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Track Listing
1. Eddie Walker
2. Jackson Cannery - (original 7" version)
3. Emaline
4. Alice Childress
5. Dick Holster
6. Tom and Mary
7. For Those of Y'All Who Wear Fanny Packs
8. Bad Idea - (original demo version)
9. Underground
10. Ultimate Sacrifice, The
11. Satan Is My Master
12. Julianne
13. Song For the Dumped
14. Philosophy
15. Twin Falls
16. Boxing
| Details | | Distributor: | Caroline Distribution | | Recording Type: | Mixed | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Ben Folds Five: Ben Folds (vocals, piano); Robert Sledge (bass); Darren Jessee (drums).
Producers include: Caleb Southern, Ben Folds.
Engineers include: Scott MacLeod, Leo Overtoom.
Includes liner notes by Ben Folds.
This offering from the confusingly-named trio contains a handful of new songs, live versions of several songs from the group's last two albums and odds and ends like demo and 45 versions of other tunes. Whether you're already a fan or not, NAKED BABY PHOTOS provides a fine representation of the band's sound. Focused on singer-songwriter Folds's punchy, melodic pop, the trio's sound updates the tradition of '70s artists like Todd Rundgren with a punkier, more aggressive '90s style. As usual, the arrangements are dominated by Folds's hard-hitting piano work and Robert Sledge's muscular fuzz-bass riffs. Humor abounds here, especially on the rap parody "For Those Of Y'all Who Wear Fanny Packs," but the band's real strength lies in Folds's skilled pop songcraft.
Industry Reviews
...Consider this an instant history of a band on the verge of breaking big...
Magnet (03/01/1998)
Ben Folds Five is Nick Drake strutting with the Bee Gees while Ozzy beheads everyone else on the dancefloor. Blood spurts, tears fly....Ben Folds is the grenade and the pin, his music's the sound of an explosion in your heart.
Melody Maker (01/10/1998)
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