Fashion Nugget (studio album)
by Cake

Fashion Nugget by Cake
Year: 1996
Overall rank: 1,721st   
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 307 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1996 (30th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (316th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,721st)

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Cake - Fashion Nugget [New Vinyl LP] Explicit, 180 Gram, Rmst, Reissue
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Cake Fashion Nugget CD 1996, Capitol Records
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Cake - Fashion Nugget - audio cd - Tested The Distance - I Will Survive
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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 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Fashion Nugget rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,721st | 1990s rank: 316th | 1996 rank: 30th

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Fashion Nugget ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 307 votes)
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09/29/2025 20:59 Milhaud   1,60069/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 14% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 73.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.

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75/100
From 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” )
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From 12/29/2019 19:32 | #246028
Love it.
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75/100
From 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.
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85/100
From 10/17/2015 04:27 | #151544
This is a great album. Not sure why there is a reluctance to enjoy it.
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From 04/06/2015 20:57 | #138951
The Distance and Open Book are my favorite. Seems like lyrics are their strong point.
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70/100
From 10/18/2013 04:12 | #88620
This album has not aged well. Ironic lyrics and dead-pan delivery are so 90s... and every song sounds the same.
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From 10/08/2013 17:00 | #87943
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.)
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75/100
From 08/19/2013 15:31 | #84186
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.
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85/100
From 04/07/2012 23:45 | #39735
I love this album, my fav Cake, me likey the 'I will survive' cover as well as 'Sinatra' and of course 'the distance'
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From 11/07/2011 18:47 | #30063
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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