Prolonging The Magic
by Cake
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Prolonging The Magic is ranked 3rd best out of 8 albums by Cake on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Cake is Fashion Nugget which is ranked number 1724 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 989.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Prolonging The Magic track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Prolonging The Magic rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 60 Music Albums of 1998 | 34/60 | 2 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 13/100 | 18 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 72 Music Albums of 1998 | 60/72 | 1 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 46 Music Albums of 1998 | 4/46 | 5 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 42 Music Albums of 1998 | 2/42 | 5 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #1601-1700* | 47/85 | - |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 48/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 58/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | OFarrio | Top 24 Music Albums of 1998 | 21/24 | 1 |
| 2026 | henrygreen0203 | Top 48 Music Albums of 1998 | 27/48 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 59 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 151 | |||
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Prolonging The Magic ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago | Exist-en-ciel | 16,062 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/12/2026 04:22 | Moondance | 20,838 | 72/100 |
| ! | 12/12/2025 00:58 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.7/100, a mean average of 70.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.1.
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Prolonging The Magic forum mentions
paladisiac 04/21/2017 16:41 in What album are you listening to right now?Prolonging The Magic comments
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drivebytornado 03/02/2013 05:27 | #66648 | TOP COMMENT
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The 3rd Cake album was not quite as delicious as the first two slices, but I could still go for several more helpings.
Lots of good songs, my favorites are "Satan is My Motor," "Never There," "Sheep Go To Heaven" and "Walk on By."
Not as good as 'Fashion nugget' but had a few solid tracks.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/18/2013 04:14 | #88622 | TOP COMMENT
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Never There and some actual notable songs makes this Cake's best album.
This is cakes best album top to bottom!
A great album.
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