Sunny 16

Ben Folds, Fear of Pop | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 30, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony.Com/Sbme
• ASIN: B00099I67G
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #288,380 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Second installment of the Ben Folds EP Trilogy features this Japanese limited edition EP containg five tracks, 'There's Always Someone Cooler Than You', 'Learn To Live With What You Are', 'All U Can Eat', 'Rockstar', & 'Songs Of Love'. Epic. 2004. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ben folds writes great songs, November 14, 2003

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Carson Steimle (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sunny 16 (Audio CD)

I found this EP on the Ben Folds site, and I think it is one of his best. "There's Always Someone Cooler Than You", "Learn to Live With What You Are", and "Rock Star", are good songs, but "All You Can Eat" and "Songs of Love" are simply amazing. All You Can Eat is a song Ben writes telling his son about the problems our nation, or more specifically, it's people, have. it is Ben's best song to date (in my opinion). Finally, Songs of Love is a beautiful ballad to end the record, as Ben always does.
Hard to find, but worth the search.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Music without the poppy irreverance of the "five", February 9, 2005

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Matthew Buck (Chicago, IL, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sunny 16 (Audio CD)

Ben's music after the band broke up has had a melancholy sadness to it. It's not the pop fun or even pop seriousness that he had while recording with Darren and Robert. I can't realistically see any songs from the 3 EPs he's released since he stopped recording for Sony. It's good music to cry by.

3.0 out of 5 stars Not quite as good as /Speed Graphic/, but still strong., April 22, 2005

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Oz Backlund "Oz" (Dayton, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sunny 16 (Audio CD)

/Sunny 16/ is definitely not without its charm. It's best when Folds is doing his usual sunny and sarcastic pop, as in "All U Can Eat" and "There's Always Someone Cooler Than You." The lovely closer, "Songs of Love," is another highlight, swaying along on a waltz beat as the piano and strings dance. The other two tracks, "Learn to Live with What You Are" and "Rock Star," essentially sound the same: nondescript mid-tempo pop tracks that neither inspire nor offend. They're not bad, per se, but I doubt they'd make the cut on an actual Folds album. They do bring the experience down, though, which is a shame given the quality of the rest of the material. Pick up /Speed Graphic/ if you want to hear Folds at his finest in this EP collection, but /Sunny 16/ is still a nice investment for its strong material, which is among the best in the EP trio.