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- Whatever And Ever Amen
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Ben Folds Five
Released 1997

Song For The Dumped
03:37
72,246 plays

One Angry Dwarf And 200 Solemn Faces
03:50
54,785 plays

Kate
03:14
53,609 plays

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- 1
- One Angry Dwarf And 200 Solemn Faces
- 03:50
- 54,785 plays

- 2
- Fair
- 05:49
- 38,586 plays

- 3
- Brick
- 04:34
- 128,812 plays

- 4
- Song For The Dumped
- 03:37
- 72,246 plays

- 5
- Selfless, Cold and Composed
- 06:08
- 39,186 plays

- 6
- Kate
- 03:14
- 53,609 plays

- 7
- Smoke
- 04:52
- 35,618 plays

- 8
- Cigarette
- 01:38
- 30,529 plays

- 9
- Steven's Last Night In Town
- 03:27
- 30,679 plays

- 10
- Battle of Who Could Care Less
- 03:16
- 45,462 plays

- 11
- Missing The War
- 04:20
- 28,859 plays

- 12
- Evaporated
- 04:28
- 35,119 plays

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album review

Expanding on the hook-laden songcraft of their eponymous debut, the Ben Folds Five turn in another glitzy array of Todd Rundgren-esque, piano-driven pop on their second album, Whatever and Ever Amen. Though it isn't as consistently tuneful and clever as their first record, Whatever and Ever Amen has a snazzy sense of popcraft -- the hooks of "The Battle of Who Could Care Less," "Brick," and "Fair" sink in nearly as effortlessly as Billy Joel, Elton John, or Joe Jackson -- which makes the record enjoyable ear candy. Occasionally, Folds' smug humor -- whether it's the alternative rock skewering of "The Battle" or the borderline misogynist humor of "Song for the Dumped" -- can undercut his melodic gifts, but Whatever and Ever Amen is confirmation that the showy pop pleasures of his first record were no fluke. ~ Thom Owens, All Music Guide