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Songs For Silverman (Enhanced CD Longplay)

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Ben Folds is at his best when he melds the acerbic with the heartfelt, a balancing act that he's honed to perfection on the warm and ballad-heavy Songs for Silverman. Opening track "Bastard," with a fuzzed-out bassline right out of 1995, kick-starts ... more Ben Folds is at his best when he melds the acerbic with the heartfelt, a balancing act that he's honed to perfection on the warm and ballad-heavy Songs for Silverman. Opening track "Bastard," with a fuzzed-out bassline right out of 1995, kick-starts a record that plays like a show in reverse. The meat's all upfront, so those expecting a show-stopping encore will just have to listen to it backward, as this is Ben Folds the family man, not the embittered youth who joined the "Army" on 1999's Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner. While there is a warm undercurrent of tenderness that runs through Silverman, it's never cloying or clich

Tracks

Track	Duration
1	Bastard	5:22
2	You To Thank	3:35
3	Jesusland	4:30
4	Landed	4:27
5	Gracie	2:40
6	Trusted	4:08
7	Give Judy My Notice	3:37
8	Late	3:58
9	Sentimental Guy	3:03
10	Time	4:29
11	Prison Food	4:15
12	The Making of Songs For Silverman	39:00