Editing Prolonging the Magic (section)

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r378082|pure_url=yes}} |title=Prolonging the Magic |author=Michael Gallucci |work=[[Allmusic]] |access-date=3 January 2012}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3Score = C+<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,285175,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526042838/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,285175,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 26, 2007 |title=Prolonging the Magic Review |author=Matt Diehl |work=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=9 October 1998 |access-date=29 July 2012}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Consumer Guide]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating-Christgau|neither}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |chapter=Cake |chapter-url=http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=cake |date=2000-10-15 |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishing]] |isbn=9780312245603 |language=en |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/christgausconsum00chri_0 }}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev4score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac |url-access=registration |chapter=Cake|author=Harris, Keith|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor-last1=Brackett |editor-first=Nathan |editor-last2=Hoard |editor-first2=Christian David |date=2004 |publisher=[[Simon and Schuster]]|isbn=9780743201698 |language=en |editor-link1=Nathan Brackett |editor-link2=Christian Hoard}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]''
| rev5score = 6.8/10<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/c/cake/prolonging-the-magic.shtml |title=Cake: Prolonging the Magic |last=Mirov |first=Nick |website=[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816164318/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/c/cake/prolonging-the-magic.shtml |archive-date=2000-08-16 |access-date=2018-03-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev6Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/cake/albums/album/111237/review/6210058/prolonging_the_magic |title=Cake: Prolonging The Magic : Music Reviews |author=Tom Moon |author-link=Tom Moon |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=29 October 1998 |access-date=29 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112183135/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/cake/albums/album/111237/review/6210058/prolonging_the_magic |archive-date=12 November 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev7score = 6/10<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Eddy |first=Chuck |date=November 1998 |title=Cake: Prolonging the Magic/Soul Coughing: El Oso |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lgxVa5s7idEC |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |author-link=Chuck Eddy|page=18|language=en |publisher=SPIN Media LLC}}</ref>
}}

[[Allmusic]] wrote, "Supposedly their attempt to make a smugness- and irony-free album, Cake's third release does hold back the barbs a bit more than usual. And the strain shows. In these guys' hands, love songs without smirks and pop tunes straight up come out forced."