This 1995 debut
album is full of Tin Pan Alley showmanship, with a touch of
Something/Anything? era Todd Rundgren meets Look Sharp! era Joe Jackson and
an alternative rock sensibility. Witty, offbeat, piano-based songs helped Ben
Folds Five receive almost universally positive reviews, and spawned five
singles. The record failed to chart, but caused an intense bidding war among
the majors eventually won by Sony Music. On Translucent Gold vinyl. |