Ben Folds-Way To Normal-2008-BENFOLDS

ARTIST : Ben Folds
TITLE : Way To Normal
LABEL : Epic
GENRE : Rock
BITRATE : 209 kbps avg
SOURCE : CD (LP)
PLAYTIME : 00:40:24
SIZE : 63.7MB
STORE DATE : 2008-09-00


Track List
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1. Hiroshima (B B B Benny Hit His Head) 3:37
2. Dr Yang 2:30
3. The Frown Song 3:37
4. You Don't Know Me (feat Regina Spektor) 3:11
5. Before Cologne 0:53
6. Cologne 5:02
7. Errant Dog 2:24
8. Free Coffee 4:01
9. Bitch Went Nuts 3:06
10. Brainwascht 3:48
11. Effington 3:32
12. Kylie From Connecticut 4:43


Ben Folds is hoping to have his next album out in
September, but he plans to keep previewing new songs at
shows before then, including appearances at the Beale
Street Music Festival in Memphis, the Bonnaroo Music
Festival in Tennessee and festivals in Berlin and
Britain.

"We've played most of the album here -- there's not a lot
to unveil," Folds told Billboard.com during a
teleconference with reporters to promote Bonnaroo. "We've
got two or three songs that we were sort of holding onto,
just so that someone would buy the record. But it's not a
bad idea to play one of those new ones at Bonnaroo;
that's kind of a special show, so we may do that."

Folds added that even with their massive crowds,
festivals such as Bonnaroo provide a sympathetic
environment to try out new material. "It's a music
audience, and that's pretty impressive for the size of
the audience," he explains. "The last time (at Bonnaroo
in 2006) we played in front of a really large crowd and
we were playing mostly stuff off an album that'd just
been released and it all felt pretty good [and] pretty
musical."

At shows already this year Folds has played a variety of
songs from the new album, his first since
"Supersunnyspeedygraphic" in 2006. Among the titles have
been "Hiroshima," "Errant Dog," "Effington," "The Bitch
Went Nuts," "Free Coffee" and "Kylie From Connecticut."
The album has no title yet, however.

"That's going to be one of the last things, I think,
that's going to fall together here," he said. "I'm not
really sure. I may have a couple of ideas, but we've got
some really good stuff going for the artwork that I'm
excited about. So I kind of want to get that in order and
see if that helps me make up my mind."

Know for the wry sense of humor he infuses in his lyrics,
Folds told the Bonnaroo call that he's also looking
forward to checking out some of the comedians who are
part of the festival bill.

"I can relate to that because I'm a little bit of a
clown," he said, "but I don't think I'm like 'Keystone
Cops' kind of clown. The last time I met Louis Black, and
he was really cool. We had a really good talk and it was
fun. I get along with comedians well pretty well."