''Ben Folds Five – The Complete Sessions at West 54th'', also referred to as ''Ben Folds Five – Live at Sessions at West 54th'',Amazon: ''Ben Folds Five – The Complete Sessions at West 54th''
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Sessions at West 54th ''Sessions at West 54th'' is an American television program that featured music performances, and was in some ways a pop music variation on the theme set by the long-lived ''Austin City Limits'', though the featured musicians represented a number ...

''. Because of the 1/2 hour time constraint of the show, only a handful of the recorded tracks made it to air. The DVD contains the entire performance which, for the most part, includes tracks from their just released album, ''

Whatever and Ever Amen ''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 ...

''. The DVD includes ''Spare Reels'', a 45-minute film which contains live performances and clips of the band in various and random situations. It also contains clips of Ben Folds Five during the studio sessions for their then upcoming album, ''

The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner ''The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner'' is the third studio album by Ben Folds Five, released April 27, 1999. It represented a departure for the band from their usual pop-rock sound to material influenced by classical and chamber music ...

''.

Track listing

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Battle of Who Could Care Less "Battle of Who Could Care Less" is a song performed by Ben Folds Five, released as part of their 1997 album '' Whatever and Ever Amen'', written by Ben Folds. It peaked at #26 in the UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled ...

" # "The Last Polka" # "Selfless, Cold and Composed" # " Brick" # "Steven's Last Night in Town" # "Smoke" # " Philosophy" # "Emaline" # "Theme from 'Dr. Pyser'" # "One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces" # "

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" # " She Don't Use Jelly" # "Song for the Dumped" Bonus Feature: Spare Reels Footage # "Battle of Who Could Care Less" # "Philosophy" # "Missing the War" # "Brick" # "Jackson Cannery" # "Song for the Dumped" # "Don't Change Your Plans" # "

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Personnel

Ben Folds Five * Ben Folds –

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

melodica The melodica is a handheld free-reed instrument similar to a pump organ or harmonica. It features a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument. The keyboard usua ...

Robert Sledge Robert Sledge (born March 9, 1968) is an American musician, best known for his work with Ben Folds Five. Biography Robert Sledge began playing bass guitar at the age of eleven. His brother was playing guitar at his house so he also learned how ...

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bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

double bass The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox additions such as the octobass). Similar i ...

, background vocals *

Darren Jessee Darren Michael Jessee is an American drummer and singer-songwriter best known as a member of the alternative rock trio Ben Folds Five. Jessee has also worked as an instrumentalist for Sharon Van Etten and Hiss Golden Messenger and released two ...

– drums, background vocals

Production

Sessions at West 54th *Executive Producer: Jeb Brien *Series Producer: Monica Hardiman *Producer: Allen Kelman *Director: Jim Gable Spare Reels *Produced and Compiled by he Jack My Dog Corporation*Executive Producer: Alan Wolmak *Mixed and Recorded by Caleb Southern, John Alagia, Doug Derryberry, Jeff Juliano, Leo Overtoom

References

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