Description
Ben Folds Five – Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner – New Vinyl Record 2017 Concord Music Limited Edition Gatefold 180gram Opaque Red Vinyl Reissue (LTD to 500) – Power Pop / Alt-Rock
Tracklist
A1 | Narcolepsy | |
A2 | Don’t Change Your Plans | |
A3 | Mess | |
A4 |
Magic
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A5 | Hospital Song | |
B1 | Army | |
B2 | Your Redneck Past | |
B3 |
Your Most Valuable Possession
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B4 | Regrets | |
B5 | Jane | |
B6 |
Lullabye
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Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Sound City Studios
- Recorded At – Grandmaster Studios
- Recorded At – Water Music (2)
- Recorded At – RPM Studios
Credits
- A&R – Ben Goldman (2)
- Art Direction, Design – Josh Cheuse
- Baritone Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Ken Mosher (tracks: B1, B6)
- Cello – Jane Scarpantoni (tracks: A1, A2, A3, A4, B4, B6)
- Conductor [Strings], Arranged By [Strings] – John Mark Painter
- Crew – Doug Goodman, Joe DeLorenzo, Leo Overtoom, Rob DeVries, Scott MacLeod*, Trey Hamilton
- Edited By – Roger Lian
- Flugelhorn – John Mark Painter (tracks: A1, A2, B1)
- Graphics [Graphic Artist] – James Hunter (7)
- Mastered By – Howie Weinberg
- Mixed By – Andy Wallace
- Performer – Darren Jessee, Robert Sledge
- Photography By – The Jessee Archive
- Photography By [Band Photo] – Charlie Gross
- Piano [Baldwin], Performer, Songwriter [All Songs By] – Ben Folds
- Producer, Recorded By – Caleb Southern
- Tenor Saxophone – Paul Shapiro (tracks: B1), Tom Maxwell (tracks: B1, B6)
- Valve Trombone – John Mark Painter (tracks: B1)
- Violin – Antoine Silverman (tracks: A1, A2, A3, A4, B4, B6), Lorenza Ponce (tracks: A1, A2, B4, B6), Mark Feldman (tracks: A1, A2, A3, A4, B4, B6)
Notes
-500 Press
-180g
-Opaque Red Colored Vinyl
Recorded at Sound City Studios (Los Angeles), Grandmaster Studios (Los Angeles), Water Music (Hoboken, NJ) and RPM Studios (NYC), November 1998 – January 1999
When we chose “The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner” as the title for this album, we were unaware of the existence of a living, breathing, and famous Reinhold Messner. The name was part of a story from Darren’s school days when a friend suggested using “Reinhold Messner” on fake ID’s. Allegedly, there were many 27 year old Reinholds who looked suspiciously adolescent, inhabiting the bars of Charlotte, North Carolina in the late eighties.
Maybe we liked the name because it had an exotic ring; maybe we had been aware of the name subliminally; or maybe it was the energy behind a name responsible for some of the world’s most incredible feats of mountaineering, and a global legion of inspired followers…at any rate we’d love to tell you we’re just fucking cool and knew what we were doing, but alas, the credit goes to our cosmic collaborator on this album; coincidence. Thanks to Reinhold Messner for being a hero, and now a good sport.