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1996 studio album by Cake
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
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 County Meath,
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?
"The Distance" was used in the episode "SHNGRLA" of
Twisted Metal .
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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c
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AllMusic . Retrieved February 16, 2012 .
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"Pop Albums" (PDF) .
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e
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"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 .
^
a
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"In Music We Trust - Cake: Fashion Nugget" . www.inmusicwetrust.com .
^ Harris, Keith (2004). "Cake". In
Brackett, Nathan ;
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The New Rolling Stone Album Guide .
Simon and Schuster .
ISBN
9780743201698 .
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"Cake: Fashion Nugget Album Review" .
Pitchfork . Retrieved November 6, 2022 .
^
Larkin, Colin (2000).
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music .
Virgin Books . p. 74.
ISBN
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"Cake: UK Chart History" . Official Charts . Retrieved April 26, 2022 .
^
"Cake: Chart History" . Billboard . Retrieved April 26, 2022 .
^ paradisestudios.com
https://www.paradisestudios.net/ .
^
"Gold & Platinum - Search Results: Cake" . Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from
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^
"Cake: Fashion Nugget - Mr. Hipster Album Reviews, Music" . 18 January 2015.
^
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"Undergrads pilot" .
YouTube .
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"Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100" .
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"Official Albums Chart Top 100" .
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"Cake Chart History (Billboard 200)" .
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^
"Cake Chart History (Top Catalog Albums)" .
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^
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"ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1997" . Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved November 3, 2021 .
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Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved November 28, 2021 .
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