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Rockin' the Suburbs

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Released
  
September 11, 2001

Rockin' the Suburbs (2001)
  
Ben Folds Live (2002)

Release date
  
11 September 2001

Producers
  
Ben Folds, Ben Grosse

Length
  
48:42

Artist
  
Ben Folds

Label
  
Epic Records

Genre
  
Alternative rock

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Similar
  
Ben Folds albums, Piano rock albums

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Rockin’ the Suburbs is the debut studio album by American alternative rock singer-songwriter Ben Folds. His first solo album after leaving his band Ben Folds Five, Rockin' the Suburbs was recorded in Adelaide, Australia, where Folds was living at the time.

Contents

"Rockin' the Suburbs" is Folds' only single to make Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, peaking there at number 28. The album peaked at number 42 on the Billboard 200 chart, and at number 11 on the Top Internet Albums chart. A remake of the title track featuring William Shatner appeared in the soundtrack for the 2006 film Over the Hedge, which stars Shatner as an opossum named Ozzie.

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Track listing

All tracks written by Ben Folds, except where noted..

Personnel

  • Ben Folds – piano, vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass guitar, drums
  • Larry Corbett – cello
  • DJ Swamp – beats
  • Richard Fortus – guitar
  • John McCrea – vocals (on "Fred Jones Part 2")
  • Frally Hynes – vocals (on "Gone" and "The Luckiest)
  • John Mark Painter – conductor
  • Andrew R. Wallace – engineer
  • Cameron Webb - assistant engineer
  • Vincent Palmeri - vocals
  • Production

  • Producers: Ben Folds, Ben Grosse
  • Recorded By: Andrew R. Wallace, Ben Grosse
  • Engineer: Andrew R. Wallace
  • Assistant Engineers: Blumpy, Ben Grosse, Cameron Webb
  • Mixing: Ben Grosse
  • Mastering: Ted Jensen
  • Assistants: Chuck Bailey, Rick Behrens, Aaron Lepley, Ulysses Noriega, Justin Pynes
  • Programming: Andrew R. Wallace, Ben Grosse, Blumpy, Cameron Webb, John Vitale
  • Arranger: John Mark Painter
  • Package design: Ben Folds
  • Songs

    1Annie Waits4:17
    2Zak and Sara3:11
    3Still Fighting It4:26

    References

    Rockin' the Suburbs Wikipedia