Ben FoldsWay To Normal

Label:

Epic – 88697098491

Format:

2 x Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , 180g

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Pop

Style:

Alternative Rock

Tracklist

A1 Hiroshima (B B B Benny Hit His Head)
CelloJohn Catchings
Other [Crowd Singing]Audiences On Tour
Strings [String Playing]Love Sponge Quartet*
ViolaJim Grosjean
ViolinDavid Davidson
A2 Dr. Yang
A3 The Frown Song
B4 You Don't Know Me
Drums [Drumming With Knobs]Dennis Herring
FeaturingRegina Spektor
Guest [Guest Singing], Vocals [Guest Singing]Regina Spektor
B5 Before Cologne
B6 Cologne
CelloJohn Catchings
Strings [String Playing]Love Sponge Quartet*
ViolaJim Grosjean
ViolinDavid Davidson
C7 Errant Dog
C8 Free Coffee
C9 Bitch Went Nuts
D10 Brainwascht
D11 Effington
D12 Kylie From Connecticut
CelloJohn Catchings
Strings [String Playing]Love Sponge Quartet*
ViolaJim Grosjean
ViolinDavid Davidson

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanySony BMG Music Entertainment
  • Copyright ©Sony BMG Music Entertainment
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Sony BMG Music Entertainment
  • Manufactured ByEpic
  • Distributed ByEpic
  • Recorded AtAvatar Studios
  • Mixed AtQuad Recording Studios
  • Mastered AtMasterdisk
  • Mastered AtGateway Mastering
  • Lacquer Cut AtNashville Record Productions
  • Pressed ByUnited Record Pressing
  • Designed AtSMOG Design, Inc.
  • Published ByFree From The Man Songs

Credits

  • A&R [A&R'ing]Jeff Wooding
  • A&R [Assistant A&R'ing]David Golden (2)
  • Booking [(North America)]Marsha Vlasic
  • Booking [(Pacific Rim)]Marlene Tsuchii
  • Booking [(UK/Europe)]Primary International*
  • Design [Package Deg]John Heiden
  • Drums [Drumming With Sticks], Backing Vocals [ Singing]Sam Smith (18)
  • Electric Bass [Electric Bass Playing], Backing Vocals [ Singing]Jared Reynolds
  • Engineer [Additional Recording, Assistant Engineer]Fernando Lodeiro
  • Engineer [Additional Recording]Anthony Ruotolo
  • Engineer [Engineering]Csaba Petocz
  • Engineer [Engineering], Edited By [Editing]Joe Costa
  • Lacquer Cut ByWG*
  • Legal [Lawyering]Loeb & Loeb LLP*
  • Management [ing]WEC*
  • Management [Worldwide Career Managing]Vector Management
  • Mastered By [Mastering]Howie Weinberg (tracks: A1 to B5, C7 to D11)
  • Mixed By [Mix Assisting], Engineer [Pro-Tools Engineering]Will Hensley
  • Mixed By [Mixing]Michael Brauer*
  • Narrator [Narrating]Joshua Motohashi
  • Other [Dog Loaning]Amy Patterson, Mona's Mom
  • Photography By [Photographing]James Minchin*
  • Piano, Synthesizer [Moog], Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Mellotron [Mellotron Playing], Arranged By [String Arranging], Vocals [Singing]Ben Folds
  • Producer [Producing]Dennis Herring
  • Project Manager [Project Managing At Epic]Scott Carter (3)
  • Songwriter [All Songs Written By]Ben Folds
  • Stylist [Grooming]Jen Maselli
  • Stylist [Styling]June Kingsbury

Notes

Issued in gatefold jacket with gold foil artist/title text. Includes printed inner sleeves, and card (catalog number 88697098491 I1).

Hype sticker (with catalog number 88697098491 s1):
Vinyl + MP3, includes code for free mp3 of this album
Ben Folds - way to normal
featuring "you don't know me (featuring regina spektor)" "hiroshima (b b b benny hit his head)" & "cologne"
180-gram heavy double vinyl

"Ⓤ" etched in runouts denotes United Record Pressing pressing. Remainder of runouts etched.

Tracks are sequentially numbered.

Track B4 guest singing (recorded at Avatar Studios, New York, NY)
Mixing - at Quad Studio, New York, NY.
Mastering at Masterdisk, NY, NY, except for B6 and D12, mastering at Gateway Mastering, Portland, ME.
Additional recording at Avatar Studios, New York, NY.
Package deg at Smog

Family - Fleur Folds, Louis Folds, Gracie Folds, Julia-Rose Neff

Regina Spektor appears courtesy of Sire/Warner Bros. Records
Ben Folds plays Baldwin Pianos and uses Shure Microphones

www.benfolds.com
www.epicrecords.com

Ben Folds fan clubbing - Artist Arena
www.benfolds.com/fans

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 8 8697-09849-1 1
  • Barcode (Scanned): 0886970984911
  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Other (LP1 inner sleeve): 88697098491-1
  • Other (LP2 inner sleeve): 88697098491-2
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A label): 88697098491-1a
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B label): 88697098491-1b
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C label): 88697098491-2a
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D label): 88697098491-2b
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): 88697 098 491-A WG/NRP Ⓤ
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): 88697 098 491-B WG/NRP Ⓤ
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C runout): 88697 098 491-2A WG/NRP Ⓤ
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D runout): 88697 098 491-2B WG/NRP Ⓤ

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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Way To Normal (CD, Album) Epic 88697098492 US 2008
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Way To Normal (Deluxe Edition) (CD, Album, DVD, ) Epic 88697357332 US 2008
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Way To Normal (CD, Album) Epic 88697098492 UK 2008
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Way To Normal (Super Deluxe) (Box Set, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, 2×LP, Gatefold, 2×CD, Album, DVD, DVD-Video) Epic 88697357322, 88697098491 US 2008
New Submission
Way To Normal (CDr, Album, Promo) Columbia none UK 2008

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