Ben Folds Five (studio album) by Ben Folds Five

Ben Folds Five by Ben Folds Five
Year: 1995
Overall rank: 2,127th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 133 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1995 (45th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (381st)
Award Best albums of all time (2,127th)
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Ben Folds Five bestography

Ben Folds Five is ranked 2nd best out of 7 albums by Ben Folds Five on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Ben Folds Five is Whatever And Ever Amen which is ranked number 1335 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,312.

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Ben Folds Five track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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77/100 (from 133 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.0/100, a mean average of 77.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.

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75/100
From 10/27/2013 21:34
Not quite their peak, but still solid.
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From 01/06/2013 01:30
My personal favorite album Ben Folds has done. It best showcases his piano playing skills and displays just the right amount of sarcastic wit and emotional depth. The Last Polka is especially fantastic.
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From 12/13/2011 17:24
"jackson cannery" is good, but the ben folds five debut album doesn't truly kick in until "philosophy" ("go ahead, you can laugh all you want, but i've got my philosophy"), a sort-of- parody of all the alternative artists taking themselves and their "angst" so serious. They only bring piamo (ben folds), bass & drums, but it doesn't sound like these sounds are lacking at all. "underground" rocks (which starts out "I was never cool in school / I'm sure you don't remember me / and now it's been ten years / I'm still wondering who to be / and I love to mix in circles, / cliques and social coteries, that's me" and ben sings "And we'll be decked / in all black / slamming the pit fantastic / Officer Friendly's little boy's / got a mohawk / and he knows just where we're coming from" even adding in a cowbell, aka cattle call). Ben Folds was the best, most playful piano player since the billy joel & elton john 80s hey day. (tori's good too, but her piano work is more elegant and brooding.) Ben Folds had a way of accessing sentimentality and longing without being sappy, injecting quirkiness in the lyrics and varying the piano arrangements, which shows on numbers like "alice childress", "best imitation of myself" ("i feel like a quote out of context") and "boxing" ("Ambition has given way to / desperation and I / lost the fight for my eyes").
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From 12/01/2010 22:49
CONTEXT: Ben Folds Five's debut stood out in the alternative rock scene because it lacked guitars and included wry, humorous lyrics. A breath of fresh air. MUSIC: Ben Folds loves to show off his piano skills, and for the most part, it serves his songs well. The hooks are punctuated by lively drums and aggressive, fuzzed-out bass. LYRICS: Many songs are character studies that also touch on common themes of failure and redemption. HIGHLIGHTS: Philosophy, The Best Imitation of Myself
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From 06/03/2008 22:33
Between this and Whatever and Ever Amen, this is the better album. I'm surprised I had to add it to the database.
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