Fashion Nugget

Fashion Nugget
Studio album by
Cake
ReleasedSeptember 17, 1996
Recorded1995–1996
Genre
Length48:36
LabelCapricorn
ProducerCake
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[2]
Cash Box(favorable)[3]
Chicago Tribune[4]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention)[5]
In Music We TrustA[6]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]
Pitchfork7.8/10[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]

  1. ^ "Be on the Lookout". Gavin Report. No. 2116. August 2, 1996. p. 21.
  2. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ "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.
  12. ^ paradisestudios.com https://www.paradisestudios.net/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ^ "Gold & Platinum - Search Results: Cake". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on December 13, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2011.