Ben Folds

Way to Normal
$11.94
The first time I heard "Effington" on college radio, I had to get this album! I haven't heard Folds' music anywhere else, hence the quotation marks in the review title.

Ben Folds Presents: University a Cappella!
$9.96
I have seriously listened to this hundreds of times. I just do not seem to grow tired of it. The definitive version of selfless, cold & composed. Hard to find out here in Australia though, a huge shame!

Songs for Silverman
$19.97
I wish I could put this on my ipod, but because of it's dualdisc nonsense it's the ben album I hear the least because who carries around a cd player anymore?

Whatever and Ever Amen
$7.99
Buoyed by the success of the song "Brick," Whatever And Ever Amen went on to be Ben Folds Five's best selling album by a landslide. And why not? The album contains the most diverse collection of songs that the band wrote (with Folds of course at the helm) while they were together. Tongue-in-cheek bubblegum pop (Kate), a very mature take on forgetting the past (Smoke), songs that dabble in jazz styles (Selfless, Cold, And Composed, and Steven's Last Night In Town), and a raw, candid examination of one's self (Evaporated). The bonus tracks on this re-mastered edition are just icing on the cake as they say. Though I recommend their self-titled debut for an introduction to the band (and really, it's great to listen to their albums sequentially as you can really see the growth in their songwriting), you certainly can't go wrong with WAEA.