Rockin' the Suburbs

10/Sept/01 - Australia
11/Sept/01 - US
24/Sept/01 - UK

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

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Rockin' the Suburbs (Japanese edition)

13/Sept/01 - Japan

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. Hiro's Song
11. Rockin' the Suburbs
12. Fired
13. The Luckiest

All songs written by Ben Folds except for "Losing Lisa", which was co-written with his wife, Frally Hynes.
Frally is also credited for the album's photographs.
Thanks include Robert Sledge and Darren Jessee (his bandmates from Ben Folds Five), and 'John Reynolds drum shop in Adelaide'.

This Japanese release also features a bonus track, "Hiro's Song" and an additional 14 page booklet containing the lyrics in Japanese (except "Hiro's Song", which is in both English and Japanese).

First pressings of the release also contained a promotional miniature (117x117mm) mousemat inside the sleeve.

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Ben Folds Live

07/Oct/02 - UK
08/Oct/02 - America
27/Oct/02 - Australia
23/Oct/02 - Japan

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 Pt. 2
9. Brick
10. Narcolepsy
11. Army
12. Last Polka
13. Tiny Dancer
14. Rock This Bitch
15. Philosophy (Inc Misirlou)
16. Luckiest
17. Emaline

Ben Folds Live was recorded in the US during the last leg of the "Ben Folds and a Piano Tour" of 2002. The album features hits and gems from previous Ben Folds Five albums as well as from Rockin’ the Suburbs. It also features a dazzling cover of Elton John's classic, "Tiny Dancer".

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Ben Folds Live (with DVD)

07/Oct/02 - UK
08/Oct/02 - America

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 Pt. 2
9. Brick
10. Narcolepsy
11. Army
12. Last Polka
13. Tiny Dancer
14. Rock This Bitch
15. Philosophy (Inc Misirlou)
16. Luckiest
17. Emaline

This version also came with a DVD, featuring live solo performances of:

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

The DVD recording of "Song for the Dumped" is the minor version. "Album Art Antics" shows the album cover art being staged and photographed.

Ben Folds Live was recorded in the US during the last leg of the "Ben Folds and a Piano Tour" of 2002. The album features hits and gems from previous Ben Folds Five albums as well as from Rockin’ the Suburbs. It also features a dazzling cover of Elton John's classic, "Tiny Dancer".

The DVD is in NTSC format

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Ben Folds Live (clean edition)

07/Oct/02 - UK
08/Oct/02 - America

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 Pt. 2
9. Brick
10. Narcolepsy
11. Army
12. Last Polka
13. Tiny Dancer
14. Rock This Bitch
15. Philosophy (Inc Misirlou)
16. Luckiest
17. Emaline

Ben Folds Live was recorded in the US during the last leg of the "Ben Folds and a Piano Tour" of 2002. The album features hits and gems from previous Ben Folds Five albums as well as from Rockin’ the Suburbs. It also features a dazzling cover of Elton John's classic, "Tiny Dancer".

This 'clean' edition of the CD has the swears bleeped out (and Ben saying the word "Christian" when introducing 'Not the Same') as well as the crowd's middle fingers digitally removed from the cover art.

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Songs for Silverman

25/Apr/05 - UK
26/Apr/05 - America
13/Apr/05 - Japan
11/Apr/05 - Australia

1. Bastard
2. You To Thank
3. Jesusland
4. Landed
5. Gracie
6. Trusted
7. Give Judy My Notice
8. Late
9. Sentimental Guy
10. Time
11. Prison Food

Ben Folds' long-awaited second studio album of his solo career was originally recorded solo like "Rockin' the Suburbs", but later scrapped and he returned to the studio with bassist Jared Reynolds and drummer Lindsay Jamison (who played with Ben on the EPs) to re-record every track apart from "Gracie" and "Sentimental Guy".

There are guest appearances from 'Weird' Al Yankovic who sings backing vocals on "Time" (and who directed the music video to "Rockin' the Suburbs" in 2001) and steel guitarist Bucky Baxter (12-string guitar, pedal steel guitar) on "Give Judy My Notice" and "Prison Food". Long-time Folds friend John Mark Painter also features playing french horn and double bass, and Ben's wife Frally also sings some backing vocals.

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Songs for Silverman (Deluxe Edition)

25/Apr/05 - UK
26/Apr/05 - America
11/Apr/05 - Australia

1. Bastard
2. You To Thank
3. Jesusland
4. Landed
5. Gracie
6. Trusted
7. Give Judy My Notice
8. Late
9. Sentimental Guy
10. Time
11. Prison Food

Ben Folds' long-awaited second studio album of his solo career was originally recorded solo like "Rockin' the Suburbs", but later scrapped and he returned to the studio with bassist Jared Reynolds and drummer Lindsay Jamison (who played with Ben on the EPs) to re-record every track apart from "Gracie" and "Sentimental Guy".

There are guest appearances from 'Weird' Al Yankovic who sings backing vocals on "Time" (and who directed the music video to "Rockin' the Suburbs" in 2001) and steel guitarist Bucky Baxter (12-string guitar, pedal steel guitar) on "Give Judy My Notice" and "Prison Food". Long-time Folds friend John Mark Painter also features playing french horn and double bass, and Ben's wife Frally also sings some backing vocals.

This edition also features a 40-minute behind-the-scenes" DVD of "The Making of Songs for Silverman", featuring studio sessions, live performances, and the three main musicians sitting around an apple mac commenting on the recording experience.

In the UK, the DVD is in PAL format, but America and Australia releases have NTSC. In Australia this edition was delayed hitting shelves for a few days due to a shipping error at Sony that sent the DVD editions to Japan by mistake.

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Songs for Silverman (DualDisc Edition)

26/Apr/05 - America

1. Bastard
2. You To Thank
3. Jesusland
4. Landed
5. Gracie
6. Trusted
7. Give Judy My Notice
8. Late
9. Sentimental Guy
10. Time
11. Prison Food

Ben Folds' long-awaited second studio album of his solo career was originally recorded solo like "Rockin' the Suburbs", but later scrapped and he returned to the studio with bassist Jared Reynolds and drummer Lindsay Jamison (who played with Ben on the EPs) to re-record every track apart from "Gracie" and "Sentimental Guy".

There are guest appearances from 'Weird' Al Yankovic who sings backing vocals on "Time" (and who directed the music video to "Rockin' the Suburbs" in 2001) and steel guitarist Bucky Baxter (12-string guitar, pedal steel guitar) on "Give Judy My Notice" and "Prison Food". Long-time Folds friend John Mark Painter also features playing french horn and double bass, and Ben's wife Frally also sings some backing vocals.

This edition is on a thicker 'dualdisc', which has the normal audio CD on one side, and a DVD on the other. The DVD side comprises of 5.1 surround mixes of the album tracks, plus the strings version of "Landed" and a shorter, 20-minute feature of "The Making of Songs for Silverman".