Rocking the Suburbs
Rocking the Suburbs is an
alternative rock album by
singer-songwriter Ben Folds, released on
September 11,
2001 (see
2001 in music). His first solo album after leaving his band (
Ben Folds Five),
Rocking the Suburbs is also Folds' most popular LP to date, and includes the well-known title track.
"Rocking the Suburbs" peaked at #28 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart. The album peaked at #42 on the Billboard 200 chart, and at #11 on the Top Internet Albums chart.
Track listing
- Annie Waits (Folds) - 4:17
- Zak and Sara (Folds) - 3:11
- Still Fighting It (Folds) - 4:25
- Gone (Folds) - 3:22
- Fred Jones, Pt. 2 (Folds) - 3:45
- The Ascent of Stan (Folds) - 4:14
- Losing Lisa (Folds) - 4:10
- Carrying Cathy (Folds) - 3:49
- Not the Same (Folds) - 4:17
- Rockin' the Suburbs (Folds) - 4:58
- Fired (Folds) - 3:49
- The Luckiest (Folds) - 4:25
Personnel
- Larry Corbett - Cello
- Ben Grosse - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- Ted Jensen - Mastering
- John Mark Painter - Arranger, Conductor
- John Vitale - Programming
- John McCrea - Vocals
- Ben Folds - Piano, Producer, Package Design
- Richard Fortus - Guitar
- Ulysses Noriega - Assistant
- Chuck Bailey - Assistant
- Aaron Lepley - Assistant
- Cameron Webb - Engineer
- Rick Behrens - Assistant
- DJ Swamp - Beats
- Blumpy - Engineer
- Justin Pynes - Assistant