Way To Normal - Folds, Ben
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| Format | CD |
| Available | 26-09-2008 |
| Sourced | Australia |
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Way to Normal is an exuberant, raucous, and sometimes profane mix of sure-fire crowd-pleasers ("Hiroshima," "b---h Went Nuts," and the frenetically fuzzed-out "Dr. Yang"), cheerful snark-fests ("The Frown Song," "Brainwascht"), and thoughtful, moving ballads ("Cologne," "Kylie From Connecticut") that Folds wrote at the end of 2007 following the finalization of a two-year divorce. But it should not be assumed that Way to Normal is Folds' version of Marvin Gaye's Here My Dear or Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks (though Folds says that in the early stages of recording he came close to calling the album "Blood on the Keyboard").
Track Listing
Disc 1:
- Hiroshima (B B B Benny Hit His Head)
- Dr. Yang
- The Frown Song
- You Don't Know Me (Featuring Regina Spektor)
- Before Cologne
- Cologne
- Errant Dog
- Free Coffee
- Bitch Went Nuts
- Brainwascht
- Effington
- Kylie From Connecticut
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