Ben Folds Way To Normal

[JudasIscariot]

Posted: 9/23/08 at 4:18pm

I don't know if we have any Ben Folds fans here, but his new album 'Way To Normal' comes out on Sept. 30th. I love the album, and the entire thing is posted here on his myspace. www.myspace.com/benfolds So you can check it all out for free without buying it. But please, buy it and support the guy. Personally, I think that it's his best solo album yet.

Check it out! Make sure you pick up the album too. He'll be in NYC on Sept. 30th and Oct. 1st. I'm going to the Oct. 1st concert, anyone else?

My favorite tracks:

Kylie From Connecticut
You Don't Know Me (Feat. Regina Spektor)
Effington


Updated On: 9/23/08 at 04:18 PM

[jasonf]

Posted: 9/23/08 at 5:23pm

I'm a huge Ben Folds fan and definitely plan to get it, though I can't imagine that it's any better than Rockin' the Suburbs which may be my single favorite album of all time.

[TheHumanTorch]

Posted: 9/23/08 at 5:25pm

i'm a Ben Folds fanatic... but I can't say I LOVE the album yet... i've heard a few of the songs live and none really grab me like songs from previous albums have... I absolutely love Songs For Silverman and I think that Way to Normal is an interesting progression (if not regression) from it.

[TxTwoStep]

Posted: 9/23/08 at 6:15pm

wow, this thread title made me think two things:

a) another poster has confused "to" and "too"
b) Ben pleats his path to average-ness.

Updated On: 9/23/08 at 06:15 PM

[JudasIscariot]

Posted: 9/23/08 at 10:56pm

I know that he talks about it being Normal, IL in the song Effington. So like hey, there is the way to Normal, IL.

Anyway, it's a great album.

[TheHumanTorch]

Posted: 9/23/08 at 11:17pm

has anyone here heard any of the fake leaked songs? there are two on his myspace and i'm obsessed with Brainwashed...

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 9/23/08 at 11:33pm

Will buy it next week! Love Ben Folds!

[jasonf]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 10:41am

TXtwostep -- are you The Enchanted Hunter in disguise? Why the negativity? And who used "to" and "too" wrong - I read through the posts before yours three times and can't find it (unless it was edited...).

So what's everyone's favorite Ben Folds song? I'd have too go with "The Luckiest." I like "Fred Jones Part to" a lot two.

[TxTwoStep]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 11:15am

no i'm just me. And didn't mean to be negative, so don't go hating. Sorry my post was not explicitly clear that i was MISTAKENLY reading the thread title incorrectly...i was trying to comment on how the five words used had multiple meanings.

Calm down, Heather.

Updated On: 9/24/08 at 11:15 AM

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 12:46pm

Jason, Smoke is my favorite, but almost all of Whatever and Ever Amen and Rockin the Suburbs is excellent.

[Maraclea2]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 12:58pm

I still love the first album he did as The Ben Folds Five.
Produced for crap, but it has some sharp songwriting.

[JudasIscariot]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 12:58pm

Favorite Ben Folds song? Sheesh, there are wayyyy too many. I love Kyle From Connecticut, Video, The Last Polka, Alice Childress, and Landed.

[Maraclea2]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 1:00pm

Favorite song: "Underground".
Love it.

[TheHumanTorch]

Posted: 10/8/08 at 5:40pm

I take back everything i said before the album came out... i think it is AMAZING, absolute genius... anyone else get the album?

[Pippin]

Posted: 10/8/08 at 5:52pm

The album is friggin' great. the only song I don't really care for is Errant Dog. But other than that, it is a solid album, and a great progression for Him. I love the opening track, Hiroshima, and have been playing it relentlessly.

[TheHumanTorch]

Posted: 10/8/08 at 6:23pm

My favorite song on the album is Effington, I think it may be one of the best songs he has written thus far...

[jasonf]

Posted: 10/8/08 at 8:39pm

My favorite song on the album is Cologne. The 4..3..2..1...I'm letting you go part gets so stuck in my head!

Hiroshima is is pretty frakkin great also

[feinstein9]

Posted: 10/8/08 at 9:43pm

Judas, I was at the Oct. 1 concert too-- where were you standing?

my favourite tracks:
brainwascht
bitch went nuts
kylie from ct (classic ben folds)

[Pippin]

Posted: 10/8/08 at 10:32pm

uggh.... "kylie" is such a gorgeous melody!!! I love it.

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 9:55am

I LOVE Ben Folds and I love this new album! My favorites off the new album are "Hiroshima," "The Frown Song, "Cologne," "The Bitch Went Nuts," and "Effington."

Are they f'ing in their yards
f'ing in their cars
f'ing in the trailers and the backroads and the parking lots of Effington

It's hard to pick a favorite all-time Folds song, but the top 10 would probably go like this (no particular order):

1. The Luckiest
2. Army
3. Zak and Sara
4. Silver Street
5. Landed
6. You've Got to Learn to Live With What You Are
7. Lullabye
8. Kate (aka my namesake song)
9. Steven's Last Night in Town
10. Trusted

Damn...that was hard. It's almost like chosing between your children or something. Just don't ask me to come up with my 10 favorite Sondheim songs...

[jasonf]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 10:28am

Haha - top 10 Sondheim - funny :)

I don't know if I could do a top ten either, but I think my list would be too heavily weighted towards RtS:

1. The Luckiest
2. Fred Jones Part 2
3. Steven's Last Night in Town
4. Annie Waits
5. Brick (I know, sellout choice, but I love the song)
6. Still Fighting It
7. Song for the Dumped
8. Losing Lisa
9. Not the Same
10. Army

[little_sally]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 12:39pm

Love Ben Folds and need to check out his new album. Personally, my favorite song of his is "Fred Jones Part 2" but I love "Annie Waits" as well.

Updated On: 10/9/08 at 12:39 PM

[jasonf]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 1:13pm

If anyone got the deluxe CD and can send me those extra tracks, please PM...I had preordered the "basic" before I knew the extras existed...