Whatever and Ever Amen
1997 studio album by Ben Folds Five / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Whatever and Ever Amen is the second album by Ben Folds Five, released in 1997. Three singles were released from the album, including the lead single, "Battle of Who Could Care Less", which received significant airplay on alternative radio and on MTV, and peaked at number 26 on the UK Singles Chart and number 22 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, and the band's biggest hit, "Brick", which was a top-40 song in numerous countries.
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Released | March 18, 1997 | |||
Recorded | September–October 1996, Chapel Hill, North Carolina | |||
Genre | Alternative rock[1] | |||
Length | 49:20 | |||
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Singles from Whatever and Ever Amen | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Chicago Tribune | [3] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
Entertainment Weekly | A[5] |
Los Angeles Times | [6] |
NME | 6/10[7] |
Pitchfork | 7.6/10[8] |
Q | [9] |
Rolling Stone | [10] |
Spin | 9/10[11] |
A remaster was made available on March 22, 2005. All of the extra tracks had been previously released (as b-sides, soundtrack contributions, etc.) except for a cover of the Buggles song "Video Killed the Radio Star", which is a staple of Ben Folds Five's live show.