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Benjamin Scott Folds (born September 12, 1966 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is an American singer and pianist who originally gained fame as a member of Ben Folds Five. Ben has released three solo albums: Fear of Pop: Volume 1, Rockin' the Suburbs, and Ben Folds Live. Fear of Pop was released while Ben Folds Five were still together; Suburbs and Live were released afterwards. Since Fear of Pop is highly experimental and Live is a collection of live solo recordings of mostly songs originally recorded with Ben Folds Five, Rockin' the Suburbs is Ben's first proper solo release. In late 2003 two solo EPs: Speed Graphic and Sunny 16 were released, with a third entitled Super D released in mid-2004. He currently resides in Adelaide, Australia with his wife, Frally Hynes, and two children, Louis and Grace. He tours Japan and the United States, as well as other parts of the world periodically. His fourth solo album release is slated for release in February 2005.

Folds also produced and arranged the most recent William Shatner album, Has Been (2004); he previously worked with Shatner on the songs "In Love" and "Still in Love" for Fear of Pop.

While with Ben Folds Five and since leaving, Folds also provided a number of songs for films soundtrack. Some of these include "Lonely Christmas Eve" for the film How the Grinch Stole Christmas! ( 2000) and a rendition of the Beatles' "Golden Slumbers" for the film I Am SamI Am Sam is a 2001 film which tells the story of a mentally challenged man who fights to keep custody of his daughter. It stars Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning, Dianne Wiest, Loretta Devine, Richard Schiff and Laura Dern. It was written by Kr ( 20012001 is a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall ap).

On a planned tour of Australia, Folds teamed up with fellow namesakes Ben KwellerBen Kweller is an American rock musician and former lead singer of the 1990s band Radish, which was compared to Nirvana in Rolling Stone Magazine. The band grew in popularity in the Dallas, Texas music scene from its formation in 1993. However, the band w and Ben LeeThis article is about the Australian born actor and musician, Ben Lee. There is an article about the managing director of Honolulu, Benjamin Lee, popularly known as Ben Lee. Ben Lee is an Australian born musician and recently an actor, having starred in t to travel the country together as The BensThe Bens is the name adopted by musicians Ben Lee, Ben Folds and Ben Kweller when they toured and recorded as a group for their The Bens Rock Over Australia tour in 2003. They toured Australia, playing nine concerts, in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canber, at the suggestion of a fan on Ben Kweller's official website. The trio also went on to record an four-track EP together.

1 Discography

Fear of Pop: Volume 1, 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting, SonyUsage of these images is restricted. Trademarks on this page belong to their owner. See Image use policy Sony (in katakana: ) is a consumer electronics corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded on May 7, 1946 as the Tokyo Telecommunications Engine

  1. Fear of Pop
  2. Kops
  3. Slow Jam '98
  4. Blink
  5. In Love
  6. Interlude
  7. Avery M. Powers Memorial Beltway
  8. I Paid My Money
  9. Rubber Sled
  10. Root to This
  11. Still In Love

Rockin' the Suburbs, 20012001 is a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall ap, SonyUsage of these images is restricted. Trademarks on this page belong to their owner. See Image use policy Sony (in katakana: ) is a consumer electronics corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded on May 7, 1946 as the Tokyo Telecommunications Engine

  1. Annie Waits
  2. Zak and Sara
  3. Still Fighting It
  4. Gone
  5. Fred Jones part 2
  6. The Ascent of Stan
  7. Losing Lisa
  8. Carrying Cathy
  9. Not the Same
  10. Rockin' the Suburbs
  11. Fired
  12. The Luckiest

Ben Folds Live, 2002, Sony

  1. One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces
  2. Zak and Sara
  3. Silver Street
  4. Best Imitation of Myself
  5. Not the Same
  6. Jane
  7. One Down
  8. Fred Jones part 2
  9. Brick
  10. Narcolepsy
  11. Army
  12. The Last Polka
  13. Tiny Dancer
  14. Rock this Bitch
  15. Philosophy
  16. The Luckiest
  17. Emaline

(DVD)

  1. Not the Same
  2. Philosophy
  3. Army
  4. "Album Art Antics"
  5. Eddie Walker
  6. The Ascent of Stan
  7. Tiny Dancer
  8. Song for the Dumped

Speed Graphic ( 2003) ( EP)

  1. In Between Days
  2. Give Judy My Notice
  3. Protection
  4. Dog
  5. Wandering

Sunny 16 ( 2003) ( EP)

  1. There's Always Someone Cooler Than You
  2. Learn to Live With What You Are
  3. All U Can Eat
  4. Rockstar
  5. Songs of Love

Super D ( 2004) ( EP)

  1. Kalamazoo
  2. Adelaide
  3. Rent a cop
  4. Get Your Hands off of my Woman
  5. Them That Got (Recorded live at the Avalon, Boston, MA, 08/JUN/2002)


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