Ben Folds Releases A Cappella Record
Epic Records just recently announced that Ben Folds will be releasing a new album at the end of the month. It will be called University A Cappella, and it will consist of a cappella groups from various colleges around the country singing Ben’s songs. With over 250 videos sent to him, Folds narrowed it down to 15 groups and then flew to where they were for a four hour recording session. But not to be outdone by these university students, Folds recorded a couple of his own instrument free versions of his own songs, “Effington” and “Boxing.” Although he says that he has “a greater appreciation now for the university groups.” Because it apparently took a lot longer than four hours for him to record his contribution to the album. Considering the greatest moment of the one Folds show I saw, was him conducting the audience in a cappella form to finish out “Not the Same,” I am pretty sure that this will be more than a novelty item, and will find its home on the shelf right next to the rest of our beloved Ben Folds albums.
Tracklisting:
1. Not the Same – The Spartones from Greensboro, NC
2. JESUSLAND – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Loreleis
3. BRICK -The Ohio University Leading Tones
4. YOU DON’T KNOW ME – The University of Georgia’s With Someone Else’s Money
5. STILL FIGHTING IT – Washington University in St. Louis’s Mosaic Whispers
6. BOXING – Ben Folds
7. SELFLESS, COLD, AND COMPOSED – The Sacramento State Jazz Singers
8. MAGIC – The University of Chicago’s Voices In Your Head
9. LANDED – The University of Colorado Buffoons
10. TIME – The Princeton Nassoons
11. EFFINGTON – Ben Folds
12. EVAPORATED – The Newtones from Newton, MA
13. FRED JONES PART 2 – The West Chester University of Pennsylvania Gracenotes
14. ARMY – The University of Rochester Midnight Ramblers
15. FAIR – University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire’s Fifth Element
16. THE LUCKIEST – The Washington University in St. Louis Amateurs
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