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Track Listings
| 1. One Angry Dwarf And 200 Solemn Faces |
| 2. Fair |
| 3. Brick |
| 4. Song For The Dumped |
| 5. "Selfless, Cold and Composed" |
| 6. Kate |
| 7. Smoke |
| 8. Cigarette |
| 9. Steven's Last Night In Town |
| 10. Battle of Who Could Care Less |
| 11. Missing The War |
| 12. Evaporated |
| 13. Video Killed The Radio Star |
| 14. For All The Pretty People |
| 15. Mitchell Lane |
| 16. Theme From Dr. Pyser |
| 17. Air |
| 18. She Don't Use Jelly |
| 19. Song For The Dumped |
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Ben Folds' Five's Whatever and Ever Amen is a fantastic collection of songs from a band beginning to believe in itself as something more than a novelty act. Having excised much of their regrettable tendency to flippancy with their first album, the three members of Ben Folds Five delivered a classic follow-up: the single "The Battle of Who Could Care Less" is a witheringly witty character study of middle-class wasters that could be thought of as an American companion piece to Pulp's "Common People". Angry and articulate, Whatever and Ever Amen is a rewarding exploration of the hitherto virgin territory between Elvis Costello and Jerry Lee Lewis. It also contained the instant live favourite "Song for the Dumped", which in one transcendentally splendid moment--Folds' exuberant yelp of "Well, fuck you, too / Give me my money back, you bitch"--managed to make the rest of rock's vast canon of unrequited affection feel somewhat redundant. --Andrew Mueller
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Think of Ben Folds as Billy Joel minus the Tin Pan Alley heritage and armed with a sweet, wry, slacker ethos. In a guitar-free trio setting, the Chapel Hill smart guy pounds the ivories with gusto while singing a tremendous batch of funny ("Kate"), poignant ("Brick," "Evaporated"), pissed-off ("Song for the Dumped"), and hugely refreshing (all 12 tunes here) songs. --Jeff Bateman
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Ben Folds writes songs like nobody else I know. 'Whatever and Ever Amen' is like a well written book. It makes you laugh, makes you cry, and when its over leaves you wanting more. I own 3 albums that I would descibe as being 'Non-Skip'... Revolver by the Beatles, August and Everything After by Counting Crows, and Whatever and Ever by Ben Folds Five. You can simply put it on, and you'll have no need to reach for the skip button until the end, when if you're like me, be frantically press it 12 times to take it back to the start.
I remember songs in terms of stand out lyrics. Great music is nothing without beautifully constructed words to fill them.
'She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly'
'When words fail she speaks, her mixed tape's a masterpiece'
'You never rest, fighting the battle of who could care less'
'The shaking voice that tells him 'go', still thinks he might, he knows he won't'
'I poured my heart out... it evaporated'
*****
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This, in my opinion, is the greatest album ever written. It doesn't matter what type of music you're in to, if you like great songs, with great lyrics, then this is the record to buy. No guitars, but it doesn't need any. The songs, Ben Folds' stupifying ability on the ivories, and Robert Sledge's super cool basslines carry it.
Beautifully messy and agressive at points, tender and serene at others. Singalong pop genius the rest of the time.
My only reservation is that the album doesn't quite fit on a D90 tape.
Beautifully messy and agressive at points, tender and serene at others. Singalong pop genius the rest of the time.
My only reservation is that the album doesn't quite fit on a D90 tape.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I know everyone gives there "pet album" 5 stars but I'm going to defend my decision here! Ben Folds is a great song writer and although his work sometimes reflects the fact that he is well aware of this, this album isn't (like some of his later work) too clever for it's own good. Although I love all Folds albums this is probably his best in terms of original song writing and excellent performence and production. There is a lot of listening in here and although catchy the tracks don't become quickly repetative. Buy it and hum it for weeks.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Ben Folds Five top performance
To be honest I bought this album only for Steven's Last Night In Town. But playing the whole album over and over, made me fall in love with this one. You must have this!
Published 7 months ago by Surjorimba Suroto
Amazing!
This album is quite simply brilliant.
In a world where decent music composition is rare and really great songs are so few and far between, an album like this is written. Read more
In a world where decent music composition is rare and really great songs are so few and far between, an album like this is written. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Chris
Wonderful
Quite simply the best album I own. This 12-song set includes the funny and upbeat (Battle of Who...,Kate), the angry and frantic (Song For The Dumped, One Angry Dwarf... Read more
Published 20 months ago by A Childress
Best of a Very Fine Bunch !
A friend lent me 'Songs for Silverman' not having heard much of him before only the odd song on radio 2. Read more
Published on 3 July 2007 by Andy the Cuckoo
Remastered and completely refreshed. Ahhh...
Some albums benefit from a remaster. 'Graceland' by Paul Simon was one.
Some, however, don't. Chungking's ruining of their album "We Travel Fast" only a year after its first... Read more
Published on 24 April 2005 by A. Knibb
I like this..still
Basically, Elton John should listen to this and weep. He should weep anyway. And commit suicide in a spectacularly messy fashion in contrition for his assorted musical/hissy-fit... Read more
Published on 19 April 2005 by alantheHašek
A cool albumn
For anyone who is unfortunate enough not to know about Ben Folds or Ben Folds Five, I would point them in the direction of this albumn. Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2005 by "farrelm"
Ben Folds Five reach their peak
'Whatever and Ever Amen' is a masterpiece. Before you deride my (admittedly pretty pretentious) statement, please bear with me for a couple of paragraphs. Read more
Published on 14 Jun 2004 by Mr. A. J. Whiteway
Marvellous!
I bought this after having thoroughly enjoyed the debut album. Whatever And Ever Amen is overall more mature sounding, although I don't quite enjoy it as much as their previous... Read more
Published on 8 July 2003 by "andy_abel"
Whatever and Ever, Amen
This album is worth buying for 'Brick' alone. A beautiful song with very sincere lyrics about a young couple having an abortion. At least, thats why I bought it... Read more
Published on 17 Jun 2003 by Matthew Alexander
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