| 词条 | Way to Normal | |||||||||
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| name = Way to Normal | type = studio | artist = Ben Folds | cover = waytonormal.jpg | alt = | released = {{flagicon|Japan}} September 17, 2008 {{flagicon|Australia}} September 27, 2008 {{flagicon|EU}} September 29, 2008 {{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|CAN}} September 30, 2008 | recorded = Ben Folds' Recording Studio, Nashville, TN | venue = | studio = | genre = Alternative rock | length = | label = Epic | producer = Dennis Herring | prev_title = Supersunnyspeedgraphic, the LP | prev_year = 2006 | next_title = Stems and Seeds | next_year = 2009 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Alternative cover | type = studio | cover = WayToNormal_LeakVersion.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = Cover for the fake leak version of the album }} }}{{Album ratings | MC = (62/100)[1] | rev1 = AbsolutePunk | rev1Score = 56%[2] | rev2 = Allmusic | rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}[3] | rev3 = The Austin Chronicle | rev3Score = {{rating|3|5}}[4] | rev4 = The A.V. Club | rev4Score = C+[5] | rev5 = Drowned in Sound | rev5Score = (8/10)[6] | rev6 = Entertainment Weekly | rev6Score = B+[7] | rev7 = musicOMH | rev7Score = {{rating|4|5}}[8] | rev8 = Paste | rev8Score = 8.9/10[9] | rev9 = The Phoenix | rev9Score = {{rating|1.5|4}}[10] | rev10 = Pitchfork Media | rev10Score = 2.7/10[11] | rev11 = PopMatters | rev11Score = {{rating|8|10}}[12] | rev12 = Rolling Stone | rev12Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}[13] | rev13 = Spin | rev13Score = (6/10)[14] | rev14 = Uncut | rev14Score = {{rating|3|5}}[1] | noprose = yes }}Way to Normal is the third studio album by Ben Folds. It was released on September 30, 2008 in the United States and on September 29, 2008 in the United Kingdom.[15][16][17] The album is Folds' highest-charting album ever in the US, reaching #11 on the Billboard 200 in its first week of release.[18] A music video for "You Don't Know Me" was directed by Eric Wareheim, featuring Wareheim himself and his comedy partner Tim Heidecker. In 2009, Folds re-released the album in less compressed audio quality as Stems and Seeds, adding various bonus tracks and providing "stems" for fans to create their own remixes. Track listing{{Track listing| all_writing = Ben Folds | headline = Way to Normal | title1 = Hiroshima (B-B-B-Benny Hit His Head) | length1 = 3:38 | title2 = Dr. Yang | length2 = 2:30 | title3 = The Frown Song | length3 = 3:38 | title4 = You Don't Know Me (feat. Regina Spektor) | length4 = 3:12 | title5 = Before Cologne | length5 = 0:54 | title6 = Cologne | length6 = 5:03 | title7 = Errant Dog | length7 = 2:24 | title8 = Free Coffee | length8 = 3:08 | title9 = Bitch Went Nuts | note9 = length includes a 52-second pregap | length9 = 3:58 | title10 = Brainwascht | length10 = 3:49 | title11 = Effington | length11 = 3:33 | title12 = Kylie from Connecticut | length12 = 4:43 }}{{Track listing | all_writing = | headline = Japanese bonus tracks | title1 = Way to Normal | length1 = 4:10 | title2 = Free Coffee Town | length2 = 2:42 | title3 = Frowne Song (Feeble Anthem) | length3 = 3:50 | title4 = Cologne | note4 = piano orchestra version | length4 = 6:08 }} Personnel
Production notesThe album is named after Normal, Illinois as referenced in the track "Effington". "Effington" refers to Effingham, Illinois.[19] The song "Hiroshima" is about a time when Folds fell off the stage during a concert in Hiroshima, Japan. The subtitle "B B B Benny Hit His Head" is also a reference to the Elton John song "Bennie and the Jets". John says "B B B Bennie" during the main chorus, which Hiroshima's subtitle mimics. Both songs share a fake audience in the background, as well as having a similar melody with different timing. The metallic percussive effect on "Free Coffee" was achieved by placing Altoids tins on top of the piano strings and feeding the audio output through a distortion pedal; Folds demonstrated this in live performances of the song.[20] (See prepared piano) "Dr. Yang" was used in the trailer for the 2011 film, Mars Needs Moms. "Before Cologne" was used for the introduction of the iPhone 4S, and was later used in a commercial for the Honda Accord in 2015. Fake leakOn 16 July 2008, an anonymous user posted what they claimed was a "leak" of Folds's latest album on two fan sites. The file contained nine tracks along with a PDF of supposed cover art, and was a mix of what appeared to be legitimate songs from Way to Normal and bizarre pastiches of foul-mouthed humour and melodramatic pop. Accordingly, the online forums became full of debate as to which were real and which were fake until August 12, 2008 when Folds admitted on Triple J radio that many songs in the leak were fake.[21] He claimed that he and the band recorded fake versions of songs from the new album when they "had a night to kill in Dublin", and had a friend leak it to the public "to give them something to listen to".[21] After confirming that the leaked "Brainwascht", "The Frown Song" and "Free Coffee Town" were fake, he stated that they will be used as B-sides and bonus tracks on upcoming releases. A few days later, in a Rolling Stone article, Folds discussed the differences between the real album cuts and the fake leak cuts.[22] All nine tracks were released on the 2009 compilation Stems and Seeds. The "long way to go" coda of the "fake" track "Way to Normal" was later adapted into "Long Way to Go", a song on Folds' 2015 album, So There.[23] Leak track listing{{Track listing| all_writing = Ben Folds | headline = Way to Normal (fake leak) | title1 = Brainwashed | length1 = 3:36 | title2 = Way to Normal | length2 = 4:10 | title3 = Lovesick Diagnostician (Dr. Yang) | length3 = 2:53 | title4 = Free Coffee Town | length4 = 2:42 | title5 = Bitch Went Nutz | length5 = 3:53 | title6 = Frowne Song (Feeble Anthem) | length6 = 3:50 | title7 = Cologne | note7 = piano orchestra version | length7 = 6:07 | title8 = Hiroshima† | length8 = 3:38 | title9 = You Don't Know Me† | note9 = featuring Regina Spektor | length9 = 3:10 }}
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