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Showroom of Compassion

Cake

Showroom of Compassion

Sixth album, and the first in seven years, from the veteran alternative rockers

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6.5

Label
A.D.A. Dist.
UK Release date
11/01/2011
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  1. 8.3 |   A.V. Club

    As with your favorite dessert, there’s nothing wrong with another helping
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  2. 8.0 |   Beats Per Minute

    They are a band’s band. One of their strongest traits is fully utilizing every member; the bass pops, the guitar grooves, horns soar. All the instruments stand out
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  3. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    The band hasn’t changed up their sound at all, but it feels fresh again
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  4. 7.0 |   Blurt

    It may have been seven years since their last album (touring all along), but Cake manages to pick right back up where they left off
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  5. 7.0 |   FasterLouder

    A quirky, agreeable, boogie record
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  6. 6.0 |   Uncut

    You have to admire their staying power. Print edition only

  7. 6.0 |   Eye Weekly

    McCrea and co. are experimenting without grasping, and growing their somewhat limited aesthetic scope enough to avoid repetition
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  8. 6.0 |   Rolling Stone

    The usual whirring keyboards and winking mariachi horns, all subject to John McCrea's satiric sing-talking
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  9. 5.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    We have Zach De La Rocha for starting the class riots, we have Pearl Jam for introspection and deep thought, let Cake be our damned dessert again. Please?
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