
| Christgau's Consumer Guide |  [5] |
| In Music We Trust | A[6] |
| The New Rolling Stone Album Guide | [7] |
| Pitchfork | 7.8/10[8] |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music | [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]
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
| No. | Title | Writer(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, McCrea | 3:44 |
| 5. | "Daria" | 3:44 | |
| 6. | "Race Car Ya-Yas" | Cake | 1:21 |
| 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" | Cake | 3:58 |
| 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
- John McCrea – lead vocals, acoustic guitar and keyboards
- Greg Brown – electric guitar and keyboards
- Vince DiFiore – trumpet and percussion
- Victor Damiani – bass
- Todd Roper – drums and percussion
Guests
- Greg Vincent – pedal steel guitar (track 12)
Appearances in other media
- The Daria episode "The Road Worrier" featured the song "Frank Sinatra". The song "Daria" was used as closing credits for "The New Kid" and "Friend Is a Four-Letter Word" was the closing credit theme of episode 13 of season 4 : "Dye! Dye! My Darling".
- The song "Frank Sinatra" was also featured at the close of The Sopranos episode "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti".
- Cake's cover of "I Will Survive" was featured in the 1998 French film Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train, the 2004 Japanese movie Survive Style 5+, the 2002 film Secretary,the 2003 german movie "Herr Lehmann" and the 2003 Canadian comedy, Mambo Italiano.
- "Open Book" was featured on the soundtrack to the 2001 film Sidewalks of New York.
- "Stickshifts and Safetybelts" is featured in the film Waking Up in Reno.
- "Stickshifts and Safetybelts" was featured on the Las Vegas callback episode of Season 6 of So You Think You Can Dance.
- For two years, "The Distance" was used in the TV advert for the Powers Irish Grand National, a horse race which takes place in Dublin, Ireland every Easter Monday.
- An instrumental version of "The Distance" was used in Episode 13 of Season 11 of The Simpsons, called "Saddlesore Galactica".
- Excerpts of "Stickshifts and Safetybelts" are often used as bumpers on The Splendid Table, which is produced by American Public Media and airs on public radio stations nationwide.
- The cover of "I Will Survive" and other songs from Fashion Nugget are used in the German film Herr Lehmann.
- An instrumental and uptempo version of the song "Italian Leather Sofa" plays over the opening credits of Mission Hill.
- "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" is featured on the soundtrack of the movies Dream for an Insomniac and Welcome to Woop Woop.
- The cover of "I Will Survive" was used in the Italian movie L'uomo in più (One man up).
- "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" was used in Snapple commercials
- "The Distance" was used in Amazon Echo commercials in 2015.
- PBS Kids used "The Distance" in a commercial for Maya & Miguel
- The cover of "I Will Survive" appears in The Click, a pilot for the MTV show Undergrads.[16]
- A cover of "Friend is a Four Letter Word" was sung by the cast of Dear White People (season 4, episode 7).
- "Frank Sinatra" was used in episode 2 of Pepsi, Where's My Jet?
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[31] | Gold | 35,000^ |
| Canada (Music Canada)[32] | Gold | 50,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[33] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000‡ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- ↑ "Be on the Lookout". Gavin Report. No. 2116. August 2, 1996. p. 21.
- 1 2 3 4 Thomas Erlewine, Stephen (September 17, 1996). "Fashion Nugget - Cake". AllMusic. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
- ↑ Darzin, Daina (September 14, 1996). "Pop Albums" (PDF). Cash Box. p. 9. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 McKeough, Kevin (October 3, 1996). "Cake Fashion Nugget (Capricorn)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert (October 15, 2000). "Cake: Fashion Nugget". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "In Music We Trust - Cake: Fashion Nugget". www.inmusicwetrust.com.
- ↑ Harris, Keith (2004). "Cake". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698.
- ↑ Bloom, Madison (November 6, 2022). "Cake: Fashion Nugget Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
- ↑ Larkin, Colin (2000). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music. Virgin Books. p. 74. ISBN 9780753504277.
- ↑ "Cake: UK Chart History". Official Charts. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ↑ "Cake: Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ↑ paradisestudios.com https://www.paradisestudios.net/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Gold & Platinum - Search Results: Cake". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on December 13, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
- ↑ "Cake: Fashion Nugget - Mr. Hipster Album Reviews, Music". 18 January 2015.
- 1 2 "Cake - Fashion Nugget". October 31, 1996.
- ↑ "Undergrads pilot". YouTube.
- ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Cake – Fashion Nugget". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Cake – Fashion Nugget" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Cake – Fashion Nugget" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ↑ "Lescharts.com – Cake – Fashion Nugget". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Cake – Fashion Nugget" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ↑ "Charts.nz – Cake – Fashion Nugget". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Cake – Fashion Nugget". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ↑ "Cake Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Cake Chart History (Top Catalog Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Cake Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
- ↑ "ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1997". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ↑ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1997". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
- ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Cake – Fashion Nugget". Music Canada. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
- ↑ "American album certifications – Cake – Fashion Nugget". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
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