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Fashion Nugget by Cake
Fashion Nugget is an album by Cake, released in 1996. 6 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 166 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “The Distance”, on 91 lists and voted number one once.
Fashion Nugget, Cake's second album, came out on Capricorn Records in 1996, 14 songs cut at Paradise Studios in Sacramento, California. It's alternative rock with a smirk and a strut: lean, stripped-down arrangements, a loose funky bounce and a vocal delivery so dry you could strike a match on it.
"The Distance" did the heavy lifting, a lean, galloping, relentless thing that made it to 4 on the US Alternative Airplay chart and 22 in the UK. "I Will Survive" gave them a second hit single, played with a sly, straight-faced cool that never quite lets you know whether it's joking. Further in, "Frank Sinatra", "Daria" and "Italian Leather Sofa" keep the same wry, low-key swing going, a band that sounds amused by everything and impressed by nothing.
The RIAA certified the album gold on December 9, 1996, and the following year it went platinum for a million copies shipped.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Fashion Nugget on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Distance#373 of all time | 91 | #1 | 1 | 1996–2026 | |
| 2 | I Will Survive | 30 | #9 | – | 1997–2025 | |
| 3 | Frank Sinatra | 24 | #44 | – | 1997–2026 | |
| 4 | Daria | 15 | #49 | – | 1997–2014 | |
| 5 | Stickshifts And Safetybelts | 5 | #153 | – | 2010–2023 | |
| 6 | Italian Leather Sofa | 1 | #686 | – | 2023 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.