Pressure Chief

The songs "She'll Hang the Baskets" and "Tougher Than It Is" were both originally written for Cake's 1998 record Prolonging the Magic. A bonus disc, Extra Value, was included in limited pre-orders of Pressure Chief.

On its opening week, Pressure Chief sold about 46,000 copies, debuting and peaking at number 17 on the Billboard 200.{{cite web | last = Grein | first = Paul | title = Week Ending Jan. 16, 2011: Albums: Even Lower | publisher = Yahoo! News | date = January 19, 2011 | url = http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/73781/week-ending-jan-16-2011-albums-even-lower/ | accessdate = January 19, 2011 }} However, it fell to No. 55 the following week. By the next month, the album had only sold 91,478 copies.{{Cite web|date=2014-09-05|title=Sludge Scans for November 2004 {{!}} Metal Sludge|url=http://www.metalsludge.tv/?p=30376|access-date=2022-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905073858/http://www.metalsludge.tv/?p=30376 |archive-date=2014-09-05 }}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 52/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/pressure-chief/cake/critic-reviews|title=Critic Reviews for Pressure Chief|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=April 10, 2021}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Loftus |first=Johnny |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/pressure-chief-mw0000307017 |title=Pressure Chief – Cake |publisher=AllMusic |date=2004-10-05 |access-date=April 10, 2021}}

| rev2 = Blender

| rev2Score = {{Rating|2|5}}

| rev3 = musicOMH

| rev3Score = favorable{{cite web|last=Welsh|first=David|url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/cake.htm |title=Cake – Pressure Chief | album reviews |publisher=musicOMH |access-date=2012-03-05}}

| rev4 = Mojo

| rev4Score = {{Rating|1|5}}

| rev5 = Paste

| rev5Score = favorable{{cite web|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2004/10/cake-pressure-chief.html |title=Cake – Pressure Chief :: Music :: Reviews :: Paste |work=Paste |date=2004-10-01 |access-date=2012-03-05}}

| rev6 = Rolling Stone

| rev6Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Hoard|first=Christian|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/cake/albums/album/6514034/review/6537317/pressure_chief|title=Cake: Pressure Chief : Music Reviews|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=2004-10-28|access-date=2012-07-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819144959/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/cake/albums/album/6514034/review/6537317/pressure_chief|archive-date=2006-08-19|url-status=dead}}

| rev7 = Sputnikmusic

| rev7score={{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/3820/Cake-Pressure-Chief/|title=Sputnikmusic Review|website=Sputnikmusic|date=October 3, 2005|access-date=April 10, 2021}}

| rev8 = Stylus Magazine

| rev8Score = B−{{cite magazine|last=Ross|first=R. S.|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=2392|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041110214858/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=2392 |title=Cake – Pressure Chief – Review |magazine=Stylus Magazine|archive-date=November 10, 2004 |date=2004-10-05 |access-date=2012-03-05}}

| rev9 = Tiny Mix Tapes

| rev9Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Weir|first=Matt|url=http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/cake-pressure-chief|title=Cake – Pressure Chief |publisher=Tiny Mix Tapes |access-date=2012-07-29}}

}}

Pressure Chief was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 52 based on 8 reviews.

In a review for AllMusic, Johnny Loftus wrote: "Pressure Chief marks Cake's tenth year with a set of sardonic, engaging alternative pop that shows the Sacramento band's economical sound unwilted after all these years." Matt Weir of Tiny Mix Tapes gave a three-and-a-half stars out of five, calling the release the "weakest effort" by the band. According to AllMusic, the song "No Phone" declaims "the encroachment of technology". {{cite web|last1=Loftus|first1=Johnny|title=Pressure Chief - Cake|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/pressure-chief-mw0000307017|website=Allmusic|publisher=RhythmOne|accessdate=6 August 2016}}

{{Track listing

| title1 = Wheels

| writer1 = John McCrea, Carlos Forster

| length1 = 3:18

| title2 = No Phone

| writer2 = McCrea, Xan McCurdy

| length2 = 3:52

| title3 = Take It All Away

| writer3 = McCrea, Forster, Garth Klippert

| length3 = 3:58

| title4 = Dime

| writer4 = McCrea

| length4 = 3:37

| title5 = Carbon Monoxide

| writer5 = McCrea

| length5 = 3:10

| title6 = The Guitar Man

| writer6 = David Gates

| length6 = 3:54

| title7 = Waiting

| writer7 = McCrea, Vince DiFiore

| length7 = 3:56

| title8 = She'll Hang the Baskets

| writer8 = McCrea

| length8 = 2:43

| title9 = End of the Movie

| writer9 = McCrea

| length9 = 1:50

| title10 = Palm of Your Hand

| writer10 = McCrea

| length10 = 2:57

| title11 = Tougher Than It Is

| writer11 = McCrea, Gabriel Nelson

| length11 = 3:00

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Japan bonus tracks

| title12 = Carbon Monoxide|note12=Karaoke Version

| length12 = 3:10

| title13 = No Phone|note13=Karaoke Version

| length13 = 3:10

| title14 = Wheels|note14=Karaoke Version

| length14 = 3:17

| title15 = Take It All Away|note15=Karaoke Version

| length15 = 3:57

}}

;Cake

• John McCrea – acoustic guitar, keyboard, percussion, lead vocals, cover design
• Vince DiFiore – trumpet, melodica, keyboard, percussion, background vocals
• Xan McCurdy – electric and acoustic guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, background vocals
• Gabe Nelson – bass, keyboard, drums, electric and acoustic guitar, background vocals

;Additional musicians

• Tyler Pope – additional keyboard, percussion and guitar (on "No Phone", "Dime", "The Guitar Man", and "Palm Of Your Hand")
• Chuck Prophet – electric guitar (on "She'll Hang The Baskets")
• Paulo Baldi – drums (on "No Phone", and "Carbon Monoxide")
• Matt McCord – drums (on "The Guitar Man")
• Todd Roper – drums on (on "She'll Hang The Baskets", and "Tougher Than It Is")
• Greg Vincent – pedal steel guitar (on "She'll Hang The Baskets", and "Palm Of Your Hand")

;Additional personnel

• Cake – Arranger, Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Craig Long – Engineer, Mixing
• Mark Needham – Engineer, Mixing
• Patrick Olguin – Engineer, Mixing
• Kirt Shearer – Engineer, Mixing
• Don C. Tyler – Mastering

Singles – Billboard (United States)

• "No Phone" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Monday, October 4, 2004
• "Wheels" on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
• "No Phone" on The Late Late Show (with guest host Tom Arnold) on Tuesday, October 5, 2004

• The song "Wheels" is featured in the soundtrack of the film I Love You, Man.

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• [http://last.fm/music/CAKE/Pressure+Chief Pressure Chief] on Last.fm
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