On September 11, 2001, “Epic” label released “Rockin’ the Suburbs”, the debut Ben Folds studio album. It was recorded in 2001, and was produced by Ben Folds and Ben Grosse.
Personnel:
- Ben Folds – vocals, piano, keyboards, guitars, bass guitar, drums, package design
- Richard Fortus – guitar
- Larry Corbett –cello
- DJ Swamp – beats
- Vincent Palmeri – vocals
- John McCrea– vocals
- Frally Hynes – vocals
- Andrew R. Wallace, Ben Grosse, Cameron Webb, John Vitale – programming
- Blumpy – programming, engineer assistant
- John Mark Painter – arranger
- John Mark Painter – conductor
- Ben Grosse – recording, mixing. engineer assistant
- Andrew R. Wallace – engineer, recording
- Cameron Webb – engineer assistant
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- Chuck Bailey, Rick Behrens, Aaron Lepley, Ulysses Noriega, Justin Pynes – assistant
Track listing:
All tracks by Ben Folds, except where noted.
- Annie Waits
- Zak and Sara
- Still Fighting It
- Gone
- Fred Jones Part 2
- The Ascent of Stan
- Losing Lisa
- Carrying Cathy
- Not the Same
- Rockin’ the Suburbs
- Fired
- The Luckiest