Ben Folds "Way to Normal" (New album!) 9/30/08
08-04-08, 12:55 PM
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Ben Folds "Way to Normal" (New album!) 9/30/08
New York, NY -- Epic Records is proud to announce the release of the much-anticipated new album from Ben Folds, WAY TO NORMAL, on September 30, 2008. The album, Folds' third as a solo artist since the break up of the Ben Folds Five in 2000, was mostly recorded at his studio in Nashville and produced by Dennis Herring (Elvis Costello, Modest Mouse, The Hives). Featuring Folds on vocals and piano, Way to Normal also features long-time bassist Jared Reynolds and drummer Sam Smith as well as a guest vocal from indie pop heroine Regina Spektor on the album's first single, "You Don't Know Me."
Way to Normal is an exuberant, raucous, and sometimes profane mix of sure-fire crowd-pleasers ("Hiroshima," "Bitch Went Nuts," and the frenetically fuzzed-out "Dr. Yang"), cheerful snark-fests ("The Frown Song," "Brainwascht"), and thoughtful, moving ballads ("Cologne," "Kylie From Connecticut") that Folds wrote at the end of 2007 following the finalization of a two-year divorce.
More here.
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Looking forward to this one!
08-04-08, 01:46 PM
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Didn't know about the Big D. The photos from the Saving Silverman deluxe book looked like a fairly happy life.
Good to hear more stuff's on the way, my Nano is ready for it.
Good to hear more stuff's on the way, my Nano is ready for it.
08-04-08, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by milo bloom
Didn't know about the Big D. The photos from the Saving Silverman deluxe book looked like a fairly happy life.
08-05-08, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Randy Miller III
Yeah, I didn't realize that myself. Apparently, he's even gotten married again in the last year...to wife #4, Fleur Folds. Oddest name evar?
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08-05-08, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by brianluvdvd
Hope it is more like Rockin' The Suburbs and less like Songs For Silverman.
Hell, even his internet only EPs were better than Songs For Silverman.
Hell, even his internet only EPs were better than Songs For Silverman.
08-06-08, 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Randy Miller III
Yeah, Songs for Silverman was a mixed bag, but "You to Thank" is probably one of the best songs he's ever written.
I recently turned my nephews (ages 12 and 14) onto Folds. They thought the audience participation in "Army" was cool (because it is!).
08-15-08, 05:02 PM
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The new album has been leaked...kinda, sorta, not really. 
Why I Leaked It: Ben Folds Comes Clean About His Fake (And Real) New Album, "Way To Normal"
Funny move. You can listen to the new "fake" songs in the above article.
(I'm downloading a torrent of the "album" right now.)
Why I Leaked It: Ben Folds Comes Clean About His Fake (And Real) New Album, "Way To Normal"
Funny move. You can listen to the new "fake" songs in the above article.
(I'm downloading a torrent of the "album" right now.)
