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Cake's attempt to make a smug- and irony-free album, the band's third release does hold back the barbs a bit more than usual, even if they do fall back into familiar territory: postmodern takes on postmodern life. Flipping between earnest alt-rock rhythms and jittery, funky jazz, Prolonging the Magic works best when Cake lay on the irony extra heavy, or when they make their sober ambitions mesh slightly with the type of smart-ass pop they've based a career on (like "Never There"). At least they seem to realize their place in the alt-rock universe as a novelty band with chops, counteracting the genre's overwhelming seriousness with a light dose of heavy-handed yuks.
© Michael Gallucci /TiVo
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John McCrea, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Gabriel Nelson, Composer, Lyricist - Tyler Pope, Composer, Lyricist, Electric Guitar - Cake, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 1998 Zomba Recording LLC
John McCrea, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Tyler Pope, Electric Guitar - Cake, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Vincent, Steel Guitar
(P) 1998 Zomba Recording LLC
John McCrea, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Tyler Pope, Electric Guitar - Cake, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rusty Miller, Electric Guitar
(P) 1998 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
John McCrea, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Tyler Pope, Electric Guitar - Jim Campilongo, Electric Guitar - Chuck Prophet, Electric Guitar - Cake, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Lyman, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 1998 Zomba Recording LLC
John McCrea, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Tyler Pope, Electric Guitar - Cake, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Morss, Piano
(P) 1998 Zomba Recording LLC
John McCrea, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Jim Campilongo, Electric Guitar - Cake, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Vincent, Steel Guitar
(P) 1998 Zomba Recording LLC
John McCrea, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Chuck Prophet, Electric Guitar - Cake, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 1998 Zomba Recording LLC
John McCrea, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Tyler Pope, Electric Guitar - Cake, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Vincent, Steel Guitar
(P) 1998 Zomba Recording LLC
John McCrea, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - David Palmer, Keyboards - Xan McCurdy, Electric Guitar - Tyler Pope, Electric Guitar - Cake, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 1998 Zomba Recording LLC
John McCrea, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Vincent di Fiore, Composer, Lyricist - Tyler Pope, Electric Guitar - Cake, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 1998 Zomba Recording LLC.
John McCrea, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Tyler Pope, Electric Guitar - Jim Campilongo, Composer, Lyricist, Electric Guitar - Cake, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 1998 Zomba Recording LLC
John McCrea, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Chuck Prophet, Electric Guitar - Cake, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 1998 Zomba Recording LLC
John McCrea, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Gabriel Nelson, Composer, Lyricist - Joe Snook, Composer, Lyricist - Cake, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 1998 Zomba Recording LLC
Album review
Cake's attempt to make a smug- and irony-free album, the band's third release does hold back the barbs a bit more than usual, even if they do fall back into familiar territory: postmodern takes on postmodern life. Flipping between earnest alt-rock rhythms and jittery, funky jazz, Prolonging the Magic works best when Cake lay on the irony extra heavy, or when they make their sober ambitions mesh slightly with the type of smart-ass pop they've based a career on (like "Never There"). At least they seem to realize their place in the alt-rock universe as a novelty band with chops, counteracting the genre's overwhelming seriousness with a light dose of heavy-handed yuks.
© Michael Gallucci /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:28
- Main artists: CAKE
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Volcano
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
(P) 1998 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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