Ben Folds Five (album)

Ben Folds Five
Studio album by
Ben Folds Five
ReleasedAugust 8, 1995
RecordedFebruary 1995
StudioWave Castle, North Carolina
Genre
Length46:14
LabelPassenger
ProducerCaleb Southern
Ben Folds Five chronology
Ben Folds Five
(1995) 		Whatever and Ever Amen
(1997)
Singles from Ben Folds Five
  1. "Jackson Cannery"
    Released: 1994
  2. "Underground"
    Released: April 8, 1996
  3. "Where's Summer B.?"
    Released: June 7, 1996
  4. "Philosophy"
    Released: 1996
  5. "Uncle Walter"
    Released: 1996

Ben Folds Five is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band Ben Folds Five, released on August 8, 1995. A non-traditional rock album, it featured a sound that excluded lead guitars completely.[1] The album was released on the small independent label Passenger Records, owned by Caroline Records, a subsidiary of Virgin/EMI. Ben Folds Five received positive reviews, and spawned five singles. The record failed to chart, but sparked an intense bidding war eventually won by Sony Music.[2] Several live versions of songs originally released on Ben Folds Five reappeared later as b-sides or on compilations.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference allmusic was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Kurutz, Steve. Ben Folds Five at AllMusic. Retrieved May 31, 2012.