Pressure Chief

Pressure Chief
Studio album by
Cake
ReleasedOctober 5, 2004
Genre
Length36:16
LabelColumbia
ProducerCake
Cake chronology
Comfort Eagle
(2001) 		Pressure Chief
(2004) 		B-Sides and Rarities
(2007)
Singles from Pressure Chief
  1. "No Phone"
    Released: August 24, 2004
  2. "Carbon Monoxide"
    Released: 2004
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic52/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Blender[1]
musicOMHfavorable[3]
Mojo[1]
Pastefavorable[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
Sputnikmusic[6]
Stylus MagazineB−[7]
Tiny Mix Tapes[8]

Pressure Chief is the fifth studio album by American band Cake. It was released on October 5, 2004, pushed back from its original August release date. It was produced by the band and recorded in a converted house in Sacramento. The lead single, "No Phone" peaked at No. 13 on the U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The second single "Carbon Monoxide" garnered some airplay but failed to crack the Modern Rock Tracks top 40. The album was the band's second and last record under Columbia Records.

The songs "She'll Hang the Baskets" and "Tougher Than It Is" were both originally written for Cake's 1998 record Prolonging the Magic. A bonus disc, Extra Value, was included in limited pre-orders of Pressure Chief.[9]

On its opening week, Pressure Chief sold about 46,000 copies, debuting and peaking at number 17 on the Billboard 200.[10] However, it fell to No. 55 the following week. By the next month, the album had only sold 91,478 copies.[11]

  1. ^ a b c "Critic Reviews for Pressure Chief". Metacritic. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  2. ^ Loftus, Johnny (2004-10-05). "Pressure Chief – Cake". AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  3. ^ Welsh, David. "Cake – Pressure Chief | album reviews". musicOMH. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
  4. ^ "Cake – Pressure Chief :: Music :: Reviews :: Paste". Paste. 2004-10-01. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
  5. ^ Hoard, Christian (2004-10-28). "Cake: Pressure Chief : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2006-08-19. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
  6. ^ "Sputnikmusic Review". Sputnikmusic. October 3, 2005. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  7. ^ Ross, R. S. (2004-10-05). "Cake – Pressure Chief – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on November 10, 2004. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
  8. ^ Weir, Matt. "Cake – Pressure Chief". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
  9. ^ "Cake - Extra Value". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  10. ^ Grein, Paul (January 19, 2011). "Week Ending Jan. 16, 2011: Albums: Even Lower". Yahoo! News. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
  11. ^ "Sludge Scans for November 2004 | Metal Sludge". 2014-09-05. Archived from the original on 2014-09-05. Retrieved 2022-02-17.