The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind
by Ben Folds Five
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Ben Folds Five bestography
The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind is ranked 4th 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 1402 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,233.
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The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago | feandwine | 6 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/10/2026 09:13 | Leginlists | 3,635 | 82/100 |
| ! | 04/27/2023 03:56 |  zags7000 | 20,468 | 64/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2023 05:01 |  MadhattanJack | 5,938 | 66/100 |
| ! | 01/15/2023 00:11 | tmbgwes | 198 | 76/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.2/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.1.
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VADERBREWING 08/06/2015 02:22 | #147215
The song on being frank is good. Ben folds, typically very good songs, but missing something that makes them great.
RockyRaccoon 07/10/2013 01:55 | #80833
Ben Folds is honestly one of the most talented musicians I have ever seen, and I’m not just saying of this day and age, I’m saying ever. He doesn’t get nearly enough credit, but his music his absolutely incredible and his talent is even greater. This album picks right up where Ben Folds Five left off in 1999. It sounds exactly like they used to and the music is just awesome. The lyrics are pretty typical Ben Folds with some beautiful sincerity and some humor, never taking himself too seriously. There’s also a song with lyrics written by author Nick Hornby, who collaborated with Ben Folds on their album “Lonely Avenue" in which Hornby wrote the lyrics and Folds wrote the music. This album is absolutely worth getting immediately.
paladisiac 01/02/2013 16:16 | #59797
Like a lot of long-lost comebacks, ben folds five evoke the glory years of their past but don't really achieve those glory moments. They've lost that fire of rebellion and "f*ck all" of youth that can only be approximated in old age. Often times that approximation feels calculated and BFF are no exception. While the music's fine and pleasant and all, these songs have nothing on their early albums, including "reinhold messner", which wasn't the most altogether album itself but did include some great songs like "magic" and "mess". Without the youth "f*ck all" factor, only skimmed lightly like on "draw a crowd", this piano-bass-drums trio slips easy into adult contemporary pap, which is easy to do without a biting guitar lying around. There are no great songs on "the sound" (although "draw a crowd" comes close), only memories of an exceptional piano talent who once rocked the underground and now struggles to rock the suburbs.
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