Label: Sony/Epic
Category: Music
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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4988010835286
ASIN: B00005LPBN
Release Date: 2001-08-29
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Artist: Ben Folds
Label: Sony/Epic Category: Music Average customer rating:
Format: Import Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 EAN: 4988010835286 ASIN: B00005LPBN Release Date: 2001-08-29 |
Rockin' the Suburbs
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Album Description
Japanese edition of his 2001 solo album includes one exclusive bonus track, 'Hiro's Song' that's unavailable on the first single 'Rockin' The Suburbs'. 13 tracks in all.Album Details
Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track: 'hiro's Song'Customer Reviews:
Amazing, but in regards to this album I have a question.......2003-04-30
However, this album is superb. Annie Waits is the perfect opener as it tells a story about pain, longing, and lonliness with a perfect and ironic pop beat and clap (7.5/10). Zak and Sara (without an H) is the perfect follow up. It is another example at how great Ben's sketch's can be when the music is fabulous as well (8.5/10). Still Fighting It is the anthem that would not have sounded out of place in the 70s. It is great to hear live (8/10). Gone is another song with hypnotic verses and a grand climactic chorus (8/10). Fred Jones Part II is the sad and bleak look into life after retirement or life after donating time to a cause before getting the boot (10/10). Beautiful and expressive but ultimately a downer (but Snuzz, NC singer songwriter who plays live and opens for ben makes a guest vocals spot on this one). Ascent of Stan is a song about a hippie with a cheesy and retro dance thump. Its all in good fun though (7.5/10). Losing Lisa is another example of semi plagarism, not that I hate the song at all. It is a great song about good times past but the chorus sounds like Happy Together by the Turtles in my opinion. Still a great song though. One of the best on this album or any Folds has ever recorded (10/10). Carrying Cathy is sort of an ironic tale about a girl who is helpless and eventually comits suicide (irony in the chorus, Everybody was always carrying cathy). However, it is disguised as a ballad, a format it works very well within (8/10). Not the Same has the greatest chorus on the whole album. While the song may be strange and offkey, the chorus is gigantic and will send chills up your spine. The best anthem on the record is not really an anthem but a story of a bad acid trip (9.5/10). Oh well! Now to Hiro's Song. Bouncy and bright pop about an older Japanese man and his concerns about his younger mistress. It is funny and musically diverse. This one is definately a worthy addition to the album (9/10). Rockin the Suburbs is Ben's only LP foray into the depths of modern radio rock music. With a guitar and an angry sneer, he comments on angst, fear, and suburban alienation with a winking and satirical gesture. This song is worth its weight once you hear his impersonation of Zach De La Rocha towards the end of the song. Not Ben's best but it makes for an interesting and enjoyable diversion (7/10). Fired is the most musically accomplished song on the album and this aspect makes it one of the best songs as well. Good lyrics, great song; this is what Ben should strive to write more often (9/10). The Luckiest is a ballad about Ben's wife (I am assuming). It is soft and touching as well as a tremendous shift from the rest of the album. Marrs consistency but otherwise, a great closer(8/10).
This record is by far one of the best to come out this year. Plus or minus Hiro's song, it is still engaging and well played. Most of all, Ben Folds's music is fun and rarely ever gets old after repeated listens. He write amazing character sketches and lyrics that will affect you in the wierdest ways. Intelligent, affecting, and emotional piano based rock and pop played perfectly. This is a must buy record and is essential to any listener of Pop (real Pop, no top 40, though they might like it as well) music! (98/100)
(BEN WRITE A ROCK OPERA!)
For everybody except there are a few swears here and there.
Support Ben Folds, Snuzz, and ex-Fiver Darren Jesse whenever they come to town. They all give excellent shows!
And that's about all.
Kyle
Incredible CD...the bonus track is worth the bonus bucks........2002-10-09
The four stars for for the original CD release . ........2002-02-08
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