Ben Folds - Way to Normal
NME.COM feature on Ben Folds - Way to Normal album including album review, artwork, tracks, listen now, tour dates, discography and more.
Release date: 30 November 2007
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- Hiroshima (B B B Benny Hit His Head)
- Dr. Yang
- The Frown Song (Explicit Album Version)
- You Don't Know Me (featuring Regina Spektor) (Explicit Album Version)
- Before Cologne
- Errant Dog (Explicit Album Version)
- Free Coffee
- Bitch Went Nuts (Explicit Album Version)
- Brainwascht (Explicit Album Version)
- Effington
- Kylie From Connecticut
- Cologne
- Bitch Went Nutz
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Ben Folds - Way to Normal: Wikipedia Album Entry
Way to Normal is a 2008 studio album from Ben Folds. It was released on 30 September 2008 in the United States and on 29 September 2008 in the United Kingdom. The album is Folds' highest-charting debut ever in the US, reaching #11 on the Billboard 200 in its first week of release.
Way to Normal made a return to Folds' more tradional method of songwriting. The album is full of upbeat songs, injected with the humor that some fans felt Songs for Silverman completely lacked.
A music video for You Don't Know Me was directed by Eric Wareheim, featuring Eric himself and his comedy partner Tim Heidecker.
The metallic percussive effect on Free Coffee was achieved by placing Altoids tins on top of the piano strings; Folds demonstrated this in live performances of the song.
Fake leak
On 16 July 2008, an anonymous user posted what they claimed was a "leak" of Ben Folds's latest album on fan sites theSuburbs.org.uk and BenFolds.org. The file contained nine tracks along with a PDF of supposed cover art, and was a mix of what appeared to be legitimate songs from Way to Normal and bizarre pastiches of foul-mouthed humor and melodramatic pop. Accordingly, the online forums became full of debate as to which were real - and which were fake - until the 12 August 2008 when Ben admitted on Triple J radio that many songs in the leak were fake. He claimed that he and the band recorded fake versions of songs from the new album when they "had a night to kill in Dublin", and had a friend leak it to the public "to give them something to listen to". After confirming that the leaked Brainwascht, The Frown Song and Free Coffee were fake, he stated that they will be used as b-sides and bonus tracks on upcoming releases. A few days later, in a Rolling Stone article Folds walked people through the differences between the real album cuts and the fake leak cuts.
Professional Reviews
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Drowned in Sound - 8/10
Entertainment Weekly - B+
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Ben Folds - Way to Normal Lyrics
Ben Folds - Bitch Went Nuts Lyrics
The bitch went nuts
She stabbed my basketball and the speakers to my stereo
She called me cunt
But nothing prepared me for what I found when I came home
Ben Folds - You Don't Know Me Lyrics
I wanna ask you do you ever sit and wonder?
It's so strange we could be together for
So long and never know never care
Ben Folds - Free Coffee Lyrics
Called in sick one day
Stepped out my front door
Squinted up at the sky
And strapped on my backpack
Ben Folds - Brainwascht Lyrics
One, two, three
If you wanna write a letter, write a letter
If you'd rather make a phone call
Ben Folds - Dr. Yang Lyrics
Uh, oh
Hey Dr. Yin
Chain smoking Chinese centenarian
Ben Folds - Cologne Lyrics
Here in Cologne I know I said it wrong
I walked you to the train and back across alone
To my hotel room and ordered me some food
And now I'm wondering
Ben Folds - Effington Lyrics
If there's a God
He's laughing at us and our football team
Effington could be a wonderful f'ing place
Ben Folds - Errant Dog Lyrics
Have you seen that dog? I've got to get him back
I had him tied to a tree but he keeps getting out
He's probably running loose with the bitches
And when I catch him I'll give him some stitches
Ben Folds - Hiroshima Lyrics
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Ben Folds - Kylie from Connecticut Lyrics
It's just a thought but where did it come from?
What does she do if it, if it comes back?
A note from his assistant there by the telephone
She sees it again as she turns out the light
Ben Folds - Frown Song Lyrics
Tread slowly from the car to the spa
Like a weary war-torn refugee
Crossing the border with her starving child
It's a struggle just to get to shiatsu
