ROCKIN' THE SUBURBS

'''Rockin' the Suburbs''' is an alternative rock album by singer/songwriter Ben Folds, released on September 11, 2001 (see 2001 in music). His first solo album after leaving his band ''Ben Folds Five'' (not including the 1998 collaboration with William Shatner, widely seen as a largely experimental album and released while still a part of Ben Folds Five), ''Rockin' the Suburbs'' is also Folds' most popular LP to date, and includes the well-known title track.
"Rockin' the Suburbs" peaked at #28 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart. The album peaked at #42 on the Billboard 200 chart, and at #11 on the Top Internet Albums chart. A remake of the title track featuring William Shatner appeared in the soundtrack for the 2006 film ''Over the Hedge'', which stars Shatner as a possum named Ozzie.

Contents

Track listing

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album

Singles

Track listing

All songs were written by Ben Folds, except where noted.
#"Annie Waits" – 4:17
#"Zak and Sara" – 3:11
#"Still Fighting It" – 4:25
#"Gone" – 3:22
#"Fred Jones, Pt. 2" – 3:45
#"The Ascent of Stan" – 4:14
#"Losing Lisa" (Folds, Frally Hynes) – 4:10
#"Carrying Cathy" – 3:49
#"Not the Same" – 4:17
#"Rockin' the Suburbs" – 5:00
#"Fired" – 3:49
#"The Luckiest" – 4:44
#"Hiro's Song" (bonus track on Japanese versions)

Personnel

★ Ben Folds – piano, vocals, drums, guitar, bass guitar

★ Larry Corbett – cello

★ DJ Swamp – beats

★ Richard Fortus – guitar

★ John McCrea – vocals (on "Fred Jones, Pt. 2")

★ John Mark Painter – conductor

★ Cameron Webb – engineer

Production

★ Producers: Ben Folds, Ben Grosse

★ Engineers: Blumpy, Ben Grosse, Cameron Webb

★ Mixing: Ben Grosse

★ Mastering: Ted Jensen

★ Assistants: Chuck Bailey, Rick Behrens, Aaron Lepley, Ulysses Noriega, Justin Pynes

★ Programming: John Vitale

★ Arranger: John Mark Painter

★ Package design: Ben Folds

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2001	The Billboard 200	42
2001	Top Internet Albums	11

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2001	"Rockin' the Suburbs"	Modern Rock Tracks	28