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(kāk) 
n.
v., caked, cak·ing, cakes. v.tr.
To cover or fill with a thick layer, as of compacted matter: a miner whose face was caked with soot.
v.intr.
To become formed into a compact or crusty mass: As temperatures dropped, the wet snow caked.
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- A sweet baked food made of flour, liquid, eggs, and other ingredients, such as raising agents and flavorings.
- A flat rounded mass of dough or batter, such as a pancake that is baked or fried.
- A flat rounded mass of hashed or chopped food that is baked or fried; a patty.
- A shaped or molded piece, as of soap or ice.
- A layer or deposit of compacted matter: a cake of grime in the oven.
v., caked, cak·ing, cakes. v.tr.
To cover or fill with a thick layer, as of compacted matter: a miner whose face was caked with soot.
v.intr.
To become formed into a compact or crusty mass: As temperatures dropped, the wet snow caked.
[Middle English, from Old Norse kaka.]
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Baked from flour with added fat (butter or margarine), sugar, and eggs. Plain cakes are made by rubbing the fat and sugar into the flour, with no egg; sponge cakes by whipping with or without fat; rich cakes contain dried fruit.
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A sweet, baked confection usually containing flour, sugar, flavoring ingredients and eggs or other leavener such as baking powder or baking soda.
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cake, originally a small mass of dough baked by turning on a spit; in present usage a dessert made of flour, sugar, eggs, seasonings, usually some leavening and liquid besides the eggs, and shortening. This last ingredient is not always used; unshortened cakes depend mainly on beaten eggs for leavening (e.g., spongecake and angel food cake). The early method of making sweet cake was by adding other ingredients to a portion of bread dough. Some cakes, such as fruitcake or poundcake, called for many eggs and for wine, brandy, or sack (an Elizabethan wine); these ingredients supplying the leavening agent. Modern cakes are generally raised with baking powder, baking soda, or beaten eggs.
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IN BRIEF: n. - A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax); Made from or based on a mixture of flour and sugar and eggs; Small flat mass of chopped food. v. - Form a coat over.
If the people have no bread, let them eat cake.
— Marie Antoinette, French Queen, who was executed in the French Revolution.
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sign description: The C-hand is placed on the palm of the other flat hand.
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Cakes
Cakes often signify a time to rejoice at one's accomplishments or to celebrate new relationships or work efforts that have been successful and have sometimes gone unnoticed by the dreamer, family, friends, or colleagues.
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- Genres: Rock
Biography
Best-known for their ubiquitous hit "The Distance," Cake epitomized the postmodern, irony-drenched aesthetic of ‘90s geek rock. Their sound freely mixed and matched pastiches of widely varying genres -- white-boy funk, hip-hop, country, new wave pop, jazz, college rock, and guitar rock -- with a particular delight in the clashes that resulted. Their songs were filled with lyrical non-sequiturs, pop culture references, and smirky satire, all delivered with bone-dry detachment by speak/singing frontman John McCrea. Cake's music most frequently earned comparisons to Soul Coughing and King Missile, but lacked the downtown New York artiness of those two predecessors; instead, Cake cultivated an image of average guys with no illusions and pretensions about their role as entertainers. At the same time, critics lambasted what they saw as a smugly superior attitude behind the band's habitual sarcasm. Perhaps there was something in Cake's doggedly spare, low-key presentation that amplified their ironic detachment even when they didn't intend it, but most reviewers pegged them as one-hit wonders after the success of "The Distance." Nonetheless, Cake managed a few more alternative radio hits in the years that followed, while largely retaining the same approach.Cake was formed in Sacramento, California in 1992 by vocalist/songwriter John McCrea, who'd recently returned home after spending a few years in Los Angeles, unsuccessfully trying to break into the music business. The original lineup of Cake also featured guitarist Greg Brown, trumpeter Vince DiFiore, bassist Sean McFessel, and drummer Frank French; McFessel soon left to attend college, and was replaced by Gabe Nelson. In 1993, the band released their debut single, "Rock ‘n' Roll Lifestyle," on a local basis, and followed it with a self-produced, self-released, self-distributed album, Motorcade of Generosity. Motorcade found its way to the revived Capricorn label, which released the album nationally after Cake signed a contract with them. With the prospect of extensive national touring, both Gabe Nelson and Frank French left the band, and were replaced by bassist Victor Damiani and drummer Todd Roper. Re-released by Capricorn, "Rock ‘n' Roll Lifestyle" caught on at college radio in 1995, and was followed by two more singles, "Ruby Sees All," and "Jolene" (not the Dolly Parton song).
Cake's second album, Fashion Nugget, was released in 1996 and spawned a breakout smash in the Greg Brown-penned "The Distance," which dominated alternative radio that fall, and even turned into an unlikely sporting-event anthem. Mostly on the strength of "The Distance," Fashion Nugget charted in the Top 40 and sold over a million copies. It also spun off a somewhat controversial follow-up single in a cover of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive"; although the band professed its sincere admiration for the song, some critics and listeners took it as a smarmy putdown, in part because of McCrea's deadpan vocals. In 1997, Greg Brown and Victor Damiani both left Cake and formed a new group, the new wave-influenced Deathray, which eventually released its debut album on Capricorn in 2000. Meanwhile, McCrea briefly considered putting Cake to rest, but brought original bassist Gabe Nelson back to replace Damiani instead. For Cake's next album, McCrea used a tag-team procession of guitarists -- five in all -- on different tracks; the result, Prolonging the Magic, was released in 1998. True to its sardonic title, it defied critical opinion to produce another big, alternative radio hit in "Never There," plus decently successful follow-ups in "Sheep Go to Heaven" and "Let Go."
Prolonging the Magic sold nearly as well as Fashion Nugget, and was also certified platinum. For the supporting tour, one of the album's guitarists, Xan McCurdy, officially joined Cake full-time. In the spring of 2000, the band signed a new deal with Columbia, and debuted in 2001 with their fourth overall album, Comfort Eagle, which became their highest-charting yet (at number 13). The lead single, "Short Skirt/Long Jacket," was a hit on alternative radio, and even earned some MTV airplay -- no longer an easy task for any artist -- with a video that featured reactions to the song by randomly selected people on the street. Following the completion of the album, drummer Todd Roper left the group to spend more time with his children, and was replaced on the supporting tour by Pete McNeal. Pressure Chief appeared in 2004. Redefining the meaning of independent -- the band was by then recording in a studio powered entirely by solar energy, and free of the corporate involvement of even so much as a utility bill -- released Showroom of Compassion some six years later in 2011. ~ Steve Huey & Steve Leggett, Rovi
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to take the cake to carry off the honours, rank first; often used ironically or as an expression of surprise. (1847 —) .
G. Heyer I've met some kill-joys in my time, but you fairly take the cake (1938). Cf. to take the biscuit at biscuitnoun and see also piece of cake at piece noun .
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to take the cake to carry off the honours, rank first; often used ironically or as an expression of surprise. (1847 —) .
G. Heyer I've met some kill-joys in my time, but you fairly take the cake (1938). Cf. to take the biscuit at biscuit
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The residuum after extraction of oil from oil seeds, used extensively as a protein supplement to diets of all housed animal species.
- c. poisoning — varies with the seed, linseed cake may cause cyanide poisoning, cottonseed cake may cause gossypol poisoning.
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categories related to 'cake'
- Types of Food - cake: baked, sweetened dough, often frosted
- Cakes - cake: baked or pan-cooked, sweetened dough, often frosted
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Cake (band)
For 1960s American vocal trio, see The Cake.
| Cake | |
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 John McCrea performing with Cake in Atlanta, Georgia in 2006 |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Sacramento, California, USA |
| Genres | Alternative rock |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Labels | Capricorn, Columbia, Upbeat |
| Associated acts | Deathray |
| Website | cakemusic.com |
| Members | |
| John McCrea Vince DiFiore Xan McCurdy Gabe Nelson Paulo Baldi |
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| Past members | |
| Greg Brown Victor Damiani Shon Meckfessel Pete McNeal Todd Roper Frank French |
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Cake is an American alternative rock band from Sacramento, California. Consisting of singer John McCrea, trumpeter Vince DiFiore, guitarist Xan McCurdy, bassist Gabe Nelson and drummer Paulo Baldi, the band has been noted for McCrea's sarcastic lyrics and deadpan voice, DiFiore's trumpet parts, and their wide-ranging musical influences, including country music, Mariachi, rock, funk, Iranian folk music and hip-hop.
Cake was formed in 1991 by McCrea, DiFiore, Greg Brown, Frank French and Shon Meckfessel, who soon left and was replaced by Nelson. Following the self-release of its debut album, Motorcade of Generosity, the band was signed to Capricorn Records in 1995 and released its first single, "Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle", which hit number 35 on the Modern Rock Tracks music chart and was featured on MTV's 120 Minutes; French and Nelson then left the band, and were replaced by Todd Roper and Victor Damiani. Cake's second album, Fashion Nugget, was released in 1996; on the strength of the lead single, "The Distance", it went platinum. Following a tour of Europe and the United States, both Brown and Damiani announced they were leaving Cake, which led to speculation about the band's future; McCrea eventually recruited Xan McCurdy to take over on guitar, and persuaded Nelson to return.
Prolonging the Magic, the band's third album, was released in 1998 and went platinum, having shipped over one million units; this was followed three years later by Comfort Eagle, the band's first album on Columbia Records, featuring the single "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" which hit number 7 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. Following a series of tours, including several versions of the Unlimited Sunshine Tour, the band released Pressure Chief in 2004, its second and last album on Columbia. After creating its own label, Upbeat Records, the band released Showroom of Compassion in 2011, which became its first album to debut at the top of the Billboard charts, selling 44,000 copies in the first week after release.
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History
Formation and Motorcade of Generosity (1991–1996)
Cake was formed in 1991 when John McCrea, a Sacramento native who had moved to Los Angeles with a band only to see it "quickly crumble around him", returned to Sacramento.[1] He began looking for a new band to play with, having "grown tired of Sacramento's coffeehouse circuit",[2] and quickly attracted trumpet player Vince DiFiore, guitarist Greg Brown, bassist Shon Meckfessel and drummer Frank French. All were active in the music scene at the time; DiFiore notes that "[McCrea] came back and stole us from other bands".[3] The band soon came up with the name "Cake"; rather than referring to the foodstuff, the name is meant to be "like when something insidiously becomes a part of your life...[we] mean it more as something that cakes onto your shoe and is just sort of there until you get rid of it".[4] Meckfessel soon left to attend college, and was replaced by Gabe Nelson. After touring and becoming part of the club scene in San Francisco, the band independently recorded and released Motorcade of Generosity in 1994,[5] selling copies from their van as a method of paying touring expenses.[6]
Motorcade was named one of the best indie releases of 1994 by Pulse!,[3] and after a concert at the Great American Music Hall Bonnie Simmons agreed to manage the band, leading to them signing a deal with Capricorn Records, who re-released the album in 1995. The first single, Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle, hit number 35 on the Modern Rock Tracks music chart[7] and was featured on MTV's 120 Minutes.[3] Critical reactions to the album were largely positive; Stephen Thompson in the Wisconsin State Journal described it as possessing "great lyrics, creative instrumentation and production that's about as simple as production gets",[8] Thomas Conner praised it for being "soulful and smooth, witty and gritty, this record makes the ghosts of Bob Wills, Buddy Holly and Lou Reed smile" in the Tulsa World,[9] and Matt Weitz in the Dallas Observer noted its "gimlet eye and sardonic humor".[10] The album was eventually nominated for a Bammy Award in the category of "Outstanding Debut Album".[11]
Nevertheless, some critics were less appreciative; John Wirt, in The Advocate, praised the album's sense of humour and "delicious" irreverence but noted that "[the] musicianship in Motorcade of Generosity suggests the Cake guys are mediocre players".[12] Mindy LaBernz, in The Austin Chronicle, described the album as "cover-free, and, since we're on the subject, genre-free. A quartet made five by a trumpet player, Cake carry themselves with the snittiness of technically proficient, lyrically aware music lovers, who are almost anachronistically untrendy and brazenly proud of it".[13] The signing to Capricorn and re-release of Motorcade led to both French and Nelson leaving the band, citing their dislike of "the prospect of extensive national touring"; they were replaced by Todd Roper and Victor Damiani respectively.[14]
Fashion Nugget (1996–1998)
Fashion Nugget, Cake's second album, was released on September 17, 1996. Like Motorcade, it was produced by the band and released on Capricorn Records.[3] Cake considered the album more professionally produced than Motorcade, despite references to its "raw" sound,[15] and the reception was again generally positive; critics noted the broadening of Cake's sound, with Joshua Green noting in the Westword that "Nugget spans a broader range of topics than did Motorcade, with similarly appealing results",[2] and Matt Weitz in the Dallas Observer saying that "The gimlet eye and sardonic humor of 1994's Motorcade of Generosity is intact, but Fashion Nugget is aptly named; it updates Motorcade with beatboxy soul and hip-hop rhythms".[10] The album's first single, "The Distance", written by Greg Brown,[16] became the band's biggest hit to date and is considered their "ubiquitous" song;[17] it hit number 5 on the RPM Alternative 30,[18] and entered the Modern Rock Tracks top 5.[19]
On the strength of "The Distance",[20] Fashion Nugget was certified gold on December 9, 1996 and platinum on April 10, 1997.[21] The second single from Fashion Nugget, a cover of the Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris song "I Will Survive", hit number 38 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart.[22] Although the band described it as a serious take on the original, one they'd been playing live for years,[3] original performer Gloria Gaynor considers it her least favorite version of the song due to its use of profanity.[23] Following Fashion Nugget's release, the band toured the United States, playing in cities including Tulsa,[24] Chicago,[4] Salt Lake City,[6] Los Angeles,[25] San Antonio,[26] and Dallas.[27] They later toured overseas, visiting the United Kingdom as a support act for Counting Crows, playing their own shows alongside the tour at venues including Dingwalls in London.[28] The band also toured Japan; a later tour of the US, starting in Minneapolis in June 1997, was cancelled due to illness when McCrea was diagnosed with "fatigue and extreme exhaustion".[29] After McCrea recovered, the band continued touring, playing at the Big Stink festival in Vancouver, Washington,[30] and the Jayhawk Music Festival in Lawrence, Kansas.[31]
1997 also saw lineup changes; bassist Victor Damiani and guitarist Greg Brown both left, prompting speculation about the band's survival; McCrea noted that "Musically, there was a really great symbiosis and I really felt that it (their departures, especially Brown's) was the most stupid thing in the world", and said that he had considered dissolving the band.[32] Brown and Damiani formed the "new-wave influenced" Deathray;[14] their places within Cake were taken by Xan McCurdy and Gabe Nelson, whom McCrea persuaded to rejoin the band.[32]
Prolonging the Magic (1998–2001)
With Brown and Damiani's departure, McCrea felt "freer to experiment" with the next album, 1998's Prolonging the Magic; he wrote and produced every song.[32] As a result of this experimentation, the album was noted as "loaded with spiced-up instrumentation, including a few new ingredients like the pedal steel guitar and musical saw thrown in for extra flavour". McCrea stated that he deliberately "approached writing this record without the guitar as the central assumption of all life in the universe".[32] Music Week described it as an "inspired collection of leftfield rock",[33] while Thor Christensen of The Dallas Morning News said that it "brims with the same dry humor the Sacramento band displayed in past hits such as 'The Distance' and 'Rock and Roll Lifestyle': The leadoff track, 'Satan Is My Motor,' puts a devilish new spin on the rock 'n' roll car-song tradition, while 'When You Sleep' revolves around the question of what your fingers do while the rest of the body snoozes".[34] Other reviewers were less complimentary, with Mike Pattenden in The Times writing that "Prolonging the Magic suggests that [Cake] may well be destined to go down as one-hit wonders ... While a handful stand out – the country waltz Mexico, You Turn the Screws and Hem of Your Garment – Prolonging the Magic shows McRea and company to be little more than an above average bar-room act. Cake are surviving on songwriting crumbs".[35] The album peaked at number 33 on the Billboard 200,[36] was listed in The Columbian as the second best album of 1998,[37] and eventually went platinum after shipping over 1 million units.[38]
The album's first single, "Never There", hit number 1 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks,[39] and was followed by "Let Me Go" in 1999, which hit number 30.[40] Following Prolonging the Magic's release, the band toured the United States, playing in cities including San Diego and Los Angeles.[41] A tour of Europe was temporarily postponed in March after McCrea broke a bone in his hand moving furniture,[42] which also led to the delay of the European release of Prolonging the Magic.[43] Both the album release and the tour happened in mid-April, with Cake playing at the London Astoria.[44] Later show locations in North America included Chicago,[45] St. Louis, Missouri,[46] and Toronto.[47] A third single, "Sheep Go to Heaven", was released in 2001.[48]
Comfort Eagle (2001–2004)
For their fourth album, Comfort Eagle, the band signed a deal with Columbia Records. Comfort Eagle was both produced and arranged by the band, and was recorded at Paradise Studios in Sacramento and Hyde Street Studios in San Francisco. Following the recording, drummer Todd Roper left the band, citing the demands extended touring would put on his time, and the commitments his two children represented. He was replaced by Pete McNeal. The album's release was preceded by the release of its first single, "Short Skirt/Long Jacket", described as a parable about "the relationship between prosperity and the population boom ... There's nothing more procreational than economic prosperity".[49] An accompanying video was directed by McCrea,[50] and recorded using the DV system;[51] it featured vox populi recordings of members of the public listening to the song and giving their opinion.[52] "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" hit number 2 on the Bear Rock Top 10 in Canada[53] and number 7 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks;[54] the video became one of the 30 most requested tracks on MTV;[55] Billboard writers later listed the video as the 5th best of 2001.[56]
Comfort Eagle itself was released on July 24, 2001,[57] to good reviews; Michael D. Clark of The Houston Chronicle described it as "Cake at its best",[58] while a reviewer for the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution stated that the album's songs were "among the best of the band's career", praising McCrea for widening his vocal repertoire.[59] James Montgomery, writing for UWIRE, noted a stylistic change, saying that "While the core sound of the band – honky tonk guitars, mariacchi horns and salsa rhythms – remain intact, they have been stripped down to the core, replaced instead with ill Casio beats, rubbery funk and Stax-style horn bleats".[1] The album sold 22,000 copies in its first week, the highest sales in the band's history,[60] and eventually went gold.[61] With the exception of a slot at the Atlanta On The Bricks Festival, playing for 90,000 people,[60] the band chose to start the tour with small rather than large shows, such as in the Sacramento area, where they played for around 100 people.[57] They launched their first full tour for the album in September, playing in the United States, Canada and across Europe.[62]
A second single, "Love You Madly", was released in 2002,[63] with an accompanying video again produced by McCrea. The video featured DiFiore and McNeal competing in a cooking competition, judged by Rick James, Phyllis Diller and Jeff Smith, and was noted by Billboard as "continuing the fresh, witty, and downright fun style seen in the "Short Skirt" video".[63] Cake had planned a second tour of Europe, followed by a series of shows around the United States, but in view of the September 11 attacks chose not to travel overseas.[64] Instead, the band streamed a performance internationally from the Yahoo! headquarters in California, playing emailed requests.[65] The United States tour went ahead as planned, with Cake playing concerts in Birmingham, Alabama,[66] St. Petersburg, Florida,[67] Salt Lake City,[68] and Las Vegas.[69] This was followed by the Unlimited Sunshine Tour, a traveling festival headlined and planned by the band and featuring Modest Mouse, De La Soul and The Flaming Lips.[70] A second Unlimited Sunshine Tour was undertaken in 2003, featuring Cake, Cheap Trick and The Hackensaw Boys.[71]
Pressure Chief (2004–2011)
Cake's fifth album, Pressure Chief, was recorded in June 2004 in a converted house in Sacramento; the album was again released on Columbia Records. Before its official release date on October 5, the band played at the Austin City Limits Music Festival and KBCO's World Class Rockfest.[72] The album was also preceded by its first single, "No Phone", which hit number 13 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart;[73] the song covered the ubiquitous and privacy-invading use of cell phones, and was described by Jeremy Mahadevan of the New Straits Times as "a traditionally minimalist Cake anthem, with a killer melody and, unique to this album, fairly extensive use of synths".[74] A second single, "Wheels", was also released but failed to chart.[75] Pressure Chief itself hit number 17 on the Billboard top 200,[76] spending 7 weeks in the charts, and received mixed reviews from critics. Although it was acknowledged as a continuation of their old work, albeit with an increased use of synthesisers,[77] Sam Spies of the Richmond Times-Dispatch noted that "the experiments in style that made Cake fun to listen to have all but disappeared from 'Pressure Chief' ... What's left is mostly uninspired, so-called alternative rock",[78] and Graeme Hammond of the Sunday Herald Sun wrote that "the melodies are listless, the album bereft of anything with the verve of Short Skirt/Long Jacket or Comfort Eagle".[79]
Other critics were more generous; Doug Elfman of the Las Vegas Review-Journal called it "another great and bizarre, twangy album of alternative-singer-songwriting stories about cars and horrible relationships",[80] while a reviewer in the New Straits Times noted its "smart, subtly dissident, and always catchy pop".[81] Following Pressure Chief's release, the band toured North America, playing in cities including Albany, New York,[82] and Montreal.[83] A second tour, in 2005, saw the band headline the 20-city Virgin College Mega Tour, playing alongside Gomez;[84] while the Tour was in California, the band announced that it had been dropped from Columbia Records.[85] This was followed by a tour of Europe, as well as concerts in Australia and Jakarta,[86] along with a 2006 repeat of the Unlimited Sunshine Tour, featuring Cake, Tegan and Sara and Gogol Bordello.[87]
Cake later formed their own label, Upbeat Records, which allowed them to release the compilation album B-Sides and Rarities on August 14, 2007.[88] This was followed by a series of concerts, including at the IndigO2 in London,[89] and a performance in Anchorage, Alaska.[90] Reviews of B-Sides and Rarities were generally good; Devin Grant of The Post and Courier wrote that "For an album full of odds and ends, this Cake release is every bit as good, and every bit as fun, as the band's previous studio releases",[91] while Catherine P. Lewis of The Washington Post noted that, although several live tracks reduced the album's strength, "there are still enough charming nuggets to make this album less disposable than the typical rarities compilation".[92]
Showroom of Compassion (2011–present)
After six years without a new studio album, Cake recorded Showroom of Compassion in 2010 and released it on January 11, 2011. Rather than having it professionally recorded, the band built their own solar-powered studio in Sacramento over five years and chose to produce the album themselves there.[93] The album was preceded by its first single, "Sick of You",[94] which was released in September 2010, hitting number 4 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart.[95] The album itself opened at number 1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums, selling 44,000 copies; this marked not only the first time a Cake album had hit the number 1 spot in an opening week, but also the lowest sales numbers for an album at the top of that chart.[96]
The album received fairly good reviews; Scott Bergen of The Record described it as "one of their best albums",[97] while Jim Farber of the Daily News wrote that "Fifteen years after they batted out their first left-field hit with 'The Distance,' the band's sound and words still have bite".[98] George Lang of The Oklahoman, however, wrote that it was "frustratingly lacking in many more songs worthy of the band's late-'90s boom period".[99] To promote the album, Cake performed on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon[100] and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno[101] before releasing Showroom of Compassion's second single, "Long Time".[102] This was followed by a spring tour of both Europe and North America, concluding with a show in Toronto on May 21.[103]
Influences and musical style
Cake incorporates a wide range of genres into its music, including country music, Mariachi,[104] rock, funk, Iranian folk music and hip-hop.[105] McCrea himself cites Hank Williams, Tom Zé, the Golden Gate Quartet and Sly and the Family Stone as particular influences.[106] The band is most often noted for three things: the prominence of DiFiore's trumpet lines,[104][107] McCrea's ironic, sarcastic lyrics,[108] and his "droll, deadpan ... monotone" vocals.[109] DiFiore's trumpet work originated with McCrea's desire for a second melodic instrument to go with a song he had written; "A lead guitar playing those lines would have been really hokey. I like it when it's a contrapuntal thing, where the guitar is doing one melody, the vocal is doing another melody, and the trumpet plays this third melody. If the music can be transparent enough, you can hear all three at the same time".[106]
Discography
Main article: Cake discography
- Studio albums
- Motorcade of Generosity (1994)
- Fashion Nugget (1996)
- Prolonging the Magic (1998)
- Comfort Eagle (2001)
- Pressure Chief (2004)
- B-Sides and Rarities (2007)
- Showroom of Compassion (2011)
Awards
Cake have been nominated for five awards: four California Music Awards[110] and one MTV Video Music Award.
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
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| 2001 | Comfort Eagle | California Music Awards Outstanding Album | Nominated |
| "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" | California Music Awards Outstanding Single | Nominated | |
| Comfort Eagle | California Music Awards Outstanding Modern Rock/Alternative Album | Nominated | |
| Cake | California Music Awards Outstanding Group | Nominated | |
| 2002 | "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" | MTV VMA Breakthrough Video[111][112] | Nominated |
Band members
- Current members
- John McCrea – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, vibraslap (1991–present)
- Vince DiFiore – trumpet, keyboards, melodica, guiro, background vocals (1991–present)
- Xan McCurdy – electric guitar, background vocals (1997–present)
- Gabe Nelson – bass guitar, background vocals (1991, 1997–present)
- Paulo Baldi – drums, cowbell, tambourine, background vocals (2004–present)
- Former members
- Greg Brown (1991–1997)
- Victor Damiani (1994–1997)
- Shon Meckfessel (1994)
- Pete McNeal (2001–2004)
- Todd Roper (1994–2001)
- Frank French (1991–1994)
- Timeline
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External links
- Official website
- CAKE at Allmusic
- CAKE on Facebook
- CAKE at the Internet Movie Database
- CAKE on Myspace
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Cake
Dansk (Danish)
n. - kage, stykke, skorpe, kræs
v. tr. - overdække
v. intr. - danne skorpe, klumpe sammen, brænde sammen
idioms:
- cake of soap stykke sæbe
- have one's cake and eat it både blæse og have mel i munden
- take the cake bære prisen
Nederlands (Dutch)
aankoeken, taart, cake, koek
Français (French)
n. - (Culin) gâteau, pain (savon), croquette (de poisson)
v. tr. - former une croûte sur
v. intr. - former une croûte sur
idioms:
- cake of soap pain (de savon)
- have one's cake and eat it avoir le beurre et l'argent du beurre
- take the cake c'est le bouquet
Deutsch (German)
n. - Kuchen, Torte
v. - verklumpen
idioms:
- cake of soap Stück Seife
- have one's cake and eat it beides auf einmal haben
- take the cake alles übertreffen, den Vogel abschießen
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γλύκισμα (κέικ, πάστα, τούρτα), πλάκα (σαπουνιού), κεφτές, (το) όλον, σύνολο
v. - σχηματίζω κρούστα, σκεπάζω με κρούστα (από κάτι ξεραμένο), πήζω, δένω, σφίγγω
idioms:
- cake of soap πλάκα σαπούνι
- have one's cake and eat it και την πίτα ολόκληρη και το σκύλο χορτάτο
- take the cake (καθομ.) παίρνω το βραβείο, είμαι ασυναγώνιστος
Italiano (Italian)
incrostarsi, incrostare, coagulare, coagularsi, rapprendersi, seccare, dolce, torta, focaccia, pasticcino
idioms:
- have one's cake and eat it avere la botte piena e la moglie ubriaca
- selling like hot cakes andare a ruba
Português (Portuguese)
n. - bolo (m), torta (f)
v. - empastar
idioms:
- a piece of cake fácil
- cake of soap pedaço (m) de sabão
- have one's cake and eat it dois proveitos não cabem em um só saco
- selling like hot cakes vender com facilidade
- take the cake ganhar prêmio
Русский (Russian)
испечься, торт, покрывать
idioms:
- a piece of cake раз плюнуть
- cake of soap кусок мыла
- have one's cake and eat it и рыбку съесть, и на хуй сесть
- selling like hot cakes идти нарасхват
- take the cake (ирон.) преувеличить, переборщить
Español (Spanish)
n. - torta, pastel, queque, bizcocho
v. tr. - endurecer, apelmazar
v. intr. - endurecerse, apelmazarse
idioms:
- cake of soap barra o pastilla de jabón
- have one's cake and eat it la chancha y los veinte, el oro y el moro, estar en misa y repicando
- take the cake ser el más destacado
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tårta, mjuk kaka, krokett
v. - baka ihop sig, bilda skorpa
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
蛋糕, 糕饼, 块状物, 饼状食物, 块, 使结块, 在...上结成块, 结块, 胶凝
idioms:
- cake of soap 一块肥皂
- have one's cake and eat it 两者兼得
- take the cake 得奖, 坏到极点, 成为最佳者
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 蛋糕, 糕餅, 塊狀物, 餅狀食物, 塊
v. tr. - 使結塊, 在...上結成塊
v. intr. - 結塊, 膠凝
idioms:
- cake of soap 一塊肥皂
- have one's cake and eat it 兩者兼得
- take the cake 得獎, 壞到極點, 成為最佳者
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 케이크, 얇고 납작한 빵, 단단한 덩어리
v. tr. - 과자모양으로 굳히다
v. intr. - 굳어지다, 덩어리 지다
idioms:
- have one's cake and eat it 과자는 먹으면 없어지는 법, 양쪽이 다 좋을 수는 없다
- take the cake 상을 타다, 보통이 아니다 (비꼬는 어투)
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ケーキ, 洋菓子, 一個, 平たくて丸い食べ物
v. - 固める, 固まる
idioms:
- cake of soap 石けん一個
- have one's cake and eat it 同時に両方良いことがある
- take the cake 一番になる, ひどくずうずうしい
- upside-down cake アップサイドダウンケーキ
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) كعك (فعل) يكسو أو يلبس بقشرة
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - עוגה, לביבה, פשטידה, חתיכה
v. tr. - מרח, כיסה
v. intr. - הקריש
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