Ben FoldsBest Ben Folds Albums Ranked
6.2
Avg Score
5
Opinions
10
Albums
3
Reviewers
Summary from 5 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Ben Folds's catalog across 10 albums from 5 opinions, with an overall average of 6.2/10. The top-rated Ben Folds album is Rockin' the Suburbs (2001) with a 7.2/10 average from 2 ratings, followed by Songs for Silverman and Way to Normal. The discography on Wavelength spans 2001 to 2008. Family of Me ranks as the highest-rated Ben Folds song on Wavelength with a 8.0/10 average.
Ben Folds Live
“The name Ben Folds Five was not, in fact, a goofy misnomer, despite the fact that the band numbered only three. Nah, besides Folds, drummer Darren Jessee, and bassist Robert Sledge, there were two invisible members equally integral to the BFF sound: Folds' considerable ego, and his almost equally considerable songwriting talent. Argue if you must, but anyone who goes the eponymous route with his b”
Rockin' the Suburbs
“I grew up in the suburbs. We lived about 30 minutes outside of fabulous downtown Hartford, Connecticut, in a little burg crisscrossed by the interstate and assailed by fast food restaurants dying to get a piece of property in our little town. I lived in the part of town where all the farms were slowly being conquered by developments, a pretty lengthy bike ride from anything of interest. Overall, ”
Songs for Silverman
“Back when he was Five, Ben Folds made punk rock for wussies. With a goofy drawl and sloppy piano-fisting (SFW, natch), Folds alternately threw stones and built glass houses. He'd mock a too-cool coterie of nose-ringed goths and closeted ex-Cure fans (ah, those innocent pre-Killers 1990s!), then let his guard down for ballads about heartbreak and, yes, the abortion that hurtled the Five through fam”
sunny 16 - EP
“O! the razor sharp loneliness of the one-man band! Multi-instrumentalists take heed: just because you can play every key, string and percussive surface on your album doesn't necessarily mean you should. There are reasons that the band format has dominated the music industry for the better part of ever, that most of the Songwriter Hall of Fame consists of duos, and that peanut butter sandwiches tas”
Way to Normal
“On his third solo studio LP, Ben Folds pits laments about missed opportunities with old lovers and failed communication in otherwise good relationships against quips about slashed basketballs and snide yuppies. Regina Spektor guests.”
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