Fashion Nugget
by Cake
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Fashion Nugget is ranked as the best album by Cake.
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Fashion Nugget track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Fashion Nugget ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/02/2026 02:06 | xhitmanx | 1,572 | 74/100 |
| ! | 05/27/2026 01:20 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,394 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/29/2026 09:41 | Liks_on_music | 655 | 81/100 |
| ! | 04/17/2026 08:23 | gmessian | 385 | 60/100 |
| ! | 04/10/2026 13:37 | CJ-Prime25 | 1 | 60/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 72.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.
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Brad1770 10/23/2023 01:14 | #299594
One of those well known yet underrated albums that drips with sarcasm and social commentary from top to bottom with only one track that stinks (“Darla”). And love the three covers here (“Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps” / “I Will Survive’ / “Sad Songs and Waltzes” ) (Edited)
Love it.
RoundTheBend 05/21/2016 01:08 | #166556
I think I've underrated this album. The lyrics are the only thing that might drop my rating and sometimes the vocals. The music itself is pretty solid, but suffers the same problem I have with Wilco... it's all over the place (which is nice for variety), but I like Beck a little more for this varied sound.
VADERBREWING 10/17/2015 04:27 | #151544
This is a great album. Not sure why there is a reluctance to enjoy it.
The Distance and Open Book are my favorite. Seems like lyrics are their strong point.
junodog4 10/18/2013 04:12 | #88620 | TOP COMMENT
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This album has not aged well. Ironic lyrics and dead-pan delivery are so 90s... and every song sounds the same.
Although it slightly lacks diversity, Cake's "Fashion Nugget" is smooth, rockin, and comedic. Just about every track is great. Plus, you'll love the lyrics. Lyrically, this is one of my favorite albums (except for the language.)
My first car, which I got in 1997, had only a cassette player. I had skipped collecting cassettes, as CDs were readily available when I started collecting music, so I picked up two cassettes: this one and Soundgarden's "Superunknown". For (mostly) better and worse, this was the soundtrack to those first months of freedom. Haven't given it a spin in 15 years, but I'll always remember it fondly.
I love this album, my fav Cake, me likey the 'I will survive' cover as well as 'Sinatra' and of course 'the distance'
Robert Anton Wilson 11/07/2011 18:47 | #30063 | TOP COMMENT
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I shouldn't like that album and that band but I can't help myself. "The Distance" is great. the texts hilarious, the melodies catchy. And that version of "I Will Survive" on which the singer sounds half dead or full-gone on Prozac. Too lol.
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