''Naked Baby Photos'' is a
compilation album
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comprising
outtake
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material from recordings of
Ben Folds Five
Ben Folds Five is an American alternative rock trio formed in 1993 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The group comprises Ben Folds (lead vocals, piano), Robert Sledge (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Darren Jessee (drums, backing vocals). The gro ...
's first two studio albums and live performances. Most of the tracks are previously unreleased rarities.
Caroline Records' webpage for ''Naked Baby Photos'' features explanations of each track's origins from Ben Folds.
Track listing
Personnel
Ben Folds Five
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Ben Folds
Benjamin Scott Folds (born September 12, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and composer, who is the first artistic advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., since May 2017. Folds was th ...
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vocals
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,
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 keyboa ...
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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, background vocals
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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 ...
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drums
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, background vocals
;Production
*Mastered by
Howie Weinberg
Howie Weinberg is an American audio mastering engineer with over 2,257 mastering credits, three TEC Awards, 21 Grammy Awards, two Juno Awards, and one Mercury Prize.
Career
Weinberg mastered Herbie Hancock's 1983 album ''Future Shock''. Other m ...
*Scott MacLeod - Live Sound Engineer
*Leo Overtoom - Live Sound Engineer
*Alan Wolmack - Management
*Peter Felstead - Management
*Wendi Horowitz - Sleeve design
*Robert Sledge - Sleeve design
*John Falls - Outer booklet photos
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Anna Goodman - Cowrote ''Alice Childress''
References
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Ben Folds Five albums
1998 compilation albums
Albums produced by John Alagía
Caroline Records compilation albums